Nightwish discography
Nightwish performing in Oberhausen, 2015
Studio albums9
Live albums6
Compilation albums7
Video albums7
Music videos18
EPs1
Singles22
Soundtrack albums1

The discography of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish consists of nine studio albums, one extended play, six live albums, seven compilations, eighteen music videos and twenty-two 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Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen; Nightwish's current line-up has six members although Turunen has been replaced by Anette Olzon and later by Floor Jansen, and the original bassist, Sami Vänskä, has been replaced by Marko Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist part.[1]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 21 October 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", was released on 9 November 2011, and the seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, was released on November 30 of the same year. It accompanied a movie of the same name, directed by Stobe Harju, who previously directed Nightwish's "The Islander" music video.[7] The band started the Imaginaerum World Tour in the United States city of Los Angeles on 21 January 2012, at the Gibson Amphitheatre.[8]

As of 2012, Nightwish has sold over 9 million records worldwide,[9] including about 900,000 in Finland,[10] over 1 million in Germany[11] and over 500,000 in the U.S.[12]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
FIN
[13]
AUT
[14]
FRA
[15]
GER
[16]
GRE
[17]
HUN
[18]
NLD
[19]
NOR
[20]
SWE
[21]
SWI
[22]
UK
[23]
US
[24]
Angels Fall First 5
Oceanborn
  • Released: 7 December 1998 (FIN)
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
274
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[25]
Wishmaster
  • Released: 19 May 2000 (FIN)
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
16621
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[25]
Century Child
  • Released: 24 May 2002 (FIN)
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
11532541193950
  • IFPI FIN: 3× Platinum[25]
Once 14911511134102
Dark Passion Play
  • Released: 26 September 2007 (FIN)
  • Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
15615157412584
  • IFPI FIN: 4× Platinum[25]
  • BVMI: Platinum[31]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold[32]
  • IFPI SWE: Gold[34]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[35]
Imaginaerum
  • Released: 30 November 2011 (FIN)
  • Label: Scene Nation/Sony Music, Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
19416212417336927
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
  • Released: 27 March 2015 (EU)
  • Label: Oily Empire/Sony Music, Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
141224233421234
  • IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[25]
  • BVMI: Gold[40]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[42]
Human. :II: Nature.
  • Released: 10 April 2020
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP, DD
1226122411228110
[43]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
FIN
[45]
AUT
[14]
BEL
[46]
FRA
[15]
GER
[16]
GRE
[17]
NLD
[19]
SWE
[21]
SWI
[22]
UK
[23]
From Wishes to Eternity
  • Released: April 2001
  • Recorded: 29 December 2000
  • Format: CD
5
[47]
1
End of an Era
  • Released: 1 June 2006
  • Recorded: 21 October 2005
  • Format: CD, LP, DVD, Blu-ray
6 41 40 24 3 3 35 18
Made in Hong Kong
  • Released: 1 March 2009
  • Recorded: 2006–2008
  • Format: CD+DVD, LP
2 26 41 72 15 4 20 54 38
Showtime, Storytime
  • Released: 29 November 2013
  • Recorded: 3 August 2013
  • Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray
34 158 6 52
Vehicle of Spirit
  • Released: 16 December 2016 / 6 January 2017
  • Recorded: 30 July 2015 / 19 December 2015
  • Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray
182 14 1
Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
  • Released: 6 December 2019
  • Recorded: 30 September 2018
  • Format: CD, LP, DVD, Blu-ray
1 196 172 50 94
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Compilation albums

Title Compilation details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
FIN
[13]
AUT
[14]
GER
[16]
GRE
[17]
NOR
[20]
NLD
[19]
SWE
[21]
SWI
[22]
UK
[23]
Wishmastour 2000
  • Released: 11 December 2000
  • Label: XIII Bis Records
  • Format: CD
Tales from the Elvenpath
  • Released: 17 October 2004
  • Label: Drakkar Records
  • Format: CD
19 7 12
Bestwishes
  • Released: 9 March 2005
  • Label: Toy's Factory
  • Format: CD
Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish
  • Released: 17 September 2005
  • Label: Spinefarm Record
  • Format: CD, DVD
1 13 17 1 5 41 14 10
The Sound of Nightwish Reborn
Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
  • Released: 27 May 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD
45 65 32 35
Decades
  • Released: 9 March 2018[49]
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD, LP
1 19 5 68 7 62
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Soundtracks

