Post Malone's Nirvana Tribute Dominates Record Store Day 2025 as Top-Selling Album

April 24, 2025
Post Malone's Nirvana Tribute Dominates Record Store Day 2025 as Top-Selling Album
  • Post Malone's tribute to Nirvana emerged as the top-selling album during Record Store Day 2025, which took place on April 12.

  • In addition to his album success, Malone also secured the top-selling single with 'Fortnight,' a collaboration with Taylor Swift.

  • As the ambassador for Record Store Day 2025, Malone expressed his honor in a statement, emphasizing the significance of the event.

  • This year's Record Store Day featured over 300 unique titles, showcasing limited-edition albums and singles available at independent record stores across the U.S.

  • The event reported impressive sales figures, with Billboard noting that half of the top ten on the April 26-dated Top Album Sales chart consisted of RSD 2025 titles.

  • Gracie Abrams' 'Live from Radio City Music Hall' ranked as the second-best-selling album, followed by live albums from Rage Against the Machine and Laufey.

  • Other notable best-selling albums included Fleetwood Mac's picture disc, Gorillaz's 'Demon Days Live from the Apollo Theater,' and The Doors' 'Strange Days 1967: A Work in Progress.'

  • Among the standout singles from the event were 'Guess' by Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish and 'Encore at the Garden' by The Killers with Bruce Springsteen.

  • The tribute album featured iconic Nirvana tracks such as 'Lithium,' 'In Bloom,' and 'Heart-Shaped Box,' showcasing the band's enduring legacy.

  • This tribute performance originally streamed live in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring blink-182's Travis Barker on drums.

  • Charli XCX's mixtape 'Number 1 Angel,' which was initially released in 2017, also saw a vinyl release this Record Store Day, contributing to the event's overall success.

  • In a notable performance earlier this year, Post Malone sang 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' with surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic during SNL50: The Homecoming Concert.

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