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This is a '''] of ]''', an ]-based ] group. The band has released three ]s, twenty ], two ]s, two ]s, three ]s, and two ]s. This list does not include material performed by members or former members of Nirvana that was recorded with ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], or ].
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{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist = Nirvana
|Image = Nirvana around 1992.jpg
|Caption = Kurt Cobain (foreground) and Krist Novoselic at the MTV Awards in 1992
|Studio = 3
|Live = 5
|Compilation = 4
|Video = 7
|EP = 2
|Music videos = 8
|Singles = 21
|Option = 17
|Option name = Miscellaneous
}}


The discography of ], an American rock band, consists of three ]s, twenty-one ], five ]s, two ]s, four ]s, and three ]s.
Nirvana was formed in 1987 by vocalist and guitarist ] and bassist ], with the position of drummer being filled by various musicians. The band released its debut album, '']'', in 1989 on ] ]. After being joined by final drummer ] and signing to ] subsidiary DGC Records, the band released its second studio album, '']'', which became one of the best selling alternative albums of the 1990s<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=112&id=04931F67-2568-34EA-7AF6-4F1130A3B64A| title=No Dog Days of Summer for Teen Toppers| publisher=]| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTop100| title=Top 100 Albums| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref> and popularized the ] ] movement and alternative music.<ref>{{cite web | author=Olsen, Eric| year=2004| title=10 years later, Cobain lives on in his music | format=http | work=MSNBC.com | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4652653/ | accessdate=2006-06-21}}</ref> The band's third album, '']'', was also a commercial and critical success, though it did not match the sales precedent set by ''Nevermind''—as the members of the band expected.<ref>Gaar, Gillian G. (2006). ''In Utero 33⅓''. New York: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-1776-0. p. 3</ref> Nirvana disbanded in 1994 after the apparent suicide of Cobain; since then several posthumous releases have been issued from the band, which once resulted in a legal conflict between Cobain's widow, ], and the surviving members of the band over the release of the song "]".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444878/20010629/nirvana.jhtml| title=Courtney Love Sues Grohl And Novoselic, Blocks Nirvana Rarity| author=vanHorn, Teri| publisher=].com| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-09-05}}</ref> In March 2006, Love sold a significant share of the rights to Nirvana's publishing catalog to Larry Mestel of Primary Wave Music Publishing.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9549408/courtney_sells_nirvana_rights_share| title=Courtney Sells Nirvana Rights Share| author=Lash, Jolie| publisher='']''| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-09-05}}</ref> Nirvana has sold over 50 million records worldwide,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12064388| title=Nirvana Tops 50 Million Mark In Worldwide Sales, 'Journals' Number One| author=Armstrong, Mark| publisher=]| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref> with 25 million records sold in the US alone.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=tblTopArt&action=| title=Top Selling Artists| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref>

Nirvana was formed in 1987 by vocalist and guitarist ] and bassist ], with the position of drummer being filled by various musicians. The band released its debut album, '']'', in 1989 on ] ]. After being joined by final drummer ] and signing to ] subsidiary ], the band released its second studio album, '']'', which became one of the best selling alternative albums of the 1990s<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=112&id=04931F67-2568-34EA-7AF6-4F1130A3B64A| title=No Dog Days of Summer for Teen Toppers| publisher=]| date=August 31, 1999| access-date=July 25, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181726/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=112&id=04931F67-2568-34EA-7AF6-4F1130A3B64A| archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTop100 |title=Top 100 Albums |publisher=] |access-date=July 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701162536/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTop100 |archive-date=July 1, 2007 }}</ref> and popularized the ] ] movement and alternative music.<ref>{{cite web | author=Olsen, Eric| year=2004| title=10 years later, Cobain lives on in his music | format=http | work=Today.com | url=https://www.today.com/popculture/10-years-later-cobain-lives-his-music-wbna4652653 | access-date=June 21, 2006}}</ref> The band's third album, '']'', was also a commercial and critical success, though it did not match the sales precedent set by ''Nevermind''—as the members of the band expected.<ref>Gaar, Gillian G. (2006). ''In Utero 33⅓''. New York: Continuum. {{ISBN|0-8264-1776-0}}. p. 3</ref> Nirvana disbanded in 1994 after the death of Cobain; since then several posthumous releases have been issued from the band, which once resulted in a legal conflict between Cobain's widow, ], and the surviving members of the band over the release of the song "]".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444878/20010629/nirvana.jhtml| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010703092849/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444878/20010629/nirvana.jhtml| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 3, 2001| title=Courtney Love Sues Grohl And Novoselic, Blocks Nirvana Rarity| author=vanHorn, Teri| publisher=MTV.com| date=June 29, 2001| access-date=September 5, 2007}}</ref> In 2006, Love sold a significant share of the rights to Cobain's song catalog to ].<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9549408/courtney_sells_nirvana_rights_share| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405040622/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9549408/courtney_sells_nirvana_rights_share| url-status=dead| archive-date=April 5, 2006| title=Courtney Sells Nirvana Rights Share| author=Lash, Jolie| magazine=]| date=March 30, 2006| access-date=September 5, 2007}}</ref> Since its debut, the band has sold 27.6 million albums in the United States alone,<ref name="BillboardRihanna">{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007080058/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7511240/ask-billboard-rihannas-quirky-record-in-the-hot-100s-top-10-with|last=Trust|first=Gary|title=Ask Billboard: Rihanna's (Quirky) Record in the Hot 100's Top 10 With 'Needed Me'|magazine=Billboard|date=September 18, 2016|access-date=October 6, 2016|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7511240/ask-billboard-rihannas-quirky-record-in-the-hot-100s-top-10-with|archive-date=October 7, 2016|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> and over 75 million records worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/nirvana-to-be-inducted-to-the-rock-hall-of-fame-in-2014-530770|title=Nirvana to be Inducted to the Rock Hall of Fame in 2014|last=Gupta|first=Rapti|date=December 17, 2013|access-date=October 28, 2018|website=]}}</ref>

==Albums==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Sales
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| ]<br /><small>(])</small>
|-
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="BB 1">{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/tlp/ | title=Nirvana – Chart History: Billboard 200| magazine=]| access-date=November 10, 2009}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name=auscharts>Australian (]) peaks:
* Peaks within the top 50: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nirvana|title=Discography Nirvana|publisher=australian-charts.com. Hung Medien|access-date=September 30, 2015}}
* Peaks between 51–100 until December 2010: {{cite Ryan|page=204}}
*For: ''Sliver: The Best of the Box'': {{cite web| url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue823.pdf| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20051220-0000/Issue823.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2005-12-19| title=ARIA Chart report 5th December 2005| author=pandora.nla.gov.au| publisher=Pandora, Australia's Web Archives| access-date=July 26, 2010}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="a_charts">{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nirvana |title=Discographie Nirvana |publisher=austriancharts.at. Hung Medien |access-date=August 22, 2007 |language=de }}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="Cancharts">
*For album peaks before and up to the year 2000: {{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5&q1=Nirvana&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=50|title=Nirvana Top Albums/CDs positions (26–190)|magazine=]|access-date=October 9, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019171219/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5&q1=Nirvana&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=50|archive-date=October 19, 2012}}
*For album peaks after the year 2000: {{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/cna/ | title=Nirvana Album & Song Chart History – Canadian Albums| magazine=]| access-date=October 9, 2010}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="Pennanen" />
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="hit_dutch">{{cite web| url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nirvana| title=Discografie Nirvana| publisher=dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien| access-date=August 22, 2007 |language=nl}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="NZCharts">{{cite web| url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nirvana| title=Discography Nirvana| publisher=charts.nz. Hung Medien| access-date=July 22, 2016}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="sw_charts">{{cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nirvana |title=Discography Nirvana |publisher=swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien |access-date=August 25, 2007 }}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="hit_ch">{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=a |title=Suche nach: Nirvana |publisher=HitParade.ch |access-date=August 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110104238/http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=a |archive-date=November 10, 2012 }}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="UK albums">UK peaks:
*For all albums except for the ''Singles'' box set: {{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23268/nirvana/| title=Nirvana UK Chart History| publisher=officialcharts.com| access-date=June 21, 2016}}
*For the ''Singles'' box set: {{cite web| url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_N.HTM| title=UK Chart Log 1994 – 2010| publisher=zobbel.de| access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|'']''
|
*Released: June 15, 1989
*Label: ] (SP-34)
*Formats: ], ] (CS), ]
| 89
| 34
| 26
| —
| 22
| —
| 30
| —
| —
| 33
|
*US: 1,900,000<ref name="BillboardRihanna"/>
|
*]: Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*]: Platinum<ref name="ARIA1996">{{cite certification|region=Australia|certyear=1996|type=album|access-date=July 9, 2021}}</ref>
*]: Platinum<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Nirvana|access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref>
*]: Gold<ref name="CRIA"/>
|-
! scope="row"|'']''
|
*Released: September 24, 1991
*Label: ] (24425)
*Formats: CD, CS, LP
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 5
|
*US: 10,640,000<ref name="BillboardRihanna"/><ref name="BMG sales">{{cite web|url=http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877|title=Shania, Backstreet, Britney, Eminem And Janet Top All Time Sellers|last=David|first=Barry|location=New York|publisher=Music Industry News Network|work=]|date=February 18, 2003|access-date=August 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030703090845/http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877 |archive-date=July 3, 2003 }}</ref>
*Worldwide: 30,000,000<ref> billboard.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.</ref>
|
*RIAA: 13× Platinum (Diamond)<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: 5× Platinum<ref name="ARIA1996"/>
*BPI: 7× Platinum<ref name="BPI"/>
*]: 2× Platinum<ref name="SwedishIFPI">{{cite certification|region=Sweden|type=album|certyear=1998|access-date=October 21, 2011}}</ref>
*] AUT: Platinum<ref name="autcertification">{{cite certification|region=Austria|artist=Nirvana}}</ref>
*IFPI FIN: Gold<ref name="ifpi.fi">{{cite certification|region=Finland|artist=Nirvana|access-date=July 1, 2012}}</ref>
*IFPI SWI: Platinum<ref name="SwissIFPI">{{cite certification|region=Switzerland|artist=Nirvana}}</ref>
*MC: Diamond<ref name="CRIA">{{cite certification|region=Canada|artist=Nirvana|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref>
*]: Platinum<ref name="NetherlandsCertifications">{{cite certification|region=Netherlands|artist=Nirvana|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref>
*]: 7× Platinum<ref>{{cite certification|region=New Zealand|type=album|artist=Nirvana|id=2011-11-04|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|title=Nevermind}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|'']''
|
*Released: September 21, 1993
*Labels: DGC
*Formats: CD, CS, LP
| 1
| 2
| 8
| 3
| 6
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 16
| 1
|
*US: 4,258,000<ref>{{cite web | url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-29-2013-albums-drake-cher-022609358.html | title=Week Ending Sept. 29, 2013. Albums: Drake, Cher Set Records | author=Grein, Paul | work=Chart Watch | publisher=] | date=October 1, 2013 | access-date=October 11, 2013 | archive-date=October 12, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012111209/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-29-2013-albums-drake-cher-022609358.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
*Worldwide: 15,000,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Condran |first=Ed |date=September 15, 2023 |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/sep/15/nirvanas-album-in-utero-holds-up-after-30-years/ |title=Nirvana's album 'In Utero' holds up after 30 years |work=] |access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref>
|
*RIAA: 6× Platinum<ref name="RIAA">{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Nirvana|access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref>
*ARIA: 2× Platinum<ref name="ARIA1996"/>
*BPI: 3× Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
*GLF: Gold<ref name="SwedishIFPI"/>
*IFPI AUT: Gold<ref name="autcertification"/>
*MC: 6× Platinum<ref name="CRIA"/>
*NVPI: Gold<ref name="NetherlandsCertifications"/>
*RMNZ: 3× Platinum<ref>{{cite certification|region=New Zealand|certyear=2010|type=album|access-date=December 15, 2014|source=archive}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}


