Nevermind knocked Michael Jackson off No. 1 and sold 30 million copies

Released September 24, 1991, Nevermind initially shipped just 46,000 copies — and went on to sell over 30 million worldwide. By January 1992 it had knocked Michael Jackson’s Dangerous off the top of the Billboard 200, signaling a seismic shift in popular music that the industry still hasn’t stopped talking about.