Lewis Capaldi's Broken By Desire to be Heavenly Sent surpasses Ed Sheeran to claim fastest-selling album of 2023 so far

Lewis Capaldi reigns atop the Official Albums Chart for a second week with Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent. 

Jamie Laing reveals that Lewis Capaldi was almost set to perform at his Marbella wedding but unfortunately couldn't make the dates work.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic More than ever, rock stars were TV stars in 2023 — in the form of subjects for television documentaries — and so were their brethren in pop, hip-hop, K-pop and Latin music. Some of these TV films or docuseries were vanity projects used to promote new albums, of course; others started off as “making of” projects and ended up catching a star in a moment of real psychological crisis. It wasn’t all cinema verité; historical overviews capturing the full breadth of an artist’s career or even a genre still had their place in the pop-doc landscape. Four films or limited series stand out in the subgenre of docs that were initially commissioned to capture an album or tour and, through circumstances, evolved into something deeper or darker. “Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me” (Apple TV+) was going to be a tour documentary, but then, when an emotional breakdown caused her to pull off the road, it became a portrait of a singer coming to terms with mental illness.

Ed Sheeran has issued a response after Lewis Capaldi jokingly started a “Fuck you, Ed” chant during a gig this weekend. Check out footage below.The moment took place at Capaldi’s set at Radio One’s Big Weekend, where he got a sea of people in his audience to make a chant aimed at the ‘Shape Of You’ singer.

Lewis Capaldi covered Taylor Swift‘s ‘Love Story’ for the second time at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend – check out the new performance below.The Scottish singer’s first performance of the classic hit came during a surprise turn at a 1975 show in Newcastle back in January.At the weekend, Capaldi once again took on a version of ‘Love Story’ during his performance at the Dundee event.During his set, he transitioned from his own song ‘Before You Go’ into an acoustic version of Swift’s hit.Watch the performance below.Before You Go / Love Story is a combo i did not know i needed until now #lewiscapaldilive #lewiscapaldi #foryoupage #bigweekend #taylorswifttok ♬ original sound – Cheaper Than Therapy Elsewhere, Capaldi has announced a “super intimate” Reading & Leeds warm-up show. The singer-songwriter, who released his second album ‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’ this month (May 19), is due to headline the Main Stage West at the dual event this August.Now, it’s been confirmed that Capaldi will play a tiny gig at The Wardrobe in Leeds on June 6 with support from James Marriott.Capaldi’s forthcoming performance at the 400-capacity Leeds venue follows his 2023 UK and Ireland arena tour, which took place in January and February.Capaldi will top the bill at Reading & Leeds on Saturday, August 26 and Sunday, August 27, respectively.

weekend shows of his Mathematics tour. Sheeran gave fans the “Shivers” when we casually walked out from the kitchen and stepped behind the bar at SweetWater Brewery around 3:30 p.m. As word quickly spread through the open-air brewery, the small bar was surrounded by fans giving the musician their orders as he poured beers — free of charge and on his own tab.

Two albums by Tina Turner are tracking for the Official Albums Chart Top 10 this week, as UK music fans pay tribute to the legend, who died last week aged 83. 

Ed Sheeran had a surprise gig over the weekend!On Saturday, the «Perfect» singer shared a video from his pop up appearance at SweetWater Brewery in Atlanta, ahead of his concert.«So I'm in Atlanta, and I've been told there are some breweries that are good in Atlanta so I'm going to go to this brewery, serve some beers, play a gig and then buy everyone in the beer garden drinks. Beers on me,» he says in a clip from inside the car.The video cuts to Sheeran behind the beer pouring pints for surprised patrons before hitting the stage and telling them that all of their drinks were on him for the next hour.

Niall Horan and Lewis Capaldi are the best of friends and often leave fans in stitches over their hilarious yet sweet bromance moments.

Lewis Capaldi brought Radio 1’s Big Weekend to a close in truly epic style. The Scottish singer-songwriter was part of an epic line-up for this year’s festival in Dundee, playing alongside the likes of Anne-Marie, the Jonas Brothers, Raye, and Saturday night headliners The 1975. Also on the bill were Thirty Seconds To Mars, who were originally due to play yesterday, before technical difficulties led to a change in scheduling.

BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Dundee continued into its second day on Sunday, as around 85,000 revellers descended on Camperdown Park.

Lewis Capaldi’s fears and worries going into his second album can be officially cast aside, as the Scottish singer-songwriter lands straight in at Number 1 with the biggest opening week of his career to date, and the fastest-selling album of 2023 so far, the Official Charts Company can confirm.

