The discography

Discography

Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...

 of Finnish symphonic metal

Symphonic metal

Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...

 band Nightwish

Nightwish

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...

 consists of seven studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

s, one extended play

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, four live albums, seven compilations, thirteen music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s and nineteen singles

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

. The band was formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen

Tuomas Holopainen

Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen is a Finnish composer known best for symphonic metal music. He has also studied jazz and classical styles, but prefers to be influenced by harmonic film music....

, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen

Emppu Vuorinen

Erno "Emppu" Matti Juhani Vuorinen is a Finnish guitarist, most famous for being a founding member and occasional songwriter of the symphonic metal band Nightwish...

, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen

Tarja Turunen

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli is a Finnish singer-songwriter and composer. She is a full lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves....

; Nightwish's current line-up has five members although Turunen has been replaced by Anette Olzon

Anette Olzon

Anette Ingegerd Olsson , known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer from Helsingborg, best known as the second lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish. Olzon was formerly the vocalist in the Swedish AOR band Alyson Avenue...

 and the original bassist, Sami Vänskä

Sami Vänskä

Sami Vänskä is the former bassist of Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish.-Background story:He started playing bass as a private study. He has played in a few bands which have been mostly from the metal genre....

, has been replaced by Marco Hietala

Marco Hietala

Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala is a heavy metal vocalist and bassist. Internationally, he is most known as the current bassist, male vocalist and composer, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish...

, who also took over the male vocalist part.

Although Nightwish has been popular in Finland since 1997 when they released their debut album, Angels Fall First

Angels Fall First

Angels Fall First is the debut album of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. The original limited edition of which only 500 copies were released features seven tracks, two of which are not on the regular edition.- Musical style :...

, they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums Oceanborn

Oceanborn

-Personnel:Credits for Oceanborn adapted from liner notes.The band*Tarja Turunen - Vocals*Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards*Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitar*Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar*Jukka Nevalainen - Drums and PercussionMain Crew...

, Wishmaster

Wishmaster (album)

Wishmaster is the third album of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on May 19, 2000 by Spinefarm Records.Wishmaster's sound continues the bombastic symphonic power metal approach originally featured on Oceanborn, albeit with more emphasis on atmosphere and melody versus powerful speed...

and Century Child

Century Child

Century Child is the fourth studio album of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2002 by Spinefarm Records. It is the first album with current bassist and male vocalist Marco Hietala....

, which were released in 1998, 2000 and 2002, respectively. The 2004 album, Once

Once (Nightwish album)

Once is the fifth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on June 7, 2004 by Nuclear Blast and on November 24 by Spinefarm, with the US release on October 5 by Roadrunner Records. In an interview, Tuomas Holopainen said that it is up to the listener to find out the meaning...

, had sold more than one million copies by the end of 2005 and allowed the band to host the Once Upon a Tour

Once Upon a Tour

-In 2004:-In 2005:-External links:*...

, concluded in Finland on October 21, 2005, when they played their last concert with Turunen on vocals and also when the End of an Era DVD

End of an Era

End of an Era is a DVD and double CD from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Nuclear Blast recorded their live performance at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on October 21, 2005, the final concert of a long worldwide tour for their album Once...

was recorded. In May 2007, former Alyson Avenue

Alyson Avenue

Alyson Avenue is a Swedish classic rock band. The band's musical style was described as "AOR". The band has released two albums: Presence of Mind and Omega, and are currently recording a third, which will feature previous lead singer Anette Olzon....

 frontwoman Anette Olzon

Anette Olzon

Anette Ingegerd Olsson , known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer from Helsingborg, best known as the second lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish. Olzon was formerly the vocalist in the Swedish AOR band Alyson Avenue...

 was revealed as Turunen's replacement, and the album Dark Passion Play

Dark Passion Play

Dark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on 26 September, 2007 in Finland, 28 September in Europe and 2 October 2007 in the United States. It was the first Nightwish album with the band's current lead singer, Anette Olzon, and the first album...

was released on September 26 after the singles "Eva" in May and "Amaranth

Amaranth (song)

-Charts performance:"Amaranth" is Nightwish's most successful single reaching number 1 in Spain, Hungary, Norway and Finland. It went straight to number one in Finland and stayed at number 1 for 3 weeks, dropping to number 2 in its fourth week on the chart. "Amaranth" then returned to the top spot...

" in August.

The next Nightwish single, "Storytime", is scheduled to be released on November 11, 2011, and the seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, will come out on December 2 alongside a movie of the same name, directed by Stobe Harju, who previously directed Nightwish's "The Islander" music video. The band is also scheduled to start the Imaginaerum World Tour

Imaginaerum World Tour

Imaginaerum World Tour is the fifth world tour by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, it will take place in 2012 in support of their seventh studio album, Imaginaerum....

in the USA city of Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 on January 21, 2012, at the Gibson Amphitheatre

Gibson Amphitheatre

The Gibson Amphitheatre is a theatre located in Universal City, California, USA. It seats up to 6,189 for concerts, including 6,089 chairback seats...

