Lewis Capaldi’s debut album on course to be biggest in UK for second year running

Lewis Capaldi may have released his debut album in 2019, but the Whitburn chart sensation is on course to have the biggest-selling album of the year in the UK for a second year running.
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Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent – which includes some of the singer’s biggest hits including Someone You Loved, Before You Go and Bruises – recently topped one million chart sales in the UK, including 376,000 from this year.

The album, which has spent 10 weeks at Number 1 – including four this year - has yet to exit the Top 10 since its release in May last year.

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As we head into the final quarter of 2020, OfficialCharts.com have revealed that Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent is on course to be the year's biggest-seller, despite 30 other albums reaching Number 1 in 2020.

West Lothian chart sensation Lewis Capaldi.West Lothian chart sensation Lewis Capaldi.
West Lothian chart sensation Lewis Capaldi.

Capaldi recently revealed he has written 50 new songs during lockdown, but said he won't be releasing any new music this year.

"So far we've written like 50 songs and three or four of them are good, which is a good ratio I think,” he said.

“I am surprised at how productive I have been during lockdown as I thought I'd just sit in my pants all day and that would be it.

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“I won’t release another album this year or anything. I think people have suffered enough in 2020. They don’t need another song from me.”

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