Nightwish discography
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This is the discography of the Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish.
 Clockwise from the top: Olzon, Hietala, Vuorinen, Nevalainen and Holopainen |
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| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 6 | |
| ↙Live albums | 2 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 4 | |
| ↙Extended plays | 1 | |
| ↙Singles | 18 | |
| ↙Video albums | 3 | |
| ↙Music videos | 15 | |
| References and footnotes | ||
Contents |
[edit] Studio albums
| Title | Release date | Type | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angels Fall First | 1997 | Album | Century Media, Spinefarm | --- |
| Oceanborn | 1998 | Album | Century Media, Drakkar, Spinefarm | --- |
| Wishmaster | 2000 | Album | Century Media, Drakkar, Spinefarm | --- |
| Century Child | 2002 | Album | Century Media, Spinefarm | --- |
| Once | 2004 | Album | Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner, Spinefarm | --- |
| Dark Passion Play | 2007 | Album | Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner, Spinefarm | --- |
[edit] Demos and EPs
| Title | Release date | Type | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demo | 1996 | Demo | - | A demo including "Nightwish", "Etiäinen" and "The Forever Moments". Officially released only in Internet. |
| Over the Hills and Far Away | 2001 | EP | Century Media, Drakkar, Spinefarm |
[edit] Singles
[edit] Live albums
| Title | Release date | Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| From Wishes to Eternity | 2001 | --- | --- |
| End of an Era | June 1, 2006 (Finland) and June 2, 2006 (Germany) | --- | --- |
[edit] Compilations
| Title | Release date | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wishmastour 2000 | 2000 | XIII Bis Records | --- |
| Tales from the Elvenpath | 2004 | Drakkar | --- |
| Bestwishes | 2005 | Toy's Factory | --- |
| Highest Hopes | 2005 | Spinefarm | 2x Platinum in Finland (+60 000) |
[edit] Videography
[edit] Music videos
| Title | Album | Watch Video | Release date | Director | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Carpenter | Angels Fall First | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sacrament Of Wilderness | Oceanborn | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sleeping Sun | Oceanborn | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Over the Hills and Far Away | Over the Hills and Far Away | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bless The Child | Century Child | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| End Of All Hope | Century Child | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nemo | Once | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nemo (With clips from The Cave) | Once | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wish I Had An Angel | Once | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wish I Had An Angel (With clips from Alone In The Dark) | Once | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sleeping Sun 2005 | Highest Hopes | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| While Your Lips Are Still Red | Amaranth | Watch Video | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amaranth | Dark Passion Play | Watch Video | 2007-08-22 | --- | --- | --- |
| Bye Bye Beautiful | Dark Passion Play | Watch Video | 2008-02-15 | --- | --- | --- |
| The Islander | Dark Passion Play | Watch Video | 2008-04-14 | --- | --- | --- |
[edit] Videos and DVDs
| Title | Release date | Content |
|---|---|---|
| From Wishes to Eternity | 2001 | Live show |
| End of Innocence | October 6, 2003 | Documentary |
| End of an Era | June 1, 2006 (Finland) and June 2, 2006 (Germany) | Live show |
[edit] Documentaries
| Title | Release date | Content |
|---|---|---|
| A Day Before Tomorrow | June 1, 2006 (Finland) and June 2, 2006 (Germany) | --- |
[edit] Cover songs
[edit] Covers appearing on albums
| Title | Original Artist | On Album |
|---|---|---|
| Crimson Tide (Live cover) | Hans Zimmer | From Wishes to Eternity DVD and Live Album |
| Deep Blue Sea (Live cover) | Trevor Rabin | From Wishes to Eternity DVD and Live Album |
| High Hopes (Live cover) | Pink Floyd | "Highest Hopes" Album and "End of an Era" DVD and Live Album |
| Over the Hills and Far Away | Gary Moore | Over the Hills and Far Away EP |
| Phantom of the Opera | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Century Child Album |
| Symphony of Destruction (Live cover) | Megadeth | "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" and "The Siren" Singles |"DVD-Audio Once" |
| Walking in the Air theme song from The Snowman | Howard Blake | "Oceanborn" Album |
| Where Were You Last Night | Ankie Bagger | "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" (Japan Only), "Once" (Korea Only) and "Wish I Had an Angel" Singles |
| Wild Child | W.A.S.P. | "End of Innocence" |
[edit] Covers only played live
| Title | Original Artist | Appears On |
|---|---|---|
| Crazy Train[1] | Ozzy Osbourne | --- |
| Don't Talk to Strangers[2] | Dio | --- |
| We're Not Gonna Take It | Twisted Sister | --- |
[edit] Non-album tracks
| Title | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kiteen Pallo (KIPA 2001) | 1:09 | Kitee Finland Baseball Team Anthem |
[edit] Total list of songs (incomplete)
The list is sorted alphabetically.
