Band discography
The discography of Nirvana, an Aberdeen, Washington-based American rock band, consists of three studio albums, twenty-one singles, 5 reside albums, two prolonged performs, 4 compilation albums, and two field units.
Nirvana was shaped in 1987 by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, with the place of drummer being crammed by numerous musicians. The band launched its debut album, Bleach, in 1989 on impartial label Sub Pop. After being joined by remaining drummer Dave Grohl and signing to Geffen Data subsidiary DGC Data, the band launched its second studio album, Nevermind, which grew to become the most effective promoting various albums of the Nineteen Nineties[1][2] and popularized the Seattle grunge motion and various music.[3] The band’s third album, In Utero, was additionally a business and demanding success, although it didn’t match the gross sales precedent set by Nevermind—because the members of the band anticipated.[4] Nirvana disbanded in 1994 after the dying of Cobain; since then a number of posthumous releases have been issued from the band, which as soon as resulted in a authorized battle between Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, and the surviving members of the band over the discharge of the tune “You Know You are Proper”.[5] In 2006, Love offered a big share of the rights to Cobain’s tune catalog to Major Wave Music Publishing.[6] Since its debut, the band has offered 27.6 million albums in the USA alone,[7] and over 75 million information worldwide.[8]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album particulars | Chart positions | Gross sales | Certifications (gross sales thresholds) | |||||||||
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| US [9] | AUS [10] | AUT [11] | CAN [12] | FIN [13] | NLD [14] | NZ [15] | SWE [16] | SWI [17] | UK [18] | ||||
| Bleach |
| 89 | 34 | 26 | — | 22 | — | 30 | — | — | 33 |
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| Nevermind |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
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| In Utero |
| 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
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Reside albums
| Title | Album particulars | Chart positions | Gross sales | Certifications (gross sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] | AUS [10] | AUT [11] | CAN [12] | FIN [13] | NLD [14] | NZ [15] | SWE [16] | SWI [17] | UK [18] | ||||
| MTV Unplugged in New York |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
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| Reside at Studying |
| 37 | — | 28 | 17 | — | 64 | 33 | — | 97 | 32 |
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| Reside on the Paramount |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Reside and Loud |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album particulars | Chart positions | Gross sales | Certifications (gross sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] | AUS [10] | AUT [11] | CAN [12] | FIN [13] | NLD [14] | NZ [15] | SWE [16] | SWI [17] | UK [18] | ||||
| Incesticide |
| 39 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 31 | — | 27 | 18 | 14 |
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| Nirvana |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
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| Sliver: The Better of the Field |
| 21 | 95 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 87 | 56 |
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| Icon |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| “—” denotes releases that didn’t chart or weren’t launched in that territory | |||||||||||||
Field units
| Title | Album particulars | Chart positions | Gross sales | Certifications (gross sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] | AUT [11] | CAN [12] | DEN [41] | FRA [42] | JPN [43] | NLD [14] | NZ [15] | SWI [17] | UK [18] | ||||
| Singles |
| — | — | — | 5 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 101 | ||
| With the Lights Out |
| 19 | 34 | 10 | — | 20 | 16 | 65 | 39 | 28 | 56 |
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| Nevermind: The Singles |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| “—” denotes releases that didn’t chart or weren’t launched in that territory | |||||||||||||
Prolonged performs
| Title | EP particulars | Chart positions | Feedback | ||
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| AUS [10] | JPN [43] | UK Indie [44][45] | |||
| Blew |
| — | — | 15 | Blew was supposed to be launched to advertise an upcoming European tour, however this plan was scrapped, and the EP ended up being launched solely within the UK shortly after its completion.[46] |
| Hormoaning |
