Fallen - Evanescence

Evanescence's debut studio album, Fallen, was released on March 4, 2003, through Wind-up Records and Epic Records. The band signed to Wind-up in January 2001 after releasing three EPs and a demo CD. Fallen began writing songs shortly after the band was formed, and some of the tracks that would be on the album had previously been released by the band. Fallen was recorded in a variety of locales between August and December 2002, including Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. The album was then mixed for two weeks at Conway Recording Studios in North Hollywood. Evanescence's only album with guitarist Ben Moody, who departed the band later in 2003, is this one.

Fallen is the band's most financially successful album to date, having sold over 8 million copies in the US and over 17 million copies globally, making it the fifth best-selling album of the twenty-first century. It debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 in its first week, selling 141,000 copies, and peaked at number three in June 2003. The album has been certified seven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and has topped the charts in over ten nations (RIAA).

Worldwide sales (in millions): 17.0