When Nirvana was looking to make the music video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” the idea was to make something bad on purpose. It was a testament to their punk sensibilities that they wanted something ...

“Here we are now, entertain us.” You asked for it and Nirvana provided. The iconic grunge trio’s beloved video for breakthrough 1991 hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” has just crossed the two billion ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nirvana’s album Nevermind isn’t just a commercial success; it’s ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video was uploaded to YouTube in 2009. In 2019, it hit one billion views. This past week, within just six years of the first billion views, the "Smells Like ...

Here's how Bikini Kill vocalist Kathleen Hanna came up with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" song title. Funny enough, Kurt Cobain didn't actually come up with the phrase that became the name of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Michel Linssen/Redferns/Getty Images In 1991, Nirvana released the album that would ...

The four-part docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night and Grammy and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Emmy Award winner Oz Rodriguez's Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL ...

Nirvana came back together Friday night, but with a new vocalist filling in for Kurt Cobain. Post Malone joined the surviving members of the seminal grunge band for an electric performance of "Smells ...

Before it changed rock forever, Nirvana’s biggest song got its name from Kathleen Hanna through an offhand moment that helped ...

Mo D., Grade 9, created "Explosion of Nirvana" inspired by "the albums that Nirvana made." I’d had the idea for kids’ reaction art to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for a few years. When I reconnected with ...

Kurt Cobain was an icon in the ’90s. He and Nirvana helped popularize grunge and bring Seattle’s signature sound to the rest of the world. By the time he died by suicide in 1994 at the age of 27, ...