Nirvana (American band) / discography

- discography
Nirvana (1992)
Publications
Studio albums	3
Live albums	4th
Compilations	4th
EPs	2
Singles	15th
Video albums	7th
Music videos	8th
Box sets	3

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American grunge - band Nirvana . According to sources and record awards, they have sold more than 80.5 million records in their careers, making them one of the most successful bands of all time . In their home country alone , according to the record awards , they sold over 33 million records. The most successful release of Nirvana is the second studio album Nevermind with around 30 million units sold. In Germany the group was able to sell more than 1.5 million records. Nevermind alone has sold over a million times in this country, making it one of the best-selling music albums in Germany . For an overview of all published songs of Nirvana see List of Songs of Nirvana .

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	Bleach Sub Pop	DE24 1 (14 weeks) DE	AT26 1 (6 weeks) AT	-	UK33 1 platinum (9 weeks)UK	US89 1 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: June 15, 1989 Sales: + 2,500,000
1991	Nevermind DGC Records	DE3 × 2 Double platinum (100 weeks)DE	AT2 platinum (… Where.)AT	CH2 platinum (55 weeks)CH	UK5 × 5 Quintuple platinum (… Where.)UK	US1 diamond (… Where.)US	First published: September 24, 1991 Sales: + 30,000,000
1993	In Utero DGC Records	DE14th gold (16 weeks)DE	AT8th gold (17 weeks)AT	CH16 (12 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (60 weeks)UK	US1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (94 weeks)US	First published: September 21, 1993 Sales: + 15,000,000

¹ Bleach only entered the charts in 1992 as a result of Nevermind's huge success .

Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	MTV Unplugged in New York DGC Records / Geffen Records	DE6 (48 weeks) DE	AT1 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)AT	CH3 × 2 Double platinum (46 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (51 weeks)UK	US1 × 8 Eight times platinum (… Where.)US	First published: October 31, 1994 Sales: + 12,309,373
1996	From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah DGC Records / Geffen Records	DE38 (7 weeks) DE	AT3 gold (16 weeks)AT	CH9 (7 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (9 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (21 weeks)US	First published: September 30, 1996 Sales: + 2,030,000
2009	Live at Reading Geffen Records	DE66 (1 week) DE	AT28 (3 weeks) AT	CH97 (1 week) CH	UK32 silver (3 weeks)UK	US37 (2 weeks) US	First published: October 30, 2009 Sales: + 208,000
2019	Live at the Paramount DGC Records	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: April 12, 2019

Compilations

Record cover by Nirvana

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1992	Incesticide DGC Records / Sub Pop	DE40 (12 weeks) DE	AT10 (16 weeks) AT	CH18 (6 weeks) CH	UK14th platinum (11 weeks)UK	US39 platinum (25 weeks)US	First published: December 12, 1992 Sales: +2,000,000
2002	Nirvana DGC Records / Geffen Records	DE5 (26 weeks) DE	AT1 platinum (34 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (49 weeks)CH	UK3 × 3 Triple platinum (39 weeks)UK	US3 platinum (37 weeks)US	First published: October 25, 2002 Sales: + 5,135,000
2005	Sliver - The Best of the Box DGC Records / Geffen Records	DE97 (1 week) DE	AT26 (9 weeks) AT	CH87 (2 weeks) CH	UK56 (1 week) UK	US21 (12 weeks) US	First published: October 31, 2005
2010	Icon Universal Music	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 27, 2010 Sales: + 40,000

EPs

year	Title music label	Remarks
1989	Blew Tupelo	First published: Published December 1989 in the UK only
1992	Hormoaning DGC Records / Geffen Records	Initial publication: Published February 5, 1992 in Australia and Japan only

Singles

Solo singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1988	Love buzz bleach	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1988 Sales: 1,000 (limited); Original: Shocking Blue
1989	Blew bleach	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1989
1990	Sliver Incesticide	-	-	-	UK90 (1 week) UK	-	First published: September 1, 1990
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit Nevermind	DE2 gold (27 weeks)DE	AT8 (12 weeks) AT	CH6 (16 weeks) CH	UK7th × 2 Double platinum (16 weeks)UK	US6th platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: September 10, 1991 Sales: + 8,000,000
1992	Come as You Are Nevermind	DE22 (11 weeks) DE	AT28 (4 weeks) AT	CH21 (10 weeks) CH	UK9 platinum (5 weeks)UK	US32 (18 weeks) US	First published: March 2, 1992 Sales: + 750,000
	Lithium Nevermind	-	-	-	UK11 silver (6 weeks)UK	US64 (9 weeks) US	First published: July 5, 1992 Sales: + 200,000
	In Bloom Nevermind	-	-	-	UK28 silver (7 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 30, 1992 Sales: + 200,000
1993	Heart-Shaped Box In Utero	-	-	-	UK5 silver (5 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 30, 1993 Sales: + 200,000
	All Apologies / Rape Me In Utero	-	-	-	UK32 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 6, 1993
1994	Pennyroyal Tea In Utero	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 1st, 1994 withdrawn from the market because of Cobain's death
	About a Girl MTV Unplugged in New York	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 24, 1994
2002	You Know You're Right Nirvana	-	-	-	-	US45 (20 weeks) US	First published: October 8, 2002

