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69-515: Imagine Dragons are an American pop rock band formed in 2008, based in Las Vegas , Nevada , and currently consisting of lead singer Dan Reynolds , guitarist Wayne Sermon , and bassist Ben McKee . The band first gained exposure with the release of their single " It's Time ", followed by their debut album Night Visions (2012), which resulted in the chart-topping singles " Radioactive " and " Demons ". Rolling Stone named "Radioactive", which held

138-509: A 2018 interview, Mark Foster joked that his band Foster the People give their rejected material to Imagine Dragons. In response, Reynolds took to Twitter, denouncing what he described as "click-bait horse shit filled with vile and hate meant to feed humanity's need to laugh at each other's imperfections and fails." Foster issued an apology to Reynolds on Twitter, expressing regret over the joke and praising him for his humanitarian efforts. Taylor, on

207-560: A cover of "I Love You All the Time" by Eagles of Death Metal on December 18, 2015, in support of the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks . The Smoke + Mirrors Tour ended on February 5, 2016, in Amsterdam . The band released a one night only concert film , Imagine Dragons In Concert: Smoke + Mirrors , in select theaters on March 2, 2016, which was later released on DVD and Blu-Ray. Following

276-628: A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but has since left the church. As a youth, Sermon learned to play both cello and guitar. He was determined to be a guitarist even as a child. His father had an audio-phile quality amplifier, a record player, and all of The Beatles albums on vinyl, which Sermon enjoyed listening to. He also loved the sounds of Tom Scholz (of Boston ) and his approach to solos. He attended Berklee College of Music where he double majored in guitar performance and composition, graduating in 2008. While at Berklee he

345-419: A new single in collaboration with Kygo titled " Born to Be Yours " on Twitter. The song was released on June 15, 2018. In 2018, Imagine Dragons also became co-owners of esports team Rogue . On July 12, 2018, Imagine Dragons announced a new single titled " Natural " on Twitter. The song was released on July 17, 2018. The song was used as the anthem for the 2018 ESPN College Football season. The band concluded

414-655: A performance of "Shots" as part of a live commercial aired during the Grammy Awards . Smoke + Mirrors was released on February 17. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200, making it the band's first number one album. The band began a world tour in support of the album on June 3 in Portland, Oregon . During the band's tour, Imagine Dragons released two non-album singles. " Roots " was released on August 26, 2015, and " I Was Me " on October 12, 2015, via iTunes . The band also released

483-405: A really slippery slope. I think the second you start to do that, there’s corrupt leaders and warmongers all over the world, and where do you draw the line?" Pop rock Much pop and rock music has been very similar in sound, instrumentation and even lyrical content. The terms "pop rock" and " power pop " have been used to describe more commercially successful music that uses elements from, or

552-772: A remix of "Take Me to the Beach" with Baker Boy was released. The following week, a remix of the song with Ernia was released. On November 1, a remix of the song with Jungeli was released. Imagine Dragons' musical style has mainly been described as pop rock , electropop , pop , indie pop , indie rock , arena rock , and alternative rock . Their music also contains influences from synth-pop , dance-pop , trip hop , folk , drum and bass , dubstep , industrial , EDM , R&B , and hip hop . Dan Reynolds cites Arcade Fire , Nirvana , Muse , The Beatles , Paul Simon , Coldplay , Linkin Park , Harry Nilsson , and U2 as some of his and

621-452: A self-titled EP Imagine Dragons on September 1, 2009, and Hell and Silence on March 10, 2010, both recorded at Battle Born Studios , in Las Vegas. Six months after releasing their third EP, It's Time , on March 12, 2011, they signed a record deal with Interscope Records on November 18, 2011. They got their first big break when Train 's frontman Pat Monahan fell sick just prior to

690-507: A similar case, the band performed in Baku , Azerbaijan , which was criticized by System of a Down singer and activist Serj Tankian , as it could be seen as "an endorsement of Azerbeijan's authoritarian president, Ilham Aliyev ". Reynolds defended the performances in a 2024 interview with Rolling Stone , stating, "I don’t believe in depriving our fans who want to see us play because of the acts of their leaders and their governments. I think that’s

759-540: A song for the film Transformers: Age of Extinction , called " Battle Cry " in June, 2014 and the song " Warriors " for the 2014 League of Legends World Championship in September, 2014. On October 24, they revealed the lead single to the upcoming album, " I Bet My Life " via several visual snippets on Facebook and Instagram. It was released on October 27. It was sent to US Alternative radio for ads on November 3. On December 16,

