Editing Pretty Hate Machine (section)

==Commercial performance==
Released on October 20, 1989, ''Pretty Hate Machine'' was a commercial success and entered the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in February 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1990-02-09|title=Billboard 200 Week of February 10, 1990 |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> Although it peaked at number 75 on the ''Billboard'' 200, the album gained popularity through [[word of mouth]] and developed an underground following. ''Pretty Hate Machine'' was certified Gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on March 3, 1992, a few years after the album's initial release, for shipping 500,000 units in the USA.<ref name="RIAA" /> Three years later in 1995, it became one of the first [[independent music|independently released]] records to attain a [[RIAA certification|Platinum certification]].<ref name="RIAA" /> It eventually garnered a triple Platinum certification on May 12, 2003, with three million copies sold in the United States.<ref name="RIAA" />  ''Pretty Hate Machine'' spent a total of 115 weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, tying their sophomore album, ''[[The Downward Spiral]]'' as their longest charting effort.<ref name="US chart" />

The album was also certified Silver by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI) on November 1, 1995,<ref name="BPI" /> following its number 67 peak on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="UK chart" />