Nightwish discography

This is the discography of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, which consists of ten studio albums, one extended play, six live albums, four compilations, eighteen music videos and twenty singles.

Nightwish discography
Nightwish in 2022
Studio albums	10
EPs	1
Soundtrack albums	1
Live albums	6
Compilation albums	4
Singles	20
Video albums	6
Music videos	18

The band was formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, and its current line-up has six members, although Turunen has been replaced by Anette Olzon and later by Floor Jansen, and the original bassist, Sami Vänskä, has been replaced by Marko Hietala, who himself left the band in 2021 to be replaced by Jukka Koskinen, while Kai Hahto has been the band's drummer since 2015.^[1]

Although Nightwish has been popular in Finland since 1997 when they released their debut album, Angels Fall First, 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, and their 2004 album, Once, sold more than one million copies by the end of 2005, becoming their breaktrough album with hit singles "Nemo" and "Wish I Had an Angel.^[1] On 21 October 2005 they played their last concert with Turunen on vocals and in May 2007 Anette Olzon was revealed as her replacement,^[2] releasing two albums with the band, including hit singles "Amaranth" and "Storytime", until her dismissal in 2012.^[1] Floor Jansen then became the band's lead singer and holds the position to this day, having released three albums with the group.^[1] Nightwish's most recent studio album, Yesterwynde, came out on September 20, 2024.^[3]

As of 2024, Nightwish is Finland's most successful music act having sold around 10 million albums and singles worldwide,^[4] including about 900,000 in Finland,^[5] over 1 million in Germany^[6] and over 500,000 in the U.S.^[7]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		FIN [8]	AUS [9]	AUT [10]	CAN [11]	FRA [12]	GER [13]	JPN [14]	SWI [15]	UK [16]	US [17]
Angels Fall First	Released: 30 September 1997 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD, LP, cassette	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	IFPI FIN: Platinum[18]
Oceanborn	Released: 7 December 1998 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD, LP	2	—	—	—	—	74	—	—	—	—	IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[18]
Wishmaster	Released: 19 May 2000 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD, LP	1	—	—	—	66	21	—	—	—	—	IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[18] BVMI: Gold[19]
Century Child	Released: 24 May 2002 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD, LP	1	—	15	—	32	5	—	50	—	—	IFPI FIN: 3× Platinum[18] BVMI: Gold[19]
Once	Released: 7 June 2004 Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast Format: CD, LP	1	—	4	—	9	1	—	4	—[A]	—[B]	IFPI FIN: 3× Platinum[18] BPI: Silver[21] BVMI: 3× Gold[19] IFPI AUT: Gold[22] IFPI SWI: Gold[23]
Dark Passion Play	Released: 26 September 2007 Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner Format: CD, LP, DD	1	42	5	24	6	1	54	1	25	84	IFPI FIN: 4× Platinum[18] BPI: Silver[24] BVMI: Platinum[19] IFPI AUT: Gold[22] IFPI SWI: Gold[23]
Imaginaerum	Released: 30 November 2011 Label: Sony Music, Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner Format: CD, LP, DD	1	57	9	13	41	6	32	3	69	27	IFPI FIN: 3× Platinum[18] BVMI: Gold[19] IFPI SWI: Gold[23]
Endless Forms Most Beautiful	Released: 27 March 2015 Label: Sony Music, Nuclear Blast Format: CD, LP, DD	1	15	4	13	12	2	31	2	12	34	IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[18] BVMI: Gold[25] IFPI SWI: Gold[26]
Human. :II: Nature.	Released: 10 April 2020 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, LP, DD	1	7	2	85	26	1	39	2	28	110	IFPI FIN: Platinum[18]
Yesterwynde	Released: 20 September 2024 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, LP, DD	1 [27]	—	2	—	15 [28]	2	50	2	20	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

1. Once did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 3 on the UK Rock Albums Chart.^[16]
2. Once did not chart on the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 42 on the Top Heatseekers chart.^[20]

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		FIN [8][29]	AUT [10]	BEL [30]	CZE [31]	FRA [12]	GER [13]	NLD [32]	SWE [33]	SWI [15]	UK Rock [16]
From Wishes to Eternity	Released: April 2001 Recorded: 29 December 2000 in Tampere, Finland Format: CD, DVD, VHS	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	IFPI FIN: Gold[18]
End of an Era	Released: 1 June 2006 Recorded: 21 October 2005 in Helsinki, Finland Format: CD, LP, DVD, Blu-ray	7	41	40	—	24	3	3	35	18	7	IFPI FIN: Gold[18] SNEP: Gold[34]
Made in Hong Kong	Released: 1 March 2009 Recorded: 2006–2008 Format: CD+DVD, LP	2	26	41	14	72	15	20	54	38	10
Showtime, Storytime	Released: 29 November 2013 Recorded: 3 August 2013 in Wacken, Germany Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray	23	—	158	37	—	6	—	—	—	5
Vehicle of Spirit	Released: 16 December 2016 / 6 January 2017 Recorded: 30 July 2015 in Tampere, Finland and on 19 December 2015 in London, England Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray	—	—	—	—	182	14	—	—	—	9
Decades: Live in Buenos Aires	Released: 6 December 2019 Recorded: 30 September 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Format: CD, LP, DVD, Blu-ray	1	—	135	85	172	—	50	—	—	1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Video albums