Split singles

year	Title collaboration partner	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, collaboration partner , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1991	Molly's Lips / Candy Nirvana / The Fluid	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 1991 Sales: 7,500 (limited); Original: The Vaselines
	Here She Comes Now / Venus in Furs Nirvana / The Melvins	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 1991 Sales: 1,000 (limited); Original: The Velvet Underground
1993	Puss / Oh, the Guilt Nirvana / The Jesus Lizard	-	-	-	UK12 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 15, 1993

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	Live! Tonight! Sold Out !! Geffen Records	-	-	-	UK2 × 2 Double platinum (200 weeks)UK	US4th × 3 Triple platinum (136 weeks)US	First published: November 15, 1994 Sales: + 443,000
2004	With the Lights Out DGC Records / Geffen Records / Universal Music	DE*DE	AT*AT	CH*CH	UK*UK	US3 (6 weeks) US	First published: November 22nd, 2004 * see box set
2005	Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind Eagle Rock	DE*DE	AT4 (8 weeks) AT	CH*CH	UK6 (4 weeks) UK	US4th platinum (11 weeks)US	First published: March 22, 2005 Sales: + 133,500; * see Nevermind
2007	MTV Unplugged in New York DGC Records	DE*DE	AT8 (2 weeks) AT	CH8 (2 weeks) CH	UK3 platinum (… Where.)UK	US6th × 7 Seven times platinum (34 weeks)US	First published: September 20, 2007 Sales: + 791,500; * see live album
2009	Live at Reading DGC Records	DE*DE	AT3 (5 weeks) AT	CH6 (2 weeks) CH	UK*UK	US1 (30 weeks) US	First published: October 30, 2009 Sales: +17,500; * see live album
2011	Live at the Paramount DGC Records	DE*DE	AT3 (3 weeks) AT	CH4 (3 weeks) CH	UK4 (7 weeks) UK	US1 (17 weeks) US	First published: September 23, 2011 Sales: + 31,500; * see live album
2013	Live and Loud DGC Records	DE-DE	AT7 (1 week) AT	-	UK7 (4 weeks) UK	US1 (21 weeks) US	First published: September 20, 2013

Music videos

year	title	Director (s)
1990	In Bloom (Sub Pop Version)	Steve Brown
1991	smells like Teen Spirit	Samuel Bayer
1992	Come as you are	Kevin Kerslake
	lithium	Kevin Kerslake
	In Bloom	Kevin Kerslake
1993	Sliver	Kevin Kerslake
	Heart-Shaped Box	Anton Corbijn
2002	You know you're right	Chris Hafner

Special publications

Albums

Box sets

year	Title music label	Remarks
2011	Nevermind (Deluxe Edition) Geffen Records	Initial release: September 23, 2011 Sales are added to Nevermind
2013	In Utero (20th Anniversary Edition) Geffen Records	First published: September 20, 2013 Sales are added in Utero

Interview albums

year	Title music label	Remarks
1992	Nevermind, It's an Interview DGC Records / Sub Pop	First publication: 1992

Compilations

year	Title music label	Remarks
1992	Geffen / DGC Sales Guide DGC Records / Geffen Records	First publication: 1992
1994	Verse Chorus Verse DGC Records	First published: 1994
1996	20 Great Songs Oh, Well Whatever… Nevermind B&B Records	First published: 1996
	Nirvana Box Geffen Records	First published: December 6, 1996
1999	Nevermind + In Utero Universal Music	First published: 1999
2000	Best of Nirvana Universal Music	First published: 2000
2005	Sliver - The Radio Special Geffen Records / Universal Music	First published: 2005
2007	The Songs of Kurt Cobain Primary Wave Music	First published: 2007
2009	Incesticide + In Utero Geffen Records	First published: June 5, 2009
2011	Nevermind - The Singles DGC Records / Sub Pop / UMe	First published: November 25, 2011
2014	The Music of Nirvana BMG Music	First published: 2014

Live albums

year	Title music label	Remarks
1991	Live Concert - 10-31-91 Seattle DGC Records	First publication: 1991
1992	Live 12/28/91 - Westwood One • Del Mar Show DGC Records	First publication: 1992
1997	In concert Westwood One	First release: 1997 with Soundgarden
2009	Live 9/2/1990 - Pine Street Theater Sub Pop	First published: October 26, 2009 part of Bleach (20th Anniversary)

Video albums

year	Title music label	Remarks
1994	MTV Unplugged + Live! Tonight! Sold Out! Geffen Records / MCA Records	First published: 1994
1996	En Concierto Geffen Records	First published: 1996
2002	13 track compilation Universal Music	First published: 2002
	Recopilatorio Geffen Records / Polydor	First published: 2002
	You Know You're Right Universal Music	First published: 2002

