Nik Kershaw discography explained

Artist:Nik Kershaw
Studio:9
Live:3
Compilation:8
Singles:27

The discography of Nik Kershaw consists of nine studio albums, three live albums, eight compilation albums, one extended play (EP) and 27 singles.[1] [2] His 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart between 1984 and 1985 beat all other solo artists.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertification
UK
[3] [4]
AUS
[5]
GER
[6]
FIN
[7]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
NZ
[13]
Human Racing 5358813738127032

Platinum

The Riddle
  • Released: 19 November 1984
  • Label: MCA Records
839121121511231138
  • BPI: Platinum
Radio Musicola
  • Released: 20 October 1986
  • Label: MCA Records
4792
  • BPI: Silver
The Works
  • Released: 22 May 1989
  • Label: MCA Records
15 Minutes 194
To Be Frank
You've Got to Laugh
  • Released: 26 October 2006
  • Label: Shorthouse Records
Ei8ht
  • Released: 6 August 2012
  • Label: Shorthouse Records
91
Oxymoron
  • Released: 16 October 2020
  • Label: Audio Network

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
BBC Transcription Services – Live in Concert
  • Released: 12 May 1987
  • Label: Promo
No Frills
  • Released: 8 April 2010
  • Label: Koch Records and Shorthouse Records
Live in Germany 1984
  • Released: 7 March 2011
  • Label: ZYX Music

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
DENFIN
SWE
The Collection
The Best of Nik Kershaw
  • Released: 7 June 1993
  • Label: Music Club International
23
Anthology
  • Released: 22 December 1995
  • Label: MCA Records
Greatest Hits 912
The Essential
  • Released; 11 July 2000
  • Label: Spectrum Music
Then and Now 182
Human Racing – Special Edition
  • Released: 27 February 2012
  • Label: Universal Music TV
159
The Riddle – Special Edition
  • Released: 12 August 2013
  • Label: Universal Music TV
129
Essential Nik Kershaw
  • Released: 14 January 2022
  • Label: Spectrum

Remix albums

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[14]
AUS
CANFIN
GER
IRE
[15]
NLD
NOR
SWI
US
[16]
NZ
1983"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"4786Human Racing
1984 "Wouldn't It Be Good"4592224634616
"Dancing Girls"132114
"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
(re-issue)
2179426124686
"Human Racing"1917
"The Riddle"36491283195156The Riddle
1985"Wide Boy"972554721
"Don Quixote"108339936
"When a Heart Beats"2792215514Radio Musicola
1986"Nobody Knows"447320
"Radio Musicola"43
1987"James Cagney"
1989"One Step Ahead"55The Works
"Elisabeth's Eyes"105
1991"I Wanna Change the Score"
(Tony Banks & Nik Kershaw)
7655Still
"Wouldn't It Be Good" (re-issue)89The Collection
1998"Wouldn't It Be Good" (re-issue)98 Remixes
1999"Somebody Loves You"7015 Minutes
"What Do You Think of It So Far?"
"Sometimes"
(Les Rythmes Digitales feat. Nik Kershaw)
56Darkdancer
2001"Wounded"100To Be Frank
2012"The Sky's the Limit"Ei8ht
"You're the Best"
2015"Men United"[17] Non-album single
2017"Wouldn't It Be Good"[18]
(Lotus & Jerome feat. Nik Kershaw)
2020"These Little Things EP"[19] Oxymoron
"From Cloudy Bay to Malibu"[20]
2021"Be Still"[21]
(Wrenne feat. Nik Kershaw & Chesney Hawkes)
Non-album single
"Lost In You (Sunset Sessions)"[22]
(Chesney Hawkes & Nik Kershaw)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 299. 1-904994-10-5.
  2. Web site: Chart Log UK. zobbel.de. 2010-03-02.
  3. Web site: Nik Kershaw full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. 21 October 2021.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20151017040013/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_K.HTM. Chart Log UK 1994-2010 > Alex K – Kyuss. Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. 2015-10-17. 2015-11-01.
  5. Australian chart peaks:

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 165. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid 1983 until 19 June 1988.

  6. Web site: Discographie Nik Kershaw. offiziellecharts.de. 12 May 2024.
  7. Web site: Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961 (Finnish Chart History 1961-2015): KAS - KES . 2015-08-19.
  8. Web site: Nik Kershaw - the Riddle.
  9. Web site: Steffen Hung . Nik Kershaw - The Riddle . norwegiancharts.com . 2022-08-13.
  10. Web site: Steffen Hung . Nik Kershaw - The Riddle . swedishcharts.com . 2022-08-13.
  11. Web site: Nik Kershaw - the Riddle.
  12. Nik Kershaw Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 21 October 2021.
  13. Web site: Nik Kershaw . Charts.nz.
  14. Web site: Official Charts > Nik Kershaw (singles). The Official UK Charts Company. 2015-11-01.
  15. Web site: The Irish Charts – Search for Nik Kershaw in Artist. irishcharts.ie. 21 October 2021.
  16. Nik Kershaw Chart History: Hot 100. Billboard. 21 October 2021.
  17. Web site: Men United - Single by Nik Kershaw.
  18. Web site: Wouldn't It be Good (Feat. Nik Kershaw) - Single by Lotus & Jerome.
  19. Web site: These Little Things - EP by Nik Kershaw.
  20. Web site: From Cloudy Bay to Malibu - Single by Nik Kershaw.
  21. Web site: Be Still (Feat. Nik Kershaw & Chesney Hawkes) - Single by Wrenne.
  22. Web site: Lost in You (Sunset Sessions) - Single by Chesney Hawkes & Nik Kershaw.