Imagine Dragons Story

Dan Reynolds was born in Las Vegas On July 14, 1987. He was in boy scouts and gained his eagle in 2005. He did missionary when he was 19 and stayed for 2 years. He wrote a song and called it “I bet my life”. He attended the University of Nevada in Las Vegas then switch over to Brigham Young University, where he studied communications, marketing, and music and excelled academically before leaving to pursue music full time. Reynolds was initially reluctant to become a professional musician because later bandmate Mr. Sermon had told him “Don’t do music because you want to do music - do music if you have to do music”. After attending Brigham Young University, He could not “do anything else”. So he committed fully to his music career. In Utah, Reynolds recruited Andrew Tolman to form Imagine Dragons. Reynolds as lead vocalist they won Battle of the Bands. Ben McKee joined the band in Las Vegas and after Andrew Departure in 2011.

Daniel Platzman joined and friend was with Wayne’s from Berklee College of music. He played drums completing the group's lineup. Then the band relocated to Las Vegas where they began performing almost nightly. It was in 2010 that they caught their first big break at the Las Vegas Festival. Image dragon was called to fill in and perform in front of 26,000 people. In November 2011 they signed with Interscope Records. Then started working with Alex da Kid. Imagine Dragons released their debut studio album “Night Vision” on September 4, 2012. The album was preceded by their first single “It’s time”. “It’s Time” was released on August 18, 2012. “Night vision” charted in the top ten albums in the U.S. The song “Night Vision” won a Billboard Music Award for the Top Rock Album. Then it was nominated for a Juno Award for International Album of the Year. The second albums second single is “Radioactive”. It had reached 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Radioactive” set the all-time record for the longest reign as the top of the Billboard Rock Song chart. It lasted 23 weeks in a row. “Rolling Stone” The biggest rock hit of the year. It is to this day the bestselling rock song in digital history - more than 7.5 Million copies in the United States.

The Third single song “Demons” reached six on the Billboard Hot 100 and is the eight bestselling rock songs in the United States. Image Dragons were nominated for two Grammy Awards and Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance then later they won. Imagine Dragon also won two AMAs for Favorite Alternative Artist. Later A Teen Choice Award for Choice Rock Groups and later World Music Award for World’s Best Rock Act.

They got an award for Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Artists. The Band made their major festival headlining debut at the Made in America Music Festival in 2014. Imagine dragon Released their 3 alba “Evolve” on June 23, 2017. It included “Believer”, “Thunder”, and “Whatever It Takes”. He Is married to Aja Volman and has had 3 daughters and He suffers from Ankylosing spondylitis.

The band has achieved so much and has risen to fame over years of hard work. The band is still making music to this day and have all been hit so far. He has achieved so much over his career.