entered Billboard 200 at number two

Nine Inch Nails’ second studio album, The Downward Spiral , entered the Billboard 200 at number two, and is the band’s highest seller in the US, over four million copies, among five million worldwide. Influenced by Pink Floyd and by David Bowie ‘s music from the 1970s, The Downward Spiral ‘s diverse textures and moods depict a protagonist’s mental progress. Flood co-produced several tracks, while Alan Moulder mixed most, and later found more extensive production duties on future albums. Reznor invited Sean Beavan to work on The Downward Spiral . After contributing to remixes of Nine Inch Nails songs, such as ” Closer “, Beavan mixed and co-produced Marilyn Manson ‘s Antichrist Superstar in 1996. The Downward Spiral , like Broken , was recorded at Le Pig Studios. ” March of the Pigs ” and “Closer” were singles. Two other tracks, ” Hurt ” and ” Piggy “, though not singles, were issued to radio. Also in 1994, the band released the promotional single ” Burn “, which Reznor produced, on the soundtrack of Oliver Stone film Natural Born Killers . as well as a cover of the Joy Division song “Dead Souls” on the soundtrack to the film The Crow , which went to number 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.