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My Take
Lewis Capaldi earns my respect twice over: once for the voice, that raw, cracked instrument that made Someone You Loved a global standard, and again for the honesty. Most pop stars curate invincibility; Capaldi jokes about himself relentlessly, then steps away from the spotlight when his health demands it. That willingness to show weakness in public, and to let fans carry him through it, may matter more than any chart record he holds. The Glasgow self-deprecation is not an act; it is the same vulnerability that powers the ballads. I would bet on his longevity precisely because he has never pretended to be bulletproof.
Overview
Lewis Marc Capaldi (born 7 October 1996) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lewis Capaldi
- Name (Japanese)
- ルイス・キャパルディ
- Reading
- るいす・きゃぱるでぃ
- Born
- October 7, 1996 (age 29)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rat
- Origin
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / singer / composer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- New College Lanarkshire
Awards & achievements
- 2020 Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act
- 2020 Brit Award for British Single of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Singer-songwriter — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.