Evanescence Earns 1st Hard Rock No. 1 With ‘Who Will You Follow’

For the first time dating to the chart’s 2020 inception, Evanescence is No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs ranking, debuting atop the April 25-dated survey with “Who Will You Follow.” In the week ending April 16, the song, released April 10, drew 1.2 million official streams and two million radio audience impressions and sold 2,000 downloads in the United States, according to Luminate.

The song becomes the second to debut atop Hot Hard Rock Songs in 2026, following Ice Nine Kills’ “Twisting the Knife,” featuring Mckenna Grace, in early March.

Evanescence has appeared on Hot Hard Rock Songs with seven titles, with the Amy Lee-fronted band’s previous best a pair of No. 2 peaks via “The Game Is Over” in 2020 and its 2000s classic “Bring Me to Life,” featuring Paul McCoy, in 2021. The latter was revitalized at the time sparked by iTunes sale-pricing.

Concurrently, “Who Will You Follow” debuts at No. 1 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, marking the group’s sixth leader, and No. 23 on Mainstream Rock Airplay. Evanescence earns its highest debut on the latter list (exceeding the No. 27 bow of the top 10-peaking “What You Want” in 2011).

In addition to its early support on mainstream rock radio, “Who Will You Follow” is bubbling under Alternative Airplay. The cut is the second single from Sanctuary, Evanescence’s sixth studio album, following 2025’s “Afterlife,” which will be included on the LP after it arrived on the soundtrack to the Netflix series Devil May Cry. Sanctuary is due June 5.