==Albums and box sets== ===Live albums===
{|class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2"| Date ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title
!rowspan="2"| Album ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
!colspan="10"| Chart positions !colspan="10"| Chart positions
!rowspan="2"| Sales !rowspan="2"| Sales
!rowspan="2"| ] !rowspan="2"| Certifications<br /><small>(sales thresholds)</small>
|- |-
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| US<br /><ref name="BB 1"/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=5316&model.vnuAlbumId=810092 | title=Nirvana Artist Chart History: Albums| publisher='']''| accessdate=2007-07-26}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUS<br /><ref name=auscharts/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="everyhit">{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/|title=UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts|publisher=everyhit.com| accessdate=2007-07-26}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUT<br /><ref name="a_charts"/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Nirvana| title=Search for: Nirvana| publisher=Australian-Charts.com| accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| CAN<br /><ref name="Cancharts"/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=a| title=Search for: Nirvana| publisher=NorwegianCharts.com| accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| FIN<br /><ref name="Pennanen" />
!style="width:2em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=a| title=Suche nach: Nirvana| publisher=HitParade.ch| accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NLD<br /><ref name="hit_dutch"/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=a| title=Search for: Nirvana| publisher=DutchCharts.nl| accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NZ<br /><ref name="NZCharts"/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=a| title=Suche nach: Nirvana| publisher=AustrianCharts.at| accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| SWE<br /><ref name="sw_charts"/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=a| title=Search for: Nirvana| publisher=SwedishCharts.com| accessdate=2007-08-25}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="Pennanen" /> !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| SWI<br /><ref name="hit_ch"/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="NZCharts">Scapolo, Dean (2001). ''New Zealand Music Charts, 1975-2000: Albums''. ISBN 0908876343.</ref> !style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| UK<br /><ref name="UK albums"/>
|- |-
! scope="row"|'']''
| ], ]
|
|'']''
*Released: November 1, 1994
|align="center"| 89
*Labels: DGC, Geffen (24727)
|align="center"| 33
*Formats: CD, CS, LP
|align="center"| —
| 1
|align="center"| —
| 1
|align="center"| —
| 1
|align="center"| —
| 1
|align="center"| 26
| 3
|align="center"| —
| 2
|align="center"| 24
| 1
|align="center"| 30
| 2
| {{nowrap|1.7 million (U.S.)<ref name="USAToday">{{cite web| url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2007/03/sales_questions_1.html| title=Sales questions: Nirvana vs. Pearl Jam| author=Barnes, Ken| publisher=|'']''| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref>}}
| 3
| {{nowrap|Platinum (U.S.)<ref name="RIAA database">{{cite web
| 1
| url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH| title=Gold and Platinum Database Search| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref>}}
|
*US: 5,100,000<ref name="BillboardRihanna"/>
*Worldwide: 14,000,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Beaumont (journalist) |date=November 1, 2024 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/nirvana-mtv-unplugged-kurt-cobain-b2638897.html |title=Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show is a hallowed chapter of Kurt Cobain's history - it almost never happened |work=] |access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref>
|
*RIAA: 8× Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: 5× Platinum<ref name="ARIA1996"/>
*BPI: 3× Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
*GLF: Gold<ref name="SwedishIFPI"/>
*IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum<ref name="autcertification"/>
*IFPI FIN: Gold<ref name="ifpi.fi"/>
*IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum<ref name="SwissIFPI"/>
*MC: 9× Platinum<ref name="CRIA"/>
*NVPI: Platinum<ref name="NetherlandsCertifications"/>
*RMNZ: 2× Platinum<ref>{{cite certification|region=New Zealand|artist=Nirvana|type=album|source=radioscope|access-date=December 18, 2024}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row"|'']''
| ], ]
|
|'']''
*Released: October 1, 1996
|align="center"| 1
*Labels: DGC, Geffen (25105)
|align="center"| 7
*Formats: CD, CS, LP
|align="center"| —
| 1
|align="center"| 2
| 1
|align="center"| 2
| 3
|align="center"| 5
| 1
|align="center"| 2
| 2
|align="center"| 1
| 14
|align="center"| 1
| 2
|align="center"| 2
| 6
| {{nowrap|10 million (U.S.)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nirvana/articles/story/5934228/nirvana| title=Nirvana: 10 years after Nevermind| author=]| publisher='']''| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-09-05}}</ref>}}<br>{{nowrap|26 million (worldwide)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/f8dp/| title=Nevermind Review| publisher=]| author=Thomas, Lou| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-08-19}}</ref>}}
| 9
| {{nowrap|Diamond (U.S.)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=118&id=94152BE9-9138-3E48-DA14-40272B8E84F6| title=The Recording Industry's New Diamond Award Mines Best-Sellers| publisher=]| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref>}}<br />{{nowrap|2x platinum (UK)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=5185| title=Nevermind Certified Awards| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-30}}</ref>}}
| 4
|
*US: 1,300,000<ref name="BillboardRihanna"/>
|
*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Platinum<ref name="ARIA1996"/>
*BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI" />
*IFPI AUT: Gold<ref name="autcertification"/>
*MC: 2× Platinum<ref name="CRIA"/>
|- |-
! scope="row"|'']''
| ], ]
|
|'']''
*Released: November 3, 2009
|align="center"| 39
*Label: Geffen (B0013503-02) (B0013501-00)
|align="center"| 14
*Formats: CD, CD+DVD, ]
|align="center"| —
| 37
|align="center"| —
| —
|align="center"| 18
| 28
|align="center"| 36
| 17
|align="center"| 10
| —
|align="center"| 27
| 64
|align="center"| 18
| 33
|align="center"| 23
| —
| {{nowrap|1.13 million (U.S.)<ref name="MTV Basham">{{cite news| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451583/20011220/story.jhtml| title=Got Charts? No Doubt's Christmas Gift; Nirvana Ain't No Beatles| author=Basham, David| publisher=].com| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-07-28}}</ref>}}
| 97
| {{nowrap|Platinum (U.S.)<ref name="RIAA database" />}}<br>{{nowrap|Gold (UK)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=3092| title=Incesticide Certified Awards| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-08-18}}</ref>}}
| 32
|
*US: 148,000<ref name="BillboardRihanna"/>
|
*ARIA: Gold<ref name="ARIA-2024-Albums">{{cite certification|region=Australia|certyear=2024|type=album|access-date=March 8, 2024}}</ref>
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI" />
|- |-
! scope="row"|'']''
| ], ]
|
| {{nowrap|'']''}}
*Released: April 5, 2019<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/nirvanas-live-at-the-paramount-will-be-released-on-vinyl/ |title=Nirvana's Live at the Paramount will be released on vinyl |date=February 26, 2019 |website=kerrang.com |publisher=] |access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Aubrey |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/nirvanas-famed-live-paramount-concert-released-vinyl-2454287 |title=Nirvana's famed 'Live at the Paramount' concert is being released on vinyl |date=February 26, 2019 |magazine=] |access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref>
|align="center"| 1
*Label: DGC
|align="center"| 1
*Formats: 2×LP
|align="center"| —
| —
|align="center"| 7
| —
|align="center"| 16
| —
|align="center"| 4
| —
|align="center"| 8
| —
|align="center"| 1
| —
|align="center"| 5
| —
|align="center"| 3
| —
| {{nowrap|4.11 million (U.S.)<ref name="MTV Basham" />}}
| —
| {{nowrap|5x platinum (U.S.)<ref name="Top 100">{{cite web| url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=4&table=tblTop100&action=| title=Top 100 Albums| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref>}}<br>{{nowrap|Gold (UK)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=3155| title=In Utero Certified Awards| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-30}}</ref>}}
| —
|
|
|-
! scope="row"|'']''
|
*Released: August 30, 2019<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8523156/nirvana-live-and-loud-album-due-streaming-vinyl |title=Nirvana 'Live and Loud' Album Due Out on Streaming, Vinyl |date=July 22, 2019 |magazine=] |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref>
*Label: DGC
*Formats: 2×LP
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|
|-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
!colspan="10"| Chart positions
!rowspan="2"| Sales
!rowspan="2"| Certifications<br /><small>(sales thresholds)</small>
|- |-
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| US<br /><ref name="BB 1"/>
| ], ]
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUS<br /><ref name=auscharts/>
| {{nowrap|'']''}}
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUT<br /><ref name="a_charts"/>
|align="center"| 1
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| CAN<br /><ref name="Cancharts"/>
|align="center"| 1
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| FIN<br /><ref name="Pennanen" />
|align="center"| —
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NLD<br /><ref name="hit_dutch"/>
|align="center"| 6
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NZ<br /><ref name="NZCharts"/>
|align="center"| 3
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| SWE<br /><ref name="sw_charts"/>
|align="center"| 2
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| SWI<br /><ref name="hit_ch"/>
|align="center"| 1
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| UK<br /><ref name="UK albums"/>
|align="center"| 2
|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| 1
| {{nowrap|6.8 million (U.S.)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950326/ai_n13973706| title=Number One in heaven:Rock| author=Barber, Nicholas| publisher='']''| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-08-19}}</ref>
| {{nowrap|5x platinum (U.S.)<ref name="Top 100" />}}<br>{{nowrap|Platinum (UK)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=18651| title=Unplugged in New York Certified Awards| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-30}}</ref>}}
|- |-
! scope="row"|'']''
| ], ]
| '']''
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
| |
*Released: December 14, 1992
*Labels: Sub Pop, DGC (24504)
*Formats: CD, CS, LP
| 39
| 22
| 10
| 21
| 16
| 31
| —
| 27
| 18
| 14
|
*US: 1,400,000<ref name="BillboardRihanna"/>
|
*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Gold<ref name="ARIA-2024-Albums"/>
*BPI: Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
*MC: 2× Platinum<ref name="CRIA"/>
|- |-
! scope="row"|'']''
| ], 1996
|
| '']''
*Released: October 29, 2002
|align="center"| 1
*Labels: DGC, Geffen (25105)
|align="center"| 4
*Formats: CD, CS, LP
|align="center"| —
| 3
|align="center"| 8
| 1
|align="center"| 9
| 1
|align="center"| 14
| 2
|align="center"| 3
| 9
|align="center"| 6
| 12
|align="center"| 2
| 2
|align="center"| 2
| 10
| {{nowrap|1.15 million (U.S.)<ref name="MTV Basham" />}}
| 2
| {{nowrap|Platinum (U.S.)<ref name="RIAA database" />}}
| 3
|
*US: 2,400,000<ref name="BillboardRihanna"/>
|
*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: 6× Platinum<ref name="ARIA-2024-Albums"/>
*BPI: 4× Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
*GLF: Gold<ref>{{cite certification|region=Sweden|type=album|certyear=2002|access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>
*IFPI AUT: Platinum<ref name="autcertification"/>
*IFPI FIN: Gold<ref name="ifpi.fi"/>
*IFPI SWI: Platinum<ref name="SwissIFPI"/>
*RMNZ: 3× Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioscope.co.nz/afawcs0115079/ID=3448/SID=1007968673/productdetails.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001180225/http://www.radioscope.co.nz/afawcs0115079/ID=3448/SID=1007968673/productdetails.html|archive-date=1 October 2006|title=Certifications March 26 2006|access-date=September 19, 2022|publisher=radioscope.co.nz|language=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row"|'']''
| ], ]
|
| '']''
*Released: November 1, 2005
|align="center"| 3
*Labels: DGC, Geffen (000561702), Universal (1190)
|align="center"| 3
*Format: CD
|align="center"| 1
| 21
|align="center"| 5
| 95
|align="center"| 2
| 26
|align="center"| 12
| —
|align="center"| 1
| —
|align="center"| 10
| —
|align="center"| 9
| —
|align="center"| 2
| —
| {{nowrap|634,000 (U.S.)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1459104/20021211/carey_mariah.jhtml| title=Mariah Can't Top Shania On ''Billboard'' Albums Chart| author=D'Angelo, Joe| publisher=].com| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-08-02}}</ref>}}
| 87
| {{nowrap|Platinum (U.S.)<ref name="RIAA database" />}}<br>{{nowrap|Platinum (UK)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30476| title=Nirvana Certified Awards| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-30}}</ref>}}
| 56
|
*US: 376,000<ref name="BillboardRihanna"/>
|
*ARIA: Gold<ref name="ARIA-2024-Albums"/>
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI" />
|- |-
! scope="row"|'']''
| ], ]
|
| {{nowrap|'']''}}
*Released: August 31, 2010
|align="center"| 19
*Label: Universal
|align="center"| —
*Format: CD
|align="center"| —
| —
|align="center"| 31
| —
|align="center"| 28
| —
|align="center"| 65
| —
|align="center"| 34
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
| —
|align="center"| 39
| —
| {{nowrap|105,760 (U.S.)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=29932| title=NIRVANA's 'With The Lights Out' Becomes Fastest-Selling Box Set In History| publisher=Blabbermouth.net| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-08-02}}</ref>}}
| —
| Platinum (U.S.)<ref name="RIAA database" />
| —
|
|
*MC: Gold<ref name="CRIA"/>
|- |-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
| ], ]
|}
| {{nowrap|'']''}}

