Evanescence discography

Further information: List of songs recorded by Evanescence

American rock band Evanescence has released five studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, two demo albums, three extended plays, eighteen singles, nine promotional singles, two video albums, and eighteen music videos. Evanescence was founded in 1994 by Amy Lee and Ben Moody in Little Rock, Arkansas. The band's lineup comprises Lee, guitarist Troy McLawhorn, guitarist Tim McCord, drummer Will Hunt, and bassist Emma Anzai. As of 2022, the band has sold over 31.9 million albums.^[1]

Evanescence discography
Evanescence in 2023
Studio albums	5
EPs	3
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	1
Singles	18
Video albums	2
Music videos	18
Demo albums	2
Promotional singles	9

As a duo, Evanescence self-released the EPs Evanescence (1998) and Sound Asleep (1999), which were followed by the demo album Origin (2000). Their debut studio album, Fallen, was released in 2003, and sold 141,000 copies in its first week in the US,^[2] peaking at number three on the Billboard 200. It spawned the singles "Bring Me to Life", "Going Under", "My Immortal", and "Everybody's Fool". "Bring Me to Life" and "My Immortal" respectively were certified triple platinum and platinum by the RIAA.^[3] In 2004, Evanescence won two Grammy Awards (Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock Performance).^[4] Fallen has sold over 17 million units worldwide,^[5] and was certified diamond by the RIAA in 2022.^[3] Their 2004 live album and concert DVD Anywhere but Home was certified platinum in the US and sold over one million units worldwide.^[3][6]

Their second album, The Open Door (2006), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling over 447,000 copies in its first week in the US.^[7] Its lead single "Call Me When You're Sober" was certified platinum by the RIAA,^[3] and was followed by the singles "Lithium", "Sweet Sacrifice", and "Good Enough". "Sweet Sacrifice" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance.^[8] The Open Door was certified double platinum by the RIAA,^[3] selling 2.1 million units in the US.^[9] It has sold six million units worldwide.^[10] Evanescence (2011), their third studio album, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with US sales of 127,000 copies in its first week.^[11] Three singles were released, "What You Want", "My Heart Is Broken", and "Lost in Paradise". By 2012, Evanescence had sold over 421,000 copies in the US.^[12] In 2020, the album was certified gold by the RIAA for earning over 500,000 units in the country.^[3] The band left their record label in 2014,^[13][14] and released the orchestral-electronica album Synthesis in 2017. In 2021, they released their fifth studio album, The Bitter Truth. Postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic,^[15] the album tracks "Wasted On You", "The Game Is Over", "Use My Voice", and "Better Without You" were released through 2020 and 2021. The Bitter Truth peaked at number 11 in the US.^[16]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		US [17]	AUS [18]	AUT [19]	CAN [20]	FRA [21]	GER [22]	ITA [23]	NLD [24]	SWI [25]	UK [26]
Fallen	Released: March 4, 2003 Label: Wind-up Formats: CD, LP, digital download	3	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	World: 17,000,000[27] US: 8,000,000[28] UK: 1,352,806[29]	RIAA: Diamond[3] ARIA: 6× Platinum[30] BPI: 4× Platinum[31] BVMI: 7× Gold[32] FIMI: Platinum[33] IFPI AUT: Platinum[34] IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[35] MC: 7× Platinum[36] NVPI: Platinum[37] SNEP: 2× Platinum[38]
The Open Door	Released: October 3, 2006 Label: Wind-up Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	World: 5,000,000[27] US: 2,100,000[9] UK: 356,803[29]	RIAA: 2× Platinum[3] ARIA: 2× Platinum[30] BPI: Platinum[31] BVMI: Platinum[32] IFPI AUT: Gold[34] IFPI SWI: Platinum[35] MC: 2× Platinum[36] SNEP: Gold[39]
Evanescence	Released: October 11, 2011 Label: Wind-up Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1	5	4	2	8	5	5	14	4	4	US: 421,000[12] UK: 124,473[29]	RIAA: Gold[3] ARIA: Gold[30] BPI: Gold[31] MC: Gold[36]
Synthesis	Released: November 10, 2017 Label: BMG Formats: CD, LP, digital download	8	6	11	16	58	5	25	23	9	23	US: 50,000[40]
The Bitter Truth	Released: March 26, 2021 Label: BMG Formats: CD, LP, digital download	11	3	5	14	34	2	20	15	1	4	US: 26,000[41]

