Album artist 49 - Nirvana

This page lists the album chart runs of Nirvana. A list of songs by Nirvana can be found here. The albums are listed with the most widely successful first.

An American rock band that was formed in 1987. The band consisted of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and a succession of drummers, the longest lasting being Dave Grohl. Despite the fact that the band ceased to exist in 1994 (with the death of Cobain) it continues to have a major influence.

There was also a British band (formed in 1965) called by exactly the same name. The song Pentecost Hotel was, of course by this Nirvana rather than the more famous one.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991	Billboard 1 - Oct 1991 (328 weeks) (2 weeks at number 1) (28 weeks in top 10), US num 1 for 2 weeks - Jan 1992, Library of Congress artifact added 2004 (1991), Canada 1 for 10 weeks - 1992, Sweden 1 - Dec 1991 (45 weeks), Holland free40 1 of 1991, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018 (1991), Belgium 1 of all time (1991), BEA 1 of 1991, US 10 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Mar 1999), UK 2 x Platinum (certified by BPI in May 1993), France Diamond (certified by SNEP Nov 1997), Germany 2 x Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1998), Canada Diamond (certified by CRIA in Mar 2001), Switzerland 2 - Jan 1992 (25 weeks), Norway 2 - Dec 1991 (25 weeks), RS Reader's 2, US 3 of 1992, ODK Germany 3 - Dec 1991 (90 weeks) (16 weeks in top 10), Germany 3 - Dec 1991 (78 weeks), Austria 3 - Jan 1992 (7 months), Channel4 3, Acclaimed 3 (1991), US CashBox 4 of 1992, France (InfoDisc) 4 of 1992 (peak 1, 71 weeks), DMDB 4, UK 5 - Oct 1991 (197 weeks), US BB 5 of 1992, PopVortex 5 (1991), Melody Maker 5 of 1991, US sales 10 M (according to RIAA), NARM 10, Defin200 10 (1991), US Longest Running Album 16 1991 (260 weeks), Australia (ARIA) 17 of 1992, Rolling Stone 17, Virgin 17, WTMD 19, German RS100 19, Vinyl Surrender 24 of all time, WXPN 31 (1991), Global 41 - 19 M claimed, Italy 46 of 1992, Worldwide 55 - 15 M, Guiness 57, Internet 108 - 14 M claimed (1991), Billboard200 118, Radio Caroline 164 (1991), the MusicID revenue site album 37 of 2022, RYM 9 of 1991, KEXP 4
2	Nirvana	Unplugged In New York	1994	UK 1 - Nov 1994 (39 weeks), Billboard 1 - Nov 1994 (91 weeks) (1 week at number 1) (12 weeks in top 10), US num 1 for 1 week - Nov 1994, Canada 1 for 5 weeks - 1994, Australia num 1 for 3 weeks - Nov 1994, New Zealand 1 for 1 - Nov 1994, US 5 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Sep 1997), France 2 X Platinum (certified by SNEP Nov 1997), Canada 9 X Platinum (certified by CRIA in Mar 2001), Europe 2 x Platinum (certified by IFIP in 1996), Sweden 2 - Nov 1994 (22 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1994), Austria 3 - Nov 1994 (8 months), Switzerland 3 - Nov 1994 (44 weeks), BEA 4 of 1994, France (InfoDisc) 5 of 1994 (peak 1, 65 weeks), ODK Germany 6 - Nov 1994 (48 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), Germany 6 - Nov 1994 (16 weeks), Norway 6 - Nov 1994 (31 weeks), Australia (ARIA) 7 of 1994, Holland free40 11 of 1994, Melody Maker 11 of 1994, Belgium 13 of all time (1994), US BB 15 of 1994, US CashBox 19 of 1995, US sales 5 M (according to RIAA), Italy 23 of 1994, RS Reader's 55, Global 103 - 10 M claimed, WXPN 154 (1994), WTMD 224, Acclaimed 286 (1994), Rolling Stone 311, RYM 7 of 1994, KEXP 105
3	Nirvana	In Utero	1993	UK 1 - Sep 1993 (41 weeks), Billboard 1 - Oct 1993 (94 weeks) (1 week at number 1) (6 weeks in top 10), US num 1 for 1 week - Oct 1993, Sweden 1 - Sep 1993 (31 weeks), BEA 1 of 1993, US 5 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1996), Canada 6 X Platinum (certified by CRIA in Mar 2001), France Platinum (certified by SNEP Oct 1995), Holland free40 4 of 1993, UK Gold (certified by BPI in Sep 1993), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1995), Norway 7 - Sep 1993 (3 weeks), Austria 10 - Sep 1993 (5 months), ODK Germany 14 - Oct 1993 (17 weeks), Germany 14 - Oct 1993 (5 weeks), Switzerland 16 - Sep 1993 (9 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 16 of 1993 (peak 2, 36 weeks), US sales 5 M (according to RIAA), RS Reader's 22, Melody Maker 26 of 1993, US BB 27 of 1993, US CashBox 32 of 1994, Italy 69 of 1993, Guiness 83, Belgium 90 of all time (1993), Global 131 - 8 M claimed, Acclaimed 135 (1993), WXPN 357 (1993), WTMD 420, Rolling Stone 439, RYM 14 of 1993, KEXP 212
