  Trent Reznor was born May 17,
1965 and grew up in Pennsylvania. Although
Nine Inch Nails is considered a group, Reznor
is viewed as the creative energy of NIN no
matter who's accompanying him. His ability to
play several instruments began in his youth
with training as a classical pianist.
 Nine Inch Nails released Pretty
Hate Machine.
Nine Inch Nails toured in the
Lollapalooza package tour.
Pretty
Hate Machine was certified gold.
Nine Inch Nails released the EP Broken.
Broken was certified gold.
 Broken was certified gold.
Nine Inch Nails won a Grammy
Award for Best Metal Performance ("Wish").
The video for "Wish"
was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Video.
 # 155
Singles Artist of the Year
 Nine Inch Nails released The
Downward Spiral.
The
Downward Spiral was certified gold.
Nine Inch Nails performed at Woodstock
'94.
The video for "Closer"
was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Breakthrough Video and Best Art Direction.
The
Downward Spiral was certified platinum.
 # 198
Singles Artist of the Year
Nine Inch Nails were nominated
for an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative
Artist.
Pretty
Hate Machine was certified platinum.
Nine Inch Nails
were nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Alternative Music
Performance (The
Downward Spiral).
 Nine Inch Nails released Further
Down The Spiral.
Pretty
Hate Machine was certified 2x platinum.
The
Downward Spiral was certified 2x platinum.
Nine Inch Nails were nominated
for an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative
Artist.
Nine Inch Nails
won a Grammy
Award for Best Metal Performance ("Happiness Is
Slavery") and Reznor was nominated for Best Rock Song ("Hurt").
Further
Down The Spiral was certified gold.
The video for
"The Perfect Drug" was nominated
for 5 MTV Video Music
Awards including Video of the Year, Best Alternative Video, Best Direction, Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography.
Nine Inch Nails were nominated
for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("The Perfect
Drug").
Trent Reznor was sued by a
musician who claims that Reznor stole 6 of
his songs after conversing over the internet.
The musician claims he had sent Reznor a copy
of his music in 1993 so that Reznor could
listen to the tunes. The songs in question
include 4 from The
Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails'
biggest LP) and a track from the Natural
Born Killers soundtrack.
The
Downward Spiral was certified 4x platinum.
The lawsuit claiming Trent
Reznor plagiarized songs for The
Downward Spiral was dismissed by a
judge in California.
Reznor talked with USA Today
about his next LP, The
Fragile: "I'm in the home stretch
and there's this question nagging me: Is this
fantastic or so self-absorbed that I missed
the mark?"
A new track, "The Day The
World Went Away" was released.
 The
Fragile was released.
Reznor appeared on cover of Rolling
Stone.
The
Fragile topped the Billboard 200 Albums
chart for a week and the Billboard Internet
Album Sales chart for a week.
The
Fragile was certified platinum.
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"Closer" at # 17.
The
Fragile was certified 2x platinum.
Nine Inch Nails
were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance ("Starf****rs,
Inc.") and Best Alternative Music
Performance (The
Fragile).
Nine Inch Nails began touring in
April in Ohio.
The video "Into
The Void" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Breakthrough Video. The video for
"Starf****rs, Inc." was nominated
for a Billboard Music Video Award for Best
Modern Rock Clip of the Year.
 Nine Inch Nails released Things
Falling Apart - a remix LP.
Nine Inch Nails came in at # 43 on VH1: 100
Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
Nine Inch Nails
were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Into The Void").
 Nine Inch Nails
released a live LP - And
All That Could Have Been.
Pretty
Hate Machine was certified 3x platinum.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes
"Closer" at # 93.
 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 200:
The
Downward Spiral.
Rolling Stone:
The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of
All Time included Nine Inch Nails at # 94.
 Nine Inch Nails released With
Teeth with the first single "The
Hand That Feeds."
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart and Top Internet
Albums chart with With
Teeth - selling over 272,000 copies
its first week of release in the US.
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"The Hand That Feeds."
Nine Inch Nails were to perform
at the MTV Movie Awards, but
cancelled after wanting to use George Bush's
image in the background as the performed
"The Hand That Feeds" but being
told not to by MTV.
Reznor performed on ReAct
Now: Music & Relief - a benefit
program shown on music video channels to
raise money for those affected by Hurricane
Katrina.
