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Paolo Nutini
Solo artist Paisley United Kingdom
Paolo Nutini is an artist from Paisley. Paolo Nutini has 40 chart appearances on 34 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “New Shoes”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #50. The station that charted Paolo Nutini most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 10 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Paolo Nutini, born 9 January 1987 and from Paisley, Renfrewshire, is a Scottish singer-songwriter with an old soul's rasp and a habit of taking his sweet time. His debut, These Streets, arrived in 2006 and went to number three in the UK, carrying the plaintive "Last Request". Sunny Side Up followed in 2009 and went straight in at number one, with the ragged, sing-along charm of "Candy"; both albums went quintuple platinum in Britain.
Then he went quiet for five years and came back sounding like a different animal. Caustic Love, out in April 2014, also debuted at number one, and it's his grittiest, most soulful record, mixing blues and rock grit with pop warmth. "Iron Sky" is the centerpiece, a slow-burning, pleading epic that builds until it blows the roof off, and "Let Me Down Easy" leans hard into vintage soul.
He took his time again after that, and Last Night in the Bittersweet finally arrived in July 2022. Along the way he's picked up three BRIT Award nominations and an Ivor Novello nomination for his songwriting.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Paolo Nutini on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Shoes | 11 | #50 | – | 2007 | |
| 2 | Let Me Down Easy | 8 | #6 | – | 2014 | |
| 3 | Iron Sky | 5 | #30 | – | – | |
| 4 | Candy | 8 | #55 | – | 2009 | |
| 5 | Last Request | 2 | #44 | – | 2007 | |
| 6 | Petrified In Love | 1 | #36 | – | 2022 | |
| 7 | Better Man | 1 | #43 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | These Streets | 1 | #419 | – | – | |
| 9 | Pencil Full Of Lead | 1 | #630 | – | – | |
| 10 | Jenny Don't Be Hasty | 2 | #87 | – | 2007 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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