4	Nirvana	From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah	1996	Billboard 1 - Oct 1996 (21 weeks) (1 week at number 1) (3 weeks in top 10), US num 1 for 1 week - Oct 1996, Canada 1 for 3 weeks - 1996, Australia num 1 for 1 week - Oct 1996, US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 1996), France 2 X Gold (certified by SNEP Nov 1997), Austria 3 - Oct 1996 (4 months), UK 4 - Oct 1996 (6 weeks), Sweden 6 - Oct 1996 (5 weeks), Norway 8 - Oct 1996 (4 weeks), Switzerland 9 - Oct 1996 (5 weeks), Australia (ARIA) 29 of 1996, ODK Germany 38 - Oct 1996 (7 weeks), US BB 44 of 1996, France (InfoDisc) 69 of 1996 (peak 1, 15 weeks), Italy 75 of 1996, Acclaimed 2016 (1996)
5	Nirvana	Nirvana's Greatest Hits	2002	Austria 1 - Nov 2002 (5 months), Australia num 1 for 1 week - Nov 2002, Switzerland 2 - Nov 2002 (15 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 2002), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Nov 2002), Europe Platinum (certified by IFIP in 2002), UK 3 - Nov 2002 (11 weeks), Billboard 3 - Nov 2002 (37 weeks) (2 weeks in top 10), France Gold (certified by SNEP Dec 2002), ODK Germany 5 - Nov 2002 (27 weeks) (3 weeks in top 10), Germany 5 - Nov 2002 (10 weeks), Norway 5 - Nov 2002 (13 weeks), Sweden 10 - Nov 2002 (10 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 38 of 2002 (peak 2, 39 weeks), Australia (ARIA) 60 of 2002, US BB 72 of 2002, Italy 72 of 2002
6	Nirvana	Bleach	1992	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1995), France 2 X Gold (certified by SNEP Nov 1997), BEA 5 of 1989, ODK Germany 24 - Feb 1992 (14 weeks), Austria 28 - Apr 1992 (2 months), UK 33 - Mar 1992 (7 weeks), Billboard 89 - Jan 1992 (20 weeks), Acclaimed 998 (1989), RYM 105 of 1989, KEXP 57
7	Nirvana	Incesticide	1993	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Nov 1995), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jan 1993), France Gold (certified by SNEP Oct 1992), Austria 10 - Jan 1993 (4 months), UK 14 - Dec 1992 (11 weeks), Switzerland 18 - Jan 1993 (6 weeks), Sweden 27 - Jan 1993 (6 weeks), Billboard 39 - Jan 1993 (25 weeks), ODK Germany 40 - Jan 1993 (12 weeks)
8	Nirvana	With The Lights Out	2004	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 2004), Billboard 19 - Dec 2004 (9 weeks), Switzerland 28 - Dec 2004 (3 weeks), Norway 31 - Dec 2004 (1 week), Austria 34 - Dec 2004 (1 month), ODK Germany 48 - Dec 2004 (3 weeks), UK 56 - Dec 2004 (1 week)
9	Nirvana	Live At Reading	2009	Norway 28 - Nov 2009 (2 weeks), UK 32 - Nov 2009 (3 weeks), Billboard 37 - Nov 2009 (2 weeks), ODK Germany 66 - Nov 2009 (1 week), Switzerland 97 - Nov 2009 (1 week)
10	Nirvana	Sliver - The Best Of The Box	2005	Billboard 21 - Nov 2005 (12 weeks), UK 56 - Nov 2005 (1 week), ODK Germany 97 - Nov 2005 (1 week)
11	Nirvana	Nevermind (Super Deluxe Edition)	2011	Billboard 131 - Oct 2011 (1 week)
12	Nirvana	In Utero: 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe	2013	Billboard 112 - Oct 2013 (1 week)
13	Nirvana	Nevermind [DVD]	2005	ODK Germany 91 - May 2005 (1 week)
14	Nirvana	The Story of Simon Simopath	1967	RYM 91 of 1967

Comments

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2 Mar 2018

Double Listing - Greatest Hits

Based on time fame of Nov. 2002; #5 & #12 are the same.

Data fixed, thanks

23 Sep 2016

Double Listing - Nirvana (Nirvana's Greatest Hits)

#5 & #11 are the same. Simply called 'Nirvana' in most countries; it is a "Greatest Hits' collection (per Wikipedia).

Data fixed, thanks

1 Dec 2014

Double Listing -Nirvana(Greatest Hits)

#5 & #8 are the same album. Simply called "Nirvana" in most countries; it is a "Greatest Hits" collection (per Wikipedia).

That seems correct, we've changed the data, thanks