Lewis Capaldi

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Lewis Capaldi (born 7 October 1996 Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. Lewis Capaldi learned to play drums and guitar when he was two, and began his musical career singing in pubs aged 9. By 17 he had committed to a career in music. He was discovered by his manager Ryan Walter through an iPhone recording Capaldi recorded in his bedroom and had uploaded to his SoundCloud account. He was nominated at the 2020 Grammy Awards for "Song of the Year" with Someone You Loved". At the 2020 Brit Awards he was nominated in 4 categories and won the awards for "Best New Artist" and "Song of the Year". After his rise to fame, Capaldi started feeling anxiety and a pressure to perform. He started showing nervous tics. In September 2022, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome. Lewis Capaldi is second cousin to actor Peter Capaldi of Dr. Who fame, and the latter has appeared in one of Lewis' videos.