Bon Iver, Bon Iver is the second studio album from American
indie folk band
Bon Iver, released on June 17, 2011. The album is composed of 10 songs and was seen as a new musical direction for the band. The album was commercially successful, as it debuted at number one on the
Norwegian Albums Chart and the
Danish Albums Chart, and number two on the US
Billboard 200 chart. It sold 104,000 copies in its first week in the United States. , the album has sold a total of 357,811 copies in the United States. It received very positive reviews from critics, some of which named it one of the best albums of 2011. The album won the
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the
2012 ceremony, while the song "
Holocene" was nominated for
Song of the Year and
Record of the Year.