After the Tolmans left the band in July 2011 to be replaced with drummer Daniel Platzman in August 2011, the band was picked up by Universal Records and was signed to Interscope in November 2011.
After playing in numerous local Battle of the Bands competitions, the band recorded and released three extended plays: 2009's Imagine Dragons, 2010's Hell and Silence, and 2011's It's Time. Each of the members moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to form Imagine Dragons. In 2008, Imagine Dragons formed consisting of lead singer Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, drummer Andrew Tolman, and keyboardist Brittany Tolman. "Love of Mine" was released on September 2. The band released a ten year anniversary expanded edition of Night Visions on Septemfeaturing two previously unreleased demos, "Love of Mine" and "Bubble". It was nominated for the Juno Award for International Album of the Year (2014) and won the Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Album (2014). The album became the fourth best-selling album of 2013 in the US.
Night Visions appeared in the Billboard 200 top 10 in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
It also peaked at the summit of the Billboard Alternative Albums and Rock Albums charts, as well as in the top ten albums in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. However, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling more than 83,000 copies within its first week where it has since been certified double Platinum. The album received mixed reviews from music critics upon release. Musically, Night Visions exhibits influences of folk, hip hop and pop. According to frontman Dan Reynolds, the album took three years to finish, with six of the album's tracks being previously released on multiple EPs. The album was primarily produced by the band themselves, as well as English hip-hop producer Alex da Kid and Brandon Darner from the American indie rock group The Envy Corps. It was released on September 4, 2012, through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records. Night Visions is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons.
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