Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them
| Record | Peak | Weeks | Run |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 1 | 20 | 9/21/91 – 2/1/92 |
| R&R AOR Tracks | 7 | 18 | 10/18/91 – 2/28/92 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 7 | 24 | 11/2/91 – 4/11/92 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 6 | 20 | 12/7/91 – 4/18/92 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 9 | 11 | 12/13/91 – 3/6/92 |
| Come As You Are | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 2 | 23 | 1/17/92 – 6/19/92 |
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 3 | 18 | 1/18/92 – 5/16/92 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 3 | 25 | 1/25/92 – 7/11/92 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 20 | 8 | 3/20/92 – 5/8/92 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 32 | 18 | 3/21/92 – 7/18/92 |
| On A Plain | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 25 | 2 | 1/18/92 – 1/25/92 |
| Lithium | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 25 | 3 | 2/8/92 – 2/22/92 |
| R&R AOR Tracks | 7 | 18 | 5/8/92 – 9/4/92 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 16 | 16 | 6/20/92 – 10/3/92 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 64 | 9 | 8/8/92 – 10/3/92 |
| In Bloom | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 5 | 13 | 11/27/92 – 3/5/93 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 5 | 17 | 12/26/92 – 4/17/93 |
| Sliver | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 19 | 4 | 1/23/93 – 2/13/93 |
| Heart-Shaped Box | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 2 | 16 | 9/10/93 – 1/7/94 |
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 1 | 14 | 9/18/93 – 12/18/93 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 4 | 21 | 9/18/93 – 2/5/94 |
| All Apologies | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 3 | 30 | 11/19/93 – 7/1/94 |
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 1 | 21 | 12/4/93 – 4/23/94 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 4 | 26 | 12/18/93 – 6/11/94 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 30 | 6 | 3/4/94 – 4/8/94 |
| R&R Pop CHR | 36 | 2 | 5/6/94 – 5/13/94 |
| Rape Me | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 57 | 2 | 6/10/94 – 6/17/94 |
| About A Girl | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 2 | 21 | 10/7/94 – 3/10/95 |
| R&R Pop CHR | 28 | 9 | 10/14/94 – 12/9/94 |
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 1 | 19 | 10/15/94 – 2/18/95 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 3 | 26 | 10/15/94 – 4/29/95 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 34 | 6 | 10/28/94 – 12/2/94 |
| The Man Who Sold The World | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 6 | 21 | 1/7/95 – 6/3/95 |
| R&R AOR Tracks | 12 | 15 | 1/13/95 – 4/21/95 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 12 | 12 | 1/28/95 – 4/15/95 |
| Lake Of Fire | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 18 | 12 | 5/5/95 – 7/21/95 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 22 | 9 | 5/27/95 – 7/22/95 |
| Aneurysm (Live) | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 13 | 12 | 9/28/96 – 12/14/96 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 11 | 9 | 9/28/96 – 11/23/96 |
| You Know You're Right | |||
| Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative | 1 | 26 | 10/12/02 – 4/5/03 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 1 | 26 | 10/12/02 – 4/5/03 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 45 | 20 | 10/19/02 – 3/1/03 |
| Something In The Way | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 46 | 1 | 3/26/22 – 3/26/22 |