Songs

Sampler contributions

year	Title album	Remarks
1989	Mexican Seafood Teriyaki Asthma, Vol. 1	First published: 1989
1990	Do you love me? Hard to Believe: A Kiss Covers Compilation	First publication: 1990 Original: Kiss
	Here She Comes Now Heaven & Hell: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground	First published: 1990 Original: The Velvet Underground
1991	Beeswax Kill Rock Stars	First publication: 1991
	Dive The Grunge Years	First published: June 1991
1993	Verse Chorus Verse No Alternative	Initial release: October 26, 1993 Later than Sappy known
	I Hate Myself and Want to Die The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience	First published: November 3, 1993
	Return of the Rat Eight Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers	First published: December 20, 1993 Original: Wipers
1994	Pay to Play DGC Rarities Vol. 1	First published: July 5th, 1994 Demo version of Stay Away
1996	Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live) Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense	First published: February 20, 1996
1999	Rape Me (Live) Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 2	First published: September 21, 1999

Promo publications

Albums

EPs

year	Title music label	Remarks
2004	Selections from With the Lights Out Geffen Records	First published: November 11, 2004

Singles

Promo singles

year	Title album	Remarks
1991	On a plain nevermind	First published: Published September 24, 1991 in the United States only
1992	Molly's Lips Incesticide	First published: Published in Brazil only in 1992 ; Original: The Vaselines
1993	Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip In Utero	First published: 1993
1994	All Apologies MTV Unplugged in New York	First published: 1994
	Polly MTV Unplugged in New York	First published: 1994
	The Man Who Sold the World MTV Unplugged in New York	First published: November 1, 1994 Original: David Bowie
	Where Did You Sleep Last Night MTV Unplugged in New York	First published: November 1st, 1994 Original: Leadbelly
	Lake of Fire MTV Unplugged in New York	First published: November 1st, 1994 Original: Meat Puppets
1996	Aneurysm From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah	First published: October 8, 1996
	Drain You From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah	First published: 1996

Box sets

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1995	Singles DGC Records / Geffen Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1995
2004	With the Lights Out DGC Records / Geffen Records / Universal Music	DE48 (3 weeks) DE	AT34 (6 weeks) AT	CH28 (7 weeks) CH	UK56 silver (4 weeks)UK	US19th platinum (9 weeks)US	First published: November 22, 2004 Sales: + 310,000
2011	Nevermind: The Singles Universal Music	-	-	-	-	-	Initial Release: November 25, 2011 Sales are added to Nevermind

statistics

Chart evaluation

The following list contains an overview of Nirvana's chart successes in the album, single and music DVD charts. In Germany, there is a special feature that video albums are also placed in the album charts. In Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, separate chart lists are maintained for video albums.

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT2AT CH-CH UK2UK US4thUS Top 10 albums DE3DE AT6thAT CH4thCH UK5UK US5US Albums in the charts DE11DE AT10AT CH9CH UK10UK US10US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US Top 10 singles DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK3UK US1US Singles in the charts DE2DE AT2AT CH2CH UK8thUK US4thUS

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Number one video albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US3US
Top 10 video albums	DE-DE	AT5AT	CH3CH	UK5UK	US7thUS
Video albums on the charts	DE-DE	AT5AT	CH3CH	UK5UK	US7thUS

Awards for music sales

The song The Man Who Sold the World was not released as a single, nor did it hit the charts due to high downloads or streaming. Nevertheless, the song was awarded a silver record in the UK, with which the song sold over 200,000 copies.

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Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	11 × platinum11	-	474,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	21 × platinum21st	-	1,292,500	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	8 × platinum8th	-	425,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	575,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	6 × platinum6th	-	205,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	1,500,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	4,000,000	ifpi.org ( Memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	88,331	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	7 × gold7th	3 × platinum3	diamond1	2,600,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	-	365,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	1,350,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	21 × platinum21st	diamond1	3,010,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	5 × gold5	-	-	400,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	4 × gold4th	12 × platinum12	-	210,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	250,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	80,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	-	230,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	335,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	64,000	afp.pt ( Memento from January 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	380,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	190,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	-	500,000	promusicae.es
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	30 × platinum30th	diamond1	33,038,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × silver6th	gold1	21 × platinum21st	-	7,470,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × silver6th	46 × gold46	182 × platinum182	3 × diamond3

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Billboard Bits: Nirvana's 'Nevermind' To Be Re-Released, No More Guest Stars on 'Glee'. In: Billboard. June 22, 2011, accessed December 23, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Emily Barker: Nirvana: 20 Things You Didn't Know About 'In Utero' Read more at http://www.nme.com/photos/nirvana-20-things-you-didn-t-know-about-in -utero-1428052 # brGKorVAiYyqIFhX.99. In: NME. September 10, 2013, accessed December 23, 2016 . 
3. ↑ 1994: Rock musician Kurt Cobain 'shoots himself'. In: BBC. Accessed December 23, 2016 . 
4. ↑ 'In Bloom' by Nirvana . In: VH1 . MTV Networks . Archived from the original on July 15, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
5. ↑ 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana . In: VH1 . MTV Networks . Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Music Videos . In: Kevin Kerslake . Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
7. ↑ 'Heart Shaped Box' by Nirvana . In: VH1 . MTV Networks . Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
8. ↑ 'You Know You're Right' by Nirvana . In: VH1 . MTV Networks . Archived from the original on July 15, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2009.

Web links

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