With everyone talking about the 20th anniversary and re-issue of Nirvana’s landmark sophomore album Nevermind, the record has re-entered the UK and Australian albums charts in 5th position.

With Nirvana: Live At The Paramount 1991 (read Tone Deaf’s review of the live movie here and watch the actual performance here) just screening in Australia for the first time, the announcement of Courtney Love’s impending “tell-all” biography and press worldwide providing retrospective on the record that changed everything we wonder whether fans in other countries will be racing out to purchase a copy of Nevermind, too.

At this stage the Australian charts look like this:
1 – 21: Adele
2 – Neighbourhoods: Blink-182
3 – Duets II: Tony Bennett
4 – Making Mirrors: Gotye
5 – Nevermind: Nirvana

At this stage the UK charts look like this:
1 – The Awakening: James Morrison
2 – Velociraptor!: Kasabian
3 – +: Ed Sheeran
4 – 21: Adele
5 – Nevermind: Nirvana

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