Evanescence / discography

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This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American alternative rock - band Evanescence . According to the sources, they have sold more than 24.6 million records in their careers.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2003	Falling	DE2 × 5 Quintuple gold (73 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (73 weeks)AT	CH2 × 2 Double platinum (75 weeks)CH	UK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (87 weeks)UK	US3 × 7 Seven times platinum (114 weeks)US	First published: March 4, 2003 Sales: +17,000,000
2006	The open door	DE1 gold (26 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (25 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (26 weeks)CH	UK2 platinum (20 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (48 weeks)US	First published: October 3, 2006 Sales: + 5,000,000
2011	Evanescence	DE5 (17 weeks) DE	AT4 (10 weeks) AT	CH4 (18 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (7 weeks)UK	US1 (27 weeks) US	First published: October 7, 2011
2017	Synthesis	DE5 (9 weeks) DE	AT11 (4 weeks) AT	CH9 (8 weeks) CH	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	US8 (2 weeks) US	First published: November 10, 2017

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Anywhere but Home	DE19 (13 weeks) DE	AT10 (13 weeks) AT	CH10 gold (15 weeks)CH	-	US39 gold (14 weeks)US	First published: November 23, 2004 Sales: + 1,000,000
2018	Synthesis Live	DE51 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: October 12, 2018

Compilations

• 2016: Lost Whispers (only available as part of the Ultimate Collection Box Set )

Demo CD

• 2000: Origin (limited to 2,500 pieces)

EPs

• 1998: Evanescence (limited to 100 pieces)
• 1999: Sound Asleep (limited to 50 pieces)
• 2003: Mystary

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2003	Bring Me to Life traps	DE2 platinum (25 weeks)DE	AT3 (33 weeks) AT	CH6th gold (46 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (38 weeks)UK	US5 × 3 Triple platinum (32 weeks)US	First published: April 14, 2003 Sales: + 5,035,000; feat. Paul McCoy
	Going under traps	DE15 (9 weeks) DE	AT14 (12 weeks) AT	CH13 (20 weeks) CH	UK8th silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 8, 2003 Sales: + 235,000
	My Immortal Traps	DE5 gold (20 weeks)DE	AT11 (20 weeks) AT	CH7 (28 weeks) CH	UK7th gold (17 weeks)UK	US7th platinum (32 weeks)US	First published: December 8, 2003 Sales: + 1,720,000
2004	Everybody's fool traps	-	-	CH35 (14 weeks) CH	UK24 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1, 2004
2006	Call Me When You're Sober The Open Door	DE13 (9 weeks) DE	AT7 (15 weeks) AT	CH6 (13 weeks) CH	UK4 (9 weeks) UK	US10 platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: September 15, 2006 Sales: + 1,035,000
	Lithium The Open Door	DE44 (9 weeks) DE	AT41 (6 weeks) AT	CH40 (12 weeks) CH	UK32 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 15, 2006
2007	Sweet Sacrifice The Open Door	DE75 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: May 25, 2007
2011	What You Want Evanescence	DE84 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK72 (1 week) UK	US68 (1 week) US	First published: August 8, 2011
	My Heart Is Broken Evanescence	DE92 (1 week) DE	AT36 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: November 1, 2011
2012	Lost in Paradise Evanescence	-	AT71 (1 week) AT	CH39 (2 weeks) CH	-	US99 (1 week) US	First published: May 25, 2012

More singles

• 2007: Good Enough
• 2017: Imperfection
• 2018: Hi-Lo
• 2019: The Chain
• 2020: Wasted on You
• 2020: The Game Is Over
• 2020: Use My Voice

Promo singles

• 2004: Imaginary
• 2004: Missing
• 2007: Weight of the World
• 2012: Made of Stone
• 2012: The Other Side
• 2017: Bring Me to Life (Synthesis)
• 2017: Lacrymosa (Synthesis)

Benefit singles

• 2010: Together Again (for Haiti)

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

• 2004: Anywhere but Home (DE:× 3Triple gold ; UK:platinum; US:× 5Quintuple platinum )
• 2018: Synthesis Live

Music videos

year	title	Director (s)
2003	Bring Me to Life	Philipp Stölzl
	Going under	Philipp Stölzl
	My Immortal	David Moldy
2004	Everybody's Fool	Philipp Stölzl
2006	Call Me When You're Sober	Marc Webb
	lithium	Paul Fedor
2007	Sweet Sacrifice	PR Brown
	Good enough	Marc Webb, Rich Lee
2011	What you want	Meiert Avis
2012	My Heart Is Broken	Dean Karr
2013	Lost in Paradise	Blake Judd
2017	Imperfection	PR Brown
2018	Hi-Lo	PR Brown
2020	The chain	PR Brown
	Wasted on you	PR Brown
	The Game Is Over	PR Brown

Awards for music sales

→ Main article : Evanescence / Music Sales Awards

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	-	platinum1	-	60,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	13 × platinum13	-	905,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	100,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	400,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	95,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	10 × gold10	platinum1	-	1,125,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	(4,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	56,000	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	-	790,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Greece (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	85,000	Individual evidence
Ireland (IRMA)	-	-	platinum1	-	15,000	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	125,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	300,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	9 × platinum9	diamond1	1,040,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	4 × gold4th	-	-	275,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	7 × platinum7th	-	105,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	80,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	45,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	45,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	-	-	35,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	40,000	Individual evidence
Russia (NFPF)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	60,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	75,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	145,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	140,000	promusicae.es
Hungary (MAHASZ)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	23,000	slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	19 × platinum19th	-	15,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	2 × gold2	8 × platinum8th	-	3,450,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	38 × gold38	96 × platinum96	diamond1

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b} Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ EVANESCENCE STEPS THROUGH "THE OPEN DOOR" Band's New Studio Album To Debut October 3 ( Memento from May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )