Nik Kershaw

British musician

Person Human Q453812

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: March 1, 1958
Place of birth: Bristol
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[8]
Occupation: singer-songwriter, composer, singer, recording artist, pop singer, musician, songwriter^[9]^[10]
Educated at: Northgate High School^[11]
Genre: pop music, synth-pop, pop rock, rhythm and blues, new wave^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Official website: www.nikkershaw.net^[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[29]
Birth name: Nicholas David Kershaw^[31]
Copyright representative: PRS for Music
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights
Discography: Nik Kershaw discography^[20]
Family name: Kershaw^[21]
Given name: Nicholas, David^[22]^[23]
Instrument: voice, guitar, keyboard instrument^[25]^[26]^[27]
Name in native language: Nik Kershaw^[32]
Nickname: Nik^[30]
Number of children: +3^[33]
Participant in: Live Aid^[28]
Record label: Ariola, MCA Records^[18]^[19]
Social media followers: +9742
Start of work period: 1983^[34]

🏷️ Also known as

en Nik Kershaw ar نيكولاس ديفيد كيرشاو ar نيك كيرشاو cs Nicholas David Kershaw he ניק קרשאו he ניק קרשו ja ニック・カーショウ ja ニコラス・デヴィッド・カーショウ ko 니컬러스 데이비드 커쇼 ko 닉 커쇼 ru Nik Kershaw ru Ник Кершоу sv Kershaw zh 尼克·克索

🔖 Identifiers · 75

ISNI: 0000000078394573
VIAF cluster ID: 59269941
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n94100615
GND ID: 123104262
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Nik Kershaw (14521468196).jpg ↗
AZLyrics artist ID: n/nikkershaw
Alexander Turnbull Library ID: 310526
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000407524
Apple Music artist ID: 3382794
BBC Things ID: 25c0a821-6c73-4dae-956f-44b937e041e2
BIBSYS ID: 8038542
Beatport artist ID: 176026

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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13895948h
Billboard artist ID: nik-kershaw
CONOR.SI ID: 67290211
Companies House officer ID: qg8VpBcnlUlXejnK4Pi5pniYg4k
DDB person (GND) ID: 123104262
Deezer artist ID: 3542
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 123104262
Discogs artist ID: 5647
Europeana entity: agent/base/63452
Facebook username: OfficialNikKershaw
Fandango person ID: 343070
Film.ru person ID: nik-kershaw
Freebase ID: /m/01wxz0
GTAA ID: 117903
Genius artist ID: Nik-kershaw
Genius artist numeric ID: 354486
HAND ID: 71DA-4206-2494-9899-2E48
IMDb ID: nm0449968
IPI name number: 00122143233, 00122188300
Instagram username: nikkershaw_hq
J9U entity ID: 987007415263005171
Jaxsta profile ID: 310299dd-b544-4ead-819d-2c75fe1ccb5f
KANTO ID: 000202817
Kinobox person ID: 874627
Laut.de artist ID: Nik-Kershaw
Libraries Australia ID: 35572633
LyricsTranslate ID: nik-kershaw-lyrics.html
MOOMA artist ID: 270
Museum-digital person/organization ID: 166034
MusicBrainz artist ID: 6286e04b-7bc1-4f22-bca5-fdd34d1b0d93
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 36797, 1245
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000015289
NL CR AUT ID: xx0050660
NLA Trove people ID: 1000290
NNDB people ID: 856/000062670
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000067378
NSK ID: 981005666126709366
NUKAT ID: n2018176380
National Library of Israel ID (old): 004967611
National Library of Latvia ID: 000097964
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1615580
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071670866
Obálky knih ID: xx0050660
Offizielle Deutsche Charts person ID: 1184
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100034672
Plex person key: 5d77687f61141d001fb1c120
Rate Your Music artist ID: nik_kershaw
Rock's Backpages artist ID: nik-kershaw
SNAC ARK ID: w6tt4xgh
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 15217
Setlist.fm artist ID: 7bd6b26c
Shazam artist ID: 3382794
Songkick artist ID: 202446
Spotify artist ID: 7kCL98rPFsNKjAHDmWrMac
TMDB person ID: 1243370
Tidal artist ID: 32753
Topic's main category: Category:Nik Kershaw
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000129765
WikiKids ID: Nik_Kershaw
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJxmFmMf66YKDDMHxFB9Dq
X (Twitter) username: nikkershaw_hq, nikkershaw
Yale LUX ID: person/af34ae81-80c4-4e31-a26c-ce0ee086ae4f
Yle topic ID: 18-302643

