# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-kelly
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:19:14.083Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-kelly"
name: "Paul Kelly"
slug: "paul-kelly"
description: "Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five. Kelly's music style has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output straddles folk, rock and country. His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and landscape of Australia by chronicling life about him for almost 50 years. David Fricke from Rolling Stone calls Kelly \"one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise\". Kelly has said, \"Song writing is mysterious to me. I still feel like a total beginner. I don't feel like I have got it nailed yet.\""
tagline: "Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player, born 1955"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Kelly_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.28461066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  141
  category: null
totalFollowers: 43200
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/paulkelly"
    handle:    "paulkelly"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446771/"
    handle:    "nm0446771"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.paulkelly.com.au/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4GjyogdR9_0Gqfhf6eNKw"
    handle:    "@paulkelly"
    followers: 43200
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/268593"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A)"
    title: "باول كيلي (مغني أسترالي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "بول كيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "باول کیلی (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(australischer_Musiker)"
    title: "Paul Kelly (australischer Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(Australian_musician)"
    title: "Paul Kelly (Australian musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Paul Kelly (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(musicien)"
    title: "Paul Kelly (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly"
    title: "Paul Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(mai_ki%C9%97a_na_Australiya)"
    title: "Paul Kelly (mai kiɗa na Australiya)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(musicista)"
    title: "Paul Kelly (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(zanger)"
    title: "Paul Kelly (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(musician)"
    title: "Paul Kelly (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2353e48c-3b80-4ac1-be24-88f9b99c84c8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q952656"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82348"
    title: "Paul Kelly"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump