Net proceeds from the event will go toward the Songwriters Hall of Fame programs.Imagine Dragons just released an album last month, but they’re already ready to drop more new music.ĭan Reynolds and company will release a new song called “Enemy” this Thursday, October 28. Tickets for the Songwriters Hall of Fame event begin at $1000 each, and are available through Buckley Hall Events, 91. The prestigious Johnny Mercer Award will be presented to Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff and Doug Morris will be honored with the Hitmaker Award.
Inductees at this year’s event include Ray Davies, Donovan, Graham Gouldman, Mark James and Jim Weatherly. Aside from Imagine Dragons, Reynolds and wife Aja Volkman formed the rock band Egyptian, and in 2011, they independently released a self-titled four track EP, which they produced. Prior to their mainstream success, the band independently released three EPs and toured extensively, earning a grass roots following. We hope it inspires other to create, and push through their own struggles.” So when the title Night Visions came up, it just seemed to fit perfectly. Many of the songs on the album were written late into the night, and some of the lyrical themes came from dreams I’ve had, even some nightmares. We all deal with our own demons and anxieties but we find that nothing calms the mind more than creating. Of the writing process Reynolds says, “We all sat in a room and wrote out what the band and sound of the album means to us. Imagine Dragons toured multiple times in support of the album, including their world “Night Visions Tour” and North American arena “Into the Night Tour.” Recorded between 20, the album was produced by the band themselves, as well as English hip-hop producer and KidInaKorner label president and CEO, Alex da Kid, and Brandon Darner, from the American indie rock group The Envy Corps. The bands third single, “Demons,” reached #1 on the Billboard Pop songs chart and #6 Billboard Hot 100. In 2013, Rolling Stone called it “the biggest rock hit of the year.” “Radioactive” is the best-selling rock song in digital history, with close to 7 million copies sold in the United States, and was the most streamed song of 2013 on Spotify in the U.S. It set the all-time record for the longest reign at the top of the Billboard Rock Songs chart, with 23 consecutive weeks and the all-time record for longest run on the Billboard Hot 100, with 82 weeks and counting. “Radioactive” reached #1 on the Billboard Alternative songs chart, Billboard Rock songs chart, and #3 Billboard Hot 100. The album, which has passed the two million mark in sales, has been propelled by the success of the two-time platinum selling single “It’s Time,” the six-time platinum selling “Radioactive” and “Demons,” which is currently at 3.5 million sales.
Imagine Dragon’s full length debut album, Night Visions, released in the fall of 2012 on KIDinaKORNER/ Interscope Records, arrived on the Billboard Top 200 at #2 with the best first-week sales for a full-length debut by a new rock band in over six years. We are extremely happy to join Dan with the other distinguished alumni who have received the Starlight.”ĭan Reynolds is the lead vocalist of the Grammy Award-winning rock band, Imagine Dragons, and is the co-writer of all of the songs recorded by the group, including “It’s Time,” “Radioactive,” “Demons,” “On Top of the World” and “Bleeding Out.” A sound at once musically literate and issue driven yet founded on solid composition and songwriting. “He has helped create truly contemporary rock n’ roll with the band Imagine Dragons. “Dan Reynolds is a dream ticket for the Songwriters Hall of Fame Starlight Award,” said Jimmy Webb. Dan Reynolds joins the prestigious company of Rob Thomas, Alicia Keys, John Mayer, John Legend, John Rzeznik, Jason Mraz, Taylor Swift, Drake, Ne-Yo and Benny Blanco. Award recipients are gifted young songwriters who are making a significant impact in the music industry via their original songs. The Hal David Starlight Award, created in 2004, was named in honor of SHOF Chairman Emeritus Hal David, for his longtime support of young songwriters. New York, NY- Ap– Dan Reynolds (of Imagine Dragons) will be the recipient of the prestigious Hal David Starlight Award, to be presented at the 45th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner slated for Thursday, June 12 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman Jimmy Webb announced today. Previously Announced Inductees Include Ray Davies, Donovan, Graham Gouldman, Mark James and Jim Weatherly