Title Album details Peak chart positions
FIN
[13]
BEL
[46]
Imaginaerum: The Score
  • Released: 9 November 2012
  • Format: CD
12 101

Video albums

Year Video details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
FIN
[50]
GER
[16]
SWE
[51]
AUT
[52]
SWI
[53]
BEL
[54]
NLD
[55]
From Wishes to Eternity
  • Released: April 2001
  • Label: Spinefarm Records
  • Format: VHS, DVD
13
End of Innocence
  • Released: 6 October 2003
  • Label: Spinefarm Records
  • Format: DVD
4 62 13
End of an Era
  • Released: 1 June 2006
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
1 1 2 3
Made in Hong Kong
  • Released: 1 March 2009
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: CD+DVD
3 2 4 16
Showtime, Storytime
  • Released: 29 November 2013
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
1 2 9 3 6 11
Vehicle of Spirit
  • Released: 16 December 2016 / 6 January 2017
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
14 1
Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
  • Released: 6 December 2019
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
Virtual Live Show from the Islanders Arms 2021
  • Released: 11 March 2022
  • Label: Deggael
  • Format: DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

EPs

Title EP details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
FIN
[13]
AUT
[14]
FRA
[15]
GER
[16]
SWI
[22]
Over the Hills and Far Away
  • Released: 25 June 2001
  • Label: Spinefarm, Century Media, Drakkar
  • Format: CD, LP
1 54 139 85 79
  • FIN: 2× Platinum[57]

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
FIN
[13]
AUT
[14]
FRA
[15]
GER
[58]
HUN
[18]
NLD
[19]
SPA
[59]
SWE
[21]
SWI
[22]
"The Carpenter"
1997
3 Angels Fall First
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
1998
1 Oceanborn
"Walking in the Air"
1999
1
"Sleeping Sun" 2 34
"Deep Silent Complete"
2000
3 Wishmaster
"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" (re-recorded) 1 47 34 Highest Hopes
"Amaranth"
2007
1 30 62 16 1 47 1 13 14 Dark Passion Play
"Erämaan Viimeinen" 1
"Bye Bye Beautiful"
2008
5 54 35 4 4
"The Islander" 1 91 5
"Storytime"
2011
1 57 19 39 2 2 31 Imaginaerum
"The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"
2012
1 82 5
"Élan"
2015
3 53 200 33 5 33 Endless Forms Most Beautiful
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
"Noise"
2020
19 Human. :II: Nature.
"Harvest"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Promotional singles

Single Year Album
"Passion and the Opera" 1998 Oceanborn
"The Kinslayer" 2000 Wishmaster
"Sleepwalker"
"Eva" 2007 Dark Passion Play
"Amaranth" (live) 2009 Made in Hong Kong
"Ghost Love Score" (live) 2013 Showtime, Storytime
"Storytime" (live)
"Shudder Before the Beautiful" 2015 Endless Forms Most Beautiful
"My Walden" 2016
"Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean" (live) 2019 Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
"Music" (edit) 2021 Human. :II: Nature.
"How's the Heart?"

Music videos

Song Year Director
"The Carpenter" 1998 Sami Käyhkö [60]
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
"Sleeping Sun"
"Over the Hills and Far Away" 2001 Pasi Takula
"Bless the Child" 2002
"End of All Hope"
"Nemo" 2004 Antti Jokinen[61]
"Wish I Had an Angel" Uwe Boll[62]
"The Siren" 2005 Silver Style Entertainment
"Sleeping Sun" Joern Heitmann[63]
"While Your Lips Are Still Red" 2007 Markku Pölönen[64]
"Amaranth" Antti Jokinen[65]
"Bye Bye Beautiful"
"The Islander" 2008 Stobe Harju[66]
"Storytime" 2011
"Élan" 2015 Ville Lipiäinen[67][68]
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
"Noise" 2020 Stobe Harju[69]
"Ad Astra" Ville Lipiäinen[70]

Demos

Title Details Notes
Untitled
  • Recorded: December 1996–January 1997 at Huvikeskus studio[71]
  • Members: Turunen, Holopainen and Vuorinen
Three-track demo with "Nightwish", "The Forever Moments" and "Etiäinen".[72][1] Later released as downloadable tracks via the Century Child special edition.
Untitled
  • Recorded: April–May 1997 at Huvikeskus studio[73]
  • Members: Turunen, Holopainen, Vuorinen and Nevalainen
Three-track demo with "The Carpenter", "Astral Romance" and "Angels Fall First".[74] Later released as part of Angels Fall First.

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