![It's 24 years to the day that Nirvana shot the music video for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'. The face of music would never be the same again. It was perfectly in time to grab the hearts and minds of the MTV generation, and turned them from Seattle slackers into rock icons. To celebrate, click through to see the huge, career-making turning points of some of today's biggest artists.]()
It's 24 years to the day that Nirvana shot the music video for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'. The face of music would never be the same again. It was perfectly in time to grab the hearts and minds of the MTV generation, and turned them from Seattle slackers into rock icons. To celebrate, click through to see the huge, career-making turning points of some of today's biggest artists.
![David Bowie - 'Space Oddity': Rush-released to cash in on the moon landing, this remarkable classic about an astronaut leaving the planet would win an Ivor Novello and mark his first real breakthrough into the mainstream. Everything that followed was just Bowie making music history.]()
David Bowie - 'Space Oddity': Rush-released to cash in on the moon landing, this remarkable classic about an astronaut leaving the planet would win an Ivor Novello and mark his first real breakthrough into the mainstream. Everything that followed was just Bowie making music history.
![Biffy Clyro - Puzzle: Seemingly forever destined to bother the mid-afternoon slot at Reading festival, no one ever foresaw The Biff becoming such a massive deal. Their third album Infinity Land charted at No.47. Their fourth Puzzle at No.2. They headlined Reading last year. 'Mon The Biff.]()
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle: Seemingly forever destined to bother the mid-afternoon slot at Reading festival, no one ever foresaw The Biff becoming such a massive deal. Their third album Infinity Land charted at No.47. Their fourth Puzzle at No.2. They headlined Reading last year. 'Mon The Biff.
![Arcade Fire - Neon Bible: Win Butler and co wouldn't have been the first band to explode off the back of internet hype around their debut and then disappear. Fortunately, their sophomore album was as epic and world-conquering as the future that awaited them.]()
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible: Win Butler and co wouldn't have been the first band to explode off the back of internet hype around their debut and then disappear. Fortunately, their sophomore album was as epic and world-conquering as the future that awaited them.
![Kanye West - 'Gold Digger': He may be more interested in shouting about leather jogging pants and screaming at Jesus on a mountain these days, but this was the track that made our Yeezy a household name.]()
Kanye West - 'Gold Digger': He may be more interested in shouting about leather jogging pants and screaming at Jesus on a mountain these days, but this was the track that made our Yeezy a household name.
![Jay Z - The Blueprint: You know, that album that made The Hov not only the biggest name in hip-hop but one of the most powerful men on the planet. Yeah, that one.]()
Jay Z - The Blueprint: You know, that album that made The Hov not only the biggest name in hip-hop but one of the most powerful men on the planet. Yeah, that one.
![Beyonce - 'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)': Yeah, Queen Bey was doing alright with her solo career, but it was until 'Single Ladies' came along that she became a bonafide supermegastar icon lady.]()
Beyonce - 'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)': Yeah, Queen Bey was doing alright with her solo career, but it was until 'Single Ladies' came along that she became a bonafide supermegastar icon lady.
![Lady Gaga - 'Poker Face': After spending years honing her craft and persona in the backstreets of Brooklyn and LA, this monolithic single transformed transformed Stefani Germanotta into the Fame Monster she is today.]()
Lady Gaga - 'Poker Face': After spending years honing her craft and persona in the backstreets of Brooklyn and LA, this monolithic single transformed transformed Stefani Germanotta into the Fame Monster she is today.
![Foals - headlining Latitude 2013: Once just some squawking awkward math-rockers from Oxford, this was the set that lined them up as bill-topping rock stars.]()
Foals - headlining Latitude 2013: Once just some squawking awkward math-rockers from Oxford, this was the set that lined them up as bill-topping rock stars.
![Disclosure - 'White Noise': No longer two brothers making house from their bedroom, but the Kings of modern dance music.]()
Disclosure - 'White Noise': No longer two brothers making house from their bedroom, but the Kings of modern dance music.
![Bastille - 'Pompeii': Catapulting Dan Smith from a wannabe with big hair into a potential future festival headliner.]()
Bastille - 'Pompeii': Catapulting Dan Smith from a wannabe with big hair into a potential future festival headliner.
![The 1975 - 'Chocolate': They spent a decade trying to get signed and getting rejected. Then, this one track (and a typically dark and broody video) launched Matt Healy and co into becoming one of the biggest guitar bands in history today. Lads.]()
The 1975 - 'Chocolate': They spent a decade trying to get signed and getting rejected. Then, this one track (and a typically dark and broody video) launched Matt Healy and co into becoming one of the biggest guitar bands in history today. Lads.
![Lana Del Rey - 'Video Games': Elizabeth Woolridge Grant flirted with fame as Sparkle Jump Rope Queen, Lizzy Grant and May Jailer but only became the world-dominating pop-noir Queen we recognise today when she transformed into the cinematic sensual sensation of Lana Del Rey in 2010 - DOMINATING the internet when 'Video Games' became a global sensation.]()
Lana Del Rey - 'Video Games': Elizabeth Woolridge Grant flirted with fame as Sparkle Jump Rope Queen, Lizzy Grant and May Jailer but only became the world-dominating pop-noir Queen we recognise today when she transformed into the cinematic sensual sensation of Lana Del Rey in 2010 - DOMINATING the internet when 'Video Games' became a global sensation.
![Queens Of The Stone Age - 'No One Knows': Rated R may have gone down in history as one of the best rock albums of the decade but it was Songs For The Deaf that made QOTSA properly huge - launched by this modern classic featuring Mr Dave Grohl on drums.]()
Queens Of The Stone Age - 'No One Knows': Rated R may have gone down in history as one of the best rock albums of the decade but it was Songs For The Deaf that made QOTSA properly huge - launched by this modern classic featuring Mr Dave Grohl on drums.
![The Killers - 'When You Were Young': Hot Fuss saw Brandon Flowers and co become global synthpop posterboys, but it the pomp and bravado of the surprising Americana of 'When You Were Young' that made them MASSIVE and first proved that they were much more than a one-trick pony.]()
The Killers - 'When You Were Young': Hot Fuss saw Brandon Flowers and co become global synthpop posterboys, but it the pomp and bravado of the surprising Americana of 'When You Were Young' that made them MASSIVE and first proved that they were much more than a one-trick pony.
![Arctic Monkeys - headlining Glastonbury 2007: Well, Alex Turner and co were huge from the off really - but it wasn't until they headlined the biggest festival in the world after their second album that they proved that they were here to stay.]()
Arctic Monkeys - headlining Glastonbury 2007: Well, Alex Turner and co were huge from the off really - but it wasn't until they headlined the biggest festival in the world after their second album that they proved that they were here to stay.
![Muse - 'Time Is Running Out': Before 2003, Muse were just three eccentric madmen with a terrifying sound from outer space. As soon as 'Time Is Running Out' dropped, they became three eccentric madmen with a terrifying sound from outer space with mainstream appeal who could sell out arenas and headline Glastonbury.]()
Muse - 'Time Is Running Out': Before 2003, Muse were just three eccentric madmen with a terrifying sound from outer space. As soon as 'Time Is Running Out' dropped, they became three eccentric madmen with a terrifying sound from outer space with mainstream appeal who could sell out arenas and headline Glastonbury.
