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26 August 2014

Imagine Dragons

My next lovable band  is Imagine Dragons.
This beautiful band is an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada.
The band members are:

  1. Dan Reynolds the lead vocals
  2. Daniel Wayne "Wing" Sermon the guitarist 
  3. Ben Mckee the bassist
  4. Daniel Platszman the drummer
  5. Andrew Tolman former drummer
  6. Brittany Tolman former backup vocals and keys
  7. Theresa Flaminio former backup vocals and piano 
  8. Dave Lemke former backup vocals and bassist 
  9. Aurora Florence former backup vocals and piano
  10. Andrew Beck former backup vocals and electric guitarist 
History: 
2008-2011
Imagine Dragons got their first big break when Train's front men got sick and they performed in their place at the Bite of Las Vegas in 2009. 
The band released their first two EP's in 2010 titled Imagine Dragons and Hell and Silence in Battle Born Studios in Las Vegas. They returned to the studio in 2011 and made a new EP titled It's Time. 
The band received positive comebacks and awards including "Best CD of 2011"(Las Vegas SEVEN Magazine), "Best Local Indie Band 2010"(Las Vegas Weekly), Las Vegas Newest Must See Live Act(Las Vegas CityLife) and many more (because they are so awesome).
Imagine Dragons
It's Time
Hell and Silence
The band signed with Interscope Studios in November 2011. 

2012-2013

The band focused on record deal and released an EP titled Continued Silence on Valentines Day in 2012 and it peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
Continued Silence
It's Time:
After It's Time was released, it peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video of It's Time was released to MTV and was nominated for an MTV Music Award for "Best Rock Video" category. It's Time was certified a double platinum single by RIAA
Night Visions:
Night Visions
The band released their first debut album Night Visions on 4 September 2012. This album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative and Rock Album charts. The band's album was also No. 10 in the Australia, Austrian, Canadian, Dutch, German, Irish, United Kingdom, Spanish, Portuguese and Norwegian Albums charts. The album won the Billboard Music Award for "Top Rock Album" and was nominated the Juno Award for International Album of the Year. The album is certified platinum by the RIAA as well as in the countries Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. To date the band has made 3 tracks charting in the Billboard Top 40, 4 tracks in the ARIA Top 40 and 5 tracks charting in the UK Top 40
Radioactive:
Radioactive
As everyone knows Imagine Dragons by their amazing single, Radioactive which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs, Billboard Rock Bands and Swedish single charts. The single has sold more than 7 million singles in the USA. The single broke the record of spending 87 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. The single became their first top ten singles in the USA and the singles also broke the record for the longest run into the top five. The singles is the best selling rock song on the Nielsen SoundScan. The song is also the most streamed song of 2013 on Spotify in USA. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance, which the single won later.
Demons 
Demons
The bands single Demons reached No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Songs and No. 6 of the Billboard Hot 100. The song has sold more than 3 million copies in the USA.
Imagine Dragons
The band has been listed by the Billboard as the one of "2012's Brightest New Stars" and later "The Breakout Band of 2013". In 2014, the band won the 2014 Billboard Music Award for Top Duo/Group, Top Hot 100 Artist, and Top Rock Artist

Present: 
On the 2 June 2014, the band released a song titled Battle Cry which is the soundtrack of the movie Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Battle Cry 
The band is working on a second album and are making demos and making progress for the album.  
Imagine Dragons
Follow The Band:
www.imaginedragonsmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/ImagineDragons
https://twitter.com/Imaginedragons

Video:
Imagine Dragons-Radioactive

1 comment:

  1. Millie I love your blog, it is incrediable your music taste is the same as mine and this band is amazing!! Xx

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