This feels like you are gaslighting us*
 Previous Message Previous Message And it was immediately massive with everyone I knew. People were listening to the whole thing multiple times/day for a while. Previous Message Nevermind blew up when kids showed up to music stores with gift cards that grandma gave them for Christmas. Billboard had moved to SoundScan, so they had real sales data. Then the movie Singles happened, which put Pearl Jam and Soundgarden on the map. Radio stations changed formats virtually overnight. Without SoundScan, grunge and rap probably don't achieve the mainstream success they experienced at the time. Radio programming directors would have happily ignored them and kept on with the status quo. Previous Message
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 35 years ago today. We are very old, but were eating good as utes across America. - Warrin'_Illini September 24, 2026, 10:24:52
- Never listened to any of that trash* - JeffFrank Yesterday, 01:49:44
- Nobody cared about Nevermind or Badmotorfinger when they were released. - doubledown September 24, 2026, 10:53:37
- Not really true. Ten was already platinum months before Singles was released - CanHartlebHireSnider September 24, 2026, 18:09:42
- I was in college and remember people waiting in line to buy Nevermind at midnight - DT September 24, 2026, 11:45:04
- Nevermind sold 6000 copies in the first week in the US. The label famously had low expectations. * - doubledown September 24, 2026, 12:00:39
- Maybe my fraternity was an anomaly, but we had 2-3 copies on day 1, out of 30 guys.* - DT September 24, 2026, 18:46:43
- This feels like you are gaslighting us* - CoronaTheirAss September 24, 2026, 18:02:27
- they were all in line with him* - cpsteine September 24, 2026, 15:28:10
- 6k first week, platinum by thanksgiving* - ghost_of_clt September 24, 2026, 12:30:24
- Point of Odor: Pearl Jam and Grunge blew up before Singles.... - KingTalkyTiki September 24, 2026, 10:58:23
- I'll be honest..I never got into the whole grunge scene. I was in Jr high in 91 - DanSaint September 24, 2026, 10:50:05
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