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While the majority of the YouTube music videos with two billion or more views are from pop, Latin, country and hip-hop ...
Long before Nirvana’s 1991 single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” became the defining anthem for the grunge revolution, it was just a phrase scribbled on Kurt Cobain’s wall. In August 1990 ...
Nirvana performed “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for the first time on April 17, 1991 at a dark Seattle club in the shadow of a highway overpass. The show was hastily organized, a last minute ...
One of those bands, Nirvana, achieved massive success with its first major-label single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," which today stands as the genre's most towering classic. Nirvana's singer ...
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” is Nirvana’s breakout hit and the anthem of Generation X. With its quiet-loud dynamics and powerful guitar riffs, it took over radio and MTV in late 1991. Kurt ...
This is not a violation of the grunge era or of Nirvana’s ethos as a band. It’s just a fun take on a classic song. One that shows “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is so good it transcends genres.
Tori Amos decided to put her own spin on Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” She said fans told her to sing the song after Kurt Cobain died. She discussed what it was like to have fans sing ...
Nirvana’s iconic music video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” has officially surpassed two billion views on YouTube—a first for grunge-rock, proving its enduring power more than 30 years after its ...
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 ...
Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" will always be regarded as the song that truly sparked the popularity of Seattle grunge. Now, it's considered one of the most-viewed music videos of the '90s ...
Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” becomes the first grunge video to hit 2 billion YouTube views, proving the enduring power of rock’s rebellious anthem.