The first single, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” has been out for two weeks and is performing better than expected, so insiders think the album could catch on and maybe sell 500,000 copies or so – enough to earn a Gold record.

It hits that milestone on October 12, and keeps selling. On January 11, 1992, Nevermind supplants Dangerous at the #1 spot, knocking the King Of Pop off his throne. The album eventually sells over 10 million copies in the US while earning rave reviews on it’s way to becoming a rock touchstone. The band seems flummoxed by the sudden success – after all, they’re just a little grunge band from Washington State.