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828-568: Is a noun-adjective that music critics often use in reference to guitar pop with a bright mood. Critic Philip Auslander argues that the distinction between pop and rock is more pronounced in the US than in the UK. He claims that in the US, pop has roots in white crooners such as Perry Como , whereas rock is rooted in African-American music influenced by forms such as rock and roll . Auslander points out that

897-458: Is an anagram for a phrase only known to members of the group, which Reynolds stated each member approved of. The five-piece recorded demos that they uploaded to MySpace that year, but Beck and Florence left the band later that year. In 2009, Tolman recruited long-time high school friend Wayne Sermon , who had graduated from Berklee College of Music , to play guitar. Tolman later recruited his wife, Brittany Tolman, to sing back-up and play keys, and

966-447: Is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is the lead guitarist for the pop rock band Imagine Dragons . Wayne Sermon first met Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds after hearing him perform at a club in Utah and approaching him afterwards about his musical interests. Reynolds invited him to join his band and move to Las Vegas . Sermon then invited Ben McKee to join

1035-643: Is the second collaboration between Imagine Dragons and League of Legends , following " Warriors ". Soon after the release of Mercury – Act 1 , the band began teasing towards a follow-up album that would also be executive produced by Rubin. In January 2022, Reynolds stated that the album was "almost done" and would be released following the first leg of the Mercury Tour. The tour began on February 6 in Miami and concluded on September 15 in Los Angeles . On March 11, 2022,

1104-596: The 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship , American music publication Spin ran an article titled 'Is Imagine Dragons The Worst Band Ever?', which described the band's songs as having lyrics that are "a composite of motivational platitudes and pseudo-dramatic yelps, barely merit repeating, if only because Reynolds seems so willing to do that himself" and featuring a "punishing, squelching rhythmic force". The band has frequently been compared to Canadian rock band Nickelback by critics, referring to Nickelback's own negative public perception. Despite this criticism,

1173-494: The 60th Annual Grammy Awards . "Whatever It Takes" was released as an official single off the album a few months later on October 6, 2017. The song won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video in 2018 . On February 14, 2018, Imagine Dragons announced a new single titled " Next to Me " on Twitter. The song was released as part of a re-issue of Evolve on February 21, 2018. On June 12, 2018, Imagine Dragons announced

1242-764: The Billboard Pop Songs, peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 61 weeks on it. In 2021, RIAA declared that the song has become the band's third diamond selling song in the US. Fourth single " On Top Of The World " reached a peak of No. 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also spent 20 weeks on the chart. In the US, the non-singles off the album, "Bleeding Out" and "Amsterdam" were certified platinum while "Hear Me" and "Tiptoe" were certified gold. Billboard listed them as one of "2012's Brightest New Stars" and later "The Breakout Band of 2013". Imagine Dragons won

1311-499: The 1960s, Frith termed it "folk rock", and the pop-infused styles of the 1970s were called "pop rock". Moore-Gilbert claims that this approach unfairly puts rock at the apex and makes every other influence become an add-on to the central core of rock. In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau discussed the term "pop-rock" in the context of popular music's fragmentation along stylistic lines in

1380-425: The 1970s; he regarded "pop-rock" as a "monolith" that "straddled" all burgeoning movements and subgenres in the popular and semipopular music marketplace at the time, including singer-songwriter music, art rock , heavy metal , boogie , country rock , jazz fusion , funk , disco , urban contemporary , and new wave , but not punk rock . Daniel Wayne Sermon Daniel Wayne Sermon (born June 15, 1984)

1449-527: The 2010s, a decade which saw guitars and bands dwindling in mainstream music. The band has also been the subject of ridicule by several musicians. In a 2019 interview, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor echoed the Nickelback comparisons, claiming that Nickelback were "passing the baton of being rock and roll's scapegoat" to Imagine Dragons. Matty Healy of the 1975 described "Radioactive" as 'nothingness', stating, "It might as well be called 'Pikachu Banana'." In

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1518-464: The 2014 Billboard Music Awards for Top Duo/Group, Top Hot 100 Artist, and Top Rock Artist. Amazon.com called the band their "Favorite Rock Artist of 2012". In 2013, Imagine Dragons returned to Europe and North America with the Night Visions Tour. The band announced 13 additional US summer tour dates which also sold out. The band then announced a North America Amphitheatre tour. Pollstar listed

