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Nik Kershaw Discography
The discography of English musician Nik Kershaw consists of nine studio albums, three live albums, nine compilation albums, one extended play (EP) and 27 singles. His 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart between 1984 and 1985 beat all other solo artists. Albums Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Remix albums * ''98 Remixes'' (1998) Extended Plays Singles Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kershaw, Nik Discographies of British artists New wave discographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nike (mythology)
In Greek mythology and ancient religion, Nike () is the personification of the abstract concept of victory. She was the goddess of victory in battle, as well as in other kinds of contests. According to Hesiod's'' Theogony'', she is the daughter of Styx and the Titan Pallas, and the sister of similar personifications: Zelus, Kratos, and Bia (i.e. Rivalry, Strength, and Force). What little mythology Nike had involved her close association with the gods Zeus and Athena. She was one of the first gods to support Zeus in his overthrow of the Titans, and because of this Zeus always kept Nike with him. Nonnus makes her the attendant of Athena, and gives her a role in Zeus' victory over Typhon. In Athens, she was particularly associated with Athena, and the cult of Athena Nike. In art Nike is typically portrayed as winged and moving at great speed. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Victoria. Etymology The name derives from the Greek noun ''níkē'' meaning "victory", "upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nik Stauskas
Nikolas Tomas Stauskas (born October 7, 1993) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A shooting guard, Stauskas played two seasons of college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball, Michigan Wolverines from 2012 to 2014. He was drafted eighth overall in the 2014 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. Stauskas, whose family is of Lithuanian heritage, is a member of the Canada men's national basketball team, Canadian national team. As a freshman for the 2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 2012–13 Michigan Wolverines, Stauskas was named ''Sports Illustrated'' National Freshman of the Week once, Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week three times and to the Wayman Tisdale Award, United States Basketball Writers Association's National Freshman of the Year, top 12 midseason list. During the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, he earned South All-Regional Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nick (given Name)
Nick is a masculine given name. It is also often encountered as a short form (hypocorism) of the given names Nicholas, Nicola (name), Nicola, Nicolas (given name), Nicolas, Nikola, Nicolai (given name), Nicolai or Nicodemus (other), Nicodemus. It may refer to: Given name A *Nick Abbot (born 1960), British broadcaster and radio talk show host *Nick Abendanon (born 1986), Dutch rugby player *Nick Abruzzese (born 1999), American ice hockey player *Nick Acquaviva (1927–2003), American composer and band leader *Nick Adams (other), multiple people *Nick Adduci (1929–2005), American football player *Nick Adenhart (1986–2009), American baseball player *Nick Afoa (born 1986), New Zealand tenor and rugby union player *Nick Ahmed (born 1990), American baseball player *Nick Akins (born 1961), American CEO of American Electric Power *Nick Aldis (born 1986), English wrestler *Nick Allegretti (born 1996), American football player *Nick Allen (catcher), Nick Allen (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nik P
Nikolaus Presnik (born 6 April 1962), better known as Nik P., is an Austrian schlager singer. Biography Born in Friesach, Nik P. moved to Straßburg, Austria with his family after the death of his mother. He learned to play the guitar at a young age and at age 19 he established—together with his cousin Gottfried Notsch—the musical group Reflex, playing local gigs. He met producer Klaus Bartelmuss recording his first studio album ''Gebrochenes Herz'' as 'Nik P und Band' in 1997. His debut single was "Dream Lover". In 2005, Nik P. separated from Reflex and his album ''Lebenslust und Leidenschaft'' was certified platinum in Austria. In 2007, the song " Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)", performed by Nik P. and DJ Ötzi, became a big commercial success, peaking at number 1 in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It was certified platinum both in Austria and Germany and gold in Switzerland. In 2008, based on this success, he won the Echo Music Prize for "Single of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nik & Jay
Nik & Jay is a Danish hip-hop/pop duo made of Niclas Genckel Petersen (born 8 November 1980 in Herlev Herlev is a suburb about 11 km northwest of Copenhagen city centre, bordering Rødovre to the south, Ballerup to the west and Gladsaxe Municipality, Gladsaxe to the north. It is the site of the municipal council of Herlev Municipality, Denma ...) and Jannik Brandt Thomsen (born 16 June 1981). Their #2 single "Hot!" won them Hit of the Year and Best New Artist at the Danish Music Awards in 2003. Other hits have included "En Dag Tilbage" (One Day Left), "Lækker" (Hot), "Kan Du Høre Hende Synge?" (Can you hear her sing?) and "Boing!". They released a CD and DVD of their concert tour from 2003. The single "Boing!" and the album, ''3: Fresh - Fri - Fly'' have given them even more success and a bigger variety of ages among the fans. Nik and Jay played soccer together in Værløse, Denmark during their youth. Nik sang in a punk band and rollerbladed while Jay was a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cristian Dzwonik
Cristian Gustavo Dzwonik (born 18 March 1971 in Buenos Aires), better known by his pseudonym Nik, is a cartoonist from Argentina, creator of Gaturro, and current cartoonist in the paper La Nación. He received the 2002 Konex Platinum Award for Best cartoonist, and four times the prize SIP (Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa). His works have been published throughout Latin America, the United States, Spain and France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan .... Nik has been accused multiple times of plagiarising works from other cartoonists/artists, and there is strong evidence of his plagiarism of the works of cartoonists Quino, Caloi, Fontanarrosa, and Claudio Kappel among others. References External links Nik's website* Gaturro at iGoogleGaturro's World Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nik Shahrul Azim Abdul Halim