Year	Video details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		FIN [8][29]	AUT [35]	GER [13]	NLD [32]	SWI [36]	UK Rock [16]
From Wishes to Eternity	Released: April 2001 Label: Spinefarm Records Format: VHS, DVD	7	—	—	—	—	—	IFPI FIN: Platinum[18] BVMI: Gold[19]
End of Innocence	Released: 6 October 2003 Label: Spinefarm Records Format: DVD	4	—	62	—	—	—	IFPI FIN: Gold[18] BVMI: Gold[19]
End of an Era	Released: 1 June 2006 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: DVD, Blu-ray	1	2	—	3	—	9	IFPI FIN: Platinum[18] BVMI: 3× Gold[19]
Showtime, Storytime	Released: 29 November 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: DVD, Blu-ray	1	9	—	11	3	—
Vehicle of Spirit	Released: 16 December 2016 / 6 January 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: DVD, Blu-ray	—	—	14	—	—	9
Decades: Live in Buenos Aires	Released: 6 December 2019 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: DVD, Blu-ray	1	—	—	—	—	94
Virtual Live Show from the Islanders Arms 2021	Released: 11 March 2022[37] Label: Deggael Format: DVD	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Compilations

Title	Compilation details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		FIN [8]	AUT [10]	CZE [31]	FRA [12]	GER [13]	NOR [38]	NLD [32]	SWE [33]	SWI [15]	UK Rock [16]
Tales from the Elvenpath	Released: 17 October 2004 Label: Drakkar Format: CD	—	19	—	—	6	—	—	—	19	—	BVMI: Gold[19]
Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish	Released: 17 September 2005 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD	1	13	71	—	17	5	41	14	10	9	IFPI FIN: 3× Platinum[18] BVMI: Platinum[19]
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 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD, LP	1	19	11	90	5	—	68	—	7	3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Box sets

Title	Box details	Peak chart positions
		FIN [8]
Lokikirja	Released: 18 November 2009 Label: Roadrunner Format: CD	21

Soundtracks

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FIN [8]	BEL [30]	UK Rock [30]
Imaginaerum: The Score	Released: 9 November 2012 Format: CD	12	101	50

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions					Certifications
		FIN [8]	AUT [10]	FRA [12]	GER [13]	SWI [15]
Over the Hills and Far Away	Released: 25 June 2001 Label: Spinefarm, Century Media, Drakkar Format: CD, LP	1	54	139	85	79	IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum[18]

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Album
		FIN [8][39]	AUT [10]	FRA [12]	GER [13]	HUN [40]	NLD [32]	SPA [41]	SWE [33]	SWI [15]	UK Rock [16]
"The Carpenter"	1997	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Angels Fall First
"Sacrament of Wilderness"	1998	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Oceanborn
"Walking in the Air"	1999	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sleeping Sun"		1	—	—	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	4	Once
"Wish I Had an Angel"		1	47	—	36	3	65	20	11	40	6
"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan"		1	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—
"The Siren"	2005	3	—	—	51	1	—	—	30	59	4
"Sleeping Sun"		1	47	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	5	Highest Hopes
"Amaranth"	2007	1	30	62	16	1	47	1	13	14	1	Dark Passion Play
"Erämaan Viimeinen"		1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Bye Bye Beautiful"	2008	5	—	54	35	4	—	4	—	—	2
"The Islander"		1	—	91	—	—	—	5	—	—	—
"Storytime"	2011	1	57	19	39	2	—	2	—	31	5	Imaginaerum
"The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"	2012	1	—	—	82	—	—	5	—	—	—
"Élan"	2015	3	53	200	33	5	—	—	—	33	11	Endless Forms Most Beautiful
"Noise"	2020	22	—	—	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	Human. :II: Nature.
"Perfume of the Timeless"[42]	2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yesterwynde
"The Day of..."		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"An Ocean of Strange Islands"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Promotional singles

Title[43]	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)
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"	2015	Endless Forms Most Beautiful
"My Walden"	2016
"Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean" (live)	2019	Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
"Harvest"	2021	Human. :II: Nature.
"How's the Heart?"

Music videos

Title	Year	Director
"The Carpenter"	1998	Sami Käyhkö [44]
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
"Sleeping Sun"
"Over the Hills and Far Away"	2001	Pasi Takula[45]
"Bless the Child"	2002
"End of All Hope"
"Nemo"	2004	Antti Jokinen[46]
"Wish I Had an Angel"		Uwe Boll[47]
"Sleeping Sun"	2005	Joern Heitmann[48]
"While Your Lips Are Still Red"	2007	Markku Pölönen[49]
"Amaranth"		Antti Jokinen[50]
"Bye Bye Beautiful"
"The Islander"	2008	Stobe Harju[51]
"Storytime"	2011
"Élan"	2015	Ville Lipiäinen[52][53]
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
"Noise"	2020	Stobe Harju[54]
"Ad Astra"		Ville Lipiäinen[55][56]
"Perfume of the Timeless"	2024
"The Day of..."		Stobe Harju[57][58]
"Lanternlight"

Demos

Title	Details	Notes
Nightwish demo	Recorded: December 1996–January 1997 at Huvikeskus studio[59] Members: Turunen, Holopainen and Vuorinen[1]	Three-track demo with "Nightwish", "The Forever Moments" and "Etiäinen".[60][1]
Angels Fall First demo	Recorded: April–May 1997 at Huvikeskus studio[61] Members: Turunen, Holopainen, Vuorinen and Nevalainen[1]	Three-track demo with "The Carpenter", "Astral Romance" and "Angels Fall First", which eventually became the Angels Fall First album.[62]

See also

• Tarja Turunen discography

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External links

• Nightwish's official website