| 2 | 67 | — | Hormoaning was launched solely in Australia and Japan, with two completely different covers accompanying the discharge in every nation, to advertise the band’s tour of the Pacific Rim.[47] Hormoaning was re-released for Report Retailer Day 2011, as a restricted version. |
| “—” denotes releases that didn’t chart or weren’t launched in that territory. | |||||
Singles
Retail singles
| Music | Yr | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [48] |
AUS [10] |
BEL [49] |
FIN [50] |
FRA [42] |
IRE [51] |
NZ [15] |
PT [52] |
SWE [53] |
UK [54] |
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| “Love Buzz”[A] | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bleach | |
| “Sliver”[B] | 1990 | —[C] | —[D] | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | 77 | Non-album single | |
| “Smells Like Teen Spirit” | 1991 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
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Nevermind |
| “Come as You Are” | 1992 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 9 |
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| “Lithium” | 64 | 53 | 28 | 1 | — | 5 | 28 | 4 | — | 11 |
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| “In Bloom” | —[E] | 73 | — | 16 | — | 7 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 28 |
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| “Coronary heart-Formed Field” | 1993 | —[F] | 21 | 31 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 5 |
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In Utero |
| “All Apologies”/ “Rape Me”[G] |
—[H] | 58 | 43 | — | 20 | 20 | 32 | — | — | 32 |
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| “Pennyroyal Tea” | 1994 | —[I] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 121[J] | ||
| “A couple of Lady”[K] | —[L] | 4 | 13 | 8 | 23 | — | — | — | 20 | 185[M] |
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MTV Unplugged in New York | |
| “You Know You are Proper”[N] | 2002 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nirvana | |
| “—” denotes releases that didn’t chart or weren’t launched in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Notes
Promotional singles
| Music | Yr | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US Air [62] |
US Most important [61] |
US Alt [68] |
BEL [49] [69] |
CAN [70] |
CAN Alt. [71] |
EU Air [72] |
FIN Air [13] |
FRA [42] |
UK Rock [73] |
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| “On a Plain”[A] | 1991 | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nevermind | ||
| “Molly’s Lips”[B] | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Incesticide | ||
| “Dumb” | 1994 | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In Utero | ||
| “All Apologies”[74][75][76] | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | MTV Unplugged in New York | |||
| “The Man Who Offered the World” | 1995 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 40 | 22 | — | 29 | — | 149 | 13 |
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| “The place Did You Sleep Final Night time” | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| “Lake of Hearth” | — | 22 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| “Aneurysm” | 1996 | 63 | 11 | 13 | — | 49 | 1 | — | 40 | — | — | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | ||
| “Drain You” | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| “—” denotes releases that didn’t chart or weren’t launched in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Notes
Break up singles
| Single | Yr | Different artist | Peak positions | ||||
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| AUS Alt [77] |
EU [78] |
UK [79] |
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| “Sweet/Molly’s Lips” | 1991 | The Fluid | — | — | — | ||
| “Right here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs” | Melvins | — | — | — | |||
| “Puss/Oh, the Guilt” | 1993 | The Jesus Lizard | 3 | 36 | 12 | ||
| “A couple of Lady/Blind Man”[A] | 1994 | Aerosmith | — | — | — | ||
| “The Man Who Offered the World/Stroll on Water”[B] | 1995 | — | — | — | |||
| “—” denotes releases that didn’t chart or weren’t launched in that territory. | |||||||
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Different charted and licensed songs
| Music | Yr | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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| US Digital [80] | US Rock Digital [81] | US Different Digital [82] | SCT [83] | UK Obtain [84] | UK Gross sales [85] | WAL [86] | ||||
| “Been a Son” | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blew |
| “One thing within the Means” | 2020 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 50 | 51 | 39 | Nevermind | |
| “—” denotes releases that didn’t chart or weren’t launched in that territory. | ||||||||||
Music movies
