Shane Nicholson

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Singer/songwriter Shane Nicholson first gained public attention as the lead singer/guitarist for rock band Pretty Violet Stain. Interested in music from a young age, Nicholson formed the band while in high school & eventually they released debut album Parachutes & Gravity in 2000. Ultimately, Nicholson parted ways with the band & released his debut solo album It's A Movie in 2003 which ft. a duet with Kasey Chambers, whom Nicholson eventually married. His sophomore effort, Faith & Science, followed in 2006. Two years later, Nicholson paired with Chambers for the album Rattlin' Bones. Also in 2008, he released third solo album, Familiar Ghosts. In 2011, Nicholson returned with Bad Machines album which earned him an ARIA & 6 CMAA Nominations. In 2012, Nicholson & Chambers released their second album as a duo with Wreck & Ruin (Deluxe Version) ft. single Adam and Eve. 2014 saw Nicholson release concert LP, Pitch, Roll & Yaw (Live And Solo). The following June, he dropped single & ninth studio album Hell Breaks Loose which dealt with the fallout from his 2014 divorce from Chambers. The record brought home an ARIA & CMAA Award. Nicholson's tenth studio LP, Love And Blood, came in August 2017 & earned him another CMAA award. Nicholson appeared as a music producer in ABC TV production The Recording Studio in April 2019. The music from the series won a 2019 ARIA Award. After spending 2020 producing for other artists, Shane will release his new album ‘Living In Colour’ in August 2021.

Genres

: alt country southern gothic americana

Total plays

17.7 million

Updated on 2025-08-06

Date	Total plays
2025-08-06	17,660,409
2025-07-30	17,612,759
2025-07-22	17,559,947
2025-07-13	17,500,025
2025-07-06	17,451,608
2025-06-28	17,399,480
2025-06-19	17,339,667
2025-06-12	17,291,860
2025-06-04	17,232,840
2025-05-26	17,167,179
2025-05-18	17,111,695
2025-05-03	17,001,800
2025-04-23	16,933,892
2025-04-14	16,866,419
2025-04-06	16,812,684
2025-03-29	16,757,677
2025-03-20	16,690,496
2025-03-11	16,629,987
2025-03-02	16,570,052
2025-02-22	16,510,351
2025-02-12	16,437,031
2025-02-03	16,371,134
2025-01-25	16,298,245
2025-01-16	16,223,894
2025-01-07	16,155,884
2024-12-30	16,099,662
2024-12-21	16,034,574
2024-12-13	15,978,137
2024-11-23	15,829,142
2024-06-10	14,596,437
2024-05-29	14,516,836
2024-05-13	14,405,753
2024-04-27	14,293,389
2024-04-12	14,189,286
2024-03-28	14,086,364
2024-03-13	13,984,547
2024-02-27	13,883,509
2024-02-12	13,785,824
2023-11-26	13,225,046
2023-10-17	12,890,339
2023-10-01	12,725,546
2023-09-16	12,608,233
2023-08-29	12,671,309
2023-08-25	12,276,937
2023-08-21	12,246,347

