- His compositions fuse Italian and Mediterranean sounds with jazz, boogie and elements of the French chanson and Latin-American rhythms.
- He is an Italian singer, pianist, songwriter and lawyer known for his distinctly grainy, resonant voice.
- In 1974 Conte recorded his first album, Paolo Conte.
- On 15 May 2001, France ordered Paolo Conte Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
- In 2015, Conte was awarded the Premio Galileo for contemporary music in Padua.
- Paolo Conte was born in Asti, Piedmont. His parents were avid jazz fans and Conte and his younger brother Giorgio spent their formative years listening to a lot of early jazz and blues recordings.
- After obtaining a law degree at the University of Parma, Conte started working as an assistant solicitor with his father, simultaneously pursuing his musical studies.
- On 24 March 1999, Paolo Conte was awarded with the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, by President Giorgio Napolitano for his "outstanding cultural achievements".
- Some of Conte's most popular songs have been used as film soundtracks, including "Come Di" in I Am David (2003) and Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), "Via con me" in French Kiss (1995), Mostly Martha (2001) and Welcome to Collinwood (2002).
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