|align="center"| 21
==Box sets==
|align="center"| —
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|align="center"| —
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
|align="center"| —
! rowspan="2"| Album details
|align="center"| 87
! colspan="10"| Chart positions
|align="center"| —
! rowspan="2"| Sales
|align="center"| 26
! rowspan="2"| Certifications<br /><small>(sales thresholds)</small>
|align="center"| —
|-
|align="center"| —
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| US<br /><ref name="BB 1"/>
|align="center"| —
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUT<br /><ref name="a_charts"/>
| {{nowrap|38,000 (U.S.)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1513316/20051109/blink_182.jhtml| title=Blink-182's ''Hits'', Santana's ''All'' Are No Match For ''Now 20''| author=Harris, Chris| publisher=].com| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-08-02}}</ref>}}
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| CAN<br /><ref name="Cancharts"/>
|
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 20, 1996 |title=Top National Sellers|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/96/MM-1996-01-20-OCR-Page-0015.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20boxset%22|magazine=]| page=15 |access-date=October 28, 2018}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="France">{{cite web| url=https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nirvana| title=Discographie Nirvana | publisher=lescharts.com| access-date=June 21, 2016 |language=fr}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="JapanesePeaks">
*For before and up to 2005: ''Album Chart-Book Complete Edition 1970–2005''. Orikonmāketingupuromōshon (2006). {{ISBN|4-87131-077-9}}.
*For "Live at Reading": oricon ME. Retrieved May 25, 2015. (language Japanese)</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NLD<br /><ref name="hit_dutch"/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| NZ<br /><ref name="NZCharts"/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| SWI<br /><ref name="hit_ch"/>
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| UK<br /><ref name="UK albums"/>
|-
! scope="row"|'']''
|
*Released: December 1995
*Labels: DGC, Geffen (24901)
*Format: 6×CD ]
| —
| —
| —
| 5
| 17
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 101
|
|
|-
! scope="row"|'']''
|
*Released: November 23, 2004
*Labels: DGC, Geffen (000372700), ] (9864838)
*Formats: 3×CD+] box set
| 19
| 34
| 10
| —
| 20
| 16
| 65
| 39
| 28
| 56
|
*US: 546,000<ref name="BillboardRihanna"/>
|
*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"|'']''
|
*Released: November 25, 2011
*Label: Universal
*Format: 4 x 10" vinyl box set
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|
|- |-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|} |}


==Extended plays==
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
==EPs==
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| EP details
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="3"| Chart positions
! Date
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:35em;" | Comments
! EP
! Comments
|- |-
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| AUS<br /><ref name=auscharts/>
| {{nowrap|December 1989}}
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| JPN<br /><ref name="JapanesePeaks"/>
|'']''
!style="width:2em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="ukindie">{{cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |year=1997 |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/n.htm |title=Indie Hits 1980-1989 |publisher=] |access-date=August 1, 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606210333/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/n.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2011|isbn=978-0-9517206-9-1|oclc=38292499}}</ref><ref name="MelodyMaker15">{{cite news |date=November 18, 1989 |title=Charts - Indie Singles |url=https://imgur.com/h9pLQLv |work=] |page=35 |agency=] |access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>
| ''Blew'' was intended to be released to promote an upcoming European tour, but this plan was scrapped, and the EP ended up being released exclusively in the UK shortly after its completion.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.livenirvana.com/history/89.php| title=DAY-BY-DAY HISTORY: 1989| publisher=LiveNirvana.com| accessdate=2007-07-30}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row"|'']''
| {{nowrap|January 1992}}
|
|'']''
*Released: December 1989
| ''Hormoaning'' was only released in ] and ], with two different covers accompanying the release in each country, to promote the band's tour of the ].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jjfqxqyhldae~T1| title=Hormoaning: Review| author=Bekkala, Steve| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-30}}</ref>
*Label: Tupelo
*Formats: ], ]
| —
| —
| 15
| ''Blew'' was intended to be released to promote an upcoming European tour, but this plan was scrapped, and the EP ended up being released exclusively in the UK shortly after its completion.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.livenirvana.com/history/89.php| title=DAY-BY-DAY HISTORY: 1989| publisher=LiveNirvana.com| access-date=July 30, 2007}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|'']''
|
*Released: February 5, 1992
*Labels: DGC, Geffen
*Formats: 12-inch, CD, ]
| 2
| 67
| —
| ''Hormoaning'' was released only in Australia and Japan, with two different covers accompanying the release in each country, to promote the band's tour of the ].<ref>{{cite web| url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r297515|pure_url=yes}}| title=Hormoaning: Review| author=Bekkala, Steve| website=]| access-date=July 30, 2007}}</ref> ''Hormoaning'' was re-released for ] 2011, as a limited edition.
|- |-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|} |}