Social media links

Monthly listeners

52,982

Followers

6,952

Top Cities

Sydney

10,503 listeners
Melbourne

9,295 listeners
Brisbane

9,734 listeners
Perth

4,313 listeners
Adelaide

2,810 listeners

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Sara Storer

Jimmy Rankin

Bill Chambers

Pete Denahy

Kelly Willis

Don Schlitz

Felicity Urquhart

Stephen Pigram

Brandy Clark

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Rattlin' Bones	3,976,259	3:42	2008-01-01
Long Way from Lonely	971,422	3:40	2020-04-24
Monkey On A Wire	848,557	3:06	2008-01-01
Once In A While	661,673	2:38	2008-01-01
Sweetest Waste Of Time	604,230	2:57	2008-01-01
The Quiet Life	591,166	2:37	2012-01-01
And You Will Have Your Way	540,117	3:00	2021-07-09
Wildflower	485,318	3:56	2008-01-01
All I Know	429,141	3:16	2017-07-28
Jackson Hole	403,209	3:16	2008-01-01
Sleeping Cold	360,790	2:55	2008-01-01
Secondhand Man	324,922	4:01	2015-06-19
Famous Last Words	309,016	2:09	2011-01-01
Whistling Cannonballs (with Paul Kelly)	289,118	2:55	2011-01-01
Adam And Eve	284,099	3:06	2012-01-01
Ghosts	265,992	4:36	2023-07-07
One More Year	245,994	3:38	2008-01-01
The High Price Of Surviving	240,899	2:38	2020-01-10
The Devil's Inside My Head	238,248	2:06	2008-01-01
Sometimes (feat. Shane Nicholson)	227,564	4:40	2023-09-27
Where The Water Goes	225,942	2:42	2019-11-15
Wreck And Ruin	220,707	2:30	2012-01-01
Til Death Do Us Part	206,673	1:25	2012-01-01
The House That Never Was	204,926	3:06	2008-01-01
Weight Of The World	202,710	2:31	2015-08-07
Your Day Will Come	150,150	3:02	2008-01-01
Life Ain’t Fine	149,399	2:27	2021-06-11
No One Hurts Up Here	147,871	2:16	2008-01-01
Adeline	141,496	3:13	2008-01-01
Have Mercy On Me	138,539	2:56	2012-01-01
Hell Breaks Loose	124,238	3:25	2015-08-07
Familiar Strangers	122,778	3:04	2012-01-01
Safe	120,109	3:00	2017-06-02
Driving Me Mad	116,725	2:30	2017-07-28
Your Sweet Love	106,476	2:31	2012-01-01
Who's At Your Window	105,126	2:15	2019-11-15
Flat Nail Joe	99,094	2:39	2012-01-01
Simple Man	96,799	2:44	2021-08-20
Dustbowl	92,950	2:43	2012-01-01
Woe Is Mine	89,073	2:42	2008-01-01
Rusted Shoes	82,342	2:53	2012-01-01
The Divorce Song	76,550	2:58	2024-10-04
Up Or Down	72,267	2:30	2012-01-01
Little Things	71,942	2:25	2025-04-10
Troubled Mind	71,364	3:20	2012-01-01
Summer Dress	63,807	3:18	2019-11-15
I Don't Dance	63,298	2:45	2017-07-28
Sick As A Dog	61,596	1:53	2012-01-01
Even If You Were The One	60,106	3:48	2017-07-28
When The Money's All Gone	56,872	3:57	2015-08-07
Bad Machines	53,988	2:44	2011-01-01
Easy Now	52,285	2:58	2019-11-15
Don’t Take John Prine	52,275	1:57	2020-04-24
Harvest On Vinyl	51,086	3:36	2021-03-19
One Trick Pony	45,659	2:41	2017-07-28
The Broken Things	42,043	3:20	2011-01-01
Poor Boy	41,875	6:24	2013-01-01
God & Elvis	41,673	3:05	2019-11-15
Helena	38,271	3:34	2021-08-20
I Can Change	35,569	4:19	2007-06-26
In The Jailhouse Now (feat. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson)	33,566	2:38	2009-10-12
Safe And Sound	33,003	3:52	2007-06-26
Safe and Sound	33,003	3:52	2007-06-26
Hermannsburg	32,784	3:17	2015-08-07
Rider on the Wheel	32,652	3:09	2013-01-01
One Big Mess	31,809	3:34	2015-08-07
Long Time Coming	31,475	3:26	2019-11-15
Single Fathers	29,712	2:57	2015-08-07
This Is War	28,247	3:02	2021-08-20
Shipwrecks	27,814	3:11	2017-02-10
Slow Coach	27,456	2:31	2015-08-07
Barcelona	25,355	2:17	2019-11-15
Irons & Chains	23,312	2:11	2015-08-07
Little Mascara	22,996	3:48	2015-10-09
Short Fuse (Part 4)	22,835	2:46	2019-11-15
I Know What You Need	22,490	2:55	2007-06-26
High Horse	22,127	3:23	2021-08-20
Bury My Guns	21,615	2:28	2015-08-07
Eyes On The Prize	21,545	2:47	2015-08-07
Bad Apple	21,412	2:38	2017-07-28
Someone's Gonna Pay	21,336	3:04	2017-07-28
The Quiet Life - Live	21,167	2:48	2014-01-01
You And Your Enemy	21,135	2:38	2019-11-15
