Nikka Costa discography explained

Artist:Nikka Costa
Studio:8
Video:1
Ep:4
Singles:27
1Option:4
1Option Name:Promotional albums

This is the discography of American singer Nikka Costa.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[1]
US R&B
[2]
AUS
[3] [4]
AUT
[5]
FRA
[6]
ITA
[7]
SPA
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
Nikka Costa
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: CGD, Ariola, Epic, CBS
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Europe and South America-only release
871
  • SPA: Platinum
Fairy Tales
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: CGD, Ariola, Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Europe and South America-only release
13
Here I Am... Yes, It's Me
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Europe and South America-only release
Butterfly Rocket
  • Released: April 10, 1996
  • Label: Mushroom
  • Fomats: CD, MC
  • Australia-only release
103
Everybody Got Their Something
  • Released: May 22, 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Fomats: CD, LP, MC
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Can'tneverdidnothin'
  • Released: May 24, 2005
  • Label: Virgin
  • Fomats: CD, MC
1579575
Pebble to a Pearl
  • Released: October 14, 2008
  • Label: Stax/Go Funk Yourself
  • Fomats: CD, 2xLP
15756
Nikka & Strings: Underneath and in Between
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional albums

TitleAlbum details
Everybody Got Their Something Sampler
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
  • Also released with a different track listing as The Sampler
Return of the Funky White Bitch
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Cheeba
  • Formats: CD
  • Features remixed versions of songs from Everybody Got Their Something, with remixes by Mark Ronson
Live in Tokyo
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD-R
  • Features a performance at Astro Hall
  • Japan-only release
Pro★Whoa
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Go Funk Yourself
  • Formats: CD, 2xCD
  • Promo version of the EP

Video albums

EPs

TitleAlbum details
Live at the Bridge
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Mushroom
  • Formats: CD
  • EP bundled with the re-released version of Butterfly Rocket
Stuck to You
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Stax/Go Funk Yourself
  • Formats: CD
  • Promo remix EP
Pro★Whoa!
  • Released: June 21, 2011
  • Label: Go Funk Yourself
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Daytrotter Session
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Daytrotter
  • Formats: digital download

Singles

NameYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US Dance
[11]
AUS
[12]
BEL
(FL)

[13]
FRA
[14]
GER
[15]
ITA
[16]
NLD
[17]
SPA
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
"(Out Here) On My Own"19811317213217Nikka Costa
"I Believe in Love" (Brazil-only release)
"You" (Spain-only release)198211
"So Glad I Have You"25
"Maybe"
"First Love" (Spain and Brazil-only release)19838Fairy Tales
"I Believe in Fairy Tales"
"Stay Daddy Stay"
"Don't Cry" (with Pierre Cosso)1989Here I Am... Yes, It's Me
"Renegade (Take My Breath Away)"
"Loca tentación" (Spain-only release)1990
"All for the Love (Vattene amore)" (Italy and Belgium-only release)
"Master Blaster" (Australia-only release)1996126Butterfly Rocket
"Get Off of My Sunshine" (Australia-only release)106
"Treat Her Right" (Australia-only release)160
"Like a Feather"2001938853Everybody Got Their Something
"Everybody Got Their Something"
"Push & Pull" (promo-only release)
"I Don't Think We've Met"2004
"Till I Get to You"2005Can'tneverdidnothin
"Stuck to You"20088Pebble to a Pearl
"Maybe Baby"
"Ching Ching Ching" (Germany-only release)201069Pro★Whoa!
"Little Lion Man"2011
"Nothing Compares 2 U"2017Nikka & Strings: Underneath and in Between
"Come Rain or Shine"
"Arms Around You"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Nikka Costa. 2021-09-24. Billboard.
  2. Nikka Costa. 2021-09-24. Billboard.
  3. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
    • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Moonlight Publishing. 2011. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
  4. Web site: Nikka Costa ARIA Chart History (albums) complete to 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. July 26, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  5. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. 2021-09-24. austriancharts.at.
  6. Web site: 2015-09-24. InfoDisc : Les Albums (CD) de 1982 par InfoDisc. 2021-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034943/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1982.php. September 24, 2015.
  7. Web site: Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1982. 2021-09-24. www.hitparadeitalia.it.
  8. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. 978-84-8048-639-2. 1st. Spain.
  9. Web site: Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch. 2021-09-24. swisscharts.com.
  10. Web site: Chart Log UK: Chris C. - CZR. 2021-09-24. www.zobbel.de.
  11. Nikka Costa. 2021-09-24. Billboard.
  12. Web site: Nikka Costa ARIA Chart History (singles) complete to 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. July 26, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  13. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. 2021-09-24. www.ultratop.be.
  14. Web site: InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par C. 2021-09-24. infodisc.fr.
  15. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2021-09-24. www.offiziellecharts.de.
  16. Web site: Hit Parade Italia - Top Annuali Single: 1981. 2021-09-24. www.hitparadeitalia.it.
  17. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2021-09-24. dutchcharts.nl.
  18. Web site: Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch. 2021-09-24. swisscharts.com.
  19. Web site: NIKKA COSTA full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2021-09-24. www.officialcharts.com.