Imagine Dragons
Awards & Honours
82
Awards Won
3
Honours
4
Rankings
2
Covers
5
Records
The award shelf is respectable. The record book is where Imagine Dragons get genuinely unusual. They are the only group in RIAA history with four songs certified higher than Diamond, meaning "Radioactive," "Demons," "Believer," and "Thunder" each moved more than ten million equivalent units. They were the first rock act with four songs past a billion streams each. In 2018 they were the most-streamed group on Spotify, full stop.Billboard kept a running tally of their chart dominance: the most weeks at No. 1 on Hot Rock Songs, three of the decade's best-performing rock songs, and a No. 1 finish on the Year-End Top Artists – Duo/Group list in 2018. Rolling Stone called "Radioactive" the biggest rock hit of its year. For a band that critics have mostly shrugged at, the industry scoreboard tells a very different story.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Breakthrough Band of 2013
Named the year's breakthrough act after the runaway success of Night Visions and "Radioactive."
Biggest Band of 2017
Topped Billboard's year-end assessment of the biggest acts in music following Evolve.
Top Artists – Duo/Group (Year-End No. 1)
Finished first among duos and groups on Billboard's Year-End Top Artists chart.
Rankings & Lists
Year in Rock
Year in Rock
Year in Rock
Top Artists – Duo/Group (Year-End)
Magazine Covers
Billboard
Breakthrough Band feature
Billboard
Biggest Band of 2017 cover story
Records & Feats
Only group in RIAA history with four songs certified higher than Diamond
"Radioactive," "Demons," "Believer," and "Thunder" each surpassed ten million equivalent units, a distinction no other group has matched.
First rock act with four songs surpassing one billion streams each
The same four singles crossed a billion streams apiece, making them the first rock band to reach that mark four times over.
Most-streamed group on Spotify in 2018
Finished the year as the platform's most-streamed group worldwide.
Most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart
Held the record for the longest cumulative run atop the Hot Rock Songs chart, driven by "Believer," "Thunder," and "Natural."
Three best-performing rock songs of the 2010s
Billboard ranked "Believer," "Thunder," and "Radioactive" as the top three rock songs of the decade.