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 18

The Riddle, Human Racing, Wide Boy, Oxymoron, 15 Minutes, Dancing Girls, Ei8ht, I Wanna Change the Score +10 more

Mb:composer 12

The Riddle, The Riddle, Wouldn't It Be Good, Wouldn't It Be Good, I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, The One and Only, The One and Only +4 more

Mb:lyricist 12

The Riddle, The Riddle, Wouldn't It Be Good, Wouldn't It Be Good, I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, The One and Only, The One and Only +4 more

← Performer 6

The Riddle, Wouldn't It Be Good, The Riddle, I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Human Racing, Wide Boy

Genre 5

pop music, rhythm and blues, pop rock, new wave, synth-pop

Occupation 4

composer, singer, singer-songwriter, recording artist

Compositions 3

The Riddle, Wouldn't It Be Good, I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Instrument 3

guitar, keyboard instrument, voice

← Lyricist 3

The Riddle, Wouldn't It Be Good, I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Given name 2

David, Nicholas

Record label 2

MCA Records, Ariola

PRS for Music

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:member of band 1

Ferry Aid

Participant in 1

Live Aid

Participated in 1

Live Aid

Place of birth 1

Bristol

Sex or gender 1

male

← Mb:married 1

Sheri Kershaw

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Summary

Nik Kershaw was born on March 1, 1958^[1], in Bristol^[2]. He has worked as a singer-songwriter^[3], composer^[4], singer^[5], recording artist^[6], and pop singer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Nik Kershaw born?

Nik Kershaw was born in Bristol^[2].

What did Nik Kershaw do for work?

Nik Kershaw worked as a singer-songwriter^[3], composer^[4], singer^[5], recording artist^[6], and pop singer^[7].

Where did Nik Kershaw go to school?

Nik Kershaw was educated at Northgate High School^[11].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Nik Kershaw — place of birth (P19): Bristol. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Nik Kershaw — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Nik Kershaw — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Nik Kershaw — educated at (P69): Northgate High School. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Nik Kershaw — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Nik Kershaw — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Nik Kershaw — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Nik Kershaw — occupation (P106): recording artist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Nik Kershaw — occupation (P106): pop singer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Nik Kershaw — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Nik Kershaw — occupation (P106): songwriter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Nik Kershaw — genre (P136): pop music. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Nik Kershaw — genre (P136): synth-pop. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Nik Kershaw — genre (P136): pop rock. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Nik Kershaw — genre (P136): rhythm and blues. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Nik Kershaw — genre (P136): new wave. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Nik Kershaw — record label (P264): Ariola. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Nik Kershaw — record label (P264): MCA Records. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Nik Kershaw — discography (P358): Nik Kershaw discography. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Nik Kershaw — date of birth (P569): March 1, 1958. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-29. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Nik Kershaw — family name (P734): Kershaw. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Nik Kershaw — given name (P735): Nicholas. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Nik Kershaw — given name (P735): David. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Nik Kershaw — official website (P856): http://www.nikkershaw.net. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Nik Kershaw — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Nik Kershaw — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Nik Kershaw — instrument (P1303): keyboard instrument. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Nik Kershaw — participant in (P1344): Live Aid. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Nik Kershaw — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Nik Kershaw — nickname (P1449): Nik. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Nik Kershaw — birth name (P1477): Nicholas David Kershaw. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Nik Kershaw — name in native language (P1559): Nik Kershaw. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Nik Kershaw — number of children (P1971): 3. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Nik Kershaw — start of work period (P2031): 1983. wikidata.org.

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17h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65765: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
8d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 32753

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → 71DA-4206-2494-9899-2E48

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24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Participant in → Live Aid

Given name → Nicholas, David

Instance of → human

Sex or gender → male

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