| Title | Yr | Director(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| “In Bloom” (Sub Pop model) | 1990 | Steve Brown[88] | Sub Pop Video Community Program 1 |
| “Smells Like Teen Spirit” | 1991 | Samuel Bayer[89] | Nevermind |
| “Come as You Are” | 1992 | Kevin Kerslake[90] | |
| “Lithium” | |||
| “In Bloom” | |||
| “Sliver” | 1993 | Incesticide | |
| “Coronary heart-Formed Field” | Anton Corbijn[91] | In Utero | |
| “You Know You are Proper” | 2002 | Chris Hafner[92] | Nirvana |
Video albums
| Title | Video album particulars | Chart positions | Certifications | ||
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| US [93] | AUS [94] | NZ [95] | |||
| Reside! Tonight! Offered Out!! |
| 1 | 9 | 6 |
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| With the Lights Out |
| 3 | — | — |
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| Basic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind |
| 4 | 13 | — |
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| MTV Unplugged in New York |
| 6 | 3 | — |
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| Reside at Studying |
| 1 | 4 | — |
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| Reside on the Paramount |
| 1 | 1 | 4 |
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| Reside and Loud |
| 1 | 2 | — | |
| “—” denotes releases that didn’t chart or weren’t launched in that territory. | |||||
Different appearances
| Music | Yr | Album | Feedback |
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| “Spank Via”[101] | 1988 | Sub Pop 200 | A re-recording of a tune first carried out on the 1985 Illiteracy Will Prevail demo by members of Nirvana as Fecal Matter. |
| “Mexican Seafood”[102] | 1989 | Teriyaki Bronchial asthma, Vol. 1 | Later launched on Incesticide. |
| “Beeswax”[103] | 1991 | Kill Rock Stars | |
| “Dive”[104] | The Grunge Years | ||
| “Do You Love Me?”[105] | 1990 | Laborious to Consider: Kiss Covers Compilation | Cowl of a 1976 Kiss tune. |
| “Right here She Comes Now” | Heaven & Hell: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground | Cowl of a 1968 Velvet Underground tune. Beforehand launched on the cut up single “Right here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs” in 1991, it was later launched on With the Lights Out in 2004 and on the Nevermind twentieth anniversary deluxe editions in 2011. | |
| “Return of the Rat”[106] | 1993 | Eight Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers | Cowl of a 1979 Wipers tune. Later launched on With the Lights Out. |
| “Sappy”[107] | No Different | Nirvana’s contribution to the Pink Sizzling AIDS Profit Sequence was an uncredited and a secret observe.[108] The tune was initially titled “Sappy”, however was renamed previous to launch on No Different. It was later launched on With the Lights Out in 2004 as “Sappy” and on the In Utero twentieth anniversary deluxe editions as “Sappy” in 2013 . | |
| “I Hate Myself and Need to Die”[109] | The Beavis and Butt-head Expertise | Recorded throughout the periods for In Utero. This model of “I Hate Myself and Need to Die” was included as a B-side on the cancelled “Pennyroyal Tea” single however is completely different from the model discovered on With the Lights Out. | |
| “Pay to Play”[110] | 1994 | DGC Rarities Vol. 1 | That is an early model of “Keep Away” which was a tune on Nevermind. “Pay to Play” was later launched on With the Lights Out in 2004 and on the Nevermind twentieth anniversary deluxe editions in 2011. |
| “Radio Pleasant Unit Shifter”[111] | 1996 | Residence Alive: The Artwork of Self Protection | Reside model from a Grenoble, France live performance in 1994. |
| “Rape Me”[112] | 1999 | Saturday Night time Reside: The Musical Performances Vol. 2 | Reside model from an look on Saturday Night time Reside. |
Unreleased songs
Courtney Love said in Could 2002 that she owned 109 unreleased tapes made by Cobain, with or with out the opposite members of Nirvana.[113] Of those songs, many had been launched on the 61 tune field set With the Lights Out in 2004, with three “freshly unearthed” songs showing on the compilation Sliver: The Better of the Field in 2005.[114] Extra unreleased Nirvana tracks had been launched on the deluxe and tremendous deluxe twentieth anniversary editions of the Nevermind and In Utero albums in 2011 and 2013 respectively.[115][116][117] Many extra unreleased songs had been launched on Montage of Heck: The Residence Recordings in 2015 which was the companion soundtrack to the movie Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck.[118] Morgen said that in Cobain’s archive he found over 200 hours of audio on over 108 cassettes and that he thought the solo album “can be a pleasant complement to the movie”.[118]
See additionally
- Foo Fighters discography
- Nirvana official web page
- Nirvana Reside Information
- Reside Nirvana
- Nirvana discography at Discogs
- Nirvana at AllMusic