==Singles== ==Singles==
===Retail singles===
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Single ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
!colspan="11"| Peak positions
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"| Certifications
!rowspan="2"| Album ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|- |-
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="Billboard singles">{{cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=5316&model.vnuAlbumId=810092 | title=Nirvana Artist Chart History: Singles| publisher='']''| accessdate=2007-07-26}}</ref> !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="Billboard Hot 100 singles"> billboard.com. Retrieved November 30, 2014.</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="Billboard singles" /> !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS<br /><ref name=auscharts/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="Billboard singles" /> !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>
*For "Smells Like Teen Spirit": {{cite web|url=https://radio2.be/top-30/1992/01/25|title=Radio2 top 30: 25 January 1992|publisher=]|access-date=March 10, 2023|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323011528/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1992/01/25|archive-date=March 23, 2016}}
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="everyhit" /><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=458| title=Chart Stats - UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive - Nirvana| publisher=ChartStats.com| accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref>
*For "Come as You Are": {{cite web|url=https://radio2.be/top-30/1992/04/08|title=Radio2 top 30: 18 April 1992|publisher=]|access-date=March 10, 2023|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401033939/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1992/04/18|archive-date=April 1, 2016}}
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement| title=Search the Charts| publisher=IrishCharts.ie| accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref>
*For "Lithium": {{cite web|url=https://radio2.be/top-30/1992/08/22|title=Radio2 top 30: 22 August 1992|publisher=]|access-date=March 10, 2023|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227003746/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1992/08/22|archive-date=December 27, 2015}}
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="NZCharts"/>
*For "Heart-Shaped Box": {{cite web|url=https://radio2.be/top-30/1993/10/02|title=Radio2 top 30: 2 October 1993|publisher=]|access-date=March 10, 2023|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305034942/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1993/10/02|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>Kent, David (1993). ''Australian Chart Book 1970-1992''. St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0646119176.</ref>
*For "Rape Me": {{cite web|url=https://radio2.be/top-30/1994/02/05|title=Radio2 top 30: 5 February 1994|publisher=]|access-date=March 10, 2023|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321203628/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1994/02/05|archive-date=March 21, 2016}}
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=s| title=Search for: Nirvana| publisher=LesCharts.com| accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref>
*For "About a Girl": {{cite web|url=https://radio2.be/top-30/1994/12/24|title=Radio2 top 30: 24 December 1994|publisher=]|access-date=March 10, 2023|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321202221/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1994/12/24|archive-date=March 21, 2016}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="Pennanen">Pennanen, Timo (2003). ''Sisältää hitin: levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972''. Otava Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 951121053X.</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FIN<br /><ref name="FinlandSingles">
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=s| title=Search for: Nirvana| publisher=SwedishCharts.com| accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref>
*For "Smells Like Teen Spirit": {{cite magazine |date=March 21, 1992 |title=Top Ten Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-03-21-OCR-Page-0026.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20smells%20like%20teen%20spirit%20top%2010%22 |magazine=]| page=26 |access-date=March 23, 2019}} or {{cite magazine |date=March 14, 1992 |title=Top Ten Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-03-14-OCR-Page-0022.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20smells%20like%20teen%20spirit%20top%2010%22 |magazine=]| page=22 |access-date=March 23, 2019}}
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="Perry">Collin, Robert. ''Het Belgisch Hitboek: 45 Jaar Hits in Vlaanderen: 1954-1999''. Lier, Vox. ISBN 9076695016.</ref>
*For "Come as You Are": {{cite magazine |date=March 28, 1992 |title=Top Ten Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-03-28-OCR-Page-0047.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20come%20as%20you%20are%20top%2010%20sales%20finland%22 |magazine=]| page=47 |access-date=March 23, 2019}} or {{cite magazine |date=April 4, 1992 |title=Top Ten Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-04-04-OCR-Page-0031.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20come%20as%20you%20are%20top%2010%20sales%20finland%20april%22 |magazine=]| page=14 |access-date=March 23, 2019}}
*For "Lithium": {{cite magazine |date=August 8, 1992 |title=Top Ten Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-08-08-OCR-Page-0014.pdf#search=%22top%2010%20sales%20europe%20finland%20nirvana%20lithium%22 |magazine=]| page=14 |access-date=March 23, 2019}} or {{cite magazine |date=August 1, 1992 |title=Top Ten Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-08-01-OCR-Page-0032.pdf#search=%22top%2010%20sales%20europe%20finland%20nirvana%20lithium%22 |magazine=]| page=32 |access-date=March 23, 2019}}
*For "In Bloom" (and others): {{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |year=2003 |title=Sisältää hitin: levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |url=http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/new-njo.html |publisher=Otava Publishing Company Ltd |isbn=951-1-21053-X}}
*For "Heart-Shaped Box": {{cite magazine |date=October 9, 1993 |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/93/MM-1993-10-09-OCR-Page-0013.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20heart%20shaped%20box%22|magazine=]| page=13 |access-date=March 23, 2019}} or {{cite magazine |date=October 2, 1993 |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/93/MM-1993-10-02-OCR-Page-0014.pdf#search=%22top%2010%20europe%20finland%20nirvana%20box%22|magazine=]| page=14 |access-date=March 23, 2019}}
*For "About a Girl": {{cite magazine |date=November 19, 1994 |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/94/MM-1994-11-19-OCR-Page-0026.pdf#search=%22top%2010%20sales%20in%20europe%20november%2019%201994%22|magazine=]| page=26 |access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="France"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement| title=Search the Charts| publisher=IrishCharts.ie| access-date=August 22, 2007}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| NZ<br /><ref name="NZCharts"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>
*For "Smells Like Teen Spirit": {{cite magazine |date=September 27, 1992 |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-09-26-OCR-Page-0018.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20smells%20like%20teen%20spirit%20top%2010%20sales%22|magazine=]| page=18 |access-date=June 2, 2019}}
*For "Come as You Are": {{cite magazine |date=December 12, 1992 |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-12-12-OCR-Page-0022.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20come%20as%20you%20are%20top%2010%20sales%20portugal%20december%22|magazine=]| page=22 |access-date=June 2, 2019}}
*For "Lithium": {{cite magazine |date=May 29, 1993 |volume=10 |issue=22 |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-05-29.pdf|magazine=] |page=34 |access-date=June 2, 2019}}
*For "In Bloom": {{cite magazine |date=February 6, 1993 |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/93/MM-1993-02-06-OCR-Page-0014.pdf#search=%22top%2010%20in%20europe%20february%201993%20portugal%22|magazine=]| page=16 |access-date=June 2, 2019}}
*For "Heart-Shaped Box": {{cite magazine |date=October 16, 1993 |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/93/MM-1993-10-16-OCR-Page-0018.pdf#search=%22top%2010%20sales%20in%20europe%20october%209%201993%22|magazine=]| page=18 |access-date=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SWE<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=s |title=Search for: Nirvana |publisher=SwedishCharts.com |access-date=August 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929042808/http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Nirvana&cat=s |archive-date=September 29, 2013 }}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="UK-singles">
*For all except "Sliver", "About a Girl" and "Pennyroyal Tea": {{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23268/NIRVANA| title=Nirvana UK Singles Chart Positions| publisher=officialcharts.com| access-date=December 10, 2014}}
*For "Sliver": {{cite magazine |date=November 28, 1992 |journal=] |title=Hit Singles |url=https://imgur.com/Se43AEY |publisher=]}} Note: original 1991 peak for "Sliver" was number 90, this is the 1992 re-entry peak, number 77, but only the Top 75 archived by OCC for week of December 5, 1992:{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19921129/7501/ |title=UK Singles Chart 29 November 1992 - 05 December 1992 |website=officialcharts.com |access-date=January 3, 2019}}
*For "Sliver" and "About a Girl": {{cite news |date=April 26, 2014 |title=New Entries Spotlight |url=https://imgur.com/SB86PcB |work=] |issue=661 |agency=] |page=29 |access-date=May 26, 2020}}
*For "Pennyroyal Tea": {{cite news |date=April 26, 2014 |title=Official Singles Chart |url=https://imgur.com/Oflzm3V |work=] |issue=661 |agency=] |page=4 |access-date=February 29, 2020}} or {{cite web| url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140426cluk.txt| title=CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE – CLUK Update 26.04.2014 (wk16)| publisher=zobbel.de| access-date=February 28, 2016}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row" |"]"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The "Love Buzz" single was limited to 1000 numbered retail copies and 200 promotional copies.}}
| 1988 | 1988
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|align="center"| ''Bleach'' | ''Bleach''
|- |-
! scope="row" |"]"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Though "Sliver" was initially released as a standalone single on Sub Pop in 1990, it did not chart in Ireland until after the success of the ''Nevermind'' album in 1992.}}
| 1990 | 1990
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Sliver" did not chart on the US ''Billboard Hot 100'' but charted at number 19 on the US ''Billboard ]'' chart in January 1993 following its appearance on the ''Incesticide'' compilation album which was released in December 1992.<ref name="AlternativeAirplay">{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/mrt/ | title=Nirvana – Chart History: Alternative Songs| magazine=] |access-date=November 28, 2021}}</ref>}}
|"]"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Sliver" did not chart on the Australian ''ARIA Singles Chart'' but charted at number 12 on the Australian ''ARIA Alternative Singles Chart''.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 9, 1990 |magazine=] |title=ARIA Top 20 Alternative Charts |url=https://i.postimg.cc/XJZbRjv7/ARIA-Alternative-Charts-9-December-1990.jpg |issue=48 |page=13 |accessdate=November 28, 2021}}</ref>}}
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|align="center"| 90
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| 77
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|align="center"| Non-album single{{ref label|Sliver|I|}} | {{N/A|Non-album single}}
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| 1991 | 1991
| 6
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| 5
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| 1
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| 8
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| 1
|align="center"| 7
| 15
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| 1
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| 2
|align="center"| 5
| 3
|align="center"| 1
| 7
|align="center"| 9
|
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*RIAA: 10× Platinum (Diamond)<ref name="RIAA"/>
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*ARIA: 12× Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles>{{cite certification|region=Australia|certyear=2024|type=single|access-date=May 21, 2024}}</ref>
| Platinum (U.S.)<ref name="RIAA database" />
*RMNZ: 6× Platinum<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles">{{cite certification|region=New Zealand|type=single|access-date=December 17, 2024|source=radioscope|artist=Nirvana}}</ref>
|rowspan="4" align="center"| ''Nevermind''
*GLF: Gold<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.directupload.net/file/d/4168/c7rynnb5_png.htm |title=Swedish single certifications – Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit |publisher=] |language=sv |access-date=July 11, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111185955/http://www.directupload.net/file/d/4168/c7rynnb5_png.htm |archive-date=November 11, 2015 }}</ref>
*BPI: 4× Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| ''Nevermind''
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|rowspan="3"| 1992 |rowspan="3"| 1992
| 32
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| 12
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| 8
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| 12
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| 7
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| 3
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| 8
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| 24
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| 9
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| |
*RIAA: 5× Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: 7× Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*]: Gold<ref>{{cite certification|region=France|artist=Nirvana|access-date=September 18, 2019}}</ref>
*RMNZ: 4× Platinum<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
*BPI: 2× Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
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|"]" ! scope="row"|"]"
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| 53
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| 18
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| 1
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| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Lithium" did not chart on the French ] Singles Chart, but did chart at number 20 on the West Europe Airplay Chart which included France, Belgium (Wallonia), parts of Switzerland, and Monaco.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 19, 1992 |title=Regional EHR Top 20 - West |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-12-19-OCR-Page-0051.pdf |magazine=] |page=51 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |quote=France, Wallonia/Belgium, parts of Switzerland, Monaco}}</ref>}}
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| 5
|align="center"| 28
| 28
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| 4
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| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Lithium" did not chart on the Swedish Singles Chart but did chart at number 10 on the Swedish Airplay Chart.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 12, 1992 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-09-12.pdf |title=National Airplay - Sweden |work=] |page=14 |access-date=March 18, 2023}}</ref>}}
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| 11
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|align="center"| 28
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*RIAA: 3× Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: 3× Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*RMNZ: 2× Platinum<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
*BPI: Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
|- |-
|"]" ! scope="row"|"]"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"In Bloom" did not chart on the US ''Billboard Hot 100'' due the lack of an American physical release, but it charted at number 5 on the US ''Billboard ]'' chart.<ref name="Billboard Mainstream Rock">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/rtt/ |title=Nirvana – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks |website=billboard.com |access-date=November 30, 2014}}</ref>}}
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| 10
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*RIAA: 2× Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2021-Singles>{{cite certification|region=Australia|type=single|certyear=2021|access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref>
*RMNZ: Platinum<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
*BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI" />
|- |-
! scope="row" |"]"
|rowspan="2"| 1993 |rowspan="2"| 1993
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Heart-Shaped Box" did not chart on the US ''Billboard Hot 100'' due the lack of an American physical release, but it charted at number 1 on the US ''Billboard Alternative Airplay'' chart,<ref name="AlternativeAirplay"/> and at number 4 on the US ''Billboard Mainstream Rock'' chart.<ref name="Billboard Mainstream Rock"/>}}
|"]"
| 21
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| 18
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| 9
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| 37
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| 6
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| 9
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| 4
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| 16
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| 5
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*RIAA: 3× Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
|rowspan="3" align="center"| ''In Utero''
*ARIA: 3× Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*RMNZ: 2× Platinum<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
*BPI: Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| ''In Utero''
|- |-
! scope="row"|"]"/<br />"]"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"All Apologies" and "Rape Me" were released together as a ] single.}}
|"]/]"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha| "All Apologies" did not chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 but peaked at number 45 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay chart.<ref name="NIRVANA.US.AIRPLAY"/>}}
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| 20
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| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"All Apologies" / "Rape Me" did not chart on the Portuguese ] Singles Chart which was only a Top 10 chart at the time, but "Rape Me" did chart at number 15 on the Iberian Airplay Chart which included Portugal and Spain.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 11, 1993 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/93/MM-1993-12-11-OCR-Page-0035.pdf |title=Regional Airplay - Southwest (Iberia) |magazine=] |page=35 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |quote=Spain, Portugal}}</ref>}}
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*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/> / Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/> / Gold<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*RMNZ: Platinum<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/> / Gold<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI" /> / Silver<ref name="BPI" />
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! scope="row" |"]"
|rowspan="2"| 1994 |rowspan="2"| 1994
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The "Pennyroyal Tea" single was cancelled after the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, but it charted at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' ] chart,<ref name="BillboardWebsite">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/nirvana/chart-history/hot-singles-sales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628225500/https://www.billboard.com/music/nirvana/chart-history/hot-singles-sales |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 28, 2020 |title=Nirvana - Hot Singles Sales |website=billboard.com |access-date=June 25, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |title=Record Store Day Chart Recap: Vinyl Album Sales Reach Historic High |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/6069804/record-store-day-chart-recap-vinyl-album-sales-reach-historic-high |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref> when re-released for ] in 2014.}}
|"]"{{ref label|Pennyroyal Tea|II|}}
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| 121{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The "Pennyroyal Tea" single was cancelled after the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, but it charted at number 4 on the UK Physical Singles Sales chart,<ref> officialcharts.com. Retrieved Feb 28, 2015.</ref> and number 121 on the UK Singles Chart,<ref>{{cite news |date=April 26, 2014 |title=Official Singles Chart |url=https://imgur.com/Oflzm3V |work=] |issue=661 |agency=] |page=4 |access-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref><ref> zobbel.de. Retrieved February 28, 2016.</ref> when re-released for ] in 2014.}}
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|- |-
! scope="row"|"]"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The "About a Girl" retail single was released only in ] and Australia, but the song was released to radio in the US.}}
|"]"{{ref label|About a Girl|III|}}
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"About a Girl" did not chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 but peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay chart.<ref name="NIRVANA.US.AIRPLAY"/>}}
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| 23
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| —
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| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"About a Girl" did not chart on the Portuguese ] Singles Chart which had been discontinued in January 1994,<ref>{{cite news |date=January 15, 1994 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-01-15.pdf |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe - Portugal |work=] |page=16 |access-date=March 6, 2024}}</ref> but did chart at number 7 on the Iberian Airplay Chart which included Portugal and Spain.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=November 26, 1994 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/94/MM-1994-11-26-OCR-Page-0027.pdf |title=Regional Airplay - Southwest (Iberia) |magazine=] |page=27 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |quote=Spain, Portugal}}</ref>}}
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| 20
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| 185{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The "About a Girl" single charted in the UK based solely on ] sales and did not receive a UK release.}}
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| |
*ARIA: Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
|align="center"| ''MTV Unplugged in New York''
*RMNZ: Platinum<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
*BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI" />
| ''MTV Unplugged in New York''
|- |-
! scope="row" |"]"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"You Know You're Right" was released as a promotional and downloadable single only at a time when there were no countries in the world including downloads in their music charts.}}
| 2002 | 2002
| 45
|"]"{{ref label|You Know You're Right|IIII|}}
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| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"You Know You're Right" did not chart on the UK Singles Chart because it was only released as a downloadable single and no physical single was released at a time when downloads were not being counted towards the UK Singles Chart, but it charted at number 85 on the UK Airplay Chart.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 2, 2002 |title=UK Airprlay 100 |url=https://imgur.com/HQHmtb7 |work=] |issue=62 |agency=] |page=11 |access-date=March 18, 2023 |quote=The official UK airplay chart}}</ref>}}
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*RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
|align="center"| ''Nirvana''
*ARIA: Gold<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
| ''Nirvana''
|- |-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|} |}
'''Notes'''

{{Reflist|group=upper-alpha}}
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

*'''I''' {{Note|Sliver}} Though "Sliver" was initially released as a standalone single on Sub Pop, it did not chart in the United States or Ireland until its appearance on the DGC-released ''Incesticide'' (1992).
*'''II''' {{Note|Pennyroyal Tea}} Canceled after the death of Kurt Cobain. Limited quantities were released.
*'''III''' {{Note|About a Girl}} Released only in Europe and Australia.
*'''IIII''' {{Note|You Know You're Right}} Released as a downloadable and promotional single only.


