Nightwish discography

Nightwish discography

The band ending a concert in Mantova, Italy, on March 31, 2009. From left to right: Marco Hietala (bass, vocals), Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards), Anette Olzon (vocals), Troy Donockley (special live guest), Jukka Nevalainen (drums) and Emppu Vuorinen (guitar)
Releases
↙Studio albums	7
↙Live albums	4
↙Compilation albums	7
↙EPs	1
↙Singles	20
↙Music videos	13

The discography of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish consists of seven studio albums, one extended play, four live albums, seven compilations, thirteen music videos and nineteen 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Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen; Nightwish's current line-up has five members although Turunen has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the original bassist, Sami Vänskä, has been replaced by Marco Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist part.^[1]

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", is scheduled to be released on November 11, 2011, and the seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, will come out on December 2 alongside a movie of the same name, directed by Stobe Harju, who previously directed Nightwish's "The Islander" music video.^[7] The band is also scheduled to start the Imaginaerum World Tour in the USA city of Los Angeles on January 21, 2012, at the Gibson Amphitheatre.^[8]

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		FIN [9]	AUT [10]	FRA [11]	GER [12]	GRE [13]	HUN [14]	NLD [15]	NOR [16]	SWE [17]	SWI [18]
Angels Fall First	Released: November 1, 1997 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	FIN: Platinum[19]
Oceanborn	Released: December 7, 1998 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD	5	—	—	74	—	—	—	—	—	—	FIN: 2×Platinum[19]
Wishmaster	Released: May 19, 2000 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD, LP	1	—	66	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	FIN: 2×Platinum[19]
Century Child	Released: May 24, 2002 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD, VHS	1	15	32	5	—	—	41	19	39	50	FIN: 3×Platinum[19]
Once	Released: June 7, 2004 Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast Format: CD, Audio DVD	1	4	9	1	1	5	11	1	3	4	AUT: Gold[20] FIN: 3×Platinum[19] GER: Platinum[21] NOR: Gold[22] SWE: Gold[23]
Dark Passion Play	Released: September 26, 2007 Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast and Roadrunner Format: CD, Audio DVD	1	5	6	1	5	1	5	7	4	1	AUT: Gold[20] FIN: 4×Platinum[19] GER: Platinum[21] HUN: Platinum[24] POL: Gold[25] SWE: Gold[23] SWI: 2×Platinum[26]
Imaginaerum	Released: November 30, 2011 Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast and Roadrunner Format: CD, Audio DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		FIN [9]	AUT [10]	BEL [27]	GER [12]	GRE [13]	NLD [15]	SWE [17]	SWI [18]
From Wishes to Eternity	Released: April 2001 Recorded: December 29, 2000 Format: CD, DVD, VHS	7	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	FIN: Gold[19]
End of Innocence	Released: October 6, 2003 Recorded: 2002–2003 Format: DVD	1	—	—	62	—	—	—	—	FIN: Platinum[19] GER: Gold[21]
End of an Era	Released: June 1, 2006 Recorded: October 21, 2005 Format: CD, DVD	7	41	40	3	—	3	35	18	FIN: Platinum[19] FRA: Gold[28] GER: Gold[21]
Made in Hong Kong	Released: March 1, 2009 Recorded: 2006–2008 Format: MCD, DVD	2	26	50	15	4	20	54	38
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

EPs

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions					Certifications
		FIN [9]	AUT [10]	FRA [11]	GER [12]	SWI [18]
Over the Hills and Far Away	Released: June 25, 2001 Label: Spinefarm, Century Media and Drakkar Format: MCD	1	53	139	85	79	FIN: 2×Platinum[19]

Compilation albums

Title	Compilation details	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		FIN [9]	AUT [10]	GER [12]	GRE [13]	NOR [16]	NLD [15]	SWE [17]	SWI [18]
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	FIN: Platinum[19] GER: Gold[21]
Bestwishes	Released: March 22, 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	FIN: 3×Platinum[19] NOR: Gold[22]
The Sound of Nightwish Reborn	Released: September 2, 2008 Label: Roadrunner Records Format: Digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lokikirja	Released: 18 November 2009 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads	Released: 27 May 2011 Label: Sony Music Format: CD	45	65	32	—	—	—	—	35
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions									Album
		FIN [9]	AUT [10]	FRA [11]	GER [29]	HUN [14]	NLD [15]	SPA [30]	SWE [17]	SWI [18]
"The Carpenter"	1997	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Angels Fall First
"Sacrament of Wilderness"	1998	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Oceanborn
"Passion and the Opera"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Walking in the Air"	1999	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)"		2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Kinslayer"	2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Wishmaster
"Deep Silent Complete"		3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"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"		1	47	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	Highest Hopes
"Eva"	2007	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Dark Passion Play
"Amaranth"		1	30	62	16	1	47	1	13	14
"Erämaan Viimeinen"		1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Bye Bye Beautiful"	2008	5	—	54	35	4	—	4	—	—
"The Islander"		1	—	91	—	—	—	5	—	—
"Storytime"	2011	1	—	—	—	8	—	—	—	31	Imaginaerum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Music videos

Song	Year	Director
"The Carpenter"	1998	Unknown
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
"Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of Eclipse)"
"Over the Hills and Far Away"	2001
"Bless the Child"	2002
"End of All Hope"
"Nemo"	2004	Antti Jokinen[31]
"Wish I Had an Angel"		Uwe Boll[32]
"Sleeping Sun"	2005	Joern Heitmann[33]
"While Your Lips Are Still Red"	2007	Markku Pölönen[34]
"Amaranth"		Antti Jokinen[35]
"Bye Bye Beautiful"		Antti Jokinen
"The Islander"	2008	Stobe Harju[36]
"Storytime"	2011	Stobe Harju

See also

• Tarja Turunen discography

References

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External links

• Nightwish's Official Website