2006
OCTOBER
• 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.
SEPTEMBER
• Evanescence hit the Top 10 with “Call Me When You’re Sober.”
AUGUST
• Evanescence hit the Top 40 with “Call Me When You’re Sober.”

2005
• Amy Lee: # 142 Singles Artist of the Year
FEBRUARY
• Evanescence was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (“My Immortal”).

2004
• Evanescence: # 27 Singles Artist of the Year
• Amy Lee: # 91 Singles Artist of the Year
DECEMBER
• 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.
NOVEMBER
• 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.
SEPTEMBER
• Evanescence won a World Music Award for Best Rock Artist.
AUGUST
• The video for “My Immortal” was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award including Best Rock Video.
APRIL
• Fallen was certified 5x platinum
MARCH
• Evanescence hit #1 for a week with “My Immortal.”
• Evanescence topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart with “My Immortal.”
FEBRUARY
• 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.”
JANUARY
• 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.

2003
• # 19 Singles Artist of the Year
DECEMBER
• 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.
NOVEMBER
• Evanescence postponed several tour dates in the US.
OCTOBER
• 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.
SEPTEMBER
• Evanescence hit the Top 40 with “Going Under.”
AUGUST
• 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.
JUNE
• 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.
MAY
• Evanescence hit the Top 10 and then #1 for 2 weeks with “Bring Me To Life.”
APRIL
• 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.”
MARCH
• 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.
FEBRUARY
• 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.