Imagine Dragons

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Imagine Dragons is an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. The band gained exposure following the September 2012 release of their debut studio album, Night Visions, which peaked at number 2 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart. Following the release of Night Visions, Imagine Dragons embarked on a world tour, and performed on major late night shows. According to Billboard Imagine Dragons topped the year-end rock rankings for 2013.[1] Billboard also named Imagine Dragons "The Breakthrough Band of 2013," and Rolling Stone named their single "Radioactive" "the biggest rock hit of the year."[2][3][4] MTV also called them "the year's biggest breakout band."[5] Imagine Dragons' line up consists of vocalist Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne "Wing" Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman.[4] The band's debut album, Night Visions, is currently certified Platinum in ten countries, having sold over 2 million copies in the U.S. alone.[6][7] The album is also certified gold in multiple countries. Imagine Dragons has released multiple EPs, including 2009's Imagine Dragons, 2010's Hell and Silence, 2011's It's Time, and 2012's Continued Silence and Hear Me. The band released a live album, Live at Independent Records, in April 2013.[8] In response to their debut album, Imagine Dragons won an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist, a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance ("Radioactive"), and a Teen Choice Award ("Radioactive").

Imagine Dragons

Left to right: Daniel Platzman, Ben McKee, Dan Reynolds, and Wayne Sermon. Background information Origin Genres Years active Labels Interscope, KIDinaKORNER Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Alternative rock 2008present

Contents
1 History 1.1 Early years (200810) 1.2 International success and Night Visions (20112013) 1.3 Into the Night Tour (2014present) 1.4 Charitable contributions 2 Influences 3 Band members 4 Discography 5 Awards and accolades 5.1 Sales accolades 5.2 Streaming accolades 5.3 Radio accolades

Associated Egyptian acts Website imaginedragonsmusic.com (http://imaginedragonsmusic.com)

Members Dan Reynolds Ben McKee Wayne "Wing" Sermon Daniel Platzman Andrew Tolman Past members Brittany Tolman

6 Tours 7 References 8 External links

Theresa Flaminio Dave Lemke

History
Early years (200810)

In 2008, lead singer Dan Reynolds met drummer Andrew Tolman at Brigham Young University, where they were both students.[9] Tolman recruited longtime high school friend Daniel Wayne "Wing" Sermon, who had graduated from the Berklee College of Music. Tolman later recruited his wife, Brittany Tolman, to sing backup and play keys. Sermon then recruited another Berklee music student, Ben McKee, to join the band, to complete the lineup.[10][11] 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.[12] The band released two EPs titled Imagine Dragons EP[13] and Hell and Silence EP[14] in 2010, both recorded at Battle Born Studios, in Las Vegas. They returned to the studio in 2011.[15][16][17] Another EP, It's Time, was made before they signed a record deal.[18] They got their first big break when Train's frontman fell sick just prior to the Bite of Las Vegas Festival 2009. Imagine Dragons were called to fill in and performed to a crowd of more than 26,000 people.[19] Local accolades including "Best CD of 2011" (Las Vegas SEVEN Magazine),[20] "Best Local Indie Band 2010" (Las Vegas Weekly),[21] "Las Vegas' Newest Must See Live Act" (Las Vegas CityLife),[22] Vegas Music Summit Headliner 2010,[23] and more sent the band on a positive trajectory. In November 2011 they signed with Interscope Records and began working with English Grammy winning producer Alex da Kid.[24]

International success and Night Visions (20112013)

Imagine Dragons worked closely with producer 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 was released on Valentine's Day (February 14, 2012) digitally and peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard 200. Shortly after, "It's Time" was released as a single and peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. It holds the record for the longest run on the 2012 Alternative Top 10 charts.[25] The music video debuted on April 17, 2012 on all MTV affiliates and subsequently nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the "Best Rock Video" category.[26] "It's Time" was certified a double platinum single by the RIAA.[27] The band finished recording its 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 the day after Labor Day (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.[28] The album also reached No. 1 on 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 is nominated for the Juno Award for International Album of the Year.[29] Night Visions is certified platinum by the RIAA as well as in Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. It is certified gold in several other countries. To date, the album has produced three tracks charting in 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 charts and has sold more than six million singles in the United States, spending more than 1 year consecutively on the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at No. 3 becoming their first top ten single in the United States and broke the record for 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.[30] Rolling Stone called it "the biggest rock hit of the year." It is also the most streamed song of 2013 on Spotify in the United States.[31] It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, winning the latter of the two. Third single "Demons" reached No. 1 Billboard Pop Songs and No. 6 Billboard Hot 100 and has sold more than 3 million copies in the United States to date.[27][32]

