2 on the Billboard 200 chart with first week sales in excess of 83,000 copies, the highest charting for a debut rock album since 2006. The band finished recording their debut album Night Visions in the summer of 2012 at Studio X inside Palms Casino Resort and released the album in the United States on the day after Labor Day (September 4, 2012). 'It's Time' was certified a double platinum single by the RIAA. Shortly after, 'It's Time' was released as a single and peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.The music video debuted on Apon all MTV affiliates and was subsequently nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the 'Best Rock Video' category. The band also released an EP titled Hear Me in 2012.

An EP entitled Continued Silence was released on Valentine's Day (February 14, 2012) digitally and peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200. The band worked closely with Alex da Kid, with whom they recorded their first major label release at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California. Theresa Flaminio departed from Imagine Dragons in early 2012, leaving them as a four-piece. Local accolades including 'Best Local Indie Band 2010' (Las Vegas Weekly), 'Las Vegas' Newest Must See Live Act' (Las Vegas CityLife),Vegas Music Summit Headliner 2010, and more sent the band on a positive trajectory. Imagine Dragons were called to fill in and performed to a crowd of more than 26,000 people. They got their first big break when Train's frontman fell sick just prior to the Bite of Las Vegas Festival 2010. The band released another EP titled Hell and Silence in 2010, recorded at Battle Born Studios, in Las Vegas, NV. With Reynolds singing lead, Imagine Dragons won BYU’s 'Battle of the Bands' and other local competitions. Sermon then recruited another Berklee music student, Ben McKee, to join the band after recording their first EP from this lineup, Imagine Dragons (EP). Tolman later recruited his wife, Brittany Tolman, to sing backup and play keys.

In 2009, Tolman recruited longtime high school friend Daniel Wayne Sermon, who had recently returned to his hometown of American Fork, Utah from the Berklee College of Music. Aurora Florence and Andrew Beck left after less than a year. The original band recorded an unofficial album, Speak To Me, and 7 demos (which were given to a fan by Aurora and later recovered in July 2017). They recruited Aurora Florence, Dave Lemke, and Andrew Beck for their band (Dan Reynolds acted as lead vocalist, Andrew Tolman was the drummer, Aurora Florence acted as the violinist and vocalist, Dave Lemke was the guitarist, and Andrew Beck acted the keyboardist and volcalist). In 2008, lead singer Dan Reynolds met drummer Andrew Tolman at Brigham Young University, where they were both students.

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