That September, the band released their sixth album, Dark Passion Play, which has sold almost 2 million copies. After the concert, the other members informed Turunen with an open letter that she was no longer a member of Nightwish.In May 2007, Nightwish announced Anette Olzon as Turunen's replacement. Her last performance with Nightwish was during a concert recorded for the live album/DVD End of an Era. The band produced three more singles and two music videos for Once, as well as a re-recording of ' Sleeping Sun' for the ' best of' compilation album, Highest Hopes (2005), before Turunen's dismissal in October 2005. Their biggest US hit single, ' Wish I Had an Angel' (2004), received MTV airplay and was included on three US film soundtracks to promote their North American tour.

The group is also the most successful Finnish band worldwide, selling more than 8 million records and receiving more than 60 gold and platinum awards, having released five Number 1 albums and thirteen Number 1 singles. In October 2013, Nightwish made Jansen and longtime session uillean pipes player Troy Donockley permanent members of the band, and they were featured in the acclaimed album Endless Forms Most Beautiful, released in March, 2015.Nightwish is the third-best-selling band and musical entity in Finland with certified sales of nearly 900,000 certified copies. The band released an EP/live album, Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places), in March 2009 as a CD/ DVD, and their seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, was released globally on various days in late 2011/early 2012.On October 1, 2012, Nightwish announced that they had parted ways with Olzon and would be finishing the tour with ReVamp and former After Forever vocalist Floor Jansen. The supporting tour, one of the band's largest, started on Octoand ended on September 19, 2009.

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