Below is a comprehensive listing of awards and nominations received by Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi, who achieved breakthrough success in 2018 with the release of his single "Someone You Loved" which was a commercial success, peaking at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. The song became Capaldi's first No. 1 single, spending seven consecutive weeks atop the chart and was the best selling single of 2019 in the UK. It also peaked at No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, the Canadian Hot 100, and the Recording Industry Association of Malaysia singles chart. In the United States, "Someone You Loved" was a sleeper hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 in its 24th week on the chart. The song is certified Diamond or higher in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Poland, and the United States. It was nominated for Song of the Year at the 62nd Grammy Awards. It also received an award for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards. As of 2023, "Someone You Loved" is the 3rd most streamed song on Spotify, with over 3 billion streams on the platform.
In 2017, he won the Scottish Alternative Music Awards for Best Acoustic Act, and the same year, won the award for Best Breakthrough Artist at the Scottish Music Awards. His debut album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (2019) received a nomination for the Brit Award for British Album of the Year in 2020. In total, he was nominated for four awards at the 2020 BRIT Awards, winning two – the Brit Award for Best New Artist and the Brit Award for Song of the Year (for "Someone You Loved"). At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, "Someone You Loved" was nominated for Song of the Year, subsequently losing out to "Bad Guy". In 2024, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Film at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. "Someone You Loved" won the Best Track award at the 2019 Q Awards. Other major awards in which Capaldi has been nominated include the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, the Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Song and the Billboard Music Award for Top Radio Song and nominated twice for Most Performed Work at the Ivor Novello Awards for "Someone You Loved" and "Before You Go" respectively.
Overview of awards and nominations
+ Awards and nominations for Lewis Capaldi Year Organisation Category/Award Work Result 2017 Scottish Alternative Music Awards Best Acoustic Act rowspan="5" rowspan="4" Scottish Music Awards Best Breakthrough Artist Award 2018 Great Scot Awards Breakthrough Forth Awards Rising Star Award 2019 Brit Awards Critics' Choice Award Q Awards Best Track "Someone You Loved" NRJ Music Awards International Song of the Year rowspan="2" International Revelation of the Year BBC Teen Awards Best British Singer"Someone You Loved" rowspan="2" Best Single 2020 NAVTGR Awards Song, Original or Adapted "Days Gone Quiet" rowspan="6" Game Audio Network Guild Awards Best Original Song Grammy Awards Song of the Year"Someone You Loved" iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Lyrics Best New Pop Artist rowspan="3" Brit Awards Male Solo Artist Best New Artist rowspan="2" Song of the Year "Someone You Loved" Album of the Year Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent rowspan="3" Global Awards Best Male rowspan=3 Best British Act Best Mass Appeal Artist rowspan="2" Most Played Song"Someone You Loved" Best Song of 2019 rowspan="14" Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Breakout New Artist rowspan=2 LOS40 Music Awards Best International New Act Best International Album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Best International Song "Before You Go" MTV Video Music Awards Push Best New Artist Ivor Novello AwardsMost Performed Work "Hold Me While You Wait""Someone You Loved"Billboard Music AwardsTop Hot 100 Song Top Radio SongUK Music Video AwardsBest Pop Video – UK"Before You Go" American Music AwardsNew Artist of the Yearrowspan=2 Favorite Artist – Adult ContemporaryFavorite Song – Pop/Rock"Someone You Loved"Scottish Music AwardsBest UK Artistrowspan="3" iHeartRadio Titanium Awards1 Billion Total Audience Spins on iHeartRadio Stations"Someone You Loved"2021"Before You Go" iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Lyrics rowspan="4" Ivor Novello AwardsMost Performed Work "Someone You Loved""Before You Go" Billboard Music AwardsTop Radio Songs Artist rowspan="2" ASCAP London Music AwardsSongwriter of the Yearrowspan="4"Winning Hot 100 Song"Before You Go"Song of the Year"Someone You Loved"Top Streaming Song 2022 NRJ Music Awards International Video of the Year "Forget Me" ASCAP London Music AwardsWinning Hot Dance/Electronic Song"Lasting Lover" MTV Europe Music AwardsBest UK & Ireland Act rowspan="3" 2023 Brit Awards Song of The Year "Forget Me" Global Awards Best Song Mass Appeal Award rowspan="3" Best Male rowspan="2" Best British Act British Phonographic Industry Brits Billion Award rowspan="2" National Television Awards Best Authored Documentary Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now British Academy Scotland Awards Audience Award: Favorite Scot on Screen Rolling Stone UK Awards The Gamechanger Award 2024 Grammy Awards Best Music Film Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now rowspan="2" Brit Awards Song of The Year "Wish You the Best" 2025 Rolling Stone UK Awards The Artist Award 2026 Brit Awards Song of The Year "Survive"
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