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Superunknown is het vierde album van de Amerikaanse grungeband Soundgarden; hun derde op het label A&M Records. Het album verscheen op 8 maart 1994.

Superunknown was het grootste succes van de band, zowel commercieel als bij critici. Het kwam op de eerste plaats binnen in de Amerikaanse Billboard 200 en stond wereldwijd hoog in de hitlijsten. In Nederland reikte het tot de elfde positie in de Album Top 100. Van het album werden vijf singles uitgebracht: "My Wave", "The Day I Tried to Live", "Fell on Black Days", "Black Hole Sun en "Spoonman". De laatste twee bezorgden Soundgarden wereldwijd bekendheid en werden beide bekroond met een Grammy Award in respectievelijk de categorieën 'Best Hard Rock Performance' en 'Best Metal Performance'. Het album als geheel kreeg een Grammy-nominatie voor 'Best Rock Album'. Superunknown wist in de VS een vijfmaal platina-status te bemachtigen. In Nederland kreeg het de status van Gold album.

Superunknown is the fourth studio album by American rock band Soundgarden, released on March 8, 1994, through A&M Records. Produced by Michael Beinhorn and the band themselves, Soundgarden began work on the album after touring in support of their previous album, Badmotorfinger (1991). Superunknown retained the heaviness of the band's earlier releases while displaying a more diverse range of influences.

Superunknown was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 310,000 copies in its opening week. The album also topped the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand charts. Five singles were released from the album: "The Day I Tried to Live", "My Wave", "Fell on Black Days", "Spoonman", and "Black Hole Sun", the latter two of which won Grammy Awards and helped Soundgarden reach mainstream popularity. At the 37th Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. It has been certified 6x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States. Superunknown has been listed by several publications as one of the best albums of the 1990s and a quintessential grunge album. In April 2019, it was ranked No. 9 on Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Grunge Albums" list.