Nik Mohd Shahrul Azim bin Nik Abdul Halim (born 30 December 1990) is a Malaysian professional footballer. He is a versatile defender who mainly operates as a right-back and sometimes as a centre-back. Club career Early career Nik Shahrul began his football career with Kelantan playing for and was the captain of the President's Cup team in 2010. Kelantan In 2012, while Nik Shahrul was playing with Kelantan President’s Cup, Bojan Hodak was spotted his talent to be included in the senior team. His performances have been improving consistently and he has certainly earned his stripes to be part of the Kelantan senior team first XI. Kelantan claim treble winners with Malaysia Cup win against ATM during 2012 season. Even though he was young, he was given the responsibility to take care the defence with Obinna Nwaneri in the 2012 Malaysia Super League season. He was lifted as a hero after denying Indra Putra Mahayuddin attempt for a goal at the last minute that could hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Nik Nazmi bin Nik Ahmad ( Jawi: ; born 12 January 1982) is a Malaysian who has served as Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability in the administration of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since 2023. He has been member of parliament for Setiawangsa since 2018. He previously served as the Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Climate Change from 2022 to 2023 and chaired the Defence and Home Affairs Select Committee from 2019 to 2020. Prior to that, Nik served as Deputy Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from June 2013 to September 2014, of which he was also a member from 2008 to 2018 representing Seri Setia. From 2008 to 2010, he was also the Political Secretary to the Menteri Besar of Selangor Khalid Ibrahim. A member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, he served as one of its vice-presidents from 2022 to 2025. He has also served as the party's 3rd Youth Chief from 2014 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nik Ahmad Fadly Nik Leh
Nik Ahmad Fadly bin Nik Leh (born 28 May 1977) is a Malaysian former professional footballer who currently serves as Kelantan FA U19 assistant coach. Career Coaching In 2013, Nik Fadly has been appointed as an assistant coach for Kelantan FA U19 team and Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan as the head coach. Club career Nik Fadly spent most of his professional career playing for Kelantan FA. He also used to play with Kuala Lumpur FA, Malacca FA and TNB Kelantan FC. He was also in the Olympic 2000 team that were playing in the Malaysian League for the 1998 season. National team Nik Ahmad Fadly's sole Malaysia senior team appearance came in 2001, in the 2001 Merdeka Tournament group game against Bahrain. He was in the Malaysia national under-21 football team that competes in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, held in Malaysia. He scores the only goal for Malaysia in the tournament in a 1-3 loss against Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat ( Jawi: ; 10 January 1931 – 12 February 2015) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the ''Mursyidul Am'' or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1991 until his death in 2015. Overall, his career as an elected politician lasted for some 48 years following his election to the Parliament of Malaysia in 1967. Nik Aziz was notable for his racially progressive stances in contrast to other contemporary figures within PAS's leadership that made it appeal to periphery non-Malay, non-Muslim electoral bases contributing to historic coalitions with left-leaning and multicultural parties like in Pakatan Rakyat; his death however led said leadership to purge like-minded progressives who splintered as the National Trust Party, as well shifting themselves further right towards Malay supremacism. Early life Nik Abdul Aziz was born in Kota Bharu in 1931 as the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nik Zagranitchni
Nik Zagranitchni (; born November 21, 1969) is an Israeli Olympic wrestler. He is Jewish, and made ''aliyah'' (emigrated to Israel) from Ukraine in early 1991. Wrestling career His sports club was Hapoel Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Zagranitchni came in 8th at the 1991 Wrestling World Championship in 48.0 kg Greco-Roman. He competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics, at 22 years of age, in Barcelona, Spain, in Greco-Roman Wrestling--Men's Light-Flyweight (48 kg). In the first round he defeated Omer Elmas of Turkey, in the second round Zagranitchni lost to Mark Fuller of the US, and in the third round he was defeated by Wilber Sánchez of Cuba who went on to win the bronze medal. He tied for 11th place. When he competed in the Olympics, Zagranitchni was tall, and weighed . At the 1993 European Championship at 48.0 kg Greco-Roman, Zagranitchni won the silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nik Xhelilaj
Kreshnik Xhelilaj (born 5 March 1983), known professionally as Nik Xhelilaj, is an Albanian-born Turkish actor. He began his international career with the film The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider, directed by Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani, and has starred in three critically acclaimed Albanian films, two of which were included in the List of Albanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2008 and 2009. Nik has won several "Best Actor" awards at various international film festivals. Biography Nik Xhelilaj was born on 5 March 1983 in Tirana to a family originally from Southern Albania, specifically the Labëria region, with his father coming from Vlorë and his mother from Tepelenë. Both of his parents are high military officers by profession. So, at the age of 14, also thanks to his father's interest, he went to Istanbul to attend the military high school. But his new way did not last more than 4 months and he decided to give up the military career and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
