Nine Inch Nails discography
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American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails have released 12 studio albums, one live album, five remix albums, two compilation albums, six extended plays, 20 singles, 10 promotional singles, four video albums and 31 music videos. Nine Inch Nails has also contributed to numerous film soundtracks as well as the soundtrack to the video game Quake.[1]
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| Nine Inch Nails discography | |
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Nine Inch Nails performing live in 2018. | |
| Studio albums | 12 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Singles | 19 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 29 |
| Remix albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Promotional singles | 10 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
Initial ambitions for Nine Inch Nails in 1988 were to release one twelve-inch single on a small European label.[2] With the addition of future singles "Head Like a Hole" and "Sin", many of these demo tracks would later appear in revised form on the band's debut studio album, Pretty Hate Machine. The album was released in October 1989 and peaked at number 75 on the Billboard 200 the following year. In response to pressures from TVT Records for a follow-up to Nine Inch Nails' commercially successful debut, frontman Trent Reznor began recording the Broken extended play in secret. The EP was released in September 1992 and reached number seven on the Billboard 200.[3] Nine Inch Nails' second studio album, The Downward Spiral (1994), reached number two on the Billboard 200 and has sold over 3.7 million copies in the United States,[4] remaining the band's highest-selling release in the US.[5]
Five years elapsed before Nine Inch Nails' next major album, The Fragile, a double album that debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 228,000 copies in its first week, but dropped from the top 10 afterward.[1] Another six years elapsed before Nine Inch Nails' next studio album, With Teeth, which also debuted atop the Billboard 200.[6] In 2007, the band released their fifth studio album, Year Zero, alongside an accompanying alternate reality game.[7] Reznor announced in late 2007 that Nine Inch Nails had fulfilled its contractual obligations with Interscope Records, and would distribute its next major album independently.
The band's final Interscope release was a remix album based on material from Year Zero.[8] The first Nine Inch Nails album released independently was the instrumental Ghosts I–IV in March 2008, followed two months later by The Slip. Hesitation Marks, the band's eighth studio album, was released in August 2013 through Columbia Records, reaching number three on the Billboard 200.[6] After teasing a release in early 2016, Nine Inch Nails began releasing a trilogy of new releases: the EPs Not the Actual Events in December 2016 and Add Violence in July 2017, followed by the band's ninth studio album, Bad Witch, in June 2018. On March 26, 2020, the band released the albums Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts as a show of solidarity with their fans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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| US [6] |
AUS [9] |
AUT [10] |
CAN [11] |
FIN [12] |
FRA [13] |
GER [14] |
NZ [15] |
SWE [16] |
UK [17] | ||||
| Pretty Hate Machine | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 |
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| The Downward Spiral |
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2 | 12 | — | 13 | — | — | — | 23 | 33 | 9 |
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| The Fragile |
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1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 28 | 18 | 10 |
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| With Teeth |
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1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 |
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| Year Zero |
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2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 6 |
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| Ghosts I–IV |
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14 | 15 | 58 | 3 | — | — | 60 | 26 | — | 60 |
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| The Slip |
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13 | 22 | 45 | 12 | 24 | 177 | 33 | 23 | 35 | 25 |
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| Hesitation Marks |
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3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 2 |
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| Bad Witch |
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12 | 9 | 16 | 15 | — | 37 | 28 | — | — | 12 | ||
| Ghosts V: Together |
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—[B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ghosts VI: Locusts |
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—[C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Nine Inch Noize |
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151 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[D] | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
Remix albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
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| US [6] |
AUS [9] |
CAN [11] |
FRA [13] |
SCO [17] |
UK [17] | |||
| Further Down the Spiral |
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23 | 51 | 46 | — | 25 | — | |
| Things Falling Apart |
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67 | 59 | — | — | 85 | 98 | |
| Year Zero Remixed |
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77 | 87 | 28 | 183 | — | 160 | |
