INFORMATION
Occupation(s) : | Singing, Band |
Genres : | Pop rock, alternative rock, pop, electropop, indie rock |
Imagine Dragons Biography:
Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead singer Dan Reynolds, lead guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of their single “It’s Time”, followed by their award-winning debut studio album Night Visions (2012), which resulted in the chart-topping singles “Radioactive” and “Demons”. Rolling Stone named “Radioactive”, which holds 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 the US, Canada and the UK. The album was preceded by the top 40 single “I Bet My Life”, and second and third singles, “Gold” and “Shots”. The band then embarked on a ten month long world tour, which led to a brief hiatus in 2016, with occasional performances and soundtrack contributions throughout the remainder of the year.