[edit] Notes
I. ^ The song from which the band received its name.
II. ^ Entirely instrumental. Writing it, Holopainen was inspired by etiäinen.
III. ^ Elvenpath uses audio-clips from the prologue of The Lord of the Rings, directed by Ralph Bakshi.
[edit] Charts
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | Notes | Chart positions | ||||||||||||||
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| AUS | AUT[3] | DEN[4] | FIN[5] | FRA[6] | GER[7] | NET[8] | NOR[9] | SPA | SWE[10] | SWI[11] | UK | US | UWC[12] | ||||
| 1997 | "Angels Fall First" | - | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998 | "Oceanborn" | - | - | - | 5 | - | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000 | "Wishmaster" | - | - | - | 1 | 66 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001 | "Over the Hills and Far Away" | EP | - | 54 | - | - | 139 | 85 | - | - | - | - | 79 | - | - | - | |
| 2002 | "Century Child" | - | 15 | - | 1 | 32 | 5 | 41 | 19 | - | 39 | 50 | - | - | - | ||
| 2004 | "Once" | - | 4 | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 102 | - | 13 | ||
| 2007 | "Dark Passion Play" | 42 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 84 | 9 | ||
| AUS | AUT | DEN | FIN | FRA | GER | NET | NOR | SPA | SWE | SWI | UK | US | UWC | ||||
| Number one hits | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Top ten hits | - | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | |||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Album | Title | Notes | Chart positions | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | AUT[13] | DEN[14] | FIN[15] | FRA[16] | GER[17] | GRE | HUN | NET[18] | NOR[19] | SPA | SWE[20] | SWI[21] | UK | |||||||
| 1997 | Angels Fall First | "The Carpenter" | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1998 | Oceanborn | "Sacrament of Wilderness" | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1998 | Oceanborn | "Passion and the Opera" | Promotional single | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1999 | Oceanborn | "Walking in the Air" | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1999 | Oceanborn | "Sleeping Sun" | Four Ballads of the Eclipse | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2000 | Wishmaster | "Deep Silent Complete" | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 2001 | Over the Hills and Far Away | "Over the Hills and Far Away" | EP | - | - | - | 1 | - | 86 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2002 | Century Child | "Ever Dream" | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 2002 | Century Child | "Bless the Child" | - | - | - | 1 | - | 63 | - | - | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 2004 | Once | "Nemo" | 24 | 12 | - | 1 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 4 | - | 12 | 14 | 87 | ||||
| 2004 | Once | "Wish I Had an Angel" | - | 47 | - | 1 | - | 36 | - | - | 65 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 60 | ||||
| 2004 | Once | "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" | Finland and Japan only. | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2005 | Once | "The Siren" | - | - | 15 | 3 | - | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 59 | - | ||||
| 2005 | Highest Hopes | "Sleeping Sun" | 2005 Remake | - | 47 | - | 1 | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2007 | Dark Passion Play | "Eva" | Radio/Internet only | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2007 | Dark Passion Play | "Amaranth" | 38 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 47 | - | 1 | 13 | 14 | - | ||||
| 2007 | Dark Passion Play | "Erämaan Viimeinen" | Finland only | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2008 | Dark Passion Play | "Bye Bye Beautiful" | - | - | - | 5 | 54 | 35 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | ||||
| 2008 | Dark Passion Play | "The Islander" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| AUS | AUT | DEN | FIN | FRA | GER | GRE | HUN | NET | NOR | SPA | SWE | SWI | UK | |||||||
| Number one hits | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
| Top ten hits | - | - | 1 | 16 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | ||||||
[edit] Cover songs
[edit] On albums/DVDs
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[edit] Only played live
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Metalfan.nl. Een interview met Tuomas Holopainen van Nightwish. Retrieved on December 30, 2005.
- ^ a b Dark Tales. NIGHTWISH – 11.01.2003 – Oberhausen “König Pilsener Arena”. Retrieved on December 29, 2005.
- ^ Discographie Nightwish - austriancharts.at
- ^ danishcharts.com - Discography Nightwish
- ^ finnishcharts.com - Discography Nightwish
- ^ lescharts.com - Discographie Nightwish
- ^ musicline.de - Die ganze Musik im Internet
- ^ dutchcharts.nl - Discografie Nightwish
- ^ norwegiancharts.com - Discography Nightwish
- ^ swedishcharts.com - Discography Nightwish
- ^ Discographie Nightwish - hitparade.ch
- ^ Global Album Chart
- ^ Discographie Nightwish - austriancharts.at
- ^ danishcharts.com - Discography Nightwish
- ^ finnishcharts.com - Discography Nightwish
- ^ lescharts.com - Discographie Nightwish
- ^ musicline.de - Die ganze Musik im Internet
- ^ dutchcharts.nl - Discografie Nightwish
- ^ norwegiancharts.com - Discography Nightwish
- ^ swedishcharts.com - Discography Nightwish
- ^ Discographie Nightwish - hitparade.ch
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