| Tron Ares: Divergence |
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— | — | — | — | — | —[F] | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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| US [6] |
AUS [9] |
AUT [10] |
CAN [11] |
GER [14] |
IRE [30] |
NL [33] |
NZ [15] |
SCO [17] |
UK [17] | ||
| Quake |
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—[G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | —[H] |
| Tron: Ares |
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5 | 10 | 11 | 70 | 8 | 34 | 51 | 25 | 5 | 12 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| US Dance [35] | ||
| Halo I–IV |
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| The Fragile: Deviations 1 |
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Extended plays
Studio EPs
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
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| US [6] |
AUS [36] |
AUT [10] |
CAN [37] |
NZ [15] |
SPA [38] |
SWI [39] |
UK [17] | ||||
| Broken |
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7 | 115 | — | — | 46 | — | — | 18 | ||
| Not the Actual Events |
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26 | — | — | 47 | —[I] | — | — | — | ||
| Add Violence |
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17 | 44 | 67 | 15 | —[J] | 74 | 36 | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Additional EPs
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
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| US [6] |
CAN [37] |
NZ [15] | ||||||
| Fixed |
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—[K] | 6 | 25 |
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| Live 2013 EP |
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| Remix 2014 EP |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US [43] |
US Main. Rock [44] |
US Alt. [45] |
AUS [9] |
CAN [46] |
DEN [47] |
FIN [12] |
GER [14] |
NZ [15] |
UK [17] | |||||
| "Down in It" | 1989 | — | — | 16 | — | 135 | — | — | — | — | — | Pretty Hate Machine | ||
| "Head Like a Hole"[L] | 1990 | —[M] | — | 28 | 57 | 103 | — | — | — | — | 45 | |||
| "Sin" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | ||||
| "March of the Pigs" | 1994 | 59 | — | — | 98 | 20 | — | — | — | — | 45 | The Downward Spiral | ||
| "Closer" | 41 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | 25 | ||||
| "The Perfect Drug" | 1997 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 48 | 2 | 13 | 7 | — | 32 | 43 | Lost Highway | ||
| "The Day the World Went Away" | 1999 | 17 | — | — | 31 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | — | The Fragile | ||
| "We're in This Together" | — | 21 | 11 | 72 | 50 | — | — | — | — | 39 | ||||
| "Into the Void" | 2000 | — | 27 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Hand That Feeds" | 2005 | 31 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 15 | 15 | 62 | — | 7 |
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With Teeth | |
| "Only" | 90 | 22 | 1 | — | 23 | — | — | 90 | — | 20 | ||||
| "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" | 2006 | 56 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Survivalism" | 2007 | 68 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 | 15 | 7 | 68 | — | 29 | Year Zero | ||
| "Capital G" | — | 25 | 6 | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | 140 | ||||
| "Discipline"[N] | 2008 | — | 24 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Slip | ||
| "Came Back Haunted" | 2013 | —[O] | 6 | 7 | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | Hesitation Marks | ||
| "Copy of A" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Everything" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Less Than" | 2017 | — | 10 | 22 | — | —[P] | — | — | — | — | — | Add Violence | ||
| "God Break Down the Door" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bad Witch | ||
| "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" | 2025 | — | 2 | 2 | —[Q] | — | — | — | — | — | —[R] | Tron: Ares | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| US Alt. [45] |
US Main. Rock [44] |
CAN Alt. [55] | |||
| "Physical"[56] | 1992 | — | — | — | Broken |
| "Happiness in Slavery" | 13 | — | — | ||
| "Wish" | 25 | — | — | ||
| "Burn" | 1994 | — | — | — | Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack for an Oliver Stone Film |
| "Closer to God" | — | — | — | Closer to God | |
| "Piggy" | 20 | — | — | The Downward Spiral | |
| "Hurt" | 1995 | 8 | — | 8 | |
| "Starfuckers, Inc." | 2000 | 39 | — | — | The Fragile |
| "Deep" | 2001 | 18 | 37 | — | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "Echoplex"[57][S] | 2008 | — | — | — | The Slip |
| "Burning Bright (Field on Fire)" | 2016 | — | — | — | Not the Actual Events |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Collaborative singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| US [43] |
US Alt. [45] | ||||
| "I'm Afraid of Americans (V1)" (with David Bowie) |
1997 | 66 | 27 | Earthling | |
| "Isn't Everyone"[59] (with Health) |
2021 | — | —[T] | Disco4: Part II | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Chronology
Each official Nine Inch Nails release is chronologically ordered with a sequential number prefixed by the word "Halo".[61][62] These numbers are sometimes modified for alternate versions of a release, such as the multiple releases of The Downward Spiral. Promotional-only releases do not have their own numbers, although the promotional singles for "Piggy" and "Hurt" were both labeled as "Halo Ten", a title later officially used for Further Down the Spiral. A US promo for "Into the Void" is mislabeled as Halo 16 because this number actually belongs to the Things Falling Apart remix album. A similar numbering scheme using the word "Null" follows the releases that were released on The Null Corporation imprint, starting with the soundtrack for The Social Network.
