Imagine Dragons discography: History and Key Facts

The American pop rock band Imagine Dragons has released six studio albums, four live albums, one compilation album, ten extended plays, twenty-seven singles, six promotional singles and twenty-three music videos. According to Recording Industry Association of America, they have sold 111.5 million digital singles and 16 million albums in the US. Imagine Dragons has sold 46 million albums and 55 million singles worldwide, including 74 billion global career streams, making them among the best-selling rock bands in history. Billboard named them as the 29th Greatest Adult Alternative artist of all time, as well as the 13th Top Artist of 2010s in the United States.

Imagine Dragons released their first extended play, Speak to Me in February 2009, only to break up shortly after. Following a lineup change, the band reformed and a few months later would release their self-titled EP in August 2009. After teasing new songs periodically on MySpace, their third EP Hell and Silence released in March 2010. While touring Hell and Silence, the band wrote new material on the road and would debut new songs at live shows with the mentality of prioritizing songs that received the most positive feedback. Their fourth EP It's Time released in March 2011, which drew the attention of Alex Da Kid, who liked the band's material and offered to produce and sign them to his label Kidinakorner. Under their new label, the band found commercial success with the release of their fifth extended play, Continued Silence, in February 2012. "It's Time" was released as the lead single from the EP, peaking at number fifteen on the United States Billboard Hot 100. It has since sold over 6 million copies in the United States. Continued Silence went on to peak at number 40 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. As of August 31, 2021, Imagine Dragons are also one of the highest certified digital singles acts in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having been certified for 114.5 million digital singles in the country alone.

Night Visions, the band's debut studio album, was released in September 2012; it peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and topped the Billboard Top Alternative Albums and Billboard Top Rock Albums charts. In addition to "It's Time", the album also contains the singles "Radioactive" and "Demons". The former single peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and has since sold over 8.6 million copies in the United States. It also became a top–ten hit in numerous countries, such as Australia, Germany and Sweden. "Demons" has also been certified Diamond by the RIAA and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.

The band's second studio album, Smoke + Mirrors, was released in February 2015, debuting at the top of the Billboard 200. The album was preceded by 3 singles: "I Bet My Life", which peaked in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 at number 28, "Gold", and "Shots". "I Bet My Life" and "Shots" both peaked within the top 10 on Billboard's Hot Rock and Alternative chart.

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