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"Only."
Nine Inch Nails
were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("The Hand That
Feeds").
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"Every Day Is Exactly The Same."
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Canadian singles chart with "Every Day
Is Exactly The Same."
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart and Hot
Dance Singles Sales chart with "Every
Day Is Exactly The Same."
Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot Dance
Single Sales ("Every Day Is Exactly The
Same").
 Nine Inch Nails were nominated
for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Every Day Is
Exactly The Same").
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"Survivalism."
Nine Inch Nails released Year
Zero.
 Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard Internet Albums chart with Year
Zero.
The remix LP Y34RZ3ROR3MIX3D was released.
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart with Y34RZ3ROR3MIX3D.
Nine Inch Nails topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot Dance
Single Sales ("Every Day Is Exactly The
Same").
 Nine Inch Nails released Ghosts
I-IV through there official website.
The set consists of 36 instrumental tracks.
Ghosts
I-IV was released in stores.
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart with Ghosts
I-IV.
Nine Inch Nails gave away their
next LP The
Slip free off their website (www.NIN.com) with a statement by
Reznor saying "Thank you for your
continued and loyal support over the years -
this one's on me."
 Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included The
Downward Spiral at # 81.
The
Slip was released.
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard Top Electronics Albums chart with The
Slip.
Nine Inch Nails were nominated
for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance ("34 Ghosts I-IV").
Reznor was also nominated for Best Boxed or
Special Limited Edition Package (Ghosts
I-IV with Rob Sheridan).
Pretty
Hate Machine: 2010 Remaster was released.
Reznor was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
for his work on the film The Social
Network.
Reznor won an Academy Award for
Best Original Score for his work on the film The
Social Network.
 Reznor was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
for The
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Reznor won a Grammy Award for
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (The
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo).
 Nine Inch Nails released Hesitation
Marks.
Nine Inch Nails topped the
Billboard Rock Albums chart and Alternative
Albums chart with Hesitation
Marks.
- July 21: Nine Inch Nails
released the EP Add Violence digitally. The
audio CD was released later in the year.
- November 7: Nine Inch Nails
was inducted into the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame.
- February 28: Trent won a
Golden Globe Award for Best Original
Score (Soul) and was also
nominated in that category for his work
on Mank.
- April 25: Trent won an
Academy Award for Best Original Score (Soul) and was also
nominated in that category for his work
on Mank.
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Pretty Hate Machine
Released: November, 1989
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 75
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Head Like A
Hole" - "Terrible Lie" -
"Down In It" -
"Sanctified" - "Something
I Can Never Have" - "Kinda I
Want To" - "Sin" -
"That's What I Get" -
"Only Time" -
"Ringfinger" |
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Broken (EP)
Released: September , 1992
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Tracks:
"Pinion" - "Wish" -
"Last" - "Help Me I Am In
Hell" - "Happiness Is
Slavery" - "Gave Up" -
"Physical" - "Suck" |
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The Downward Spiral
Released: March, 1994
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Mr. Self
Destruct" - "Piggy" -
"Heresy" - "March Of The
Pigs" - "Closer" -
"Ruiner" - "The
Becoming" - "I Do Not Want
This" - "Big Man With A
Gun" - "A Warm Place" -
"Eraser" - "Reptile"
- "The Downward Spiral" -
"Hurt" |
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Further Down The Spiral
Released: May, 1995
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 23
Tracks: "Piggy
(Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" -
"Art Of Self Destruction, Part
One" - "Self Destruction, Part
Two" - "Downward Spiral (The
Bottom)" - "Hurt (Quiet)"
- "Eraser (Denial:
Realization)" - "At The Heart
Of It All" - "Eraser
(Polite)" - "Self Destruction,
Final" - "Beauty Of Being
Numb" - "Erased, Over,
Out" |