.

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
		FIN Mitä hittiä The Official Finnish Charts is a national record chart in Finland composed by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.The singles chart was started in January 1991 as Radiomafian lista and was broadcast on the radio station Radiomafia of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, YLE. This chart is based on a...	AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	GRE Greek Albums Chart International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Greece or IFPI Greece is the Greek branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and is the official charts provider and recording sales certification body for Greece. Currently two charts are compiled, one for sales of...	HUN Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....	NLD MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...
Angels Fall First Angels Fall First Angels Fall First is the debut album of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. The original limited edition of which only 500 copies were released features seven tracks, two of which are not on the regular edition.- Musical style :...	Released: November 1, 1997 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	FIN IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... : Platinum
Oceanborn Oceanborn -Personnel:Credits for Oceanborn adapted from liner notes.The band*Tarja Turunen - Vocals*Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards*Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitar*Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar*Jukka Nevalainen - Drums and PercussionMain Crew...	Released: December 7, 1998 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD	5	—	—	74	—	—	—	—	—	—	FIN: 2×Platinum
Wishmaster Wishmaster (album) Wishmaster is the third album of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on May 19, 2000 by Spinefarm Records.Wishmaster's sound continues the bombastic symphonic power metal approach originally featured on Oceanborn, albeit with more emphasis on atmosphere and melody versus powerful speed...	Released: May 19, 2000 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD, LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...	1	—	66	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	FIN: 2×Platinum
Century Child Century Child Century Child is the fourth studio album of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2002 by Spinefarm Records. It is the first album with current bassist and male vocalist Marco Hietala....	Released: May 24, 2002 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD, VHS VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....	1	15	32	5	—	—	41	19	39	50	FIN: 3×Platinum
Once Once (Nightwish album) Once is the fifth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on June 7, 2004 by Nuclear Blast and on November 24 by Spinefarm, with the US release on October 5 by Roadrunner Records. In an interview, Tuomas Holopainen said that it is up to the listener to find out the meaning...	Released: June 7, 2004 Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast Nuclear Blast Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic... Format: CD, Audio DVD	1	4	9	1	1	5	11	1	3	4	AUT IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... : Gold FIN: 3×Platinum GER Bundesverband Musikindustrie The Bundesverband Musikindustrie or simply BVMI represents the music industry in Germany. The association represents the interests of nearly 350 labels and music industry related enterprises.... : Platinum NOR IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... : Gold SWE IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... : Gold
Dark Passion Play Dark Passion Play Dark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on 26 September, 2007 in Finland, 28 September in Europe and 2 October 2007 in the United States. It was the first Nightwish album with the band's current lead singer, Anette Olzon, and the first album...	Released: September 26, 2007 Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast and Roadrunner Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:... Format: CD, Audio DVD	1	5	6	1	5	1	5	7	4	1	AUT: Gold FIN: 4×Platinum GER: Platinum HUN Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... : Platinum POL Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... : Gold SWE: Gold SWI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... : 2×Platinum
Imaginaerum	Released: November 30, 2011 Label: Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast and Roadrunner Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:... Format: CD, Audio DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		FIN	AUT	BEL Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...	GER	GRE	NLD	SWE	SWI
From Wishes to Eternity From Wishes to Eternity From Wishes to Eternity - Live is a live DVD/VHS/CD by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was recorded in Tampere, Finland on 29 December 2000. The CD was released as a limited edition of 10.000 copies, available only in Finland. In the late 2005, Spinefarm managed to release it in Europe...	Released: April 2001 Recorded: December 29, 2000 Format: CD, DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.... , VHS	7	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	FIN: Gold
End of Innocence	Released: October 6, 2003 Recorded: 2002–2003 Format: DVD	1	—	—	62	—	—	—	—	FIN: Platinum GER: Gold
End of an Era End of an Era End of an Era is a DVD and double CD from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Nuclear Blast recorded their live performance at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on October 21, 2005, the final concert of a long worldwide tour for their album Once...	Released: June 1, 2006 Recorded: October 21, 2005 Format: CD, DVD	7	41	40	3	—	3	35	18	FIN: Platinum FRA: Gold GER: Gold
Made in Hong Kong Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places) -DVD:# Bye Bye Beautiful # Amaranth # The Islander # Back in the Day... Is Now-Choice of tracklist:...	Released: March 1, 2009 Recorded: 2006–2008 Format: MCD Mini CD Mini CDs, or “pocket CDs” are CDs with a smaller diameter and one third the capacity.-Formats:Amongst the various formats are the* Mini CD single, a small disc. The format is mainly used for audio CD singles in certain regions , much like the old vinyl single... , DVD	2	26	50	15	4	20	54	38
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