1587-828: The Billboard Alternative and Rock Album charts as well as the top ten on the Australian, Austrian, Canadian, Dutch, German, Irish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Scottish, Spanish, and United Kingdom Albums charts. It won a Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Album and was nominated for the Juno Award for International Album of the Year . Night Visions is certified platinum in the US by the RIAA as well as in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and

1656-580: The Bite of Las Vegas Festival 2009. Imagine Dragons was called to fill in and performed to a crowd of more than 26,000 people. Local accolades including "Best CD of 2011" ( Vegas SEVEN ), "Best Local Indie Band 2010" ( Las Vegas Weekly ), "Las Vegas' Newest Must See Live Act" ( Las Vegas CityLife ), Vegas Music Summit Headliner 2010, and more sent the band on a positive trajectory. In November 2011, they signed with Interscope Records and began working with English Grammy Award-winning producer Alex da Kid . Eventually,

1725-647: The Evolve tour in Tampa, Florida on August 10. On September 18, 2018, Imagine Dragons announced a new single titled " Zero ", which was released the following day. It was used in the end credits of the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Ralph Breaks the Internet . On October 3, 2018, Imagine Dragons announced their fourth studio album, Origins , which was released on November 9, 2018. "Natural" and "Zero" serve as

1794-409: The Night Visions Tour, the band had been writing new material for an upcoming album, and, even as early as the start of the tour, had been recording demos for the album, before entering the studio. By the time that they entered the studio to work on the album, they had amassed 50 demos to work from. Prior to the album's release, Imagine Dragons released a number of singles for other projects including

1863-701: The Tolmans left the group. Drummer Daniel Platzman and keyboardist Theresa Flaminio were recruited by McKee in August 2011, prior to the band's label deal in November 2011. Flaminio departed from the group around the time of the band's deal with Interscope, leaving the band a four-piece. The band worked closely with Alex da Kid, with whom they recorded their first major-label release at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California . An EP entitled Continued Silence

1932-721: The UK. The album produced three tracks that reached the Billboard Top 40 , four tracks in the ARIA Top 40 , and five tracks charting in the UK Top 40 . The album's second single " Radioactive " reached No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs, Billboard Rock Songs, and Swedish singles chart and has sold more than 14 million singles in the United States, entering the top 3 of the most selling songs digitally ever. It also smashed

2001-472: The US, Canada and the UK. This was followed by their third studio album Evolve (2017), which resulted in three chart-topping singles, " Believer ", " Thunder ", and " Whatever It Takes ", also making them the artist with the most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart . The album reached the top five in many countries. The band's fourth studio album Origins (2018) featured

2070-400: The US, making it their fourth top five album. It reached the top ten in multiple countries, but received mixed reviews from critics. On January 7, 2019, Imagine Dragons performed the halftime show for the 2019 College Football Championship game. The band performed " Natural ", " Bad Liar ", " Thunder ", and a special version of " Believer " with rapper Lil Wayne . The new version of the song

2139-461: The US. The album's release coincided with the announcement of a tour in support of the album. In October, the band re-released their first three extended plays onto streaming services and digital retailers. Each EP features a previously unreleased bonus track. The band also released the single " Enemy " featuring rapper JID , as part of the soundtrack to the Netflix series Arcane , on October 28. It

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2208-568: The Year and the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards , winning the latter of the two. The band performed a medley of "Radioactive" and " M.A.A.D City " alongside rapper Kendrick Lamar at the ceremony. A remixed version of "Radioactive", featuring a newly added verse from Lamar, was released the next day and performed on the February 1, 2014 episode of Saturday Night Live . Third single " Demons " reached No. 1 on

2277-470: The band announced their second album Smoke + Mirrors , along with the release of its second single " Gold ". " Shots " was released as the album's third single on January 26, 2015. Imagine Dragons played at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles on February 5, 2015. The half-hour set included the live debut of unreleased songs "Summer" and " I'm So Sorry ". On February 8, the band partnered with Target for

2346-437: The band began to play shows together again. Lemke left the band shortly thereafter, leading Sermon to recruit another Berklee music student, Ben McKee , to join the band as their bassist and complete the line-up. The band garnered a large following in their hometown of Provo, Utah , before the members moved to Las Vegas , the hometown of Dan Reynolds, where the band recorded and released their first three EPs. The band released

