# Nina Simone: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-27, Nina Simone has 781,000 subscribers, 472,520,971 total views, and 611 videos. It ranks #96,190 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Nina Simone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Nina Simone is ““Pastel Blues” turns 61 today! - 📸 by Ron Kroon”, a Short published Oct 1, 2026.
- These are Nina Simone’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Nov 17, 2025 and Oct 1, 2026 (48 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 6,949. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: ““I need a cigarette!” - #ninasimone #hardtalk” (468,351 views, Nov 21, 2025). Least viewed: “Step into an otherworldly future with all the VERVE // REMIXED: NINA SIMONE releases from 2026!” (1,988 views, Sep 8, 2026).
- Median length: 0:38 for 48 Shorts.
- In this sample, Nina Simone’s consecutive uploads were a median of 5 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 23 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 21, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [“Pastel Blues” turns 61 today! - 📸 by Ron Kroon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/QL9J3ivuYMA/) | 2026-10-01 | Short | 8,568 | 0:13 | 1.36x |
| [#ninasimone #stompinatthesavoy - 📸 by Alfred Wertheimer](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/xVxdG7uQSD0/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 4,572 | 0:36 | - |
| [67 years ago today - on September 12th, 1959 - Nina Simone played Town Hall in NYC](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/unVzIu6M0fA/) | 2026-09-12 | Short | 6,880 | 0:59 | 1.12x |
| [66 years ago today - on September 11th, 1960 - Nina Simone appeared on the Ed Sullivan show](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/75DXIqQBq94/) | 2026-09-11 | Short | 127,071 | 0:36 | 16.78x |
| [Step into an otherworldly future with all the VERVE // REMIXED: NINA SIMONE releases from 2026!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/ZLL6g1XEGng/) | 2026-09-08 | Short | 1,988 | 1:00 | - |
| [54 years ago today the documentary NINA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE premiered on New York's WOR-TV](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/VHQt6UfvxZs/) | 2026-08-24 | Short | 7,689 | 0:32 | 1.03x |
| ["Nobody knows how deep my love for you really goes..." - #ninasimone #thatsalliask - 🎨 by Earl Gold](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/ku7KE5pB1_0/) | 2026-08-05 | Short | 9,193 | 0:14 | 1.2x |
| [36 years ago today - on July 22nd, 1990 - #ninasimone performed in Cologne](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/j9W6O6x5tTs/) | 2026-07-22 | Short | 7,252 | 0:50 | 1.01x |
| ["My eyes can only look at you..." - #ninasimone #icantseenobody #beegees - 🎥 by ​⁠papercutmusicians](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/1Y2WEt9UodA/) | 2026-07-20 | Short | 4,035 | 0:58 | - |
| [36 years ago today - on July 13th, 1990 - #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/rI1b-4ww0co/) | 2026-07-13 | Short | 9,915 | 0:53 | 1.84x |
| [39 years ago today - on July 10th, 1987 - #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/RkO46oXNpts/) | 2026-07-10 | Short | 4,271 | 0:38 | - |
| [“Oh sinnerman, where you gonna run to…” - #ninasimone #sinnerman - 🎨 by Objectif Lune](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/wWATSAqH7Qo/) | 2026-07-09 | Short | 6,412 | 0:11 | 1.26x |
| [50 years ago today — on July 3rd, 1976 — #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/oRmNWRbo5pU/) | 2026-07-03 | Short | 13,930 | 0:58 | 3.24x |
| [Nina Simone discusses her refusal to be considered as only a “jazz” artist](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/ySqe-UfXRSY/) | 2026-06-26 | Short | 11,748 | 2:05 | 2.38x |
| [58 years ago today #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival - 📷 by Jan Persson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/sGHJeGtw1cg/) | 2026-06-16 | Short | 7,018 | 0:21 | 1.75x |
| [HAAi reimagines Nina Simone's "That's All I Ask." Out now via Verve Records. #ninasimone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/KO1oqN57DCM/) | 2026-06-12 | Short | 4,894 | 0:26 | 1x |
| [#ninasimone #funkierthanamosquitostweeter - 🎨 by Tony Coppin](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/70JfJaFlLGw/) | 2026-06-03 | Short | 4,041 | 0:30 | - |
| [#ninasimone #seelinewoman](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/jTQ23EOEiLU/) | 2026-05-27 | Short | 4,322 | 1:24 | - |
| [#ninasimone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/sQ3tmIeLbIc/) | 2026-05-20 | Short | 5,032 | 1:07 | 1.04x |
| [Happy Birthday, Duke Ellington! #dukeellington #heavenlybirthday #ninasimone - 📷 by Herb Snitzer](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/9-kDN4nvGt8/) | 2026-04-29 | Short | 4,467 | 0:07 | - |
