Nik Kershaw discography

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

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]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertification
UK
[1] [3] [4]
AUS
[5]
GER
[6]
FIN
[7]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
NZ
[13]
Human Racing 5358813738127032
The Riddle
  • Released: 19 November 1984
  • Label: MCA Records
839121121511231138
  • BPI: Platinum
Radio Musicola
  • Released: 24 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
[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 Hits912
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
[1] [14]
AUS
[5]
CAN FIN
[7]
GER
[6]
IRE
[15]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[8]
SWI
[11]
US
[16]
NZ
[13]
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"3649128319515 [upper-alpha 1] 6The 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)
7655 Still
"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)
56 Darkdancer
2001"Wounded"100To Be Frank
2012"The Sky's the Limit"Ei8ht
"You're the Best"
2015"Men United" [18] Non-album single
2017"Wouldn't It Be Good" [19]
(Lotus & Jerome feat. Nik Kershaw)
2020"These Little Things EP" [20] Oxymoron
"From Cloudy Bay to Malibu" [21]
2021"Be Still" [22]
(Wrenne feat. Nik Kershaw & Chesney Hawkes)
Non-album single
"Lost In You (Sunset Sessions)" [23]
(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. [17]

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  20. "These Little Things - EP by Nik Kershaw".
  21. "From Cloudy Bay to Malibu - Single by Nik Kershaw".
  22. "Be Still (Feat. Nik Kershaw & Chesney Hawkes) - Single by Wrenne".
  23. "Lost in You (Sunset Sessions) - Single by Chesney Hawkes & Nik Kershaw".