Nightwish discography

The discography of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish consists of nine studio albums, one extended play, six live albums, seven compilations, eighteen music videos and twenty-two singles. The band was formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen; Nightwish's current line-up has six members although Turunen has been replaced by Anette Olzon and later by Floor Jansen, and the original bassist, Sami Vänskä, has been replaced by Marko Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist part.[1] Olzon left the band in 2012 and was replaced by Floor Jansen.

Nightwish discography
Studio albums9
Live albums6
Compilation albums7
Video albums7
Music videos18
EPs1
Singles22
Soundtrack albums1

Although Nightwish has been popular in Finland since 1997 when they released their debut album, Angels Fall First,[2] they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums Oceanborn, Wishmaster and Century Child, which were released in 1998, 2000 and 2002, respectively.[3][4][5] The 2004 album, Once, had sold more than one million copies by the end of 2005 and allowed the band to host the Once Upon a Tour, concluded in Finland on October 21, 2005, when they played their last concert with Turunen on vocals and also when the End of an Era DVD was recorded. In May 2007, former Alyson Avenue frontwoman Anette Olzon was revealed as Turunen's replacement,[6] and the album Dark Passion Play was released on September 26 after the singles "Eva" in May and "Amaranth" in August.[1]

The next Nightwish single, "Storytime", was released on November 9, 2011, and the seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, was released on November 30 of the same year. It accompanied a movie of the same name, directed by Stobe Harju, who previously directed Nightwish's "The Islander" music video.[7] The band started the Imaginaerum World Tour in the United States city of Los Angeles on January 21, 2012, at the Gibson Amphitheatre.[8]

As of 2012, Nightwish has sold over 9 million records worldwide,[9] including about 900,000 in Finland,[10] over 1 million in Germany[11] and over 500,000 in the U.S.[12]

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
FIN
[13]
AUT
[14]
FRA
[15]
GER
[16]
GRE
[17]
HUN
[18]
NLD
[19]
NOR
[20]
SWE
[21]
SWI
[22]
UK
[23]
US
[24]
Angels Fall First 31
  • IFPI FIN: Platinum[25]
Oceanborn
  • Released: December 7, 1998 (FIN)
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
574
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[25]
Wishmaster
  • Released: May 19, 2000 (FIN)
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
16621
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[25]
Century Child
  • Released: May 24, 2002 (FIN)
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
11532541193950
  • IFPI FIN: 3× Platinum[25]
Once
  • Released: June 7, 2004 (FIN)
  • Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP
14911511134102
Dark Passion Play
  • Released: September 26, 2007 (FIN)
  • Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
15615157412584
Imaginaerum
  • Released: November 30, 2011 (FIN)
  • Label: Scene Nation/Sony Music, Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
19416212417336927
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
  • Released: March 27, 2015 (EU)
  • Label: Oily Empire/Sony Music, Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
141224233421234
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[25]
  • IFPI ČNS: Gold[43]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[44]
  • BMVI: Gold[41]
Human. :II: Nature.
  • Released: April 10, 2020
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
1
[45]
226
[46]
1224
[47]
11
[48]
228110
[49]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
FIN
[51]
AUT
[14]
BEL
[52]
FRA
[15]
GER
[16]
GRE
[17]
NLD
[19]
SWE
[21]
SWI
[22]
UK
[23]
From Wishes to Eternity
  • Released: April 2001
  • Recorded: December 29, 2000
  • Format: CD
7 1
End of an Era
  • Released: June 1, 2006
  • Recorded: October 21, 2005
  • Format: CD, LP, DVD, Blu-ray
6 41 40 24 3 3 35 18
Made in Hong Kong
  • Released: March 1, 2009
  • Recorded: 2006–2008
  • Format: CD+DVD, LP
2 26 41 72 15 4 20 54 38
Showtime, Storytime
  • Released: November 29, 2013
  • Recorded: August 3, 2013
  • Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray
34 158 6 52
Vehicle of Spirit
  • Released: December 16, 2016 / January 6, 2017
  • Recorded: July 30, 2015 / December 19, 2015
  • Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray
182 14 1
Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
  • Released: December 6, 2019
  • Recorded: September 30, 2018
  • Format: CD, LP, DVD, Blu-ray
1
[54]
196 172
[55]
50 94
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Soundtrack

Title Album details Peak chart positions
FIN
[13]
BEL
[52]
Imaginaerum: The Score
  • Released: November 9, 2012
  • Format: CD
12 101

EPs

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
FIN
[13]
AUT
[14]
FRA
[15]
GER
[16]
SWI
[22]
Over the Hills and Far Away
  • Released: June 25, 2001
  • Label: Spinefarm, Century Media, Drakkar
  • Format: CD, LP
1 54 139 85 79
  • FIN: 2×Platinum[56]