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The Fragile
Released: September, 1999
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "The Way Out
Is Through" - "Into The
Void" - "Where Is
Everybody?" - "The Mark Has
Been Made" - "Please" -
"Starf****rs, Inc." -
"Complication" - "I'm
Looking Forward To Joining You,
Finally" - "The Big Come
Down" - "Underneath It
All" - "Ripe (With Decay)" |
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Things Falling Apart
Released: November, 2000
Billboard
peak:
# 67
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Slipping
Away" - "Great Collapse" -
"Wretched" - "Starf****rs,
Inc." - "Frail" -
"Starf****rs, Inc." -
"Where Is Everybody?" -
"Metal" - "10 Miles
High" - "Starf****rs,
Inc." |
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And All That Could Have
Been
Released: February, 2002
Billboard
peak:
# 26
Rolling Stone:
Live Tracks: "Terrible
Lie" - "Sin" - "March
Of The Pigs" - "Piggy" -
"The Frail" - "The
Wretched" - "Gave Up" -
"The Great Below" - "The
Mark Has Been Made" -
"Wish" - "Suck" -
"Closer" - "Head Like A
Hole" - "The Day The World Went
Away" - "Starf*****rs,
Inc." - "Hurt" |
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With Teeth
Released: May, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "All The
Love In The World" - "You Know
What You Are?" - "The
Collector" - "The Hand That
Feeds" - "Love Is Not
Enough" - "Every Day Is Exactly
The Same" - "With Teeth" -
"Only" - "Getting
Smaller" - "Sunspots" -
"The Line Begins To Blur" -
"Beside You In Time" -
"Right Where It Belongs" |
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Year Zero
Released: April, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks:
"Hyperpower!" - "Beginning
Of The End" -
"Survivalism" - "Good
Soldier" - "Vessel" -
"Me, I'm Not" - "Capital
G" - "My Violent Heart" -
"Warning" - "God
Given" - "Meet Your
Master" - "Greater Good" -
"Great Destroyer" -
"Another Version Of The Truth"
- "In This Twilight" -
"Zerio-Sum" |
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Y34RZ3ROR3MIX3D
Released: November, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 77
Tracks: "Gunshots By
Computer" - "The Great
Destroyer" - "My Violent
Heart" - "The Beginning Of The
End" - "Survivalism" -
"Capital G" -
"Vessel" - "The
Warning" - "Meet Your
Master" - "God Given" -
"Me, I'm Not" - "Another
Version Of The Truth" - "In
This Twilight" - "Zero
Sum" |
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Ghosts I-IV
Released: April, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 14
Rolling Stone: |
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The Slip
Released: July, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Rolling Stone:
Tracks:
"999,999" -
"1,000,000" - "Letting
You" - "Discipline" -
"Echoplex" - "Head
Down" - "Lights In The
Sky" - "Corona Radiata" -
"Four Of Us Are Dying" -
"Demon Seed" - "Slip"
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Hesitation Marks
Released: September 3, 2013
Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative
Music Album
Tracks: "The Eater
Of Dreams" - "Copy Of A" -
"Came Back Haunted" -
"Find My Way" - "All Time
Low" - "Disappointed" -
"Everything" -
"Satellite" - "Various
Methods Of Escape" -
"Running" - "I Would For
You" - "In Two" -
"While I'm Still Here" -
"Black Noise" |
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Not The Actual Events (EP)
Released: October 23, 2016
Tracks: "Branches /
Bones" - "Dear World," -
"She's Gone Away" - "The
Idea Of You" - "Burning Bright
(Field On Fire)" |
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Add Violence (EP)
Released: July 21, 2017
Tracks: "Less
Than" - "The Lovers" -
"This Isn't The Place" -
"Not Anymore" - "The
Background World" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Bad Witch
Released: June 22, 2018
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 12
Tracks: "Sh**
Mirror" - "Ahead Of
Ourselves" - "Play The
Goddamned Part" - "God Break
Down The Door" - "I'm Not From
This World" - "Over And
Out" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Ghosts V: Together
Released: March 27, 2020
Tracks: "Letting Go
While Holding On" -
"Together" - "Out In The
Open" - "With Faith" -
"Apart" - "Your
Touch" - "Hope We Can
Again" - "Still Right
Here" |
iTunes |
Ghosts VI: Locusts
Released: March 27, 2020
Tracks: "The Cursed
Clock" - "Around Every
Corner" - "The Worriment
Waltz" - "Run Like Hell" -
"When It Happens (Don't Mind
Me)" - "Another Crashed
Car" - "Temp Fix" -
"Trust Fades" - "A Really
Bad Night" - "Your New
Normal" - "Just Breathe" -
"Right Behind You" - "Turn
This Off Please" - "So
Tired" - "Almost Dawn" |
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