Editing 3 Doors Down (section)

===Continued success: 2005–2010===
[[File:Crowd shot.jpg|thumb|right|3 Doors Down performing in 2008]]

By 2005, the band had sold 12 million albums.<ref>Losey, S. (June 2005). Daniel Adair: revolving door: making the exodus from 3 Doors Down to	Nickelback. Modern Drummer, Volume 29, Issue 6.</ref> The band's third studio album, 2005's ''[[Seventeen Days]]'', debuted at No.&nbsp;1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/3-doors-down-cruises-to-no-1-on-album-chart-1045267/|title=3 Doors Down Cruises To No. 1 On Album Chart|website=billboard.com|first=Katie|last=Hasty|date=May 28, 2008}}</ref> and has been certified platinum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Seventeen+Days#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum - Seventeen Days|website=RIAA|access-date=May 8, 2025}}</ref> Of the singles from it, "[[Let Me Go (3 Doors Down song)|Let Me Go]]" and "[[Behind Those Eyes]]" charted with the most success. "Live for Today", "[[Landing in London]]" (on which [[Bob Seger]] sang the second verse and provided back-up vocals), and "Here by Me" were also released as singles. During the ''Seventeen Days'' tour, the band appeared alongside southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, as well as headlining many shows of their own.

Later in 2005, the band released a live DVD entitled ''Away from the Sun: Live from Houston, Texas''. The DVD was produced and directed by [[Academy Award]]-nominated [[Alex Gibney]] and Doug Biro. It features songs from both ''[[The Better Life]]'' and ''[[Away from the Sun]]'', and even some early sketches of "It's Not Me" and "Father's Son", which were both eventually released on ''[[Seventeen Days]]''.

[[Greg Upchurch]], formerly of [[Puddle of Mudd]], replaced Daniel Adair in 2005, when Adair left to become drummer and contributing member of [[Nickelback]].<ref name="website">{{cite web |url=http://www.totalrock.com/newsstory.php?id=EEpZluZlZpBUfEcNOsq= |title=3 Doors Down Grab Muddy Drummer |access-date=October 12, 2007 |publisher=TotalRock |archive-date=October 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016070053/http://totalrock.com/newsstory.php?id=EEpZluZlZpBUfEcNOsq%3D |url-status=dead}}</ref>

3 Doors Down released their [[3 Doors Down (album)|self-titled fourth album]] on May 20, 2008. It debuted at No.&nbsp;1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 154,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="auto2"/> It became the band's second consecutive No.&nbsp;1 album on the chart after ''Seventeen Days'', as well their fourth album to reach the Top Ten.<ref name="auto2"/> The album contains the hit singles "[[It's Not My Time]]", "[[Train (3 Doors Down song)|Train]]", "[[Let Me Be Myself]]" and "[[Citizen/Soldier]]", a song written as a tribute to the [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]].{{cn|date=May 2025}} The album went on to be certified platinum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=3+doors+down#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum - 3 Doors Down|website=RIAA|access-date=May 8, 2025}}</ref> 

In 2009, 3 Doors Down, along with The Soul Children of Chicago, released the song "In the Presence of the Lord" on the compilation album ''[[Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gospel-idUSTRE52Q6WQ20090327 |author=Deborah Evans Price |title=Jon Bon Jovi, Queen Latifah go gospel for "Day" |date=March 27, 2009 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=April 6, 2009 |archive-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526173545/https://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/27/us-gospel-idUSTRE52Q6WQ20090327 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009, the band recorded a Christmas song called "[[Where My Christmas Lives EP|Where My Christmas Lives]]", which was the first Christmas song Brad Arnold had written.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=17953 |title=Where My Christmas Lives By 3 Doors Down Songfacts |date=October 28, 2009 |publisher=SongFacts |url-status=live |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918183602/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=17953}}</ref> It was digitally released along with seven acoustic songs on December 8. Six of these acoustic tracks were from the previous self-titled album, and one was an acoustic version of "Where My Christmas Lives".