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		US [17]	AUS [18]	AUT [19]	FRA [21]	GER [22]	GRE [42]	ITA [23]	NLD [24]	NZ [43]	SWI [25]
Anywhere but Home[44]	Released: November 23, 2004 Label: Wind-up Formats: CD, digital download	39	33	10	22	19	1	33	18	40	10	World: 1,000,000[6] US: 687,000[45]	RIAA: Gold[3] BPI: Silver[31] BVMI: Gold[32] IFPI GRE: Gold[42] IFPI SWI: Gold[35]
Synthesis Live	Released: October 12, 2018 Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	—	—	—	51	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Details
Lost Whispers	Released: December 9, 2016 Label: The Bicycle Music Company Formats: LP, digital download

Demo albums

Title	Details
Origin	Released: November 4, 2000 Label: Bigwig Enterprises Formats: CD, LP
Evolution	Released: March 26, 2021 Label: BMG Formats: Cassette[citation needed]

Box sets

Title	Details
The Ultimate Collection	Released: February 17, 2017[46] Label: The Bicycle Music Company Format: LP

Extended plays

Title	Details
Evanescence	Released: 1998 Distributor: Bigwig Enterprises Format: CD
Sound Asleep	Released: 1999 Distributor: Bigwig Enterprises Format: CD
Mystary	Released: January 14, 2003 Label: Wind-up Format: CD

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		US [47]	AUS [18]	AUT [19]	CAN [48]	FRA [21]	GER [22]	ITA [23]	NLD [24]	SWI [25]	UK [26]
"Bring Me to Life"	2003	5	1	3	3	5	2	1	10	6	1	RIAA: 3× Platinum[3] ARIA: 2× Platinum[49] BPI: 3× Platinum[31] BVMI: Platinum[32] FIMI: 2× Platinum[33] IFPI SWI: Gold[50] SNEP: Gold[39]	Fallen
"Going Under"		—[A]	14	14	14	16	15	9	16	13	8	ARIA: Gold[49] BPI: Gold[31]
"My Immortal"		7	4	11	1	11	5	3	7	7	7	RIAA: Platinum[3] ARIA: Platinum[52] BPI: Platinum[31] BVMI: Gold[32] FIMI: Platinum[33]
"Everybody's Fool"	2004	—	23	—	—	—	—	16	35	35	24	BPI: Silver[31]
"Call Me When You're Sober"	2006	10	5	7	5	20	13	3	27	6	4	RIAA: Platinum[3] ARIA: Gold[53] BPI: Silver[31]	The Open Door
"Lithium"	2007	—[B]	26	41	—	—	44	2	55	40	32
"Sweet Sacrifice"		—	—	—	—	—	75	—	—	—	—
"Good Enough"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"What You Want"[54]	2011	68	86	—	55	—	84	86	—	—	72		Evanescence
"My Heart Is Broken"[55]		—	—	36	—	—	92	—	—	—	—
"Lost in Paradise"[56]	2012	99	—	71	89	—	—	31	—	39	174
"Imperfection"	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Synthesis
"Hi-Lo" (featuring Lindsey Stirling)[57]	2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Chain"	2019	—[C]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[D]		Non-album single
"Wasted on You"	2020	—[E]	—	—	—[F]	—	—	—	—	—	—[G]		The Bitter Truth
"The Game Is Over"		—[H]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Use My Voice"		—	—[I]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[J]
"Better Without You"[64]	2021	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Afterlife"	2025	—	—[K]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[L]		Devil May Cry
"Fight Like a Girl" (feat. K.Flay)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[M]		Ballerina Soundtrack
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Album
		US Bub. [51]	US Main. [68]	US Rock [69]	CAN [48]	POL [70]
"Imaginary"[71]	2004	—	—	—	—	—	Fallen
"Missing"[72]		—	—	—	—	22	Anywhere but Home
"Weight of the World"[73]	2007	—	—	—	—	—	The Open Door
"Together Again"[74]	2010	3	—	—[N]	86	—	Non-album single
"Made of Stone"[76]	2012	—	39	—[O]	—	—	Evanescence
"The Other Side"[78]		—	36	—[P]	—	—
"Bring Me to Life (Synthesis)"[79]	2017	—	—	31	—	—	Synthesis
"Lacrymosa (Synthesis)"[80]		—	—	—	—	—
"Yeah Right"[81]	2020	—	—[Q]	—[R]	—	—	The Bitter Truth
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charting songs