2415-461: The band has described themselves as "genre-less". In an interview with Billboard at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards , Reynolds stated, "We've always kind of prided ourselves on being kind of a genre-less band. [...] I have no idea how I'd categorize us. Sometimes it's definitely pop; sometimes the songs are all guitar-driven. It depends on the song." The band has been praised by some for their genre-bending style, and for keeping arena rock popular during

2484-458: The band in their Top 20 Concert Tours list by average box office gross despite their average ticket price being the third lowest on the list. The band released a live album, Live at Independent Records , in April 2013. The idea behind the second studio album, dubbed as their " New Year's resolution ", was to create music and finish it when the band feels that their work is done. Since the beginning of

2553-512: The band mainstream success. It reached 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and won the Billboard Music Award for Best Rock Album (2014). Single " It's Time " became the band's first single reaching #15 Billboard Hot 100 and certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Second single " Radioactive " reached #3 Billboard Hot 100 and was certified diamond by the RIAA, becoming the best selling rock song in

2622-478: The band on bass, and drummer Daniel Platzman , also a friend of Wayne from Berklee College of Music , became the last member to join the group. In Las Vegas, the band performed and honed their craft nearly nightly as a lounge act. Vegas Music Summit Headliner 2010, and more sent the band on a positive trajectory. In November 2011 they signed with Interscope Records and began working with producer Alex da Kid . In 2012 their debut album Night Visions brought

2691-616: The band released a single titled " Bones ", which serves as the lead single to the second part of their fifth studio album Mercury – Act 2 . On April 6, the band announced that Mercury – Act 2 would be released on July 1, 2022. The second single, " Sharks ", was released June 24, 2022. The 18-track album was released as part of a compilation album containing both Mercury albums. Three singles from Mercury – Act 2 were released following its release: " I Don't Like Myself ", on October 10, 2022, " Symphony ", on November 7, and " Crushed ", on May 10, 2023. The music video for "I Don't Like Myself"

2760-505: The band was nominated for 14 Billboard Music Awards, including Top Artist of the Year and a Milestone Award, which recognizes innovation and creativity of artists across different genres. In April 2018, the band was nominated 11 more times for Billboard Music Awards. Imagine Dragons have sold more than 74 million albums and 65 million digital songs worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists . They have also earned 160 billion streams across music platforms. They were

2829-452: The band's artistic influences. In terms of success, Reynolds credits bands like Foster the People and Mumford & Sons for bringing alternative pop music to a new level of commercial success in recent years. Despite their popularity and large social media followings, reception towards Imagine Dragons from other musicians and music critics has been mixed since their breakthrough to the mainstream. Review aggregator Metacritic reports that

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2898-421: The band's first four studio albums— Night Visions , Smoke + Mirrors , Evolve , and Origins —have scores of 53, 60, 47, and 59, respectively, out of 100, indicating generally mixed reviews. The band's music has been criticized for its repetitive lyrics, "overblown" arena rock production, overemphasis on reverberation effects, sticking to formulas, and genre-hopping. Following the band's halftime show performance at

2967-470: The band's full concert at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on September 10, 2022. A live album of the concert was released on July 28, 2023. On August 30, 2023, they released the song " Children of the Sky " in promotion of the video game Starfield . On March 10, 2024, the band began teasing new music on their social media. On April 1, they announced a new song titled " Eyes Closed " would release on April 3. It

3036-456: The concept of pop rock, which blends pop and rock, is at odds with the typical conception of pop and rock as opposites. Auslander and several other scholars, such as Simon Frith and Grossberg, argue that pop music is often depicted as an inauthentic, cynical, "slickly commercial", and formulaic form of entertainment. In contrast, rock music is often heralded as an authentic, sincere, and anti-commercial form of music, which emphasizes songwriting by

3105-509: The form of, rock music. Writer Johan Fornas views pop/rock as "one single, continuous genre field", rather than distinct categories. To the authors Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman, it is defined as an "upbeat variety of rock music" represented by artists and bands such as Andy Kim , the Bells , Paul McCartney , Lighthouse , and Peter Frampton . The term "pop" has been used since the early forties to refer to popular music in general, but in

3174-597: The history of Nielsen SoundScan . Third single " Demons " reached #6 Billboard Hot 100 and was certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Their album made the highest debut for a new rock band in six years (since 2006) and single Radioactive set a record for longest time atop the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart with 23 consecutive weeks. Tracks from the album topped the Billboard Rock Songs, Billboard Alternative Songs, and Billboard Pop Songs charts. Radioactive