Compilation albums

Title Compilation details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
FIN
[13]
AUT
[14]
GER
[16]
GRE
[17]
NOR
[20]
NLD
[19]
SWE
[21]
SWI
[22]
UK
[23]
Wishmastour 2000
  • Released: December 11, 2000
  • Label: XIII Bis Records
  • Format: CD
Tales from the Elvenpath
  • Released: October 17, 2004
  • Label: Drakkar Records
  • Format: CD
1 19 7 12
Bestwishes
  • Released: March 9, 2005
  • Label: Toy's Factory
  • Format: CD
Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish
  • Released: September 17, 2005
  • Label: Spinefarm Record
  • Format: CD, DVD
1 13 17 1 5 41 14 10
The Sound of Nightwish Reborn
Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
  • Released: May 27, 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD
45 65 32 35
Decades
  • Released: March 9, 2018[57]
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP
1
[58]
19
[59]
5 68 7 62
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
FIN
[13]
AUT
[14]
FRA
[15]
GER
[60]
HUN
[18]
NLD
[19]
SPA
[61]
SWE
[21]
SWI
[22]
"The Carpenter"
1997
3 Angels Fall First
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
1998
1 Oceanborn
"Walking in the Air"
1999
1
"Sleeping Sun" 2 34
"Deep Silent Complete"
2000
3 Wishmaster
"Ever Dream"
2002
1 Century Child
"Bless the Child" 1 63 55
"Nemo"
2004
1 12 64 6 1 64 12 14 Once
"Wish I Had an Angel" 1 47 36 3 65 20 11 40
"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" 1 3
"The Siren"
2005
3 51 1 30 59
"Sleeping Sun" (re-recorded) 1 47 34 Highest Hopes
"Amaranth"
2007
1 30 62 16 1 47 1 13 14 Dark Passion Play
"Erämaan Viimeinen" 1
"Bye Bye Beautiful"
2008
5 54 35 4 4
"The Islander" 1 91 5
"Storytime"
2011
1 57 19 39 2 2 31 Imaginaerum
"The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"
2012
1 82 5
"Élan"
2015
3 53 200 33 5 33 Endless Forms Most Beautiful
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
"Noise"
2020
19 Human. :II: Nature.
"Harvest"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Promotional singles

Single Year Album
"Passion and the Opera" 1998 Oceanborn
"The Kinslayer" 2000 Wishmaster
"Sleepwalker"
"Eva" 2007 Dark Passion Play
"Amaranth" (live) 2009 Made in Hong Kong
"Ghost Love Score" (live) 2013 Showtime, Storytime
"Storytime" (live)
"Shudder Before the Beautiful" 2015 Endless Forms Most Beautiful
"My Walden" 2016
"Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean" (live) 2019 Decades: Live in Buenos Aires

Video albums

Year Video details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
FIN
[62]
GER
[16]
SWE
[63]
AUT
[64]
SWI
[65]
BEL
[66]
NLD
[67]
From Wishes to Eternity
  • Released: April 2001
  • Label: Spinefarm Records
  • Format: VHS, DVD
13
End of Innocence
  • Released: October 6, 2003
  • Label: Spinefarm Records
  • Format: DVD
4 62 13
End of an Era
  • Released: June 1, 2006
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
1 1 2 3
Made in Hong Kong
  • Released: March 1, 2009
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD+DVD
3 2 4 16
Showtime, Storytime
  • Released: November 29, 2013
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
1 2 9 3 6 11
Vehicle of Spirit
  • Released: December 16, 2016 / January 6, 2017
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
14 1
Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
  • Released: December 6, 2019
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Demo albums

Year Title Details Notes
1996 Nightwish
  • Released: December 1996
  • Recorded: July–December 1996
  • Members: Turunen, Holopainen and Vuorinen
Unreleased demo[1]
1997 Angels Fall First
  • Released: October 1997
  • Recorded: April–September 1997
  • Members: Turunen, Holopainen, Vuorinen and Nevalainen.
Nightwish's first release[1]

Music videos

Song Year Director
"The Carpenter" 1998 Sami Käyhkö [69]
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
"Sleeping Sun"
"Over the Hills and Far Away" 2001 Pasi Takula
"Bless the Child" 2002
"End of All Hope"
"Nemo" 2004 Antti Jokinen[70]
"Wish I Had an Angel" Uwe Boll[71]
"The Siren" 2005 Silver Style Entertainment
"Sleeping Sun" Joern Heitmann[72]
"While Your Lips Are Still Red" 2007 Markku Pölönen[73]
"Amaranth" Antti Jokinen[74]
"Bye Bye Beautiful"
"The Islander" 2008 Stobe Harju[75]
"Storytime" 2011
"Élan" 2015 Ville Lipiäinen[76][77]
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
"Noise" 2020 Stobe Harju[78]
"Ad Astra" Ville Lipiäinen[79]

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