On Christmas Day, Nirvana achieved a new milestone for the band's iconic music video on Smells Like Teen Spirit. The video hit 1 billion views on YouTube on Christmas day this year, reports Billboard.
Krist Novoselić, the band's former bassist, took to Twitter to celebrate the landmark, retweeting the news.
Smells Like Teen Spirit has just crossed 1 Billion views on @youtubemusic.https://t.co/g1A9lwpAGL
— Nirvana (@Nirvana) December 25, 2019
He wrote: "Thanks to you all!!!!" In the lead-up to the moment, he also gave a shout-out to late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, declaring, "The One Billionth view will be for Kurt!!!!"
Smells Like Teen Spirit was both the opener and lead single for Nirvana's diamond-certified sophomore album, Nevermind released in 1991.
The video also recently named YouTube's second-most-watched video of the 1990s, behind Guns N' Roses' November Rain.
