SINGER

Nik Kershaw

1958 - Today

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Nicholas David Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Kershaw came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist. He released 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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nik Kershaw has received more than 1,848,991 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Nik Kershaw is the 1,039th most popular singer (up from 1,080th in 2019), the 2,964th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,143rd in 2019) and the 107th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nik Kershaws by language

Over the past year Nik Kershaw has had the most page views in the with 278,485 views, followed by German (65,309), and Italian (14,185). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (69.39%), Egyptian Arabic (51.61%), and German (40.62%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nik Kershaw ranks 1,039 out of 4,381. Before him are Elissa, Nora Nova, Lynn Anderson, Mark Tornillo, Emma Bunton, and Bill Medley. After him are Helene Fischer, Nina Badrić, Julia Boutros, Nilla Pizzi, Suraphol Sombatcharoen, and Lisa Ono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Nik Kershaw ranks 177. Before him are Jan Fabre, Francisco Buyo, Paul Weller, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Ricardo Gareca, and Helen Fielding. After him are Mark Moses, Hiromi Kawakami, Thongchai McIntyre, Margaret Colin, Wafa Sultan, and Yan Lianke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nik Kershaw ranks 2,964 out of 8,785. Before him are Helen Fielding (1958), Richard Burbage (1567), Jimmy McGrory (1904), John Christopher (1922), Andy Cole (1971), and Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645). After him are Charles Dawson (1864), Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798), John Soane (1753), Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), Amy Robsart (1532), and Philip Henry Gosse (1810).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Nik Kershaw ranks 107. Before him are Ice MC (1965), Charli XCX (1992), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Peter Pears (1910), Paul Weller (1958), and Emma Bunton (1976). After him are Andy Bell (1964), Jerome Flynn (1963), Genesis P-Orridge (1950), Sam Smith (1992), Peter Sinfield (1943), and Chris Farlowe (1940).

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