| [Nina Simone (2/21/1933 - 4/21/2003) #ninasimone - 📷 by Steve Wood](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/jXd4bs-x9qc/) | 2026-04-21 | Short | 5,798 | 0:16 | 1.09x |
| [OUT TODAY: Supershy remix of Nina Simone's BALTIMORE (LIVE) #ninasimone #baltimore #ververemixed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/9Y-CHX16qsA/) | 2026-04-17 | Short | 4,809 | 0:26 | - |
| [BEHIND THE TRACK: Baltimore (photos by Robert Breck Chapman)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/173oy7RbqsY/) | 2026-04-15 | Short | 4,340 | 1:00 | - |
| [#ninasimone #iputaspellonyou - 🎨 by Alejandro Torrecilla](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/6LmS48ouqWg/) | 2026-04-14 | Short | 3,493 | 0:18 | - |
| [#ninasimone #fourwomen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/lUUpGIRBQTc/) | 2026-03-30 | Short | 8,102 | 1:07 | 1.03x |
| [#ninasimone #fourwomen #peaches](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/FiS5OQWzStM/) | 2026-03-28 | Short | 5,656 | 1:36 | - |
| [#ninasimone #fourwomen #sweetthing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/se-8KDKY2Ys/) | 2026-03-27 | Short | 4,483 | 0:52 | - |
| [#ninasimone #fourwomen #saffronia](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/lljYgFId3d0/) | 2026-03-26 | Short | 8,839 | 0:47 | 1.21x |
| [#ninasimone #fourwomen #auntsarah](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/7AizZQB4kKU/) | 2026-03-25 | Short | 6,072 | 0:46 | - |
| [Revisiting this gem from Amerigo Gazaway](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/YWSxsWs7TDI/) | 2026-03-18 | Short | 2,728 | 1:03 | - |
| [“You’ll miss the greatest mama that you ever ever ever had…” - #ninasimone #afteryouvegone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/MVBS07rgntM/) | 2026-03-09 | Short | 5,170 | 0:33 | - |
| [By any means necessary. #ninasimone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/pxf6wl5YGoQ/) | 2026-03-06 | Short | 15,122 | 0:08 | 1.62x |
| [#ninasimone #yeahyeahyeah #balladofhollisbrown](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/M37FpufJag4/) | 2026-02-27 | Short | 11,715 | 0:14 | 1.42x |
| [#ninasimone #aintgotno #igotlife - 🎨 by María Perera](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/EXpTS7lgg_Y/) | 2026-02-26 | Short | 7,138 | 0:58 | - |
| [#ninasimone – 📷 by Ron Howard](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/3MPXatK4udw/) | 2026-02-21 | Short | 7,586 | 0:45 | - |
| [#sinnerman #ninasimone #felixdahousecat @the@theefelixdahousecat](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/iDiyc1lrgjk/) | 2026-01-29 | Short | 3,940 | 0:57 | - |
| [We all must be in hell. #ninasimone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/0rG5487vBSs/) | 2026-01-25 | Short | 9,828 | 0:44 | 1.33x |
| [“When I was a young girl, I used to seek pleasure…” - #ninasimone #wheniwasayounggirl](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/2XoTqHKKtts/) | 2026-01-22 | Short | 9,936 | 0:52 | 1.33x |
| [#mlk #ninasimone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/N0bGE6mR-bE/) | 2026-01-19 | Short | 8,757 | 0:31 | - |
| [#tobefree #ninasimone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/drDBp-F7sYc/) | 2026-01-16 | Short | 17,175 | 0:23 | 2.04x |
| ["He has more feelings than anyone I’ve ever known. He’s not human. David is not of this world."](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/6MoBzwv2LkY/) | 2026-01-10 | Short | 7,679 | 0:38 | 1.15x |
| [“Everyone’s gone to the moon…” - #ninasimone #everyonesgonetothemoon - 📷 by Dwight Carter](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/Ga3RreWTIC4/) | 2026-01-08 | Short | 9,376 | 0:24 | 1.36x |
| [Celebrate this year with Verve // Remixed Holiday! #ninasimone #ververemixed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/bhLPhVfGy54/) | 2025-12-24 | Short | 4,024 | 0:26 | - |
| [60 years ago today #ninasimone performed on the Swedish television program, “De Ju Haven.”](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/5WDDLYjByIk/) | 2025-12-11 | Short | 10,562 | 0:37 | 1.62x |
| [“Why oh why won’t love free me?” - #ninasimone #loveolove - 🎨 by Dennis Rogers](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/YpdDN3n3nsQ/) | 2025-12-10 | Short | 6,179 | 0:42 | 1.05x |
| [“I need a cigarette!” - #ninasimone #hardtalk](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/RInh9f6lPec/) | 2025-11-21 | Short | 468,351 | 0:14 | 59.39x |
| [#iputaspellonyou #ninasimone - 🎨 by Gabriel Jarnier](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/KCDEljHFbSk/) | 2025-11-18 | Short | 7,977 | 0:17 | 1.61x |
| ["I wanted to be a chanteuse ... secretly I think I wanted to be Nina Simone…" - #jeffbuckley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@ninasimonemusic/videos/1SZ-HP1yh0g/) | 2025-11-17 | Short | 6,615 | 0:55 | 1.39x |

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