Nik Kershaw discography

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]

Nik Kershaw discography
Kershaw performing live in 2013
Studio albums9
Live albums3
Compilation albums8
Singles27

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certification
UK
[1][3][4]
AUS
[5]
GER
[6]
FIN
[7]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
NZ
[13]
Human Racing 5 35 8 8 13 7 38 12 70 32
The Riddle
  • Released: 10 November 1984
  • Label: MCA Records
8 39 12 11 21 5 11 23 113 8
  • BPI: Platinum
Radio Musicola
  • Released: 24 October 1986
  • Label: MCA Records
47 92
  • 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

Title Album 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

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1][3][4]
DEN FIN
[7]
SWE
[10]
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 9 12
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

  • '98 Remixes (1998)

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1][14]
AUS
[5]
CAN FIN
[7]
GER
[6]
IRE
[15]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[8]
SWI
[11]
US
[16]
NZ
[17]
1983 "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" 47 8 6 Human Racing
1984 "Wouldn't It Be Good" 4 5 9 2 2 24 6 3 46 16
"Dancing Girls" 13 21 14
"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
(re-issue)
2 17 94 26 12 4 6 8 6
"Human Racing" 19 17
"The Riddle" 3 6 49 12 8 3 19 5 15 [upper-alpha 1] 6 The Riddle
1985 "Wide Boy" 9 7 25 5 47 21
"Don Quixote" 10 83 39 9 36
"When a Heart Beats" 27 92 21 55 14 Radio Musicola
1986 "Nobody Knows" 44 73 20
"Radio Musicola" 43
1987 "James Cagney"
1989 "One Step Ahead" 55 The Works
"Elisabeth's Eyes" 105
1991 "Wouldn't It Be Good" (re-issue) The Collection
"I Wanna Change the Score"
(Tony Banks & Nik Kershaw)
55 Still
1993 "Old Friend"
(Elton John & Nik Kershaw)
Duets
1998 "Wouldn't It Be Good" (re-issue) '98 Remixes
1999 "Somebody Loves You" 70 15 Minutes
"What Do You Think of It So Far?"
"Sometimes"
(Les Rythmes Digitales feat. Nik Kershaw)
56 Darkdancer
2001 "Wounded" 100 To Be Frank
2012 "The Sky's the Limit" Ei8ht
"You're the Best"
2015 "Men United"[19] Non-album single
2017 "Wouldn't It Be Good"[20]
(Lotus & Jerome feat. Nik Kershaw)
2020 "These Little Things EP"[21] Oxymoron
"From Cloudy Bay to Malibu"[22]
2021 "Be Still"[23]
(Wrenne feat. Nik Kershaw & Chesney Hawkes)
Non-album single
"Lost In You (Sunset Sessions)"[24]
(Chesney Hawkes & Nik Kershaw)

Notes

  1. "The Riddle" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart.[18]

References

  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 299. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. "Chart Log UK". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. "Nik Kershaw | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. "Chart Log UK 1994-2010 > Alex K – Kyuss". Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. Australian chart peaks:
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  8. "Nik Kershaw - the Riddle".
  9. Steffen Hung. "Nik Kershaw - The Riddle". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  10. Steffen Hung. "Nik Kershaw - The Riddle". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  11. "Nik Kershaw - the Riddle".
  12. "Nik Kershaw Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  13. "Nik Kershaw". Charts.nz.
  14. "Official Charts > Nik Kershaw (singles)". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  15. "The Irish Charts – Search for Nik Kershaw in Artist". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  16. "Nik Kershaw Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  17. "Nik Kershaw". Charts.nz.
  18. "US Hot 100 Bubbling Under". Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  19. "Men United - Single by Nik Kershaw".
  20. "Wouldn't It be Good (Feat. Nik Kershaw) - Single by Lotus & Jerome".
  21. "These Little Things - EP by Nik Kershaw".
  22. "From Cloudy Bay to Malibu - Single by Nik Kershaw".
  23. "Be Still (Feat. Nik Kershaw & Chesney Hawkes) - Single by Wrenne".
  24. "Lost in You (Sunset Sessions) - Single by Chesney Hawkes & Nik Kershaw".
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