===Promotional singles=== ===Promotional singles===
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!rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Song
!rowspan="2"| Single ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
!colspan="7"| Airplay charts ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"| Album ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="NIRVANA.US.AIRPLAY">{{cite web| url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/hsb/ | title=Nirvana – Chart History: Radio Songs| website=billboard.com |access-date=November 20, 2021}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| US Main<ref name="Billboard singles" />
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| US Mod<ref name="Billboard singles" /> !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US<br />Main<br /><ref name="Billboard Mainstream Rock"/>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US<br />Alt<br /><ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lanet.lv/users/akluss/PC/arch/950301.aks| title=chart # 25 (95.03.01)| publisher=lanet.lv| accessdate=2007-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/1995/950827lv.html| title=Latvian Airplay Top 20| publisher=lanet.lv| accessdate=2007-09-03}}</ref>
*For "On a Plain", "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Aneurysm": {{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/mrt/ | title=Nirvana – Chart History: Alternative Songs| magazine=] |access-date=February 24, 2019}}
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/trojka/lp3/archiwum.aspx| title=Archiwum Listy Przebojów| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-09-07}}</ref>
*For "Dumb": {{cite magazine |title=Alternative National Airplay |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/94/RR-1994-06-17-OCR-Page-0070.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20dumb%22 |magazine=] |publisher=Radio & Records |date=June 17, 1994 |page=70 |access-date=February 24, 2019}}
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="Pennanen" />
*For "Sappy": {{cite magazine |title=Alternative - Songs Reaching Top 15 in 1994 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/94/RR-1994-12-16-OCR-Page-0036.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20all%20apologies%22 |magazine=] |publisher=Radio & Records |date=December 16, 1994 |page=36 |quote='Sappy' charted under the title of 'Verse, Chorus, Verse' which was the title of the song that was used on the 1993 '']'' compilation album |access-date=February 25, 2019}}
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref name="Perry"/>
*For "Drain You": {{cite magazine |title=Alternative Top 50 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/96/R&R-1996-12-20-OCR-Page-0084.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20drain%20you%22 |magazine=] |publisher=Radio & Records |date=December 20, 1996 |page=84 |access-date=February 24, 2019}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| ]<ref>Lwin, Nanda (2000). ''Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide''. Mississauga, Ontario: Music Data Canada. ISBN 1896594131.</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://radio2.be/top-30/1995/03/04|title=Radio2 top 30: 4 March 1995|publisher=]|access-date=May 21, 2024|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051302/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1995/03/04|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="CanadaSingles">Peaks in Canada:
*For all except noted: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/can/ |title=Nirvana Chart History - Canadian Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 21, 2022}}
*For "The Man Who Sold the World": {{cite magazine |date=February 27, 1995 |title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.7984&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.7984.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.7984 |magazine=] |access-date=March 23, 2019}}
*For "Aneurysm": {{cite magazine |date=November 25, 1996 |title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9930&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9930.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9930 |magazine=] |at=Last week's position|access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=M & M Charts Airplay EHR Top 40 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/95/MM-1995-02-18-OCR-Page-0033.pdf#search=%22ehr%20top%2040%20nirvana%20the%20man%20who%20sold%20the%20world%22 |magazine=] |publisher=Music & Media |date=February 18, 1995 |page=33 |access-date=January 26, 2019}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FIN Air<br /><ref name="Pennanen">{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |year=2003 |title=Sisältää hitin: levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |url=http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/new-njo.html |publisher=Otava Publishing Company Ltd |isbn=951-1-21053-X}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 1, 1995 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/95/MM-1995-07-01-OCR-Page-0027.pdf |title=M & M Charts Airplay - France |magazine=] |page=27 |access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>
*For "All Apologies (Unplugged)": {{cite magazine |date=June 17, 1995 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/95/MM-1995-06-17-OCR-Page-0039.pdf |title=M & M Charts Airplay - Spain |magazine=] |page=35 |access-date=March 17, 2024}}
*For "The Man Who Sold the World": {{cite magazine |date=February 25, 1995 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/95/MM-1995-02-25-OCR-Page-0027.pdf |title=M & M Charts Airplay - Spain |magazine=] |page=27 |access-date=March 17, 2024}} and
*{{cite magazine |date=March 4, 1995 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/95/MM-1995-03-04-OCR-Page-0035.pdf |title=M & M Charts Airplay - Spain |magazine=] |page=35 |access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>
*For "The Man Who Sold The World": {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20120226/111/ |title=Official UK Rock and Metal Singles Chart |date=March 3, 2012 |publisher=] |access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row"|"]"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Released only in the United States.}}
| 1991 | 1991
| —
|"]"{{ref label|On a Plain|IIIII|}}
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| 25 | 25
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
| —
|align="center"| ''Nevermind''
| —
|
*ARIA: Gold<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
| align="left"|''Nevermind''
|- |-
! scope="row"|"Molly's Lips"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Released only in Brazil.}}
| 1992 | 1992
| —
| "Molly's Lips"{{ref label|Molly's Lips|IIIIII|}}
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
| —
|align="center"| ''Incesticide''
| —
|
| align="left"|''Incesticide''
|- |-
! scope="row"|"]"
|rowspan="3"| 1994
| rowspan="3" | 1994
| "]"
| —
|align="center"| 12
| —
|align="center"| 6
| 37
|align="center"| 1
| —
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| — | —
| —
|align="center"| 24
| —
|align="center"| 22
| —
|rowspan="3" align="center"| ''MTV Unplugged in New York''
| —
| —
|
*RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*RMNZ: Gold<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI" />
| rowspan="1" align="left"| ''In Utero''
|- |-
! scope="row"|"]"<ref name="Billboard5.Feb.94">{{cite magazine |date=February 5, 1994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IwgEAAAAMBAJ&q=All+Apologies+DGC+4618 |title=Single Reviews|page=71 |magazine=] |access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Hitmakers1">{{cite magazine |date=February 4, 1994 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Hitmakers-IDX/IDX/Hitmakers-1994-02-04-OCR-Page-0005.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20all%20apologies%20unplugged%22 |title=Nirvana - "All Apologies" |magazine=Hitmakers |page=5|access-date=May 2, 2020 |quote=Pro CD Includes MTV Unplugged version}}</ref><ref name="Hitmakers2">{{cite magazine |date=February 4, 1994 |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Hitmakers-IDX/IDX/Hitmakers-1994-02-04-OCR-Page-0017.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20all%20apologies%20unplugged%22 |title=Mainstream Top 40 |magazine=Hitmakers |page=17 |access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nirvana-discography.com/pages/promo/unplugged.html |title=Unplugged in New York promos |website=nirvana-discography.com |access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref>
|"]"
| 45
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| — | —
| —
|align="center"| 18
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
| —
| 16
| —
|
*RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI" />
| rowspan="5" align="left"| ''MTV Unplugged in New York''
|- |-
|"]" ! scope="row"|"]"
| —
|align="center"| 22
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
| —
| —
| —
|
*RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI" />
|- |-
! scope="row"|"]"
|rowspan="3"| 1995
| 39
| 12
| 6
| 24
| 22
| 29
| —
| 5
| 2
| 13
|
*ARIA: 2× Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*RMNZ: Platinum<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
*BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI" />
*]: Gold<ref name=elportaldemusica>{{cite certification|region=Spain|artist=Nirvana|access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|"]"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
*ARIA: Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*RMNZ: Gold<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
|-
! scope="row"|"]"
| —
| 22
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
*ARIA: Gold<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*RMNZ: Gold<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
|-
! scope="row"|"]"
|rowspan="2"| 1996 |rowspan="2"| 1996
| 63
|"]"
|align="center"| 11 | 11
|align="center"| 13 | 13
|align="center"| — | —
| 49
|align="center"| 17
| —
|align="center"| 40
| 40
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| — | —
| —
|rowspan="2" align="center"| ''From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah''
| —
|
| rowspan="2" align="left"| ''From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah''
|- |-
| "]" ! scope="row"|"]"
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
| 44
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
| —
| —
| —
|
*RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Gold<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI" />
|-
! scope="row" |"]"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|In 2021, "Endless, Nameless" was released as a ] included with the 30th-anniversary vinyl reissue of ''Nevermind''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hussey |first1=Allison Hussey |title=Nirvana's Nevermind Getting New 30th Anniversary Reissue |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/nirvana-nevermind-getting-new-30th-anniversary-reissue/ |access-date=16 November 2021 |work=] |date=23 September 2021}}</ref>}}
| 2021
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
| rowspan="1" align="left"| ''Nevermind''
|- |-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|} |}
'''Notes'''

{{Reflist|group=upper-alpha}}
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

*'''IIIII''' {{Note|On a Plain}} Released only in the U.S.
*'''IIIIII''' {{Note|Molly's Lips}} Released only in Brazil.


===Split singles=== ===Split singles===
{|class="wikitable" {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Single
!rowspan="2"| Other artist
!colspan="3"| Peak positions
|- |-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Single
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| U.S. Main<ref name="Billboard singles" />
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| U.S. Mod<ref name="Billboard singles" />
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Other artist
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| UK<ref name="everyhit" />
! scope="col" colspan="3"|Peak positions
|- |-
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/mCrBu4G.jpg|title=ARIA Top 20 Alternative Singles – Week Ending: 21st March, 1993 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 163}|publisher=], via Imgur.com|access-date=November 30, 2019}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite book |date=March 13, 1993 |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/93/MM-1993-03-13-OCR-Page-0023.pdf#search=%22eurochart%20hot%20100%20singles%20march%201993%20nirvana%22|publisher=]| page=23 |access-date=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK<br /><ref name="UKSingles2">{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23268/NIRVANA| title=Nirvana UK Singles Chart Positions| publisher=officialcharts.com| access-date=December 10, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ]
|rowspan="2"| 1991 |rowspan="2"| 1991
| "]"
| ] | ]
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|- |-
| "]" ! scope="row"| ]
| ] | ]
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|align="center"| — | —
|- |-
! scope="row"| ]
| 1993 | 1993
| "]"
| ] | ]
| 3
|align="center"| —
| 36
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 12 | 12
|- |-
! scope="row"| "]" / "]"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Released only in Mexico as a promotional single and in Italy as a jukebox 7" single limited to 500 copies.}}
| 1994
| rowspan="2" | ]
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"|"]" / "]"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Released only in Italy as a jukebox 7" single limited to 500 copies.}}
| 1995
| —
| —
| —
|-
| colspan="8" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|} |}


'''Notes'''
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
{{Reflist|group=upper-alpha}}


== Other charted and certified songs ==
==B-sides==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Song
{|class="wikitable"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! Year
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak positions
! A-side
! rowspan="2" |Certifications
! Song
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
! Comments
|- |-
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="Billboard Hot 100 singles" />
| 1989
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2022-03-21|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=]|date=March 21, 2022|access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref>
| "Love Buzz"
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="CanadaSingles" />
| "]"
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|title=IFPI Charts Digital Singles Chart (International) Week 10 2022|publisher=]|access-date=March 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321074505/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|archive-date=March 21, 2022|language=el|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Later appears on ''Bleach''.
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/single-track-top-40-lista/2022/17 |title=Slagerlistak - Single Top 40 hit list |website=slagerlistak.hu |language=hu |access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/20220318/ie7501/|title=Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 18 March 2022|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s12/|title=2022 12-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=]|language=lt|date=March 25, 2022|access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2022-03-18|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=]|date=March 21, 2022|access-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23268/NIRVANA| title=Nirvana UK Singles Chart Positions| publisher=officialcharts.com| access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| ]<br /><ref name="Global-200">{{cite magazine|title=Nirvana Chart History: Billboard Global 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nirvana/chart-history/glo/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 22, 2022}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row" | "]"
|rowspan="3"| 1990
|1989
|rowspan="3"| "Sliver"
|—
| "]"
|—
| Later appears on ''Incesticide''.
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
*]: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|date=May 9, 2023|title=Nirvana - "Been a Son" - Platinum|url=http://ifpi.dk/node/12430|access-date=May 9, 2023|website=ifpi.dk|publisher=]}}</ref>
| ''Blew''
|- |-
! scope="row" | "]"
| "About a Girl (live)"
|rowspan="2"| Only appear on CD single. | rowspan="3"|1991
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
*RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Gold<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI" />
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| ''Nevermind''
|- |-
! scope="row" | "Lounge Act"
| "] (live)"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
*ARIA: Gold<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
|- |-
! scope="row" | "]"
|rowspan="2"| 1991
| 46
|rowspan="2"| "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
| 22
| "]"
| 34
| Later appears on ''With the Lights Out''.
| 8
| 25
| 47
| 34
| 40
| 76
| 23
|
*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: 2× Platinum<ref name=ARIA-2024-Singles/>
*MC: Platinum<ref name="CRIA"/>
*RMNZ: Platinum<ref name="NZ Radioscope Singles"/>
*BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|- |-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
| "Aneurysm"
|}
| Later appears on ''Incesticide''.

