Nirvana
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 18 nummers, hoogste #11 (Smells Like Teen Spirit)
- in the list since 1991, 35 years
- per song
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 9 albums, 0 singles
- Nevermind platina x8, 2022
- MTV Unplugged In New York platina x3, 2010
- Nirvana platina, 2007
- Nevermind platina x3, 2004
- and 5 more
the Netherlands: 5 albums, 0 singles- MTV Unplugged platina, 1995
- In Utero goud, 1994
- MTV Unplugged in New York goud, 1994
- Nevermind platina, 1994
- and 1 more
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KINK 85 2.8 a day Willy 32 1.1 a day Radio X 24 0.8 a day KEXP 18 0.6 a day Studio Brussel 10 0.3 a day BBC Radio 6 Music 9 0.3 a day RADIO BOB! 9 0.3 a day NPO 3FM 7 0.2 a day Since we track the stationKINK 3.154 2.9 a day since Nov 2023 Willy 672 1.0 a day since Dec 2024 Studio Brussel 443 0.4 a day since Nov 2023 KEXP 439 0.4 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 399 0.5 a day since Nov 2024 NPO 3FM 246 0.2 a day since Nov 2023 Radio X 24 0.7 a day since Oct 2026 BBC Radio 1 17 0.0 a day since Nov 2023
De Tijdloze on StuBru
De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.
| Song | From | Years in the list | 2025 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | 1991 | 35 (1991–2025) | #11 | #1 (1999) | #31 (1991) |
| Lithium | 1991 | 23 (1999–2025) | #175 | #36 (2003) | #175 (2025) |
| Come as You Are | 1991 | 17 (1994–2025) | #292 | #67 (1994) | #292 (2025) |
| Where Did You Sleep Last Night | 1994 | 7 (2019–2025) | #305 | #159 (2019) | #305 (2025) |
| Heart-Shaped Box | 1993 | 7 (2019–2025) | #381 | #229 (2022) | #381 (2025) |
| The Man Who Sold the World | 1994 | 7 (2019–2025) | #426 | #210 (2019) | #453 (2021) |
| In Bloom | 1991 | 7 (2019–2025) | #537 | #312 (2021) | #623 (2024) |
| About a Girl | 1989 | 7 (1994–2025) | #595 | #89 (1994) | #660 (2022) |
| Polly | 1991 | 7 (2019–2025) | #634 | #302 (2022) | #634 (2025) |
| All Apologies | 1993 | 9 (1994–2025) | #702 | #44 (1994) | #702 (2025) |
| Something in the Way | 1991 | 7 (2019–2025) | #735 | #327 (2022) | #890 (2024) |
| Lake of Fire | 1994 | 7 (2019–2025) | #892 | #427 (2019) | #1070 (2023) |
| Territorial Pissings | 1991 | 5 (2021–2025) | #1042 | #353 (2022) | #1042 (2025) |
| Rape Me | 1993 | 6 (2020–2025) | #1181 | #491 (2023) | #1181 (2025) |
| Breed | 1991 | 6 (2020–2025) | #1216 | #546 (2022) | #1216 (2025) |
| Pennyroyal Tea | 1993 | 4 (2021–2025) | #1606 | #869 (2022) | #1606 (2025) |
| Dumb | 1993 | 4 (2021–2025) | #1793 | #1151 (2022) | #1793 (2025) |
| Aneurysm | 1991 | 4 (2021–2025) | #1995 | #1374 (2021) | #1995 (2025) |
| On a Plain | 1991 | 3 (2021–2023) | – | #1183 (2021) | #2010 (2023) |
| Stay Away | 1991 | 1 (2021) | – | #1328 (2021) | #1328 (2021) |
| Love Buzz | 1989 | 3 (2021–2024) | – | #1343 (2023) | #1842 (2024) |
| School | 1989 | 2 (2021–2023) | – | #1419 (2021) | #1714 (2023) |
| Drain You | 1991 | 1 (2021) | – | #1792 (2021) | #1792 (2021) |
Records
Albums in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) and with gold or platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTV Unplugged | – | – | platinum NL | |
| In Utero | – | – | gold NL, platinum BE | |
| MTV Unplugged in New York | – | – | 3x platinum BE, gold NL, platinum BE | |
| Nevermind | – | – | 3x platinum BE, 8x platinum BE, gold NL, platinum BE, platinum NL | |
| Nirvana | – | – | gold BE, platinum BE | |
| From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah | – | – | gold BE |
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
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Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Joe | Netherlands | Smells Like Teen Spirit 2 · Come As You Are 1 · Lithium 1 · The Man Who Sold The World 1 |
| KINK | Netherlands | Smells Like Teen Spirit 4 · Rape Me 4 · All Apologies 3 · Lithium 3 · Polly 2 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Come As You Are 1 · Smells Like Teen Spirit 1 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | Smells Like Teen Spirit 3 · Come As You Are 2 · Lithium 2 |
| Qmusic NL | Netherlands | Come As You Are 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Smells Like Teen Spirit 61 · Come As You Are 50 · Lithium 45 · Heart-shaped Box 8 · Something In The Way 5 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | The Man Who Sold The World (unplugged) 2 · About A Girl (unplugged) 2 · Come As You Are 1 · Come As You Are (unplugged) 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Smells Like Teen Spirit 67 · Come As You Are 66 · About A Girl (Mtv Unplugged) 49 · The Man Who Sold The World Unplugged 41 · Heart Shaped Box 38 |
| KEXP | United States | Love Buzz 16 · Breed 12 · Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 11 · Come as You Are 9 · In Bloom 8 |
| Kerrang! Radio | United Kingdom | Heart Shaped Box 3 · Smells Like Teen Spirit 2 · Come As You Are 1 · Lithium 1 |
| Oui FM | France | In Bloom 1 · Polly 1 · All Apologies 1 · Lithium 1 · About a Girl 1 |
| RADIO BOB! | Germany | Heart-Shaped Box 2 · In Bloom 1 · Come As You Are 1 · Lithium 1 |
| RTL2 | France | Smells Like Teen Spirit 2 · About a Girl 2 · All Apologies 1 |
| Radio X | United Kingdom | The Man Who Sold The World 2 · All Apologies 2 · In Bloom 2 · All Apologies (Unplugged In New York) 1 · Come As You Are 1 |