NIRVANA albums and sales

NIRVANA sold over 54.1 million albums. The best-selling album by NIRVANA is NEVERMIND, which sold over 22 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, NIRVANA is the 44th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of NIRVANA have sold over 1.37 million units, led by MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK with over 782,000 units sold.

NIRVANA albums ranked by sales

Click on any album to see detailed sales, certification history, sources and chart runs.

№		Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		NEVERMIND NIRVANA 1991	1991	22,033,537	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 2 11 28
2		MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK NIRVANA 1994	1994	12,779,430	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 9 45 114
3		IN UTERO NIRVANA 1993	1993	9,120,047	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 9 97 243
4		NIRVANA NIRVANA 2002	2002	4,235,680	Rank in 2002 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 24 192 917
5		FROM THE MUDDY BANKS OF THE WISHKAH NIRVANA 1996	1996	1,815,000	Rank in 1996 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 103 1,016 2,956
6		INCESTICIDE NIRVANA 1992	1992	1,740,997	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 105 1,044 3,048
7		BLEACH NIRVANA 1989	1989	1,689,530	Rank in 1989 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 69 522 3,114
8		WITH THE LIGHTS OUT NIRVANA 2004	2004	508,157	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 256 2,334 10,051
9		SILVER NIRVANA 2005	2005	111,866	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 623 6,120 23,419
10		LIVE AT READING NIRVANA 2009	2009	60,000	Rank in 2009 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 739 10,323 36,808
11		ICON NIRVANA 2010	2010	40,000	Rank in 2010 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 856 7,333 45,184
12		HORMOANING [JAPAN ONLY] NIRVANA 1992	1992	22,730	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,063 13,387 52,178

NIRVANA videos ranked by sales

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№		Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK NIRVANA 2007	2007	782,000	Rank in 2007 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 2 16 37
2		LIVE! TONIGHT! SOLD OUT!! NIRVANA 1994	1994	448,000	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 5 28 110
3		NEVERMIND NIRVANA & CLASSIC ALBUMS SERIES 2005	2005	117,500	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 48 331 672
4		LIVE AT READING NIRVANA 2009	2009	17,500	Rank in 2009 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 108 1,812 3,475
5		LIVE AT THE PARAMOUNT NIRVANA 2011	2011	7,500	Rank in 2011 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 98 930 4,101
6		LIVE AND LOUD NIRVANA 2013	2013	N/A	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 156 1,506 5,132
7		WITH THE LIGHTS OUT (BOX SET) NIRVANA 2005	2005	N/A	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 398 2,969 5,831
8		TEEN SPIRIT: THE TRIBUTE TO KURT COBAIN NIRVANA 1996	1996	N/A	Rank in 1996 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 61 769 6,112

NIRVANA sales by country

NIRVANA album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by NIRVANA are the United States (31.3 million), the United Kingdom (6.58 million) and Canada (3.56 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	490,000	5
2	Australia	1,330,000	6
3	Austria	240,000	5
4	Belgium	675,000	5
5	Brazil	725,000	4
6	Canada	3,564,000	9
7	Denmark	120,000	1
8	Finland	88,331	3
9	France	2,550,000	8
10	Germany	1,950,000	4
11	Iceland	138	2
12	Italy	350,000	4
13	Japan	1,538,080	9
14	Korea	28,187	3
15	Mexico	475,000	4
16	Netherlands	250,000	3
17	New Zealand	195,000	5
18	Norway	149,902	4
19	Poland	380,000	5
20	Portugal	120,000	2
21	Spain	450,000	5
22	Sweden	380,000	4
23	Switzerland	190,000	3
24	United Kingdom	6,580,000	10
25	United States	31,333,334	8

NIRVANA video sales by country

The largest markets for video releases by NIRVANA are the United States (1.45 million), the United Kingdom (150,000) and Australia (75,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	16,000	2
2	Australia	75,000	5
3	Canada	35,000	1
4	New Zealand	17,500	4
5	Portugal	4,000	1
6	United Kingdom	150,000	2
7	United States	1,450,000	3