Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ reaches its 700th week on Billboard 200 Chart

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Nirvana‘s ‘Nevermind’ has now spent 700 weeks on the Billboard 200 Chart.The seminal 1991 album is only the ninth to achieve the feat, and only the fourth studio LP if greatest hits compilations aren’t counted.

It means the album has spent 13.4 years non-consecutively on the chart, where it currently sits at Number 120.Other albums to reach similar lengths are Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’, which has spent 990 weeks on the chart, Metallica’s ‘Black Album’ at 767 weeks, and Bruno Mars’ ‘Doo-Wops & Hooligans’ (706 weeks), per Consequence.Elsewhere, greatest-hits collections tend to stick around, with one from Bob Marley and the Wailers staying for 865 weeks, Journey for 835 weeks, Creedence Clearwater Revival for 724 weeks, Eminem at 714 weeks, and Guns N’ Roses for 704 weeks.‘Nevermind’ was released in September 1991, and reached the Billboard 200 top spot in January the following year, knocking off Michael Jackson’s ‘Dangerous’.

It has sold more than 30 million copies to date.in 2021, at the record’s 30th anniversary, Dave Grohl spoke to NME about the writing process of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, the album’s – and Nirvana’s – most recognisable hit.“I liked the riff that Kurt came up with because it’s percussive.

Those muted, stabbing strums inbetween the chords really leant to the pattern of the drum riff,” he told us. “To be honest, at that point, we were listening to a lot of Pixies – it was ‘Bossanova’ [era].