The second album by Nirvana was released in 1991, and was the first release to feature drummer Dave Grohl. Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind was recorded at Sound City Studios and written primarily by Kurt Cobain. Nevermind became a surprise hit, reaching the top 10 like a rocket and on January 11, 1992, it reached number one on the US Billboard 200. "Smells Like Teen Spirit", would go on to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and the other singles "Come as You Are", "Lithium", and "In Bloom", made the album iconic and the benchmark for all Grunge albums after it.
The album garnered three Grammy nominations, was certified Diamond, and added by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry in 2004. Nevermind is questionably the biggest album of the 90's and regarded as the spark that brought punk rock back into the limelight after years of obscurity in the underground.