Paolo Giovanni Nutini is a Scottish singer and songwriter. He is a true fan of David Bowie, Damien Rice, Oasis, The Beatles, U2, Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac.
It is thanks to them that he became who he is.
Born on January 9th, 1987 in Paisley, Scotland, his father is of Italian descent and his mother is from Scotland.
Despite the fact that his father had been in Italy for a long time, he met his mother in Scotland, where they continued to live.
Nutini had no formal musical training and expected to follow his father into the family business selling 'fish and chips'.
The very first person who noticed his grandson's musical talent was his grandfather, who himself was very fond of music.
Paolo was a teacher but soon left school to work as a road builder and sell Speedway T-shirts and studied the music business for three years.
He even once performed live, both alone and with a band, and also worked in a studio in Glasgow at Park Lane Studio.
Carier start
His big chance came when he attended a David Sneddon comeback concert in his hometown of Paisley in early 2003.
Sneddon was delayed a bit, and as the winner of an impromptu pop quiz, Nutini was given the opportunity to perform a couple of songs on stage while waiting.
The favorable response from the crowd impressed the music manager, who soon began working with Nutini.
Daily Record journalist John Dingwall saw him perform at the Queen Margaret's Union and invited him to perform live on Radio Scotland.
He was only seventeen when he moved to London to perform regularly at the Bedford Pub in Balham. Although legally he was too young, but even then the singer was confident in his desires and full of energy.
Other radio and live appearances followed, including two live shows at Radio London, The Hard Rock Cafe, and supporting shows for Amy Winehouse and KT Tunstall.
First albums
His debut album, These Streets, produced by Ken Nelson (Coldplay/Gomez), was released on July 17, 2006 and entered the US album charts immediately at number three.
Many of the songs on the album, including "Last Request" and "Rewind", were inspired by a turbulent relationship with his girlfriend, and "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" is a true story about dating a grown woman.
On May 29, 2009 Nutini released his second studio album Sunny Side Up after the first single "Candy" was released on May 18.
In July, he appeared alongside Jonathan Ross in a performance of "Coming Up Easy". This performance was released as the second single from the album on August 10th.
The album received a mixed critical reception. Some noted a departure from the sound of the debut album.
Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph was also positive, stating that "his joyful second album seamlessly blends soul, country, folk and the brash, ragtime swing energy."
Some reviewers were less impressed. It was described by Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian as "not bad", with the opening track "10/10".
But despite all the reviews, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with sales of over 60 copies, against strong competition from Love & War, the debut album from male solo artist Daniel Merryweather.
The album also performed well on the Irish Albums Chart, debuting at number two behind Eminem's new album and then rising to the top of the charts the following week.
On January 3rd, 2010, Sunny Side Up topped the UK Albums Charts for the second time, making the album the first UK number one album of 2010 and the decade.
Album Caustic Love – present tense
In December 2013, it was revealed that Nutini had recorded his third album titled Caustic Love which was released on April 14, 2014.
The album's first single "Scream (Funk My Life Up)" was released on January 27th.
The Independent newspaper called the album "an unqualified success: perhaps the best British R&B album since the heyday of the 1970s souls of Rod Stewart and Joe Cocker". It was selected on December 8th, 2014 by Apple to be the iTunes "Best of 2014" album.
On the 18-month tour following the release of Caustic Love, Nutini performed in North America, Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
In October 2014, Nutini was forced to leave shows in his hometown of Glasgow, Cardiff and London due to tonsillitis.
In August 2015, the singer headlined a sold-out show for 35 people at Glasgow's Bellahouston Park.
After extensive touring in 2015 supporting Caustic Love, Nutini took a break in 2016.
On 20 September 2016, it was announced that on New Year's Eve 2016/2017, Nutini would be the protagonist of the Garden Concert, Edinburgh's main party event on Hogmanay Street.
Personal life
Nutini had an 8-year on-and-off relationship with Scottish marketing graduate and model Teri Brogan.
The couple met at St Andrew's Academy in Paisley and started dating when they were 15 years old.
After their breakup, he became romantically involved with Irish TV presenter and model Laura Whitmore.
Nutini also had a relationship with English actress and model Amber Anderson from 2014 to 2016.
Nutini stated in an interview in June 2014 that he had smoked cannabis every day since he was sixteen years old. Can you imagine? But that didn't stop him from becoming who he is.
He also has an honorary doctorate from his home university in Paisley in the west of Scotland.
On February 22, 2015, Nutini's biography was published under the title "Paolo Nutini: easy and simple". The biography was written by author Colin McFarlane.
Since 2017, Nutini has lived in his hometown of Paisley, and in 2019, neighbors say he often sings karaoke himself.
In July 2019, Paolo donated over £10 to charity by purchasing and playing a Chewbacca mask worn on stage by fellow Scottish musician Lewis Capaldi at TRNSMT.
Interesting facts about Paolo Nutini:
1. Paolo Alfredo's dad met his mom Linda Harkins at the cafe where she worked. Alfredo asked her out on a date and they have been married for 30 years.
2. Paolo is the older brother. He has a younger sister, Francesca.
3. Paolo has a tattoo that wraps around his forearm. The singer previously admitted in an interview that he couldn't deal with the pain of the tattoo, saying, "It was like a bee sting running up and down my arm."
4. Paolo's track "Iron Sky" featured an audio snippet of Charlie Chaplin's famous speech in the 1940 film The Great Dictator.
5. And it looks like singer Adele is a fan of the track Iron Sky. She tweeted that it was one of the best things she had ever heard in her life.
6. And finally, let's touch on The Rolling Stones a little. He was asked by Mick Jagger and Ben Affleck to play a track for a documentary of the same name about the plight of millions of people displaced from their homes by fighting in the Sudanese region.