==Music videos==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and director
! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Title
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Director(s)
!Album
|- |-
! scope="row" | {{nowrap|"In Bloom" (Sub Pop version)}}
|rowspan="7"| 1992
| 1990
|rowspan="3"| "Come as You Are"
| Steve Brown<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=1002&vid=39123|title='In Bloom' by Nirvana|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=November 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715074514/http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=1002&vid=39123|archive-date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>
| "]"
|Sub Pop Video Network Program 1<!-- this was made before nevermind- not made for the album. there is another version for it below -->
| Appears as a hidden track on certain pressings of ''Nevermind''.
|- |-
! scope="row" | "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
| "] (live)"
| 1991
|rowspan="2"| Live version from a ] concert in 1991.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.livenirvana.com/official/caya.html| title=Come As You Are (Geffen Records)| publisher=LiveNirvana.com| accessdate=2007-09-09}}</ref>
| ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=1002&vid=18198|title='Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=November 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916004909/http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=1002&vid=18198|archive-date=September 16, 2009}}</ref>
| rowspan="4" |''Nevermind''
|- |-
| "Drain You (live)" ! scope="row" | "Come as You Are"
| rowspan="3"| 1992
| rowspan="4"| ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kevinkerslake.com/musicvideos.htm|title=Music Videos|work=Kevin Kerslake|access-date=November 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144839/http://kevinkerslake.com/musicvideos.htm|archive-date=July 13, 2011}}</ref>
|- |-
|rowspan="2"| "Lithium" ! scope="row" | "Lithium"
| "] (live)"
| Live version from a Seattle concert in 1991.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.livenirvana.com/official/lithium.html| title=Lithium (Geffen Records)| publisher=LiveNirvana.com| accessdate=2007-09-09}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row" | "In Bloom"
| "]"
| Remixed version later appears on ''With the Lights Out''.
|- |-
|rowspan="2"| "In Bloom" ! scope="row" | "Sliver"
| rowspan="2"| 1993
| "Sliver (live)"
|''Incesticide''
|rowspan="2"| Live version from a ] concert in 1991.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.livenirvana.com/official/inbloom.html| title=In Bloom (Geffen Records)| publisher=LiveNirvana.com| accessdate=2007-09-09}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row" | "Heart-Shaped Box"
| "] (live)"
| ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=1002&vid=112898|title='Heart Shaped Box' by Nirvana|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=November 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202163645/http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=1002&vid=112898|archive-date=December 2, 2008}}</ref>
|''In Utero''
|- |-
! scope="row" | "You Know You're Right"
|rowspan="3"| 1993
| 2002
|rowspan="2"| "Heart-Shaped Box"
| Chris Hafner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=1002&vid=18647|title='You Know You're Right' by Nirvana|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=November 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715192201/http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=1002&vid=18647|archive-date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>
| "]"
|''Nirvana''
| Appears on ''In Utero''.
|- |-
! scope="row" | "Dumb"
| "]"
| 2023
| Later appears on ''With the Lights Out''.
| RuffMercy<ref>{{cite news |last=Peacock |first=Tim |title=Nirvana Shares New Hand-Painted Psychedelic Visual For 'Dumb' |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/nirvana-hand-painted-visual-dumb/ |access-date=13 October 2023 |work=] |date=13 October 2023}}</ref>
|''In Utero''
|}

==Video albums==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;" | Title
! rowspan="2"| Video album details
! colspan="3"| Chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Certifications
|- |-
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US<br /><ref name="USvideoalbums">
| "All Apologies/Rape Me"
*For all: {{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/nirvana/chart-history/music-video-sales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807155820/https://www.billboard.com/music/nirvana/chart-history/music-video-sales |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |title=Nirvana - Chart History - Music Video Sales |magazine=] |access-date=August 7, 2019}}
| "]"
*For ''MTV Unplugged in New York'': {{cite magazine|date=January 12, 2008|title=Top Music Videos|magazine=]|page=59|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LRMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Unplugged+in+New+York%22&pg=PA59|access-date=February 17, 2010}}
| Remixed version later appears on ''With the Lights Out''.
*For ''Live at Reading'': {{cite magazine |date=November 21, 2009 |title=Top Video Music Sales |magazine=] |volume=121 |issue=46 |page=36 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=March 29, 2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8ROCIgpta4C|last1=Nielsen Business Media |first1=Inc }}
*For ''Live and Loud'': {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f=ts_chart_artistname%3ANirvana&f=itm_field_chart_id%3A388&f=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Nirvana|title=Nirvana – Music Video Sales search results|publisher=billboard.com|access-date=September 22, 2016}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS<br /><ref name="AustralianVideoAlbums">
*For ''Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!'': {{cite web| url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue874.pdf| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20061219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20061220-0000/issue874.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2006-12-19| title=ARIA Chart report 4th December 2006| author=pandora.nla.gov.au| publisher=Pandora, Australia's Web Archives| access-date=July 26, 2010}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*For ''Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind'': {{cite web| url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue791.pdf| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050519140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050520-0000/issue791.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2005-05-19| title=ARIA Chart report 25th April 2005| author=pandora.nla.gov.au| publisher=Pandora, Australia's Web Archives| access-date=July 26, 2010}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*For ''MTV Unplugged in New York'': {{cite web| url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue925.pdf| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20071219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20071220-0000/issue925.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2007-12-19| title=ARIA Chart report 26th November 2007| author=pandora.nla.gov.au| publisher=Pandora, Australia's Web Archives| access-date=July 26, 2010}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*For ''Live at Reading'': {{cite web| url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue1028.pdf| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20091104130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20091105-0000/issue1028.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2009-11-04| title=ARIA Chart report 9th November 2009| author=pandora.nla.gov.au| publisher=Pandora, Australia's Web Archives| access-date=July 26, 2010}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*For ''Live at the Paramount'': {{cite web| url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1128.pdf| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20111029130100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20111030-0001/Issue1128.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2011-10-29| title=ARIA Chart report 10th October 2011| author=pandora.nla.gov.au| publisher=Pandora, Australia's Web Archives| access-date=July 23, 2016}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*For ''Live and Loud'': {{cite web| url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue1231.pdf| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20131023130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20131024-0000/issue1231.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2013-10-23| title=ARIA Chart report 30th September 2013| author=pandora.nla.gov.au| publisher=Pandora, Australia's Web Archives| access-date=July 23, 2016}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK<br /><ref>
*For ''Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!'': {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/music-video-chart/19941120/13/ |title=Official Music Video Chart Top 50 - 20 November 1994 - 26 November 1994 |website=officialcharts.com |access-date=December 30, 2022}}
*For ''Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind'': {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/music-video-chart/20050403/13/ |title=Official Music Video Chart Top 50 - 3 April 2005 - 9 April 2005 |website=officialcharts.com |access-date=December 30, 2022}}
*For ''MTV Unplugged In New York'': {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/music-video-chart/20071125/13/ |title=Official Music Video Chart Top 50 - 25 November 2007 - 1 December 2007 |website=officialcharts.com |access-date=December 30, 2022}}
*For ''Live At The Paramount'': {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/music-video-chart/20111002/13/ |title=Official Music Video Chart Top 50 - 2 October 2011 - 8 October 2011 |website=officialcharts.com |access-date=December 30, 2022}}
*For ''Live & Loud'': {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/music-video-chart/20130929/13/ |title=Official Music Video Chart Top 50 - 29 September 2013 - 5 October 2013 |website=officialcharts.com |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row"| '']''
|rowspan="3"| 1994
|
|rowspan="2"| "Pennyroyal Tea"
*Released: November 15, 1994
| "I Hate Myself and Want to Die"
**Format: ], ]
| Appeared on ''The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience''.
*Released: November 7, 2006
**Format: ]
*Label: ]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 9
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
|
*RIAA: 3× Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Platinum<ref name="ARIA.DVD.2007">{{cite certification|region=Australia|type=video|certyear=2007|access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref>
*BPI: 2× Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
|- |-
! scope="row"| '']''
| "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"
|
|rowspan="2"| Appears on ''MTV Unplugged in New York''.
*Released: November 23, 2004
*Labels: DGC, Geffen (000372700), ] (9864838)
*Formats: 3×CD+] box set
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| style="text-align:center;"| N/A
| style="text-align:center;"| N/A
|
*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
|- |-
! scope="row"| '']''
| "About a Girl"
|
| "]"
*Released: March 22, 2005
*Label: ]
*Format: DVD
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
|
*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Platinum<ref>{{cite certification|region=Australia|type=video|certyear=2008|access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| '']''
|
*Released: November 20, 2007
*Label: DGC
*Format: DVD
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
|
*RIAA: 7× Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
*ARIA: Platinum<ref name="ARIA.DVD.2007"/>
*BPI: Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
|-
! scope="row"| '']''
|
*Released: November 2, 2009
*Label: DGC
*Format: DVD
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:center;"| —{{efn|group=lower-alpha|The ] release, ''Nirvana - At Reading Festival'', peaked at number 30 on the UK Music Video chart in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 25, 2008 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/music-video-chart/20080525/13/ |title=Official Music Video Chart |website=officialcharts.com |access-date=August 4, 2023}}</ref>}}
|
*ARIA: Platinum<ref>{{cite certification|region=Australia|type=video|certyear=2009|access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| '']''
|
*Released: September 27, 2011
*Label: DGC
*Format: DVD, ]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
|
*ARIA: Gold<ref>{{cite certification|region=Australia|type=video|certyear=2011|access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| '']''
|
*Released: September 24, 2013
*Label: DGC
*Format: DVD
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
|
|- |-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|} |}
'''Notes'''
{{notelist|group=lower-alpha}}


