Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails (colloquially known as NIN) are a critically and commercially successful American band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor.

Awards

RIAA Gold albums

• Pretty Hate Machine certified gold (March, 1992)
• Broken certified gold (November or December, 1992)
• The Downward Spiral certified gold (April, 1994)
• The Downward Spiral certified platinum (October, 1994)
• Pretty Hate Machine certified platinum (March, 1995)
• Pretty Hate Machine certified double platinum (July, 1995)
• The Downward Spiral certified double platinum (September, 1995)
• Further Down the Spiral certified gold (June, 1996)
• The Downward Spiral certified quadruple platinum (October, 1998)
• The Fragile certified platinum (October, 1999)
• The Fragile certified double platinum (January, 2000)
• Pretty Hate Machine certified triple platinum (May 12, 2003)
• With Teeth certified gold (July, 2005)

American Music Awards

• Nine Inch Nails nominated for "Favorite Alternative Artist" (January 30, 1995)
• Nine Inch Nails nominated for "Favorite Alternative Artist" (January 29, 1996)

Billboard Music Awards

• The video for "Starsuckers, Inc." was nominated for a Billboard Music Video Award for Best Modern Rock Clip of the Year. (December 5, 2000)

Grammy Awards

• "Wish" from Broken wins for "Best Metal Performance with Vocal" (February 24, 1993)
• The Downward Spiral nominated for "Best Alternative Music Performance" (March 1, 1995)
• "Happiness in Slavery" from Woodstock '94 wins for "Best Metal Performance" (February 28, 1996)
• "Hurt" from The Downward Spiral nominated for "Best Rock Song" (February 28, 1996)
• "The Perfect Drug" from Lost Highway nominated for "Best Hard Rock Performance" (February 25, 1998)
• The Fragile nominated for "Best Alternative Music Performance" (February 23, 2000)
• "Starsuckers, Inc." from The Fragile nominated for "Best Metal Performance" (February 23, 2000)
• "Into the Void" from The Fragile nominated for "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" (February 21, 2001)

MTV Video Music Awards

• "Wish" from Broken nominated for "Best Metal/Hard Rock Video" (September 3, 1993)
• "Closer" from The Downward Spiral nominated for "Breakthrough Video" and "Best Art Direction" (September 8, 1994)
• "The Perfect Drug" from Lost Highway nominated for "Best Video of the Year", "Best Alternative Video", "Best Direction", "Best Art Direction" and "Best Cinematography" (September 4, 1997)
• "Into the Void" from The Fragile nominated for "Breakthrough Video" (September 7, 2000)