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.
Lewis' brand new album continues to out-sell the rest of the Top 20 contenders combined and surpassed 2023's previous fastest-selling album, which is Ed Sheeran's Subtract, with over 24 hours of tracking still to be accounted for.
The West Lothian singer released his highly anticipated record on Friday, 19 May after returning with his comeback single Forget Me last September.
The Scots star fronted his Netflix documentary How I'm Feeling Now, which was released in March and gave fans an insight into how his second album was made, as well as his Tourette's diagnosis and anxiety.
Recently we reported, in promotion for his new album, Lewis took over NPR for his very own Tiny Desk Concert and let fans hear his brand new single Heavenly Kind of State of Mind. Afterwards, when speaking to an Australian news outlet, Lewis discussed the incredible relief he feels upon his new album being out in the world.
The journalist for daily chat show The Project opened the chat with Lewis by remarking: "Hi there Lewis Capaldi, it appears to me that writing a second album seems pretty simple, yeah?"
"It's a piece of p***, if I can say so myself." The Scots star joked. "Yeah, it was difficult."
He continued: "If I can be honest, I can liken it to anything it's like I have been holding in a s*** for as long as I can remember. And I've just now started to relieve myself upon the general public. That's what it feels like.
"That's the only thing I can think of that's similar. I feel that sort of relief when you take a big dump."
Lewis added: "I've had a colonic before, and it feels very similar."
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