List of other songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Alt. DL [83]
"My Immortal (Synthesis)"	2017	19	Synthesis

Videos

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		US [84]	AUS [85]	AUT [86]	BEL (FL) [87]	BEL (WA) [88]	GER [89]	NLD [90]	SWE [91]	SWI [92]	UK [93]
Anywhere but Home	Released: November 23, 2004 Label: Wind-up Formats: DVD	3	4	—	—	—	—	8	—	—	4	RIAA: 5× Platinum[3] ARIA: 2× Platinum[94] BPI: Platinum[31] BVMI: 3× Gold[32]
Synthesis Live	Released: October 12, 2018 Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	1	—	4	2	1	7	3	2	1	1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors

Title	Year	Director(s)	Ref.
"Bring Me to Life"	2003	Philipp Stölzl[95]	[96]
"Going Under"			[97]
"My Immortal"		David Mouldy[98]	[99]
"Everybody's Fool"	2004	Philipp Stölzl[95]	[100]
"Call Me When You're Sober"	2006	Marc Webb[101]	[102]
"Lithium"		Paul Fedor[103]	[104]
"Sweet Sacrifice"	2007	P. R. Brown[105]	[106]
"Good Enough"		Marc Webb and Rich Lee[107]	[108]
"What You Want"	2011	Meiert Avis[109]	[110]
"My Heart Is Broken"	2012	Dean Karr[111]	[112]
"Lost in Paradise"	2013	Blake Judd[113]	[114]
"Imperfection"	2017	P. R. Brown	[115]
"Hi-Lo"	2018		[116]
"The Chain"	2020		[117]
"Wasted on You"			[118]
"The Game Is Over"			[119]
"Use My Voice"		Eric D. Howell	[120]
"Better Without You"	2021		[121]
"Yeah Right"	2023	Eric Ritcher	[122]
"Afterlife"	2025	Jason Lester	[123]
"Fight Like A Girl"		Chad Stahelski	[124]

Notes

1. "Going Under" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.^[51]
2. "Lithium" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.^[51]
3. "The Chain" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 20 on the US Digital Song Sales chart.^[58]
4. "The Chain" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 53 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.^[59]
5. "Wasted on You" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 26 on the US Digital Song Sales chart.^[58]
6. "Wasted on You" did not enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 29 on the Canadian Digital Song Sales chart.^[60]
7. "Wasted on You" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 42 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.^[61]
8. "The Game Is Over" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the US Digital Song Sales chart.^[58]
9. "Use My Voice" did not enter the ARIA Singles Chart, but peaked at number 45 on the Australia Digital Tracks Chart.^[62]
10. "Use My Voice" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.^[63]
11. "Afterlife" did not enter the ARIA Singles Chart, but peaked at number 30 on the Australia Digital Tracks Chart.^[65]
12. "Afterlife" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 39 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.^[66]
13. "Fight Like a Girl" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 67 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.^[67]
14. "Together Again" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart.^[75]
15. "Made of Stone" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 36 on the Active Rock chart.^[77]
16. "The Other Side" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 32 on the Active Rock chart.^[77]
17. "Yeah Right" did not enter the Mainstream Rock chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart.^[82]
18. "Yeah Right" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 22 on the Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.^[83]