You And Whose Army?	20,924	2:44	2015-08-07
Far Cry	20,910	3:10	2015-08-07
Jimmie Rodgers Was A Vampire - Live	19,988	3:38	2014-01-01
How To Write A Song	18,638	2:49	2021-08-20
Jimmie Rodgers Was A Vampire	18,551	3:42	2011-01-01
Such A Shame	17,481	3:19	2019-11-15
Hotel Radio	17,379	2:54	2017-07-28
Orphan Girl	16,231	3:47	2011-09-23
Song For A Sad Girl	16,216	2:46	2017-07-28
God's Own Army	15,728	2:39	2017-07-28
Brother	14,891	3:46	2015-01-01
Fish And Whistle	14,875	2:36	2011-01-01
Busted Lip	14,731	3:26	2017-07-28
Thank You And Goodnight	14,713	2:16	2019-11-15
A Million Angels	14,018	3:47	2021-08-20
Nice To Be Here	13,800	3:47	2002-09-25
Ain’t Been Loved	13,714	3:11	2021-08-20
Whistling Cannonballs - Live	13,638	3:15	2014-01-01
The Broken Things - Live	13,328	3:32	2014-01-01
House Burns Down	13,328	2:52	2021-08-20
Not You, Again	12,437	3:17	2011-01-01
Stolen Car	12,124	4:44	2007-06-26
Home	11,688	2:42	2007-06-26
Shelter	11,423	3:01	2007-06-26
The Demon Lover	11,281	4:08	2011-11-04
Everybody Loves You Now	11,095	3:20	2007-06-26
Everywhere You Go	11,093	3:43	2011-01-01
Hammer And Nail	10,906	2:43	2011-01-01
Wiser	10,761	3:20	2022-05-13
Wreck And Ruin - Live	10,526	2:47	2014-01-01
Sleeping Cold - Live	10,078	3:08	2014-01-01
Blueberry Pie	9,969	3:10	2011-01-01
Where In The World	9,888	2:18	2021-08-20
Summer Dress - Live	9,738	3:04	2014-01-01
Let Her Go	9,456	3:22	2014-05-23
A Little Love - Live	9,325	2:52	2014-01-01
Flat Nail Joe - Live	8,744	2:28	2014-01-01
Everybody Loves You Now - Live	8,666	3:12	2014-01-01
Woe Is Mine - Live	8,529	2:03	2014-01-01
And You Will Have Your Way - Slow Moon Mix	8,232	3:12	2021-09-24
Cold Trail	8,012	4:03	2020-04-03
Always Be On Your Side	7,849	2:47	2007-06-26
As Above, So Below	7,810	3:50	2015-12-31
Money For Jam	7,410	4:08	2011-01-01
Music Is Dead	7,240	2:46	2011-01-01
Big In Japan	7,183	3:57	2007-06-26
Trick Knee Blues (with Catherine Britt)	7,157	2:33	2011-01-01
Set Me Up	7,124	3:14	2007-06-26
After The Goldrush	6,869	3:03	2020-04-03
Keep It Together	6,748	3:03	2002-09-25
Skin & Bones	6,405	2:46	2020-04-03
A Little Love	6,274	2:56	2020-04-03
All The Time In The World	6,188	4:13	2007-06-26
Thank You And Goodnight - Live	6,127	2:24	2014-01-01
Designed To Fade	6,120	5:00	2002-09-25
Acrobat Ache	6,063	3:40	2007-06-26
The Best Day Of The Year	5,803	3:28	2002-09-25
I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out	4,979	2:30	2020-04-03
And You Will Have Your Way - Chill Out Acoustic Version	4,757	3:15	2021-09-24
Watch Her Go	4,632	3:06	2011-01-01
It's A Movie	4,500	3:36	2002-09-25
Exit Wounds	4,401	2:44	2011-01-01
6 O'Clock	4,038	3:37	2021-08-06
Life On Mars	4,017	4:20	2002-09-25
Tourist (Stand In One Place)	4,011	4:27	2007-06-26
Avenida De Las Americas	3,989	3:02	2011-01-01
In Favour Of The House	3,975	2:53	2015-08-07
Let's Get Started	3,975	4:07	2002-09-25
A Little Love - Live	3,957	3:14	2013-07-05
You Want Everything But Me	3,872	2:57	2020-04-03
You Belong In A Song	3,855	2:31	2011-01-01
I Ain't Had Your Love	3,807	2:43	2015-08-07
Ntaria	3,750	4:39	2025-07-25
Food For Songs	3,528	3:47	2020-04-03
Wither On The Vine	3,516	3:22	2020-04-03
I Wish I Was You (Sometimes)	3,504	3:47	2002-09-25
Reach for You (feat. Shane Nicholson)	3,385	3:25	2012-07-16
Hardest Lesson To Learn	3,337	2:14	2011-01-01
If I Had A Boat	3,176	2:58	2020-04-03
Perfect	3,033	3:19	2002-09-25
Fell On Black Days	2,927	4:00	2020-04-03
Day In The Sun	2,912	3:39	2002-09-25
Dressed In White	2,740	3:23	2020-04-03
Satellite Song	2,724	1:60	2002-09-25
Winter Green	2,591	3:07	2020-04-03
Step By Step	2,348	3:26	2020-04-03
Six String Heart	1,970	3:04	2017-02-10
Once In Your Life	1,879	3:17	2016-11-18
Everywhere You Go - Reprise	1,672	1:05	2011-01-01
Little One, You Are Loved	< 1000	3:22	2011-11-11
El Dorado	< 1000	5:12	2023-03-10