Nightwish discography

Nightwish discography
Nightwish in 2022
Studio albums10
EPs1
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums6
Compilation albums4
Singles20
Video albums6
Music videos18

This is the discography of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, which consists of ten studio albums, one extended play, six live albums, four compilations, eighteen music videos and twenty singles.

The band was formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, and its current line-up has six members, although Turunen has been replaced by Anette Olzon and later by Floor Jansen, and the original bassist, Sami Vänskä, has been replaced by Marko Hietala, who himself left the band in 2021 to be replaced by Jukka Koskinen, while Kai Hahto has been the band's drummer since 2015.[1]

Although Nightwish has been popular in Finland since 1997 when they released their debut album, Angels Fall First, 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, and their 2004 album, Once, sold more than one million copies by the end of 2005, becoming their breaktrough album with hit singles "Nemo" and "Wish I Had an Angel.[1] On 21 October 2005 they played their last concert with Turunen on vocals and in May 2007 Anette Olzon was revealed as her replacement,[2] releasing two albums with the band, including hit singles "Amaranth" and "Storytime", until her dismissal in 2012.[1] Floor Jansen then became the band's lead singer and holds the position to this day, having released three albums with the group.[1] Nightwish's most recent studio album, Yesterwynde, came out on September 20, 2024.[3]

As of 2024, Nightwish is Finland's most successful music act having sold around 10 million albums and singles worldwide,[4] including about 900,000 in Finland,[5] over 1 million in Germany[6] and over 500,000 in the U.S.[7]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
FIN
[8] 		AUS
[9] 		AUT
[10] 		CAN
[11] 		FRA
[12] 		GER
[13] 		JPN
[14] 		SWI
[15] 		UK
[16] 		US
[17]
Angels Fall First 5 — — — — — — — — —
Oceanborn
  • Released: 7 December 1998
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
 2 — — — — 74 — — — —
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[18]
Wishmaster
  • Released: 19 May 2000
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
 1 — — — 66 21 — — — —
Century Child
  • Released: 24 May 2002
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
 1 — 15 — 32 5 — 50 — —
  • IFPI FIN: 3× Platinum[18]
  • BVMI: Gold[19]
Once
  • Released: 7 June 2004
  • Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP
 1 — 4 — 9 1 — 4 —[A] —[B]
Dark Passion Play
  • Released: 26 September 2007
  • Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
 1 42 5 24 6 1 54 1 25 84
Imaginaerum
  • Released: 30 November 2011
  • Label: Sony Music, Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
 1 57 9 13 41 6 32 3 69 27
  • IFPI FIN: 3× Platinum[18]
  • BVMI: Gold[19]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[23]
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
  • Released: 27 March 2015
  • Label: Sony Music, Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
 1 15 4 13 12 2 31 2 12 34
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[18]
  • BVMI: Gold[25]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[26]
Human. :II: Nature.
  • Released: 10 April 2020
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
 1 7 2 85 26 1 39 2 28 110
  • IFPI FIN: Platinum[18]
Yesterwynde
  • Released: 20 September 2024
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
 1
[27]		 — 2 — 15
[28]		 2 50 2 20 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ Once did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 3 on the UK Rock Albums Chart.[16]
  2. ^ Once did not chart on the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 42 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[20]

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
FIN
[8][29] 		AUT
[10] 		BEL
[30] 		CZE
[31] 		FRA
[12] 		GER
[13] 		NLD
[32] 		SWE
[33] 		SWI
[15] 		UK Rock
[16]
From Wishes to Eternity
  • Released: April 2001
  • Recorded: 29 December 2000 in Tampere, Finland
  • Format: CD, DVD, VHS
 5 — — — — — — — — —
End of an Era
  • Released: 1 June 2006
  • Recorded: 21 October 2005 in Helsinki, Finland
  • Format: CD, LP, DVD, Blu-ray
 7 41 40 — 24 3 3 35 18 7
Made in Hong Kong
  • Released: 1 March 2009
  • Recorded: 2006–2008
  • Format: CD+DVD, LP
 2 26 41 14 72 15 20 54 38 10
Showtime, Storytime
  • Released: 29 November 2013
  • Recorded: 3 August 2013 in Wacken, Germany
  • Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray
 23 — 158 37 — 6 — — — 5
Vehicle of Spirit
  • Released: 16 December 2016 / 6 January 2017
  • Recorded: 30 July 2015 in Tampere, Finland and on 19 December 2015 in London, England
  • Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray
 — — — — 182 14 — — — 9
Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
  • Released: 6 December 2019
  • Recorded: 30 September 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Format: CD, LP, DVD, Blu-ray
 1 — 135 85 172 — 50 — — 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Video albums

Year Video details Peak chart positions Certifications
FIN
[8][29] 		AUT
[35] 		GER
[13] 		NLD
[32] 		SWI
[36] 		UK
Rock
[16]
From Wishes to Eternity
  • Released: April 2001
  • Label: Spinefarm Records
  • Format: VHS, DVD
 7 — — — — —
End of Innocence
  • Released: 6 October 2003
  • Label: Spinefarm Records
  • Format: DVD
 4 — 62 — — —
End of an Era
  • Released: 1 June 2006
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
 1 2 — 3 — 9
  • IFPI FIN: Platinum[18]
  • BVMI: 3× Gold[19]
Showtime, Storytime
  • Released: 29 November 2013
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
 1 9 — 11 3 —
Vehicle of Spirit
  • Released: 16 December 2016 / 6 January 2017
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
 — — 14 — — 9
Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
  • Released: 6 December 2019
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
 1 — — — — 94
Virtual Live Show from the Islanders Arms 2021
  • Released: 11 March 2022[37]
  • Label: Deggael
  • Format: DVD
 — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Compilations

