3 Doors Down is an American rock band from Escatawpa, Mississippi, that formed in 1996. The band's music is described as post-grunge, alternative rock, and hard rock. The band was brought to mainstream popularity with their 2000 debut single, "Kryptonite", which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The song preceded their debut album The Better Life, which became the 11th-best-selling album of that year, received septuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, and spawned two additional Billboard Hot 100 entries: "Loser" and "Be Like That". Their second album, Away from the Sun, continued the band's success, debuting at number eight on the Billboard 200 and spawning the Billboard Hot 100-top five singles "When I'm Gone" and "Here Without You".