# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nik-kershaw
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:32:48.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nik-kershaw"
name: "Nik Kershaw"
slug: "nik-kershaw"
description: "Nicholas David Kershaw is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist, releasing eight singles that entered the top 40 of the UK singles chart during the decade, including \"Wouldn't It Be Good\", \"Dancing Girls\", \"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me\", \"Human Racing\", \"The Riddle\", \"Wide Boy\", \"Don Quixote\", and \"When a Heart Beats\". His 62 weeks on the UK singles chart through 1984 and 1985 beat all other solo artists."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nik_Kershaw_(14521468196).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.391044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/nikkershaw_hq"
    handle:    "nikkershaw_hq"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nikkershaw_hq/"
    handle:    "nikkershaw_hq"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OfficialNikKershaw"
    handle:    "OfficialNikKershaw"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449968/"
    handle:    "nm0449968"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kCL98rPFsNKjAHDmWrMac"
    handle:    "7kCL98rPFsNKjAHDmWrMac"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nikkershaw.net"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "نيك كيرشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%95"
    title: "ניק קרשו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6"
    title: "ニック・カーショウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE%D1%83%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Кершоу, Ник"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE"
    title: "Ник Кершо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Kershaw"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6286e04b-7bc1-4f22-bca5-fdd34d1b0d93"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453812"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1243370"
    title: "Nik Kershaw"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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