Lewis Capaldi made one fan's day after inviting the teenager on stage to perform a duet with him.

Lewis Capaldi offered kind-hearted advice to a 10-year-old boy from West Lothian who also suffers from Tourette's.

Vicky Pattinson has revealed that Lewis Capaldi ignored her request to sing at her wedding after she drunkenly slid into his DMs.

Ed Sheeran had a surprise for a group of high school band students!Last week, the 32-year-old GRAMMY-winning musician stopped by band practice for students of Blake High School and Middleton High School in Tampa, Florida. As the members of the high school marching band were practicing his hit, «Eyes Closed,» the singer walked in playing the guitar to their delight.After the students finished their performance — and let out a few screams — Sheeran informed them that he was gifting the music program guitars, and he would be providing them each with tickets to his sold-out concert at Raymond James Stadium.A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)The students were also in for an additional treat as the singer performed a few songs, including «Perfect,» which got some students emotional.

Lewis Capaldi has hailed his girlfriend as “understanding” but ruled out starting a family just yet.

Lewis Capaldi’s brand new album ‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’ has sold more than Ed Sheeran’s ’Subtract’ sold in its entire first week, making it the fastest-selling album of 2023 so far, the Official Chart Company has confirmed.

DEALSConcord Music Publishing has signed a new global publishing deal with Nana Rogues, who has produced and co-written songs for Drake, Stormzy, Skepta, Dave, Future, Zara Larsson and more. “I’m really looking forward to this next chapter in my career”, he says. “Concord are a major player that understands my vision and sound.

Lewis Capaldi has announced a “super intimate” Reading & Leeds warm-up show – find all the details below.The singer-songwriter, who released his second album ‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’ last Friday (May 19), is due to headline the Main Stage West at the dual event this August.Today (May 23), it’s been confirmed that Capaldi will play a tiny gig at The Wardrobe in Leeds on June 6 with support from James Marriott.Tickets will be available exclusively to R&L ticketholders (day or weekend) via a ballot, with all profits going to charity.You can register here now until midday BST next Tuesday (May 30). If you are successful, you’ll receive an exclusive link next week that will direct you to the ticket purchase site.

Lewis Capaldi is seriously considering stepping away from music. During an interview with Rebecca Judd on Apple Music, the 26-year-old Scottish musician — who has been very open about his battles with anxiety and Tourette syndrome — admitted that his career has taken a toll on his mental health. «I think on this album in particular I talk a bit more about my mental health, which has taken a beating over the last little while,» Capaldi said of his sophomore album,.

Lewis Capaldi’s new album ‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’ is already outselling the rest of the Official Albums Chart Top 20 combined, and set to reach the Number One spot.The album arrived last Friday (May 19) and marked the second full-length LP from the Scottish singer-songwriter.

Wrexham striker Ollie Palmer has been slammed for taking a dig at Ed Sheeran’s involvement in Ipswich Town. Palmer appeared on Wrexham team-mate Ben Foster’s podcast, where they discussed the impact Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have had as co-owners of the Welsh club. The duo helped end Wrexham’s 15-year wait for promotion to the Football League and have been hailed as heroes in North Wales.

Lewis Capaldi has been presented with a sculpture of himself, in celebration of him releasing his latest album.The statue was made by the students at St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn, West Lothian – the secondary school that the singer-songwriter used to attend. Made by a handful of students and staff members, the project took six months to complete, and involved all those involved being sworn to secrecy.Finished in bronze, the unique tribute was presented to Capaldi yesterday (May 21), and the 26-year-old star was seen happily posing with the final product.According to Bryan Johnston, the principal art teacher at the academy, the statue wasn’t meant to be a precise representation of Capaldi, but instead take more of an “unusual” approach – incorporating gigantic bulging eyes and noticeably thin fingers.“The art department got involved with the concept after speaking to Lewis’ team and we decided to follow James Corden’s concept when he made the statue of David Beckham a few years ago,” Johnston told the Daily Record.“[We] wanted to link it to Lewis’ new album [‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’] which has now been released.”He continued: “The art department at the school came up with the concept, and it went from there,” he added.

Lewis Capaldi has delighted fans by announcing a surprise gig in Edinburgh taking place on Tuesday.

Lewis Capaldi is currently outselling the rest of the Official Albums Chart Top 20 combined as he surges towards Number 1 with Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent. 

