Artist
Nirvana
Nirvana appears 2 times in our Grunge list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 2
- Appears on
- Grunge
- Years
- 1989–1991
- Highest placing
- No. 1 in Grunge
- Updated
- 2026-08-31
Appears on
Smells Like Teen Spirit
1991 · DGC
Ranked No. 1 in Grunge
Cobain called it an attempt to write a Pixies song. Four chords, a quiet verse, an unintelligible chorus, and the end of one era of popular music inside three months.
Negative Creep
1989 · Sub Pop
Ranked No. 6 in Grunge
Bleach, recorded for six hundred dollars. Before the melodies took over, and a useful corrective to the idea that Nirvana were ever a pop group by accident.