Album

Superunknown

Soundgarden · 1994-03-08 · A&M Records

high confidence

This page models tracked-song album economics, not a full release-level royalty statement. Why?

Cover artwork for Superunknown by Soundgarden

Superunknown groups the songs currently tracked from this release, adds release metadata where available, and separates full-album context from the songs that already have dedicated earnings pages.

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Short Answer

How much money does Superunknown make?

Superunknown is modeled at $320K-$830K/year per year across the songs currently tracked from the release, not as a full-album royalty statement.

This page has a matched full tracklist, which makes the album context stronger than a songs-only view.

Superunknown is one of the stronger album pages on the site because the tracked songs sit inside a matched release frame instead of floating without album context.

  • Currently ranks around the top 42% of tracked albums by modeled revenue
  • Released in 1994 and still reads as an active catalog asset roughly 32 years later
  • 15 total tracks on the matched edition
  • 2 tracked song pages currently support this album
  • high confidence estimate

Superunknown sits in the top 42% of tracked albums on the site by modeled revenue.

Last updated: May 25, 2026

How It Compares

These albums are close to Superunknown by artist overlap, era, or genre context, so the comparison is more useful than a generic ranking table.

Album Why compare Estimated yearly midpoint
Superunknown Soundgarden $575,000
Nevermind same era $2,650,000
Ten same era $865,000
Use Your Illusion I same era $795,000

Tracked Revenue Breakdown

Tracked album revenue $320K-$830K/year
100% of the lead revenue lane
Black Hole Sun $220K-$550K/year
67% of the lead revenue lane
Fell on Black Days $100K-$280K/year
33% of the lead revenue lane

Bars reflect modeled annual midpoint ranges for the album and its tracked songs.

Why This Album Page Matters

  • This page has a matched full tracklist, which improves album-level context.
  • Tracked-song revenue has been normalized into a numeric annual range for ranking and comparison.
  • Album economics on this site are conservative proxies for catalog strength, not a substitute for a full release-level royalty statement.

Album pages model tracked-song revenue, not full-album royalty statements, and become stronger as tracklists, release metadata, and provider links improve.

More Context

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More Questions About Superunknown

How much does Superunknown make in a year?

Superunknown is modeled at $320K-$830K/year per year across the songs currently tracked from the release, not as a full-album royalty statement.

Why does Superunknown still matter financially?

This page has a matched full tracklist, which improves album-level context.

Is this full-album revenue or just tracked songs?

Album pages on How Much Music model tracked-song revenue and album context. They are not full release-level royalty statements unless every revenue input is explicitly available.

Show tracklists and assumptions
Release Metadata Soundgarden · 1994-03-08 · A&M Records 15 tracks on the matched edition · 2 tracked songs on the site Matched edition: Superunknown (20th Anniversary)
Model Scope Album pages model tracked-song revenue, not full-album royalty statements, and become stronger as tracklists, release metadata, and provider links improve. Full tracklist is available, so the release context is stronger.

Full Tracklist

This full tracklist comes from the matched release edition used for this page.

  • Disc 1 · 1. Let Me Drown
  • Disc 1 · 2. My Wave
  • Disc 1 · 3. Fell On Black Days
  • Disc 1 · 4. Mailman
  • Disc 1 · 5. Superunknown
  • Disc 1 · 6. Head Down
  • Disc 1 · 7. Black Hole Sun
  • Disc 1 · 8. Spoonman
  • Disc 1 · 9. Limo Wreck
  • Disc 1 · 10. The Day I Tried to Live
  • Disc 1 · 11. Kickstand
  • Disc 1 · 12. Fresh Tendrils
  • Disc 1 · 13. 4th of July
  • Disc 1 · 14. Half
  • Disc 1 · 15. Like Suicide

Tracked Songs on How Much Music

These are the songs from this album that currently have dedicated earnings pages in the catalog.

High confidence album estimate

Album pages model tracked-song revenue, not full-album royalty statements, and become stronger as tracklists, release metadata, and provider links improve.

  • This page has a matched full tracklist, which improves album-level context.
  • Tracked-song revenue has been normalized into a numeric annual range for ranking and comparison.
  • Album economics on this site are conservative proxies for catalog strength, not a substitute for a full release-level royalty statement.

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