’90s alt/indie rock sales figures

I found this and thought it would be interesting to share. Below are album sales figures from some of the more popular bands from the ’90s scene. I was amazed, some albums I thought would have higher numbers weren’t even close to my guesses, while others blew me away with how many they sold. I knew Nirvana’s Nevermind was popular, but holy crap! The Breeders seems way high, but that damn song was everywhere for a year.

from sfj.abstractdynamics.org:

NIRVANA:
Bleach / 1.6 million
Nevermind / 8.2 million
In Utero / 3.9 million
Incesticide / 1.2 million
Unplugged / 4.5 million
Nirvana / 1.6 million

HOLE:
Pretty on the Inside / 204,000
Live Through This / 1.6 million
Celebrity Skin / 1.4 million

PAVEMENT:
Westing (By Musket and Sextant)/ 63,000
Slanted and Enchanted / 144,000
Watery, Domestic EP / 33,000
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain / 237,000
Wowee Zowee / 118,000
Brighten the Corners / 142,000
Terror Twilight / 96,000

SLINT:
Tweez / 24,000
Spiderland / 50,000
Slint (EP) / 19,000

PJ HARVEY:
4/Track Demos / 119,000
Rid of Me / 204,000
To Bring You My Love / 369,000
Is this Desire? / 163,000
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea / 282,000
Uh Huh Her / 131,000

THE BREEDERS:
Last Splash / 987,000

SONIC YOUTH:
Sonic Youth / 4,100
Bad Moon Rising / 33,000
Confusion Is Sex / 41,100
Starpower / 1,000
Evol / 48,400
Sister / 72,000
Sonic Death / 5,500
Made In The USA soundtrack / 21,000
Daydream Nation / 162,000
Goo / 169,000
Dirty / 329,000
Experimental Jet Set Trash & No Star / 246,000
Washing Machine / 159,000
A Thousand Leaves / 66,000
Nyc Ghosts & Flowers 46,000
Murray Street / 63,000
Sonic Nurse / 65,000