EPs

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions					Certifications
		FIN	AUT	FRA	GER	SWI
Over the Hills and Far Away Over the Hills and Far Away (album) Over the Hills and Far Away is the first EP by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2001 by both Spinefarm Records and Drakkar Records...	Released: June 25, 2001 Label: Spinefarm, Century Media and Drakkar Format: MCD	1	53	139	85	79	FIN: 2×Platinum

Compilation albums

Title	Compilation details	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		FIN	AUT	GER	GRE	NOR	NLD	SWE	SWI
Wishmastour 2000 Wishmastour 2000 Wishmastour 2000 is a compilation by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Only one track actually appeared on an official album...	Released: December 11, 2000 Label: XIII Bis Records Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tales from the Elvenpath Tales from the Elvenpath Tales from the Elvenpath is Nightwish's first compilation release, it was released on October 18, 2004 by Drakkar Entertainment. Elvenpath is also the name of another Nightwish song, and although the compilation takes its name from that song, the song itself does not appear on the record, because...	Released: October 17, 2004 Label: Drakkar Records Format: CD	1	19	7	—	—	—	—	12	FIN: Platinum GER: Gold
Bestwishes Bestwishes Bestwishes is Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish's third official compilation album. It contains songs from their albums Angels Fall First, Oceanborn, Wishmaster, Century Child and the EP Over the Hills and Far Away...	Released: March 22, 2005 Label: Toy's Factory Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish is the third compilation album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Their first, Tales from the Elvenpath, was considered incomplete by many fans as it contains only tracks from Oceanborn, Over the Hills and Far Away, Wishmaster and Century Child, leaving...	Released: September 17, 2005 Label: Spinefarm Record Format: CD, DVD	1	13	17	1	5	41	14	10	FIN: 3×Platinum NOR: Gold
The Sound of Nightwish Reborn	Released: September 2, 2008 Label: Roadrunner Records Format: Digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lokikirja Lokikirja Lokikirja is a compilation album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released on 18 November 2009.This compilation contains the remastered edition of Angels Fall First, the regular editions of the other six Nightwish studio albums and the special edition of Over The Hills And Far Away...	Released: 18 November 2009 Label: Nuclear Blast Format: CD	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads is a compilation by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2011. It contains the "greatest ballads" from the first four albums, two of which are covers...	Released: 27 May 2011 Label: Sony Music Format: CD	45	65	32	—	—	—	—	35
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions									Album
		FIN	AUT	FRA	GER	HUN	NLD	SPA PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry...	SWE	SWI
"The Carpenter The Carpenter -Personnel:*Tarja Turunen - Vocals*Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards, Piano, Vocals *Emppu Vuorinen - Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Bass guitar*Jukka Nevalainen - Drums-Video:... "	1997	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Angels Fall First
"Sacrament of Wilderness Sacrament of Wilderness Sacrament of Wilderness is the second single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released as the first single from their album Oceanborn.... "	1998	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Oceanborn
"Passion and the Opera Passion and the Opera Passion and the Opera is the third single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released from their album Oceanborn, the single was shipped only in a cardsleeve... "		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Walking in the Air"	1999	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse) Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse) -Video:A video was shot for the song, in which Tarja Turunen seems to have red hair. The videoclip includes many landscapes characteristic of Finland, for example the forests, the beaches and a large grain field... "		2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Kinslayer The Kinslayer The Kinslayer is the sixth single released by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, was the first single from their third album, Wishmaster, released online only.... "	2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Wishmaster
"Deep Silent Complete Deep Silent Complete Deep Silent Complete is the seventh single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released as the second single from their album Wishmaster... "		3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Ever Dream Ever Dream Ever Dream is the eighth single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish which was the group's first single release in two years. The single also preluded a new album, Century Child.... "	2002	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Century Child
"Bless the Child Bless the Child (song) Bless the Child is the ninth single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released as the second single from their album Century Child. It is one of two songs which were filmed from the Century Child album, with other one being "End of All Hope".There is two versions of the single which has a... "		1	—	—	63	—	55	—	—	—
"Nemo Nemo (song) -Charts Performance:Once topped the album charts in Finland and Hungary. In the UK it could only chart at #87 after a chart entry of #101 the week before, but spent over 20 weeks on the top 200 plus a few re-entries... "	2004	1	12	64	6	1	64	—	12	14	Once
"Wish I Had an Angel Wish I Had an Angel "Wish I Had An Angel" is the eleventh single for Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, the second from their fifth album Once. The song features vocals by then-vocalist Tarja Turunen and bassist Marco Hietala, but is still performed live with current vocalist Anette Olzon and is often used as the... "		1	47	—	36	3	65	20	11	40
"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan is the third single released from the album Once by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released on November 24, 2004, by Spinefarm Records, together with the platinum edition of Once. The single was never released outside Japan and Finland."Kuolema Tekee... "		1	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—
"The Siren The Siren (song) The Siren was the fourth and last single of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish's fifth studio album Once. The song was recorded with the London Session Orchestra and includes many exotic instruments, for example an electric violin and a sitar.... "	2005	3	—	—	51	1	—	—	30	59
"Sleeping Sun Sleeping Sun "Sleeping Sun" is a power ballad by Nightwish. The song was written by Tuomas Holopainen and dedicated to the solar eclipse that arose on the European sky in 1999, and recorded during the Oceanborn sessions... "		1	47	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	Highest Hopes
"Eva Eva (song) -Personnel:*Anette Olzon - lead vocals*Tuomas Holopainen - keyboards*Erno Vuorinen - lead guitar*Jukka Nevalainen - drums*Marco Hietala - bass... "	2007	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Dark Passion Play
"Amaranth Amaranth (song) -Charts performance:"Amaranth" is Nightwish's most successful single reaching number 1 in Spain, Hungary, Norway and Finland. It went straight to number one in Finland and stayed at number 1 for 3 weeks, dropping to number 2 in its fourth week on the chart. "Amaranth" then returned to the top spot... "		1	30	62	16	1	47	1	13	14
"Erämaan Viimeinen Erämaan Viimeinen -Personnel:*Tuomas Holopainen - keyboards*Erno Vuorinen - lead guitar*Jukka Nevalainen - drums*Marco Hietala - bass- External links:*... "		1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Bye Bye Beautiful Bye Bye Beautiful -Charts performance:In the UK, "Bye Bye Beautiful" entered the UK Rock Singles Chart at number two, behind Nickelback's "Rockstar". After the European release, "Bye Bye Beautiful" reached its highest position in a national singles chart, in Spain, reaching number 4, slightly lower than Nightwish's... "	2008	5	—	54	35	4	—	4	—	—
"The Islander The Islander (song) -Chart performance:"The Islander" went straight to #1 in Finland on the first day of its release. Recently, Nightwish have had major success in Spain and "The Islander" reached #5 in the Spanish Singles Chart, continuing a run of Top 5 singles from Dark Passion Play.-Personnel:*Marco Hietala – Male... "		1	—	91	—	—	—	5	—	—
"Storytime"	2011	1	57	—	39	2	—	2	—	31	Imaginaerum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Music videos

