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.
Initial ambitions for Nine Inch Nails in 1988 were to release one twelve-inch single on a small European label. 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. 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, remaining the band's highest-selling release in the US.
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. Another six years elapsed before Nine Inch Nails' next studio album, With Teeth, which also debuted atop the Billboard 200. In 2007, the band released their fifth studio album, Year Zero, alongside an accompanying alternate reality game. 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. 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. 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 + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US AUSPeak chart positions in Australia: Top 50 peaks from June 26, 1988: Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Year Zero Remixed: "Head Like a Hole" (1995 reissue): N.B. The "HP" column indicates the highest peak position reached. "March of the Pigs": "Into the Void"/"We're in This Together": AUT CANPeak chart positions for albums in Canada: All except noted: The Downward Spiral: Further Down the Spiral: Year Zero Remixed: FIN FRA GER NZ SWE UKPeak chart positions in the United Kingdom: All except Year Zero Remixed and "Capital G": Year Zero Remixed and "Capital G": Pretty Hate Machine Released: October 20, 1989 Label: TVT Formats: CD, LP, cassette 75 — — — — — — — — 67 US: 3,000,000 RIAA: 3× Platinum BPI: Gold The Downward Spiral Released: March 8, 1994 Label: Nothing, TVT, Interscope Formats: SACD, CD, LP, cassette 2 12 — 13 — — — 23 33 9 US: 3,700,000 RIAA: 4× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold MC: 3× Platinum The Fragile Released: September 21, 1999 Label: Nothing, Interscope Formats: CD, LP, cassette 1 2 14 2 10 27 17 28 18 10 US: 898,000 RIAA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: 2× Platinum With Teeth Released: May 3, 2005 Label: Nothing, Interscope Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 1 10 4 2 9 12 9 13 6 3 US: 1,100,000 RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold MC: Platinum Year Zero Released: April 17, 2007 Label: Interscope Formats: CD, LP, digital download 2 5 4 3 5 17 6 20 7 6 US: 445,000 BPI: Silver Ghosts I–IV Released: March 2, 2008 Label: The Null Corporation Formats: CD, LP, digital download 14 15 58 3 — — 60 26 — 60 US: 149,000 The Slip Released: July 22, 2008 Label: The Null Corporation Formats: CD, LP, digital download 13 22 45 12 24 177 33 23 35 25 US: 112,000 Hesitation Marks Released: August 30, 2013 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 3 2 1 17 22 5 7 37 2 US: 187,000 MC: Gold Bad Witch Released: June 22, 2018 Label: The Null Corporation, Capitol Formats: CD, LP, digital download 12 9 16 15 — 37 28 — — 12 Ghosts V: Together Released: March 26, 2020 Label: The Null Corporation Format: Digital download — — — — — — — — — — Ghosts VI: Locusts Released: March 26, 2020 Label: The Null Corporation Format: Digital download — — — — — — — — — — Nine Inch Noize (with Boys Noize) Released: April 17, 2026 Label: The Null Corporation, Interscope Formats: Digital download 151 43 — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions US AUS AUT CAN FRA GER IRE JPN SCO UK And All That Could Have Been Released: January 22, 2002 Label: Nothing, Interscope Formats: CD, cassette 2637 41 21 17 29 45 75 62 57 54
Remix albums + List of remix albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS CAN FRA SCO UK Further Down the Spiral Released: June 1, 1995 Label: Nothing, Interscope, TVT Formats: CD, cassette 23 51 46 — 25 — RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold Things Falling Apart Released: November 21, 2000 Label: Nothing, Interscope Formats: CD, 12-inch vinyl, cassette 67 59 — — 85 98 Year Zero Remixed Released: November 20, 2007 Label: Interscope Formats: CD, LP, digital download 77 87 28 183 — 160 Tron Ares: Divergence Released: February 27, 2026 Label: Interscope, Walt Disney, The Null Corporation Formats: CD, LP, digital download — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Soundtrack albums + List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions US AUS AUT CAN GER IRE NL NZ SCO UK QuakeReleased: June 22, 1996 Label: Interscope, id Software Video game soundtrack — — — — — — — — 51 — Tron: AresReleased: September 19, 2025 Label: Interscope, Walt Disney, The Null Corporation Film score 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 + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions USDance Halo I–IV Released: November 27, 2015 Label: The Bicycle Music Company Format: LP 13 The Fragile: Deviations 1 Released: December 23, 2016 Label: The Null Corporation Format: LP —
Extended plays Studio EPs + List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS AUT CANPeak chart positions for extended plays in Canada: Fixed: Not the Actual Events and Add Violence: NZ SPA SWI UK Broken Released: September 22, 1992 Label: Nothing, TVT, Interscope, Atlantic Formats: CD, 12-inch vinyl 7 115 — — 46 — — 18 RIAA: Platinum MC: Platinum Not the Actual Events Released: December 23, 2016 Label: The Null Corporation Formats: LP, CD, digital download (w/ physical component) 26 — — 47 — — — — Add Violence Released: July 19, 2017 Label: The Null Corporation Formats: CD, LP, digital download 17 44 67 15 — 74 36 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Additional EPs + List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US CAN NZ Fixed Released: December 7, 1992 Label: Nothing, TVT, Interscope, Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, cassette — 6 25 BPI: Platinum Live 2013 EP Released: September 10, 2013 Label: The Null Corporation Format: Streaming — — — Remix 2014 EP Released: January 21, 2014 Label: Columbia Format: Streaming — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US USMain.Rock USAlt. AUS CANPeak chart positions for singles in Canada: All except noted: "Down In It" and "We're in This Together": "Head Like a Hole": "Only": "Every Day Is Exactly the Same": "Survivalism": "Capital G" and "Came Back Haunted": DEN FIN GER NZ UK "Down in It" 1989 — — 16 — 135 — — — — — Pretty Hate Machine "Head Like a Hole" 1990 — — 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 ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver RMNZ: Platinum "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 BPI: Silver RMNZ: Gold 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" 2008 — 24 6 — — — — — — — The Slip "Came Back Haunted" 2013 — 6 7 — 94 — — — — — Hesitation Marks "Copy of A" — — — — — — — — — — "Everything" — — — — — — — — — — "Less Than" 2017 — 10 22 — — — — — — — Add Violence "God Break Down the Door" 2018 — — — — — — — — — — Bad Witch "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" 2025 — 2 2 — — — — — — — Tron: Ares "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album USAlt. USMain.Rock CANAlt.Peak chart positions for singles on the Canadian Rock/Alternative Chart: "Hurt": "Physical" 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" 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 + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album US USAlt. "I'm Afraid of Americans (V1)"(with David Bowie) 1997 66 27 Earthling "Isn't Everyone"(with Health) 2021 — — Disco4: Part II "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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