Title Compilation details Peak chart positions Certifications
FIN
[8] 		AUT
[10] 		CZE
[31] 		FRA
[12] 		GER
[13] 		NOR
[38] 		NLD
[32] 		SWE
[33] 		SWI
[15] 		UK
Rock
[16]
Tales from the Elvenpath
  • Released: 17 October 2004
  • Label: Drakkar
  • Format: CD
 — 19 — — 6 — — — 19 —
Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish
  • Released: 17 September 2005
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD
 1 13 71 — 17 5 41 14 10 9
  • IFPI FIN: 3× Platinum[18]
  • BVMI: Platinum[19]
Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
  • Released: 27 May 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD
 45 65 — — 32 — — — 35 —
Decades
  • Released: 9 March 2018
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP
 1 19 11 90 5 — 68 — 7 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Box sets

Title Box details Peak chart positions
FIN
[8]
Lokikirja
  • Released: 18 November 2009
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Format: CD
 21

Soundtracks

Title Album details Peak chart positions
FIN
[8] 		BEL
[30] 		UK
Rock
[30]
Imaginaerum: The Score
  • Released: 9 November 2012
  • Format: CD
 12 101 50

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications
FIN
[8] 		AUT
[10] 		FRA
[12] 		GER
[13] 		SWI
[15]
Over the Hills and Far Away
  • Released: 25 June 2001
  • Label: Spinefarm, Century Media, Drakkar
  • Format: CD, LP
 1 54 139 85 79
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[18]

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
FIN
[8][39] 		AUT
[10] 		FRA
[12] 		GER
[13] 		HUN
[40] 		NLD
[32] 		SPA
[41] 		SWE
[33] 		SWI
[15] 		UK
Rock
[16]
"The Carpenter"
1997
 3 — — — — — — — — —
Angels Fall First
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
1998
 1 — — — — — — — — —
Oceanborn
"Walking in the Air"
1999
 1 — — — — — — — — —
"Sleeping Sun" 1 — — 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 4
Once
"Wish I Had an Angel" 1 47 — 36 3 65 20 11 40 6
"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" 1 — — — 3 — — — — —
"The Siren"
2005
 3 — — 51 1 — — 30 59 4
"Sleeping Sun" 1 47 — 34 — — — — — 5
Highest Hopes
"Amaranth"
2007
 1 30 62 16 1 47 1 13 14 1
Dark Passion Play
"Erämaan Viimeinen" 1 — — — — — — — — —
"Bye Bye Beautiful"
2008
 5 — 54 35 4 — 4 — — 2
"The Islander" 1 — 91 — — — 5 — — —
"Storytime"
2011
 1 57 19 39 2 — 2 — 31 5
Imaginaerum
"The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"
2012
 1 — — 82 — — 5 — — —
"Élan"
2015
 3 53 200 33 5 — — — 33 11
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
"Noise"
2020
 22 — — — 19 — — — — —
Human. :II: Nature.
"Perfume of the Timeless"[42]
2024
 — — — — — — — — — —
Yesterwynde
"The Day of..." — — — — — — — — — —
"An Ocean of Strange Islands" — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Promotional singles

Title[43] 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)
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" 2015 Endless Forms Most Beautiful
"My Walden" 2016
"Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean" (live) 2019 Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
"Harvest" 2021 Human. :II: Nature.
"How's the Heart?"
"Music"

Music videos

Title Year Director
"The Carpenter" 1998 Sami Käyhkö [44]
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
"Sleeping Sun"
"Over the Hills and Far Away" 2001 Pasi Takula[45]
"Bless the Child" 2002
"End of All Hope"
"Nemo" 2004 Antti Jokinen[46]
"Wish I Had an Angel" Uwe Boll[47]
"Sleeping Sun" 2005 Joern Heitmann[48]
"While Your Lips Are Still Red" 2007 Markku Pölönen[49]
"Amaranth" Antti Jokinen[50]
"Bye Bye Beautiful"
"The Islander" 2008 Stobe Harju[51]
"Storytime" 2011
"Élan" 2015 Ville Lipiäinen[52][53]
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
"Noise" 2020 Stobe Harju[54]
"Ad Astra" Ville Lipiäinen[55][56]
"Perfume of the Timeless" 2024
"The Day of..." Stobe Harju[57][58]
"Lanternlight"

Demos

Title Details Notes
Nightwish demo
  • Recorded: December 1996–January 1997 at Huvikeskus studio[59]
  • Members: Turunen, Holopainen and Vuorinen[1]
 Three-track demo with "Nightwish", "The Forever Moments" and "Etiäinen".[60][1]
Angels Fall First demo
  • Recorded: April–May 1997 at Huvikeskus studio[61]
  • Members: Turunen, Holopainen, Vuorinen and Nevalainen[1]
 Three-track demo with "The Carpenter", "Astral Romance" and "Angels Fall First", which eventually became the Angels Fall First album.[62]

See also

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