==Other appearances==
==Miscellaneous==
{|class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Song ! Song
! Year
! Album ! Album
! US<br /><ref>
*For ''No Alternative'': {{cite magazine |date=November 27, 1993 |title=Billboard 200 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1993/1993-11-27-Billboard-Page-0122.pdf |magazine=] |page=126 |access-date=December 30, 2022}}
*For ''The Beavis and Butt-head Experience'': {{cite magazine |date=December 11, 1993 |title=Billboard 200 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1993/1993-12-11-Billboard-Page-0136.pdf |magazine=] |page=144 |access-date=December 30, 2022}}
*For ''DGC Rarities Vol. 1'': {{cite magazine |date=July 30, 1994 |title=Billboard 200 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1994/1994-07-30-Billboard-Page-0126.pdf |magazine=] |page=132 |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref>
! Comments ! Comments
|- |-
! scope="row" | "]"<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r228262|pure_url=yes}}| title=Sub Pop 200| author=Torreano, Bradley| website=]| access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
| 1988 | 1988
| "Spank Thru"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:fpfyxquhldje| title=Sub Pop 200| author=Torreano, Bradley| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-31}}</ref>
| '']'' | '']''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| A re-recording of a song first performed on the 1985 '']'' ] by members of Nirvana as ].
| A re-recording of a song first performed on the 1985 '']'' ] by members of Nirvana as ].
|- |-
! scope="row" | {{nowrap|"Mexican Seafood"}}<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r77138|pure_url=yes}}| title=Teriyaki Asthma, Vols. 1–5|author=Huey, Steve| website=]| access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
| 1989 | 1989
| {{nowrap|"]"}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:abfexqy5ldhe| title=Teriyaki Asthma, Vols. 1-5| author=Huey, Steve| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-31}}</ref>
| {{nowrap|''Teriyaki Asthma, Vol. 1''}} | {{nowrap|''Teriyaki Asthma, Vol. 1''}}
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|rowspan="2"| Later released on ''Incesticide''.
|rowspan="3"| Later released on ''Incesticide''.
|- |-
! scope="row" | "Beeswax"<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r73897|pure_url=yes}}| title=Kill Rock Stars| author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| website=]| access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
| 1991
|rowspan="2"| 1991
| "]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0bfoxqw5ldfe| title=Kill Rock Stars| author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-31}}</ref>
| ''Kill Rock Stars'' | '']''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|- |-
! scope="row" | "]"<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r23252|pure_url=yes}}| title=The Grunge Years| author=Torreano, Bradley| website=]| access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
| 1992
| '']''
| {{nowrap|"Do You Love Me?"}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3pfuxqw5ldje| title=Hard to Believe: Kiss Covers Compilation| author=Torreano, Bradley| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-31}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
! scope="row" | {{nowrap|"Do You Love Me?"}}<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r23270|pure_url=yes}}| title=Hard to Believe: Kiss Covers Compilation, Pay to Play bootleg album (only release on CD)| author=Torreano, Bradley| website=]| access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|1990
| '']'' | '']''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| Cover of a 1976 ] song. | Cover of a 1976 ] song.
|- |-
! scope="row" | "]"
| '']''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| Cover of a 1968 ] song. Previously released on the split single "]" in 1991, it was later released on ''With the Lights Out'' in 2004 and on the ''Nevermind'' 20th anniversary deluxe editions in 2011.
|-
! scope="row" | {{nowrap|"]"}}<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r182134|pure_url=yes}}| title=14 Songs for Greg Sage: Wipers Tribute| website=]| access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"| 1993 |rowspan="3"| 1993
| {{nowrap|"]"}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hnfexqqgldhe| title=14 Songs for Greg Sage: Wipers Tribute| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-31}}</ref>
| {{nowrap|'']''}} | {{nowrap|'']''}}
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| Cover of a 1979 ] song. Later released on ''With the Lights Out''. | Cover of a 1979 ] song. Later released on ''With the Lights Out''.
|- |-
| "Verse Chorus Verse"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dnfrxqugld0e| title=No Alternative| author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-31}}</ref> ! scope="row" | "]"<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r188441|pure_url=yes}}| title=No Alternative| author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| website=]| access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
| {{nowrap|'']''}} | {{nowrap|'']''}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 56
| Nirvana's contribution to this ] compilation was uncredited and a ].<ref>Gaar, 2006. p. 5</ref> The song was originally titled "]", but was renamed prior to release.
| Nirvana's contribution to the ] was an uncredited and a ].<ref>Gaar, 2006. p. 5</ref> The song was originally titled "]", but was renamed prior to release on ''No Alternative''. It was later released on ''With the Lights Out'' in 2004 as "Sappy" and on the ''In Utero'' 20th anniversary deluxe editions as "Sappy" in 2013 .
|- |-
| {{nowrap|"I Hate Myself and Want to Die"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dnfuxqugld0e| title=The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience| author=Unterberger, Richie| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref>}} ! scope="row" | {{nowrap|"]"<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r188471|pure_url=yes}}| title=The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience| author=Unterberger, Richie| website=]| access-date=August 4, 2007}}</ref>}}
| {{nowrap|'']''}} | {{nowrap|'']''}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| Recorded during the sessions for ''In Utero''. This version of "I Hate Myself And Want To Die" differs from the one found on ''With the Lights Out''.
| The first song on ''The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience'', it was recorded during the sessions for ''In Utero''. This version of "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" was included as a B-side on the cancelled "Pennyroyal Tea" single but is different from the version found on ''With the Lights Out''.
|- |-
! scope="row" | "Pay to Play"<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r203116|pure_url=yes}}| title=DGC Rarities, Vol. 1| author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| website=]| access-date=September 4, 2007}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"| 1994
|1994
| "Pay to Play"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifqxqwhldhe| title=DGC Rarities, Vol. 1| author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-09-04}}</ref>
| ''DGC Rarities, Vol. 1'' | '']''
| style="text-align:center;"| 139
| An early version of "]" from ''Nevermind''.
| This is an early version of "Stay Away" which was a song on ''Nevermind''. "Pay to Play" was the first new Nirvana song to be released after Cobain's death but its inclusion on the compilation album had been agreed to before he died.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Rocco |editor-first1=John |editor-last2=Rocco |editor-first2=Brian |year=1998 |title=The Nirvana Companion: Two Decades of Commentary: A Chronicle of The End of Punk |location=London |publisher=] |page=218 |isbn=0711969957 |quote=Gaar, Gillian (1997). 'Verse Chorus Verse: The Recording History of Nirvana'. '']''.}}</ref> "Pay to Play" was later released on ''With the Lights Out'' in 2004 and on the ''Nevermind'' 20th anniversary deluxe editions in 2011.
|- |-
! scope="row" | "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter"<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r231721|pure_url=yes}}| title=Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense| author=Parisien, Roch| website=]| access-date=September 4, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Rocco |editor-first1=John |editor-last2=Rocco |editor-first2=Brian |year=1998 |title=The Nirvana Companion: Two Decades of Commentary: A Chronicle of The End of Punk |location=London |publisher=] |page=224 |isbn=0711969957 |quote=Gaar, Gillian (1997). 'Verse Chorus Verse: The Recording History of Nirvana'. '']''.}}</ref>
| "Dive"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpftxqw5ldje| title=The Grunge Years| author=Torreano, Bradley| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-07-31}}</ref>
|1996
| '']''
| Previously released on ''Incesticide''.
|-
| "]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:kcfuxqw0ldse| title=Fifteen Minutes: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-09-04}}</ref>
| '']''
| Cover of a 1968 ] song. Previously released on the split single "Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs".
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1996
| "Come as You Are"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxfixq9hldfe| title=Fender 50th Anniversary Guitar Legends| author=Ankeny, Jason| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-09-04}}</ref>
| ''Fender 50th Anniversary Guitar Legends''
| Previously released on ''Nevermind''.
|-
| "]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dzfwxqlhldde| title=Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense| author=Parisien, Roch| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-09-04}}</ref>
| ''Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense'' | ''Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| Live version from a ] concert in 1994.
| Live version from a ] concert in 1994. It received some airplay on alternative and ] radio.<ref>
|-
*{{cite magazine |date=February 16, 1996 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/96/R&R-1996-02-16-OCR-Page-0082.pdf |title=Active Rock Playlists |magazine=] |page=82 |access-date=May 5, 2024}}
| "]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:wxfexq9hldte| title=Hype!| author=Rabid, Jack| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-09-04}}</ref>
*{{cite magazine |date=March 1, 1996 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/96/R&R-1996-03-01-OCR-Page-0108.pdf |title=Active Rock Playlists |magazine=] |page=108 |access-date=May 5, 2024}}
| ''Hype!''
*{{cite magazine |date=March 1, 1996 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/96/R&R-1996-03-01-IDX-116.pdf |title=Alternative Playlists |magazine=] |page=116 |access-date=May 5, 2024}}
| Previously released on ''Bleach''.
*{{cite magazine |date=March 8, 1996 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/96/R&R-1996-03-08-OCR-Page-0071.pdf |title=Active Rock Playlists |magazine=] |page=71 |access-date=May 5, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1998
| "Blew", {{nowrap|"Love Buzz"}}<ref name="nirvana compilatons">{{cite web|url=http://www.livenirvana.com/digitalnirvana/discography/nirvana/_categories_compilations.html| title=Nirvana: Compilations| author=Benne, David| publisher=nirvanadiscography.com| accessdate=2007-09-09}}</ref>
| ''The Birth Of Alternative Vol. 1''
| Both tracks were previously released on ''Bleach''.
|-
| "About a Girl"<ref name="nirvana compilatons" />
| ''The Birth Of Alternative Vol. 2''
| Previously released on ''Bleach''.
|- |-
! scope="row" | "Rape Me"<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/various/various-saturdaynightlive.shtml| title=Various Artists, Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 1 & 2| author=Stranzl, Justin| magazine=]| access-date=September 6, 2007}}</ref>
| 1999 | 1999
| "Rape Me"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/various/various-saturdaynightlive.shtml| title=Various Artists, Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 1 & 2| author=Stranzl, Justin| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-09-06}}</ref>
| ''Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 2'' | ''Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 2''
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| Live version from an appearance on '']''.
| Live version from an appearance on '']''. It was also released as a ] on ].<ref>
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| 2001
*{{cite magazine |date=November 5, 1999 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/99/RR-1999-11-05-OCR-Page-0030.pdf |title=Show Prep - MTV Plays |magazine=] |page=28 |access-date=May 5, 2024 |quote=(Live)}}</ref>
| "Smells Like Teen Spirit"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xftxqq0ldje| title= Music of the Millenium| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-09-03}}</ref>
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==Music videos==
{|class="wikitable"
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| 1990
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| "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
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| "Sliver"
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| "Heart-Shaped Box"
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| 2002
| "You Know You're Right"
| Chris Hafner
|}



==Unreleased songs== ==Unreleased songs==
] stated in May 2002 that she owned 109 unreleased tapes made by Cobain, with or without the other members of Nirvana.<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite web| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nirvana/articles/story/5934736/courtney_on_unheard_cobain_songs| title=Courtney on Unheard Cobain Songs| author=Heath, Chris| publisher='']''| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-07-30}}</ref> Of these songs, many were released on the 61 song ] '']'', with three "freshly unearthed" songs appearing on the compilation '']''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20404-sliver-the-best-of-the-box?artist_title=20404-sliver-the-best-of-the-box| title=Nirvana: Sliver: The Best of the Box Review| author=Petrusich, Amanda| publisher=]| date=]-]| accessdate=2007-07-30}}</ref> Besides the remainder of Love's collection there is an abundance of unofficially released Nirvana songs, including ] and ]s, on ]s.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.livenirvana.com/bootography/index.html| title=The LiveNirvana Bootography| publisher=LiveNirvana.com| accessdate=2007-08-01}}</ref> However, several of these previously unreleased songs have also since been released on ''With the Lights Out''. ] stated in May 2002 that she owned 109 unreleased tapes made by Cobain, with or without the other members of Nirvana.<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nirvana/articles/story/5934736/courtney_on_unheard_cobain_songs| title=Courtney on Unheard Cobain Songs| author=Heath, Chris| magazine=]| date=May 14, 2002| access-date=July 30, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002121540/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nirvana/articles/story/5934736/courtney_on_unheard_cobain_songs| archive-date=October 2, 2007}}</ref> Of these songs, many were released on the 61 song ] '']'' in 2004, with three "freshly unearthed" songs appearing on the compilation '']'' in 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20404-sliver-the-best-of-the-box?artist_title=20404-sliver-the-best-of-the-box| title=Nirvana: Sliver: The Best of the Box Review| author=Petrusich, Amanda| publisher=]| date=October 31, 2005| access-date=July 30, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113190223/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20404-sliver-the-best-of-the-box?artist_title=20404-sliver-the-best-of-the-box| archive-date=January 13, 2009}}</ref> More unreleased Nirvana tracks were released on the deluxe and super deluxe 20th anniversary editions of the '']'' and '']'' albums in 2011 and 2013 respectively.<ref> pitchfork.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.</ref><ref> billboard.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.</ref><ref> rollingstone.com Retrieved July 9, 2015.</ref> Many more unreleased songs were released on '']'' in 2015 which was the companion soundtrack to the film '']''.<ref name="SoloAlbum1"> consequence.net. Retrieved July 8, 2015.</ref> ] stated that in Cobain's archive he discovered over 200 hours of audio on over 108 cassettes and that he thought the solo album "would be a nice complement to the film".<ref name="SoloAlbum1"/>


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Nirvana discography
Kurt Cobain (foreground) and Krist Novoselic at the MTV Awards in 1992
Studio albums3
EPs2
Live albums5
Compilation albums4
Singles21
Video albums7
Music videos8
Miscellaneous17

The discography of Nirvana, an American rock band, consists of three studio albums, twenty-one singles, five live albums, two extended plays, four compilation albums, and three box sets.

Nirvana was formed in 1987 by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, with the position of drummer being filled by various musicians. The band released its debut album, Bleach, in 1989 on independent label Sub Pop. After being joined by final drummer Dave Grohl and signing to Geffen Records subsidiary DGC Records, the band released its second studio album, Nevermind, which became one of the best selling alternative albums of the 1990s and popularized the Seattle grunge movement and alternative music. The band's third album, In Utero, was also a commercial and critical success, though it did not match the sales precedent set by Nevermind—as the members of the band expected. Nirvana disbanded in 1994 after the death of Cobain; since then several posthumous releases have been issued from the band, which once resulted in a legal conflict between Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, and the surviving members of the band over the release of the song "You Know You're Right". In 2006, Love sold a significant share of the rights to Cobain's song catalog to Primary Wave Music Publishing. Since its debut, the band has sold 27.6 million albums in the United States alone, and over 75 million records worldwide.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
 AUS
 AUT
 CAN
 FIN
 NLD
 NZ
 SWE
 SWI
 UK
Bleach 89 34 26 — 22 — 30 — — 33
  • US: 1,900,000
Nevermind
  • Released: September 24, 1991
  • Label: DGC (24425)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 5
  • US: 10,640,000
  • Worldwide: 30,000,000
  • RIAA: 13× Platinum (Diamond)
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum
  • BPI: 7× Platinum
  • GLF: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • MC: Diamond
  • NVPI: Platinum
  • RMNZ: 7× Platinum
In Utero
  • Released: September 21, 1993
  • Labels: DGC
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 1 2 8 3 6 4 3 1 16 1
  • US: 4,258,000
  • Worldwide: 15,000,000
  • RIAA: 6× Platinum
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • GLF: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • MC: 6× Platinum
  • NVPI: Gold
  • RMNZ: 3× Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
 AUS
 AUT
 CAN
 FIN
 NLD
 NZ
 SWE
 SWI
 UK
MTV Unplugged in New York
  • Released: November 1, 1994
  • Labels: DGC, Geffen (24727)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 1
  • US: 5,100,000
  • Worldwide: 14,000,000
  • RIAA: 8× Platinum
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • GLF: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum
  • MC: 9× Platinum
  • NVPI: Platinum
  • RMNZ: 2× Platinum
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
  • Released: October 1, 1996
  • Labels: DGC, Geffen (25105)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 1 1 3 1 2 14 2 6 9 4
  • US: 1,300,000
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • MC: 2× Platinum
Live at Reading
  • Released: November 3, 2009
  • Label: Geffen (B0013503-02) (B0013501-00)
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, 2×LP
 37 — 28 17 — 64 33 — 97 32
  • US: 148,000
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
Live at the Paramount
  • Released: April 5, 2019
  • Label: DGC
  • Formats: 2×LP
 — — — — — — — — — —
Live and Loud
  • Released: August 30, 2019
  • Label: DGC
  • Formats: 2×LP
 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
 AUS
 AUT
 CAN
 FIN
 NLD
 NZ
 SWE
 SWI
 UK
Incesticide
  • Released: December 14, 1992
  • Labels: Sub Pop, DGC (24504)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 39 22 10 21 16 31 — 27 18 14
  • US: 1,400,000
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: 2× Platinum
Nirvana
  • Released: October 29, 2002
  • Labels: DGC, Geffen (25105)
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 3 1 1 2 9 12 2 10 2 3
  • US: 2,400,000
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: 6× Platinum
  • BPI: 4× Platinum
  • GLF: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • IFPI FIN: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • RMNZ: 3× Platinum
Sliver: The Best of the Box
  • Released: November 1, 2005
  • Labels: DGC, Geffen (000561702), Universal (1190)
  • Format: CD
 21 95 26 — — — — — 87 56
  • US: 376,000
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
Icon
  • Released: August 31, 2010
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — — — — — —
  • MC: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title Album details Chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
 AUT
 CAN
 DEN
 FRA
 JPN
 NLD
 NZ
 SWI
 UK
Singles
  • Released: December 1995
  • Labels: DGC, Geffen (24901)
  • Format: 6×CD box set
 — — — 5 17 — — — — 101
With the Lights Out
  • Released: November 23, 2004
  • Labels: DGC, Geffen (000372700), Universal (9864838)
  • Formats: 3×CD+DVD box set
 19 34 10 — 20 16 65 39 28 56
  • US: 546,000
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
Nevermind: The Singles
  • Released: November 25, 2011
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: 4 x 10" vinyl box set
 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title EP details Chart positions Comments
AUS
 JPN
 UK
Indie
Blew
  • Released: December 1989
  • Label: Tupelo
  • Formats: 12-inch, CD
 — — 15 Blew was intended to be released to promote an upcoming European tour, but this plan was scrapped, and the EP ended up being released exclusively in the UK shortly after its completion.
Hormoaning
  • Released: February 5, 1992
  • Labels: DGC, Geffen
  • Formats: 12-inch, CD, CS
 2 67 — Hormoaning was released only in Australia and Japan, with two different covers accompanying the release in each country, to promote the band's tour of the Pacific Rim. Hormoaning was re-released for Record Store Day 2011, as a limited edition.
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Retail singles