Song	Year	Director
"The Carpenter"	1998	Unknown
"Sacrament of Wilderness"
"Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of Eclipse)"
"Over the Hills and Far Away Over the Hills and Far Away (album) Over the Hills and Far Away is the first EP by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2001 by both Spinefarm Records and Drakkar Records... "	2001
"Bless the Child"	2002
"End of All Hope End of All Hope "End of All Hope" is a song by the symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish, from their fourth studio album Century Child. It is one of two songs which were filmed from Century Child, with other one being "Bless the Child".- External links :*... "
"Nemo"	2004	Antti Jokinen Antti Jokinen Antti Jokinen is a Finnish music video and film director.-Early life:Jokinen attended East Carolina University on a basketball scholarship and later graduated with a major in broadcast and film.-Music video career:...
"Wish I Had an Angel"		Uwe Boll Uwe Boll Uwe Boll is a German director, producer and screenwriter, whose work includes several films adapted from video games. He finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. He is often cited as the worst director of all time.-Early life:...
"Sleeping Sun"	2005	Joern Heitmann
"While Your Lips Are Still Red While Your Lips Are Still Red "While Your Lips Are Still Red" is a 2007 song written by Tuomas Holopainen and Marco Hietala of the Finnish metal quintet Nightwish. It was performed by Holopainen, Hietala, and Jukka Nevalainen for the Finnish film Lieksa!, which was written and directed by renowned Finnish director Markku... "	2007	Markku Pölönen Markku Pölönen Markku Pölönen is a Finnish film director, screenwriter, editor and owner of film production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus...
"Amaranth"		Antti Jokinen
"Bye Bye Beautiful"		Antti Jokinen Antti Jokinen Antti Jokinen is a Finnish music video and film director.-Early life:Jokinen attended East Carolina University on a basketball scholarship and later graduated with a major in broadcast and film.-Music video career:...
"The Islander"	2008	Stobe Harju
"Storytime"	2011	Stobe Harju

External links

• Nightwish's Official Website