Lewis Marc Capaldi is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. Capaldi also won the 2020 Brit Award for Best New Artist. In March 2019, his single "Someone You Loved" (2018) topped the UK Singles Chart where it remained for seven weeks, and in November 2019, it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100; it was nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and won the 2020 Brit Award for Song of the Year. "Someone You Loved" was the bestselling single of 2019 in the UK. In May 2020, it was announced that Capaldi's song "Someone You Loved" had become the longest-running top 10 UK single of all time by a British artist.
Capaldi performing at Glastonbury Festival in 2023
Capaldi performing at the 2018 Ilosaarirock Festival in Joensuu, Finland
Capaldi performing in 2019 at the SWR3 New Pop Festiva
Capaldi performing at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival
Brit Award for Rising Star
The Rising Star Award is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members comprising record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.
The Last Dinner Party is the latest winner.
Inaugural winner Adele
2010 winner Ellie Goulding also won British Female Solo Artist
2014 winner Sam Smith also won Best New Artist