Song Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
 AUS
 BEL
 FIN
 FRA
 IRE
 NZ
 PT
 SWE
 UK
"Love Buzz" 1988 — — — — — — — — — — Bleach
"Sliver" 1990 — — — — — 23 — — — 77 Non-album single
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" 1991 6 5 1 8 1 15 1 2 3 7
  • RIAA: 10× Platinum (Diamond)
  • ARIA: 12× Platinum
  • RMNZ: 6× Platinum
  • GLF: Gold
  • BPI: 4× Platinum
 Nevermind
"Come as You Are" 1992 32 25 12 8 12 7 3 8 24 9
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
  • ARIA: 7× Platinum
  • SNEP: Gold
  • RMNZ: 4× Platinum
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
"Lithium" 64 53 18 1 — 5 28 4 — 11
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum
  • RMNZ: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
"In Bloom" — 73 — 16 — 7 20 10 30 28
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
"Heart-Shaped Box" 1993 — 21 18 9 37 6 9 4 16 5
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum
  • RMNZ: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
 In Utero
"All Apologies"/
"Rape Me" 		— 58 30 — 20 20 32 — — 32
  • RIAA: Platinum / Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum / Gold
  • RMNZ: Platinum / Gold
  • BPI: Silver / Silver
"Pennyroyal Tea" 1994 — — — — — — — — — 121
  • ARIA: Gold
"About a Girl" — 4 12 8 23 — — — 20 185
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
 MTV Unplugged in New York
"You Know You're Right" 2002 45 — — — — — — — — —
  • RIAA: Gold
  • ARIA: Gold
 Nirvana
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. The "Love Buzz" single was limited to 1000 numbered retail copies and 200 promotional copies.
  2. Though "Sliver" was initially released as a standalone single on Sub Pop in 1990, it did not chart in Ireland until after the success of the Nevermind album in 1992.
  3. "Sliver" did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 but charted at number 19 on the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart in January 1993 following its appearance on the Incesticide compilation album which was released in December 1992.
  4. "Sliver" did not chart on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart but charted at number 12 on the Australian ARIA Alternative Singles Chart.
  5. "Lithium" did not chart on the French SNEP Singles Chart, but did chart at number 20 on the West Europe Airplay Chart which included France, Belgium (Wallonia), parts of Switzerland, and Monaco.
  6. "Lithium" did not chart on the Swedish Singles Chart but did chart at number 10 on the Swedish Airplay Chart.
  7. "In Bloom" did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 due the lack of an American physical release, but it charted at number 5 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
  8. "Heart-Shaped Box" did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 due the lack of an American physical release, but it charted at number 1 on the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, and at number 4 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
  9. "All Apologies" and "Rape Me" were released together as a double A-side single.
  10. "All Apologies" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.
  11. "All Apologies" / "Rape Me" did not chart on the Portuguese AFP Singles Chart which was only a Top 10 chart at the time, but "Rape Me" did chart at number 15 on the Iberian Airplay Chart which included Portugal and Spain.
  12. The "Pennyroyal Tea" single was cancelled after the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, but it charted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart, when re-released for Record Store Day in 2014.
  13. The "Pennyroyal Tea" single was cancelled after the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, but it charted at number 4 on the UK Physical Singles Sales chart, and number 121 on the UK Singles Chart, when re-released for Record Store Day in 2014.
  14. The "About a Girl" retail single was released only in Continental Europe and Australia, but the song was released to radio in the US.
  15. "About a Girl" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.
  16. "About a Girl" did not chart on the Portuguese AFP Singles Chart which had been discontinued in January 1994, but did chart at number 7 on the Iberian Airplay Chart which included Portugal and Spain.
  17. The "About a Girl" single charted in the UK based solely on import sales and did not receive a UK release.
  18. "You Know You're Right" was released as a promotional and downloadable single only at a time when there were no countries in the world including downloads in their music charts.
  19. "You Know You're Right" did not chart on the UK Singles Chart because it was only released as a downloadable single and no physical single was released at a time when downloads were not being counted towards the UK Singles Chart, but it charted at number 85 on the UK Airplay Chart.

Promotional singles

Song Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US Air
 US
Main
 US
Alt
 BEL
 CAN
 EU Air
 FIN Air
 FRA Air
 SPN Air
 UK
Rock
"On a Plain" 1991 — — 25 — — — — — — —
  • ARIA: Gold
 Nevermind
"Molly's Lips" 1992 — — — — — — — — — — Incesticide
"Dumb" 1994 — — 37 — — — — — — —
  • RIAA: Gold
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
 In Utero
"All Apologies" 45 — — — — — — — 16 —
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
 MTV Unplugged in New York
"Polly" — — — — — — — — — —
  • RIAA: Gold
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
"The Man Who Sold the World" 1995 39 12 6 24 22 29 — 5 2 13
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
  • RMNZ: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • PROMUSICAE: Gold
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" — — — — — — — — — —
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold
"Lake of Fire" — 22 — — — — — — — —
  • ARIA: Gold
  • RMNZ: Gold
"Aneurysm" 1996 63 11 13 — 49 — 40 — — — From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
"Drain You" — — 44 — — — — — — —
  • RIAA: Gold
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
"Endless, Nameless" 2021 — — — — — — — — — — Nevermind
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. Released only in the United States.
  2. Released only in Brazil.
  3. In 2021, "Endless, Nameless" was released as a 7-inch single included with the 30th-anniversary vinyl reissue of Nevermind.

Split singles

Single Year Other artist Peak positions
AUS
Alt
 EU
 UK
"Candy" / "Molly's Lips" 1991 The Fluid — — —
"Here She Comes Now" / "Venus in Furs" Melvins — — —
"Puss" / "Oh, the Guilt" 1993 The Jesus Lizard 3 36 12
"About a Girl" / "Blind Man" 1994 Aerosmith — — —
"The Man Who Sold the World" / "Walk on Water" 1995 — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. Released only in Mexico as a promotional single and in Italy as a jukebox 7" single limited to 500 copies.
  2. Released only in Italy as a jukebox 7" single limited to 500 copies.

Other charted and certified songs

Song Year Peak positions Certifications Album
US
 AUS
 CAN
 GRE
 HUN
 IRE
 LTU
 NZ
 UK
 WW
"Been a Son" 1989 — — — — — — — — — — Blew
"Breed" 1991 — — — — — — — — — —
  • RIAA: Gold
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
 Nevermind
"Lounge Act" — — — — — — — — — —
  • ARIA: Gold
"Something in the Way" 46 22 34 8 25 47 34 40 76 23
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s) Album
"In Bloom" (Sub Pop version) 1990 Steve Brown Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" 1991 Samuel Bayer Nevermind
"Come as You Are" 1992 Kevin Kerslake
"Lithium"
"In Bloom"
"Sliver" 1993 Incesticide
"Heart-Shaped Box" Anton Corbijn In Utero
"You Know You're Right" 2002 Chris Hafner Nirvana
"Dumb" 2023 RuffMercy In Utero

Video albums

Title Video album details Chart positions Certifications
US
 AUS
 UK
Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! 1 9 2
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
With the Lights Out
  • Released: November 23, 2004
  • Labels: DGC, Geffen (000372700), Universal (9864838)
  • Formats: 3×CD+DVD box set
 3 N/A N/A
  • RIAA: Platinum
Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind 4 13 6
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
MTV Unplugged in New York
  • Released: November 20, 2007
  • Label: DGC
  • Format: DVD
 6 3 3
  • RIAA: 7× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
Live at Reading
  • Released: November 2, 2009
  • Label: DGC
  • Format: DVD
 1 4 —
  • ARIA: Platinum
Live at the Paramount
  • Released: September 27, 2011
  • Label: DGC
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
 1 1 4
  • ARIA: Gold
Live and Loud
  • Released: September 24, 2013
  • Label: DGC
  • Format: DVD
 1 2 7
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. The bootleg release, Nirvana - At Reading Festival, peaked at number 30 on the UK Music Video chart in 2008.

Other appearances

Song Year Album US
 Comments
"Spank Thru" 1988 Sub Pop 200 — A re-recording of a song first performed on the 1985 Illiteracy Will Prevail demo by members of Nirvana as Fecal Matter.
"Mexican Seafood" 1989 Teriyaki Asthma, Vol. 1 — Later released on Incesticide.
"Beeswax" 1991 Kill Rock Stars —
"Dive" The Grunge Years —
"Do You Love Me?" 1990 Hard to Believe: Kiss Covers Compilation — Cover of a 1976 Kiss song.
"Here She Comes Now" Heaven & Hell: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground — Cover of a 1968 Velvet Underground song. Previously released on the split single "Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs" in 1991, it was later released on With the Lights Out in 2004 and on the Nevermind 20th anniversary deluxe editions in 2011.
"Return of the Rat" 1993 Eight Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers — Cover of a 1979 Wipers song. Later released on With the Lights Out.
"Sappy" No Alternative 56 Nirvana's contribution to the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series was an uncredited and a secret track. The song was originally titled "Sappy", but was renamed prior to release on No Alternative. It was later released on With the Lights Out in 2004 as "Sappy" and on the In Utero 20th anniversary deluxe editions as "Sappy" in 2013 .
"I Hate Myself and Want to Die" The Beavis and Butt-head Experience 5 The first song on The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience, it was recorded during the sessions for In Utero. This version of "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" was included as a B-side on the cancelled "Pennyroyal Tea" single but is different from the version found on With the Lights Out.
"Pay to Play" 1994 DGC Rarities Vol. 1 139 This is an early version of "Stay Away" which was a song on Nevermind. "Pay to Play" was the first new Nirvana song to be released after Cobain's death but its inclusion on the compilation album had been agreed to before he died. "Pay to Play" was later released on With the Lights Out in 2004 and on the Nevermind 20th anniversary deluxe editions in 2011.
"Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" 1996 Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense — Live version from a Grenoble, France concert in 1994. It received some airplay on alternative and active rock radio.
"Rape Me" 1999 Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 2 — Live version from an appearance on Saturday Night Live. It was also released as a music video on MTV.

Unreleased songs

Courtney Love stated in May 2002 that she owned 109 unreleased tapes made by Cobain, with or without the other members of Nirvana. Of these songs, many were released on the 61 song box set With the Lights Out in 2004, with three "freshly unearthed" songs appearing on the compilation Sliver: The Best of the Box in 2005. More unreleased Nirvana tracks were released on the deluxe and super deluxe 20th anniversary editions of the Nevermind and In Utero albums in 2011 and 2013 respectively. Many more unreleased songs were released on Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings in 2015 which was the companion soundtrack to the film Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. Brett Morgen stated that in Cobain's archive he discovered over 200 hours of audio on over 108 cassettes and that he thought the solo album "would be a nice complement to the film".

See also

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