3243-459: The lead single for their next album. "Believer" was used as part of a Super Bowl ad for the Nintendo Switch . On April 27, 2017, the band released " Thunder " as the second single from their third album. On May 8, 2017, Imagine Dragons announced their third studio album Evolve , as well as a new track " Whatever It Takes ", which was released on the same day. A tour in support for the album

3312-426: The lead singles off the album, while " Born to Be Yours " is featured on the international deluxe edition of the album. The band has described this album as a sister album to their previous work Evolve . On October 31, 2018, Imagine Dragons released the third single off the album, " Machine ". Lastly, on November 6, 2018, Imagine Dragons released the album's fourth single, " Bad Liar ". Origins debuted at number two in

3381-485: The longest run into the top five. It is the best-selling rock song on the Nielsen SoundScan running list of best-selling rock songs in digital history. By the end of 2013, "Radioactive" had already sold over three million copies. Rolling Stone called it "the biggest rock hit of the year". It was also the most streamed song of 2013 on Spotify in the United States. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of

3450-491: The mid-1950s, it began to be used for a distinct genre, aimed at a youth market, often characterized as a softer alternative to rock and roll. In the aftermath of the British Invasion , from about 1967, it was increasingly used in opposition to the term rock, to describe a form that was more commercial, ephemeral and accessible. As of the 2010s, "guitar pop rock" and " indie rock " are roughly synonymous terms. " Jangle "

3519-660: The most streamed group of 2018 on Spotify , the first rock act to have four songs, "Radioactive", "Demons", "Believer", and "Thunder", to surpass one billion streams each, and the only group in RIAA history to have four songs certified higher than Diamond. According to Billboard , "Believer", "Thunder", and "Radioactive" were the three best performing rock songs of the 2010s. In 2008, lead singer Dan Reynolds met drummer Andrew Tolman at Brigham Young University , where they were both students. Reynolds and Tolman recruited Andrew Beck , Dave Lemke, and Aurora Florence to play guitar, bass, and piano, respectively, for their band. Their name

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3588-458: The next four months. They released the song " Levitate ", recorded for the film Passengers , on December 2, 2016. On January 28, 2017, the band started posting a series of videos teasing the album's first single. The time-lapse videos featured lead singer Dan Reynolds drawing surreal images on a drawing pad. Morse code was hidden in the videos and translated to "objects of same color". On February 1, 2017, Imagine Dragons released " Believer " as

3657-488: The original version of the song was released. In December 2019, Reynolds announced that he was taking a break from producing and writing music to focus on fatherhood. On January 20, 2020, the band released a music video for "Nothing Left to Say", a song from their debut album Night Visions . On March 8, 2021, Imagine Dragons announced the release of two singles, " Follow You " and " Cutthroat ", which were released on March 12. The band began teasing their upcoming album which

3726-629: The other hand, criticized Reynolds and claimed that his words were taken out of context, tweeting, "As long as people are stupid, letting salacious headlines do their thinking for them, there will always be controversy. Do some research and find the truth...". Healy responded in a radio interview, stating, "You're a millionaire in a huge band. You don't say, 'Oh, I'm gonna do this, and also can I be void of criticism?' It's like … no." The band has ignored calls from pro-Palestinian activists to boycott Israel , performing in Tel Aviv , Israel on August 30, 2023. In

3795-665: The record for most weeks charted on the Billboard Hot 100 , the "biggest rock hit of the year". MTV called them "the year's biggest breakout band", and Billboard named them their "Breakthrough Band of 2013" and "Biggest Band of 2017", and placed them at the top of their "Year in Rock" rankings for 2013, 2017, and 2018. Imagine Dragons topped the Billboard Year-End "Top Artists – Duo/Group" category in 2018. The band's second studio album Smoke + Mirrors (2015) reached number one in

3864-511: The record of the longest running song on the Billboard Hot 100 by spending 87 weeks before being broken by The Weeknd 's " Blinding Lights " in 2021. "Radioactive" stayed at No. 1 on the Hot Rock Songs chart for a record-breaking 23 weeks and ultimately became the genre's biggest hit of 2013. It peaked at No. 3, becoming their first top ten single in the United States and broke the record for

3933-430: The singers and bands, instrumental virtuosity, and a "real connection with the audience". Frith's analysis of the history of popular music from the 1950s to the 1980s has been criticized by B. J. Moore-Gilbert, who argues that Frith and other scholars have overemphasized the role of rock in the history of popular music by naming every new genre using the "rock" suffix. Thus, when a folk-oriented style of music developed in

