  Evanescence consists of Amy Lee
on vocals, Ben Moody on lead guitar, John
LeCompt on guitar, Will Boyd on bass, and
Rocky Gray on drums and hail from Little
Rock, Arkansas. The self-described rock band
categorizes their sound as "dramatic,
dark rock." The group began with Lee and
Moody meeting as teens and finding a musical
connection. By the late 90s, Evanescence was
gaining notoriety with selling EPs of their
music.
 # 19
Singles Artist of the Year
 Evanescence first gained
wide-spread notice when their tracks "Bring Me To Life" and "My Immortal" were featured on
the soundtrack for Daredevil. "Bring Me To Life" features Paul
McCoy of 12 Stones.
Evanescence released Fallen.
Evanescence hit the Top 40 with
"Bring Me To Life."
Evanescence topped the Billboard
Modern Rock chart for 3 weeks with "Bring Me To Life."
Evanescence topped the Billboard
Christian Album chart for 5 weeks Fallen.
 Fallen was certified platinum.
Evanescence were doing well on
the Christian charts until the group made it
known that they didn't want to be lumped into
the Christian music scene. Fallen had topped the
Billboard Top Contemporary Christian Albums
chart before Christian record stores began
removing the band's LP. Moody had stated
about the groups stance on being viewed as a
'Christian band': "...Amy and I are
Christians, but we are not a Christian band.
We write about a number of things, just
things we experience in life. Because our
spirituality is a big part of our lives, it
comes through in our music. But our lives are
our ministry. Our music is just a way for us
to convey the message to those who listen
that they are not alone."
 Evanescence hit
the Top 10 and then #1 for 2 weeks with
"Bring Me To Life."
Evanescence
topped the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart with
"Bring Me To Life."
Evanescence
topped UK singles chart for 4 weeks with
"Bring Me To Life."
Fallen was certified 2x
platinum.
Evanescence won
a Teen Choice Award for Choice Music Rock
Track ("Bring Me To Life").
Evanescence began headlining
their own tour.
Evanescence's video for "Bring Me To Life" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Rock Video and Best New Artist.
Fallen topped the LP charts
in Canada and UK LP chart for a week.
 Evanescence hit the Top 40 with
"Going Under."
Guitarist Ben Moody left
Evanescence during their European tour. He
was replaced on tour temporarily by Terry
Balsamo, guitarist from Cold.
Fallen was certified 3x
platinum.
Evanescence postponed several
tour dates in the US.
 Evanescence hit the Top 40 with
"My Immortal."
Evanescence had
the 4th biggest selling LP of the year - Fallen - which sold
over 3.3 million copies during the year in
the US.
 Evanescence:
# 27
Singles Artist of the Year ~ Amy Lee:
# 91
Singles Artist of the Year
Evanescence was nominated for an
American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and
performed at the ceremony.
Evanescence named Balsamo as a
permanent member of the group.
Evanescence hit the Top 10 with "My Immortal."
Evanescence topped the Canadian
singles chart with "My Immortal."
Fallen was certified 4x
platinum.
Evanescence won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Bring Me To Life") and Best New Artist, and were nominated
for Album of the Year, Best Rock Album (Fallen), Best Rock Song
(songwriters: Lee and Moody). When the band
came up on stage to receive their Best New Artist award, fellow nominee 50 Cent walked up and then off
the stage. Lee said of his actions: "I
thought it was disrespectful. 50 Cent and my band have been
nominated for a lot of awards, and he's won
them all, and we always sit there, smile and
clap for him. It was the one five minutes
that weren't his."
 Evanescence hit #1 for a week with "My Immortal."
Evanescence topped the Billboard
Adult Top 40 chart with "My Immortal."
Fallen was certified 5x
platinum.
 The video for "My Immortal" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award including Best Rock Video.
Amy Lee hit the Top 40 helping
out Seether with their Top
10 hit "Broken" from their LP Disclaimer
II.
Evanescence won a World Music
Award for Best Rock Artist.
 Evanescence was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and Artist of the
Year.
Evanescence released the CD/DVD Anywhere
But Home.
Fallen was certified 6x
platinum.
Anywhere
But Home was certified gold.
Fallen was the 8th
biggest-selling LP in the US for year with
sales during the year topping 2.7 million.
 Amy Lee: # 142
Singles Artist of the Year
 Evanescence was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("My Immortal").
 # 38
Singles Artist of the Year
 Evanescence hit the Top 40 with
"Call Me When You're
Sober."
Evanescence hit the Top 10 with "Call Me When You're
Sober."
 Evanescence released their next
LP The
Open Door.
Evanescence topped the Billboard
200 LP chart and Top Internet Albums chart
with The
Open Door - the LP sold over 447,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
 The
Open Door was certified platinum.
During the month, John LeCompt
and Rocky Gray left the band and were
replaced by guitarist Troy McLawhorn and
drummer Will Hunt.
 Evanescence were nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Sweet
Sacrifice").
Fallen was certified 7x
platinum.
The single
"Bring Me To Life" was certified
gold.
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