Nirvana’s album Nevermind, released more than 25 years ago, is all about firsts. For one, it helped pioneer the grunge era of music, following the hair-metal-heavy ’80s, quickly making it the de rigueur choice of music fans the world over. The album was also one of just a handful of grunge rock albums to have ever hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts. And of course, there was that epic first single, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” which made being a mop-swirling janitor cool—and helped move a tremendous amount of units for the band.
To that end, the album’s been certified 10-times platinum—as in, it has sold 10 million copies—and is one of the best-selling of all time. And now, it’s achieved another milestone.
According to Billboard, the album recently returned to its Billboard 200 chart for an incredible 350th nonconsecutive week. That gives the album the eighth-most total weeks of any album in the 61 years the chart’s been live.
Nevermind has a long way to go to catch up to the top, though. That would be Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, which had appeared on the chart for a formidable 927 total weeks.
—RealClearLife
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