Ed Sheeran has revealed he has no intention of checking out his new docuseries, as the thought of watching it makes him “uncomfortable”.The ‘Shape Of You’ singer explained how he felt about watching The Sum Of It All in a new interview, and admitted that the thought of sitting down to view any of it himself left him feeling uneasy.“It’s uncomfortable for me to watch, I haven’t really like sat down and binged it,” he told Extra (via MSN), later adding: “I hope other people find it more entertaining than I do.”He also proceeded to explain that he was caught off-guard by the style of the show, and wasn’t expecting it to centre so heavily on his emotional state. “I didn’t actually really realise that they were making a documentary on grief and mental health, I thought we were making a documentary on my album,” he explained.“And then I saw [the final product] and I was like, ‘Oh, OK.

Lewis Capaldi is opening up about music and memories.

Ed Sheeran is opening up about his friend Harry Styles.

Ed Sheeran has won another copyright case regarding his 2014 Number One hit ‘Thinking Out Loud’.Earlier this month, the pop star was found to have not copied Marvin Gaye‘s ‘Let’s Get It On’ for ‘Thinking Out Loud’, a US court ruled in a high-profile case.The case was brought against the pop star in 2016 by Ed Townsend – one of the co-writers on Gaye’s classic 1973 track – who accused Sheeran of copying the song on his 2014 hit.The verdict came after Sheeran reportedly took to the stand in Manhattan to insist he would be “done” with music if found guilty.Now, the star has won another lawsuit that was filed in 2018 by Structured Asset Sales, the partial owners of the copyright of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote ‘Let’s Get It On’.In his verdict, New York federal judge Louis L. Stanton dismissed the case on similar grounds as the other, more high-profile proceeding, saying: “It is an unassailable reality that the chord progression and harmonic rhythm in ‘Let’s Get It On’ are so commonplace, in isolation and in combination, that to protect their combination would give ‘Let’s Get It On’ an impermissible monopoly over a basic musical building block.”He added: “There is no genuine issue of material fact as to whether defendants infringed the protected elements of ‘Let’s Get It On.

Lewis Capaldi has said that he’d be willing to step away from music to protect his mental health if he had to.The artist admitted that fame has proved a detriment to his mental health, and if necessary, he wouldn’t rule out walking away to look after himself.Speaking to Rebecca Judd on Apple Music, he said: “I think on this album in particular I talk a bit more about my mental health, which has taken a beating over the last little while.“I’m managing it better now but I think in 2020 I was kind of glad when we got put in lockdown because I had done my first arena tour in the UK, and we had just done an Australia and Asia tour before that.“I was in a bad way where I was just having panic attacks every single day on stage and I was just shy,” he continued. “I still haven’t quite got there, but it’s interesting that this thing that you love to do and you’ve always wanted to do becomes something that causes you such distress, but such is the modern world.“”If I did another album and my head was scrambled and I felt horrible, right now I’m at a point where I can balance my mental health and how I feel in general.

It pays to be Ed Sheeran… but not to just look like him.

like it used to before…A Manchester man was reportedly booted off TikTok because he looks too much like, in his own words, the “evil twin” of singer Ed Sheeran.The best part of it all is that 28-year-old doppelganger, Ty Jones, said he “actually can’t sing.”“People always comment on my videos, saying, ‘Oh my God, it’s Ed Sheeran … I’m always repeating myself saying, ‘I’m not Ed’,” Jones said.“Sometimes I have [a disclaimer] in bold writing … Just because I look like Ed Sheeran, does that mean I can’t make TikToks?”Although Jones does not claim to be Ed, he certainly does lean into the physical similarities the two share. He producing laugh-out-loud lookalike content for social media and platforms like Cameo.A post shared by Ed Experience (@ed_experience)“It’s my full-time job.

Ed Sheeran retains his position at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart for a second consecutive week with – (Subtract).

Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Adele have been included on the Sunday Times Rich List – named as some of the UK’s richest people under the age of 35.Released earlier today (May 19), the list counts down the 35 richest people under the age of 35 in the UK. Among sporting legends, including Rory McIlroy and Anthony Joshua, actors and entrepreneurs, three British musicians are also featured.These are pop icons Ed Sheeran, Adele and Harry Styles, who are all listed as having an estimated wealth of more than £150million.All having experienced enormous success across the globe, Sheeran – aged 32 – has the highest ranking out of the three musical acts.

TikTok for "impersonating" the Bad Habits singer. Ty Jones, 28, took to his Ed_Experience Instagram to break the news to his 1,211 followers. "Hey everyone, so funnily enough my Tiktok account was banned for 'Impersonating' when my name was individual.