Billboard listed them as one of "2012's Brightest New Stars" and later "The Breakout Band of 2013".[33] Amazon.com called the band their "Favorite Rock artist of 2012".[34] Imagine Dragons has performed "It's Time" live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012) and Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2012) and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2012), and Conan (2013). They performed "Radioactive" live on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2012), The Late Show with David Letterman (2013), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2013), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2013), and the MTV Europe Music Awards (2013).[35] They also performed on Good Morning America (2013).[36] The band performed an exclusive show for the sixth season finale of the TV series Live from the Artists Den (2013).[37] The band also performed at the American Music Awards Show (2013), MTV Europe Music Awards (2013), Grammy Awards (2014) and Saturday Night Live (February 1, 2014). Imagine Dragons performed a version of "Revolution" at The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles (2014). In 2013, Imagine Dragons returned to Europe and North America with the Night Visions Tour.[38] The band announced 13 additional U.S. summer tour dates which also sold out.[39] The band then announced a North America Amphitheatre tour.[40] The band also confirmed that they were unable to fulfill the request of acting as support for Muse.[41] Pollstar listed 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.[42]

Into the Night Tour (2014present)

After the mass distribution of the first studio album in his last concert tour Into the Night Tour now at Lollapalooza in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the band announced a rest, and complemented saying, "This is our last show for awhile, and had no better place to end this tour."[43]

Charitable contributions
In 2013, along with the family of Tyler Robinson, they started a charity named The Tyler Robinson Foundation (http://tylerrobinsonfoundation.com), helping young people battling cancer. In 2013, the band partnered with mtvU to help choose four Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship recipients.[44] In 2013, the band partnered with Do The Write Thing: National Campaign to Stop Violence for a special meet and greet fundraiser.[45] Imagine Dragons performed as part of Amnesty International's "Bringing Human Rights Home"

concert in Brooklyn on February 5, 2014.[46]

Influences
Dan Reynolds cites Arcade Fire, Nirvana, Muse, The Beatles, Paul Simon, and Harry Nilsson as some of his and 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.[2]

Band members
Current members Dan Reynolds Vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar (2008present) Ben McKee Bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic bass, electric mandolin, percussion , acoustic guitar (2009present) Wayne "Wing" Sermon Electric guitar, cello, backing vocals,percussion , acoustic guitar, electric mandolin, (2009present) Daniel Platzman Drums, viola, backing vocals, cajon, acoustic guitar, percussion,(2011present) Former members Andrew Tolman - Drums, backing vocals, acoustic guitar(20082011) Brittany Tolman Piano, backing vocals (20092011) Theresa Flaminio Piano, backing vocals (20112012) Dave Lemke Bass guitar, backing vocals (2008-2009) Aurora Florence - Piano, backing vocals, violin (2008) Andrew Beck - Electric guitar, backing vocals (2008) Touring members Ryan Walker Keyboards, electric guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine,electric mandolin (2011present)

Discography
Main article: Imagine Dragons discography Studio albums

Night Visions (2012) Extended plays Imagine Dragons (2009) Hell and Silence (2010) It's Time (2011) Continued Silence (2012) Hear Me (2012) The Archive (2013) iTunes Session (2013)

Awards and accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Imagine Dragons Imagine Dragons are the winners of a Grammy Award, an American Music Award, a Premios 40 Principales Award, and a Teen Choice Award.

Sales accolades
Imagine Dragons were Billboard's No. 1 Top Rock Artist of 2013 and No. 3 Top Hot 100 Artist of 2013 as well as the No. 7 Overall Top Artist of 2013[1][47][48] Night Visions has charted on Billboard 200 for more than 75 weeks and was No. 4 Top Album of 2013 (U.S.), No. 3 Top Album of 2013 (CAN), and No. 32 Top Album of 2013 (U.K.).[49] "Radioactive" was Billboard's No. 1 Hot Rock Song of 2013, No. 1 Alternative Song of 2013 and is the Longest Charting Single on the Billboard Hot 100 (84 weeks).[49][50]

Streaming accolades
Imagine Dragons were the No. 4 most streamed artist (U.S.) on Spotify in 2013 but had the No. 1 most streamed album and track in 2013.[31] Imagine Dragons were the No. 4 most shazammed artist (U.S.) on Shazam in 2013 but the No.1 most shazammed rock artist of the year.[51] Imagine Dragons were the No. 6 most streamed artist (U.K.) in 2013 with only one American artist streaming more.[52]

Radio accolades
Imagine Dragons were the SiriusXM Breakthrough Artist of the Year (2013)[53]

Tours
Into The Night Tour (2014)[54][55] Night Visions Tour (2012-2013)[56] Imagine Dragons Tour (2012)

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External links
Official website (http://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com/) Imagine Dragons (http://www.interscope.com/artist/default.aspx?aid=1262) at Interscope Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imagine_Dragons&oldid=604249566" Categories: Imagine Dragons 2008 establishments in Nevada Alternative rock groups from Nevada Grammy Award-winning artists Interscope Records artists Musical groups established in 2008 Musical groups from the Las Vegas Valley Musical quartets Synthpop groups

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