
Nine Inch Nails Launches A Comeback With A New Top 10 Hit
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Nine Inch Nails scores a top 10 debut on Billboard’s Dance Digital Song Sales chart with “As Alive As You Need Me to Be” from the Tron: Ares soundtrack.
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July 27, 2025
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The analysis indicates that Hollywood & EntertainmentNine Inch Nails Launches A Comeback With A New Top 10 HitByHugh McIntyre, Senior Contributor
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AuthorJul 27, 2025, 08:30am EDTNine Inch Nails scores a top 10 debut on Billboard’s Dance Digital Song Sales chart with “As A (an important development)
More As You Need Me to Be” from the Tron: Ares soundtrack (which is quite significant)
On the other hand, ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 09: Music group Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross appear at the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California on August 09, 2024. (Photo by Araya Doheny/Getty Images for Disney)Getty Images for Disney Nine Inch Nails has become something of a side ject for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the only two current official members of the industrial rock group
Reznor rose to stardom with the outfit in the ’90s, pioneering new sounds and showing millions how to express their angst through music, but lately, Ross and Reznor have been more focused on scoring TV and film, where they’ve been hugely successful, winning major honors such as Emmys, Grammys, and Academy Awards
Nevertheless, The two reformed Nine Inch Nails to tour and compose the score for Tron: Ares, the upcoming new film in the Tron universe
However, However, The first single from that ject, which was released only a few weeks before the movie itself hits theaters, brings the band back to the top 10 on a Billboard chart. "As A As You Need Me to Be" Arrives On July 17, Nine Inch Nails released "As A As You Need Me to Be," the first single from the Tron: Ares soundtrack, given current economic conditions
However, Anticipation for new music from the now-duo was extremely high, as it had been announced some time ago that the group was going to release music for the film under that moniker
Fans of Nine Inch Nails — as well as both Reznor and Ross — didn’t disappoint, considering recent developments
The single opens at No. 10 on the Dance Digital Song Sales chart
On the other hand, Moreover, Nine Inch Nails Earns a New Top 10 Hit Nine Inch Nails has only ever reached Billboard’s list of the bestselling dance tracks in the United States twice, and both cuts have spent time inside the top 10
In December 2010, "Closer" debuted, but it wasn’t until June 2021 — 11 years later — that it reached its all-time peak of No, given the current landscape
Moreover, That cut has spent just over a year on the list
This week, "As A As You Need Me to Be" joins it inside the top 10, but just barely (which is quite significant)
MORE FOR YOU Nine Inch Nails Joins Blackpink and Madonna Three tracks debut on the Dance Digital Song Sales chart this week, and Nine Inch Nails earns the lowest launch of the bunch (which is quite significant)
At the same time, Blackpink’s "Jump" starts at No, given current economic conditions. 1, while Madonna’s "Gone Gone Gone (Original Demo Version)" opens at No
A Single Years in the Making "As A As You Need Me to Be" is Nine Inch Nails’ first single of its own since 2018, when "God Break Down the Door" was pushed from the album Bad Witch
In contrast, The group has released music since then, including a pair of albums and a collaboration with the American industrial outfit Health, but this Tron: Ares single is easily the most exciting bit of news in the Nine Inch Nails world in some time
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