Paolo Nutini

Paolo Nutini at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2015

Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born January 9, 1987 in Paisley ) is a Scottish singer and songwriter of Italian origin.

music

Nutini is often described as a singer / songwriter, but influences from indie rock , soul , pop , jazz , ska and folk can be found in his music . In his songs, influences from artists such as David Bowie , Joe Cocker , Oasis , The Beatles , Jack Johnson , Pink Floyd , Otis Redding or Fleetwood Mac can also be recognized. Above all, his voice makes him and his music what it is. His voice shows a remarkable diversity, which can vary between rough register and soft singing.

biography

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The Nutini family has owned a fish'n'chips joint in their hometown of Paisley for four generations, which his parents still run. Paolo's father hoped his son would get into the family business and take over the business, but Paolo was early on working towards a music career. His talent was discovered by his grandfather, who introduced Paolo to traditional Scottish folk songs, and his teacher at St Andrews Academy. He dropped out of school to work as a roadie, t-shirt seller, and studio helper. At the age of 17, Paolo left his family in Scotland and, to make his dream come true, moved to London, where he performed regularly in pubs. Word of his talent quickly spread and record companies soon noticed him. Shortly after his 18th birthday, Nutini signed his first major recording deal with Atlantic Records . A few weeks later he went with producer Ken Nelson, who u. a. worked as a producer for Coldplay at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool and recorded his debut album These Streets . The success of the first single was promising: Last Request rose to number 5 in the UK charts and to number 1 in his home country of Scotland in the first week. His album These Streets was released in Germany on September 15, 2006. Before that, two singles had already been released from May 2006 , the first ( These Streets ) only being distributed as a free Internet download. For Nutini himself, These Streets is not only the way into the music business, but also serves as a way of coming to terms with his past. "Basically, the album is an autobiographical journey, a diary if you like, of my last three years." "It's an album like a diary of my last three years." Nutini was in support of KT Tunstall , Amy Winehouse and Ian Archer . At the end of January 2006 he was the "hot ticket" at the South X Southwest Festival in Austin Texas and in April 2006 he accompanied his idol Paul Weller on his tour as a support act . On December 10, 2007, Nutini performed the " Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert", as a preliminary act to Led Zeppelin 's first live concert in 27 years. In 2007 he appeared at the "Rock im Park" and "Pinkpop" festivals. In June 2009 Nutini's second album Sunny Side Up was released , with which he conquered the top of the British charts and also landed at number 15 in the German album charts. The album was created in collaboration with producer Ethan Johns ( Kings of Leon , Razorlight ) and was recorded in several studios, including in Ireland, Wales, New York and Bath. The sound of the entire album is very different from its predecessor. For the recordings, he brought his band The Vipers, with whom he also played live. Nutini has performed at the legendary Glastonbury Festival in recent years . His third studio album Caustic Love was released in April 2014 .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2006	These Streets	DE28 (12 weeks) DE	AT23 (8 weeks) AT	CH19th platinum (52 weeks)CH	UK3 × 5 Quintuple platinum (177 weeks)UK	US48 (21 weeks) US	First published: July 17, 2006
2009	Sunny side up	DE15 (12 weeks) DE	AT34 (2 weeks) AT	CH3 gold (24 weeks)CH	UK1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (141 weeks)UK	US57 (2 weeks) US	First published: May 29, 2009
2014	Caustic love	DE15 (12 weeks) DE	AT13 (7 weeks) AT	CH1 (24 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (63 weeks)UK	US31 (2 weeks) US	First published: April 11, 2014

EPs

year	title	Remarks
2006	Live and Acoustic	First published: May 29, 2006
2007	Live sessions	First published: February 26, 2007
	iTunes Festival: London	First published: September 3, 2007
	Live at Isle of Wight Festival	First published: September 25, 2007
2009	London Festival '09	First published: June 1, 2009
2010	Recorded Live at Preservation Hall	First published: March 2, 2010

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2006	Last Request These Streets	DE65 (7 weeks) DE	AT20 (12 weeks) AT	CH42 (20 weeks) CH	UK5 platinum (40 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 3, 2006
	Jenny Don't Be Hasty These Streets	DE59 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH56 (7 weeks) CH	UK20th gold (16 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 25, 2006
	Rewind These Streets	-	-	-	UK27 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: December 4, 2006
2007	New Shoes These Streets	DE97 (1 week) DE	-	CH52 (10 weeks) CH	UK21st platinum (24 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 12, 2007
2009	Candy Sunny Side Up	DE62 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH10 gold (22 weeks)CH	UK19th gold (20 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 18, 2009
	Coming Up Easy Sunny Side Up	-	-	-	UK62 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 10, 2009
	Pencil Full of Lead Sunny Side Up	-	-	-	UK17th platinum (24 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 2, 2009
2010	10/10 Sunny Side Up	-	-	-	UK51 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: January 11, 2010
2014	Scream (Funk My Life Up) Caustic Love	-	-	CH56 (2 weeks) CH	UK12 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: January 28, 2014
	Better Man Caustic Love	-	-	-	UK40 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 2014
	Iron Sky Caustic Love	-	-	-	UK42 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: April 2014
	Let Me Down Easy Caustic Love	-	-	-	UK47 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 17, 2014

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 2006: for the album These Streets  Italy 2010: for the album Sunny Side Up 2014: for the album These Streets 2015: for the album Caustic Love 2017: for the single Iron Sky 2018: for the single New Shoes 2019: for the single last request  Netherlands 2015: for the album Caustic Love

Platinum record  Ireland 2006: for the album These Streets  Italy 2019: for the single Candy 2 × platinum record  Europe 2011: for the album These Streets 2011: for the album Sunny Side Up 4 × platinum record  Ireland 2009: for the album Sunny Side Up

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	(4,000,000)	ifpi.org
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	75,000	infodisc.fr
Ireland (IRMA)	-	-	5 × platinum5	75,000	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	6 × gold6th	platinum1	210,000	fimi.it
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	nvpi.nl
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	60,000	hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	2 × gold2	16 × platinum16	7,300,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	12 × gold12	27 × platinum27

Collaborations

• 2007: Duo with Zazie , on the album Totem Zazie
• 2009: Covers , with The View , on the album Which Bitch? by The View

Web links

Commons : Paolo Nutini  - Collection of Images

• Official website (English)
• Paolo Nutini in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Paolo Nutini on MusicBrainz (English)
• Paolo Nutini at laut.de

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US