The popularity of Evanescence‘s 2003 breakout hit single “Bring Me To Life” continues to endure with the track having newly been certified both 2x and 3x multi-platinum by the RIAA on April 30th, 2019. The song previously went platinum in March of 2010.
The single was the first to launch from the band’s 2003 debut album “Fallen“, which itself has gone on to be certified 7x multi-platinum in the United States as of 2008. Currently the band are out on the road on this spring tour.
A platinum album in the United States represents 1,000,000 units, while gold signifies 500,000 units. Outside of traditional physical/digital sales, the certifications factor in digital streams/downloads with 10 permanent track downloads counting as 1 unit and 1500 on-demand audio/video streams from a particular album also counting as as a unit.