4002-592: The single " Natural ", which became their fifth song to top the Hot Rock Songs chart. The band has since released Mercury – Acts 1 & 2 (2022), a double album featuring the US top 5 hit " Enemy ", and Loom (2024), their first album without longtime drummer Daniel Platzman . Despite their popularity and commercial success, the band's music has been consistently met with mixed critical reception. Imagine Dragons have won three American Music Awards , nine Billboard Music Awards , one Grammy Award , one MTV Video Music Award , and one World Music Award . In May 2014,

4071-446: The tour, the band planned to take a hiatus. They released the soundtracks songs " Not Today " from Me Before You and " Sucker for Pain " from Suicide Squad with Lil Wayne , Wiz Khalifa , Logic , Ty Dolla Sign , and X Ambassadors in April and June, respectively. Imagine Dragons began recording their third studio album in September 2016. The band teased the upcoming album by posting cryptic messages on their Twitter account for

4140-404: Was also announced within the same day. The tour was held across 33 countries from September 2017 through September 2018. Evolve was released on June 23, 2017, worldwide. The album reached the top five in most countries but was met with mixed critical reception. The album and the single "Thunder" received nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance , respectively, at

4209-471: Was also nominated for two Grammy Awards , winning the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance . Singles include " I Bet My Life " and " Shots ". Sermon has chronic insomnia and will often record songs during the middle of the night, sleeping only a couple of hours a day. Sermon was born on June 15, 1984, in American Fork, Utah , to parents Jeff and Debbie Sermon. He is one of five children and grew up

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4278-476: Was certified a 7× platinum single by the RIAA . The band finished recording their debut album Night Visions in the summer of 2012 at Studio X inside Palms Casino Resort and released the album in the United States on September 4, 2012. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart with first week sales in excess of 83,000 copies, the highest charting for a debut rock album since 2006. The album also reached No. 1 on

4347-417: Was executively produced by Rick Rubin . On June 29, 2021, the band announced the single " Wrecked ", along with the pre-order for their fifth studio album Mercury – Act 1 a day later. The song was released on July 2, 2021. Mercury – Act 1 was released on September 3, along with the single "Monday". Similar to their previous work, the album was met with mixed critical reception. It debuted at number nine in

4416-532: Was released as the album's second single. A music video for " Wake Up " was released on July 2. Loom marks their first studio album without drummer Daniel Platzman , who stopped appearing with the band in 2023 and later announced his permanent departure on August 21, 2024. Andrew Tolman continues to serve as the band's touring drummer on the Loom World Tour . The band released their second song with Kygo , "Stars Will Align" on September 27. On October 11,

4485-456: Was released as the lead single from the band's sixth studio album. On April 22, it was announced Loom was the band's sixth album title; it was released on June 28, 2024. On that same day, the Loom World Tour was also announced with 30 dates across the United States , starting on July 30, 2024. On May 3, a remix of "Eyes Closed" with J Balvin was released. On May 24, " Nice to Meet You "

4554-594: Was released in support of World Mental Health Day . "Symphony" was released as a single with a visualizer video. The song was treated to an alternate version released with the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles and Coke Studio and June 23, 2023. "Crushed" was released with a music video in support of United24 on May 10, 2023. The band released a ten year anniversary expanded edition of Night Visions on September 9, 2022 featuring two previously unreleased demos, "Love of Mine" and "Bubble". "Love of Mine"

4623-436: Was released on February 14, 2012 digitally and peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200 . The band also released an EP titled Hear Me in 2012. Shortly after, " It's Time " was released as a single and peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The music video debuted on April 17, 2012, on all MTV affiliates and was subsequently nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the "Best Rock Video" category. "It's Time"

4692-523: Was released on September 2. On March 3, 2023, drummer Daniel Platzman announced that he would be absent from the South American leg of the Mercury Tour to focus on his health. The band's former drummer Andrew Tolman sat in for Platzman during the tour and all other performances throughout 2023. On July 14, 2023, a concert film titled Imagine Dragons: Live in Vegas was released on Hulu . The film showcases

4761-458: Was released on streaming platforms the following day. In June 2019, Beat Games released a paid downloadable content (DLC) music pack for virtual reality rhythm game Beat Saber , called "Imagine Dragons Music Pack", that includes ten songs by Imagine Dragons. On June 20, 2019, Imagine Dragons released a new version " Birds ", featuring Italian singer Elisa , as the fifth and final single from Origins . On July 23, 2019, an animated video for

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