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Other appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Dead Souls" | 1994 | The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "Something I Can Never Have" (Edited and Extended) | Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack for an Oliver Stone Film | |
| "A Warm Place" | ||
| "Deep" | 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |
| "Theme for Tetsuo: The Bullet Man" | 2009 | Tetsuo: The Bullet Man |
| "Zoo Station" | 2011 | AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered |
Remixes
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Notes |
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| "Light (Fat Back Dub)"[63] | 1994 | KMFDM | "Light" (single) | |
| "I'm Afraid of Americans" (V1–V4, V6)[64] | 1997 | David Bowie | "I'm Afraid of Americans" (single) |
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| "Victory" (Nine Inch Nails Remix)[65] | 1998 | Puff Daddy & the Family | Victory (Remixes) | |
| "Democracy" (NIN Remix)[66] | Killing Joke | Wardance: The Remixes |
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| "Deaf Ears (Nine Inch Nails Mix)" | 2017 | Todd Rundgren | "I Got Your Back (Dam-Funk Refreak)" (single) |
Videography
Video albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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| US [69] |
AUS [70] |
AUT [71] |
FIN [72] |
IRE [73] |
SWE [74] |
UK [75] | ||
| Closure | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| And All That Could Have Been |
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1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Beside You in Time | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Notes |
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| "Down in It" | 1989 | Eric Zimmerman and Benjamin Stokes |
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| "Head Like a Hole" | 1990 | Eric Zimmerman |
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| "Sin" | Brett Turnbull |
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| "Pinion" | 1992 | Eric Goode and Serge Becker | |
| "Wish" | Peter Christopherson[78] | ||
| "Help Me I Am in Hell" | Eric Goode and Serge Becker |
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| "Happiness in Slavery" | Jon Reiss | ||
| "Gave Up" |
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| "March of the Pigs" | 1994 | Peter Christopherson and Trent Reznor[79] |
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| "Closer" | Mark Romanek[80] |
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| "Burn" | Hank Corwin and Trent Reznor[81] | ||
| "Hurt" | 1995 | Simon Maxwell | |
| "Wish" (live) | 1997 | ||
| "Eraser" (live) |
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| "The Perfect Drug" | Mark Romanek[82] | ||
| "The Day the World Went Away" | 1999 | Tomato |
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| "We're in This Together" | Mark Pellington[83] |
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| "Into the Void" | 2000 | Walter Stern and Jeff Richter | |
| "Starfuckers, Inc." | Robert Hales and Marilyn Manson | ||
| "Deep" | 2001 | Enda McCallion[86] | |
| "Gone, Still" | 2002 | Trent Reznor |
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| "The Becoming" | |||
| "Something I Can Never Have" | |||
| "The Frail"/"The Wretched" | Rob Sheridan[89] |
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| "The Hand That Feeds" | 2005 | ||
| "Only" | David Fincher[90] | ||
| "Right Where It Belongs" | Andrea Giacobbe | ||
| "Eraser" (version 2) | |||
| "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" | 2006 | Francis Lawrence |
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| "Survivalism" | 2007 | Alex Lieu, Rob Sheridan and Trent Reznor |
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| "Came Back Haunted" | 2013 | David Lynch[93] | |
| "Burning Bright (Field on Fire)" | 2016 | ||
| "Less Than" | 2017 | Brook Linder | |
| "This Isn't The Place" | Alex Lieu | ||
| "God Break Down the Door" | 2018 | ||
| "Ahead of Ourselves" (live) | Brook Linder |
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| "Fashion"/"Fantastic Voyage" | 2021 |
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| "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" | 2025 | Maxime Quoilin |
Broken, the unreleased short film directed by Peter Christopherson, contains the videos for "Pinion", "Wish", and "Happiness in Slavery" as well as a video for "Help Me I am in Hell" and a different video for "Gave Up" from the one on Closure. The short film contains graphic depictions of a seemingly helpless victim being tortured and forced to watch Nine Inch Nails videos.[94]
See also
Notes
- The Fragile is considered double platinum since it is a double album with length exceeding 100 minutes.
- Ghosts V: Together did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 64 on the Album Sales chart and number 51 on the Current Album Sales chart.[27][28]
- Nine Inch Noize did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 3 on the UK Album Downloads Chart and peaked at number 2 on the UK Dance Charts
- Two versions of And All That Could Have Been were released, a limited edition and a general release, and each charted separately on the Billboard 200: the limited edition peaked at number 26, and the general release at number 37.
- Tron Ares: Divergence did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the UK Album Downloads Chart.[32]
- Quake did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 35 on the US Top Album Sales chart.[34]
- Quake did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 69 on the UK Albums Sales Chart.[17]
- Fixed did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 35 on the Hot Singles Sales chart.[42]
- "Head Like a Hole" was re-released in Australia in 1995, peaking at number 57 on the Australian chart.
- "Head Like a Hole" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[48]
- "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" did not enter the ARIA Singles Chart, but peaked at number 45 on the Australia Digital Tracks Chart.[53]
- "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[54]
- "Isn't Everyone" did not enter the Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.[60]