BY THE NUMBERS: Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’
Nirvana’s landmark album Nevermind was as ground-breaking as it was successful.
If you needed further proof, here’s the album “By The Numbers.”
- Age/Date Released: 27 (September 24, 1991)
- Number of Producers: 1 (Butch Vig, who also notably produced Smashing Pumpkins’ Gish and Siamese Dream.)
- Number of Tracks: 12
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
- “In Bloom”
- “Come As You Are”
- “Breed”
- “Lithium”
- “Polly”
- “Territorial Pissings”
- “Drain You”
- “Lounge Act”
- “Stay Away”
- “On A Plain”
- “Something In The Way”
- Number Of Singles/Music Videos: 4
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
- “Come As You Are”
- “Lithium”
- “In Bloom”
- Highest Billboard 200 Album Chart Position: 1
- Weeks on the Billboard 200 Album Chart: 252
- Highest Billboard Singles Chart Positions:
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
- Hot 100: 6
- Mainstream Rock: 7
- Modern/Alternative: 1
- “Come As You Are”
- Hot 100: 32
- Mainstream Rock: 3
- Modern/Alternative: 3
- “Lithium”
- Hot 100: 64
- Mainstream Rock: 16
- Modern/Alternative: 25
- “In Bloom”
- Mainstream Rock: 5
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
- Ranking On Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s: 1
- Ranking On Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 17
- Copies Sold: 24 million worldwide (10 million U.S.)
Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.
Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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