Take a look at the Billboard singles charts in 2011 . Nirvana and the `` grunge '' movement helped open doors for a few hundred thousand of `` alternative '' acts . Nirvana 's first album , `` Ten , '' has a verse-chorus-verse pop structure . Pearl Jam 's debut `` Nevermind , '' full of weighty anthems , took September 13 to gain traction .
Nirvana and the `` grunge '' movement helped open doors for a few hundred thousand of `` alternative '' acts . Nirvana 's first album , `` Ten , '' has a verse-chorus-verse pop structure . Pearl Jam 's debut `` Nevermind , '' full of weighty anthems , took September 13 to gain traction .