It features singles " I Bet My Life", " Shots" and " Gold". In 2015, Imagine Dragons' second album Smoke + Mirrors reached #1 on the Billboard 200, UK Albums Chart, and Canadian Albums Chart. Radioactive was also nominated for two Grammy Awards, winning the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance. Tracks from the album topped the Billboard Rock Songs, Billboard Alternative Songs, and Billboard Pop Songs charts. Their album made the highest debut for a new rock band in six years (since 2006) and single Radioactive set a new record for longest time atop the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart with 23 consecutive weeks. Third single " Demons" reached #6 Billboard Hot 100 and was certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Second single " Radioactive" reached #3 Billboard Hot 100 and was certified diamond by the RIAA, becoming the best selling rock song in the history of Nielsen SoundScan. Single " It's Time" became the band's first single reaching #15 Billboard Hot 100 and certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. It reached #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and won the Billboard Music Award for Best Rock Album (2014). In 2012, their debut album Night Visions brought the band mainstream success. In November 2011 they signed with Interscope Records and began working with producer Alex da Kid. The band proceeded to earn a number of local accolades including "Best CD of 2011" (Vegas SEVEN), "Best Local Indie Band 2010" ( Las Vegas Weekly), "Las Vegas' Newest Must See Live Act" ( Las Vegas CityLife), and more sent the band on a positive trajectory. McKee dropped out of his final semester at Berklee to join the band, inviting Daniel Platzman to play drums, completing the lineup. In 2011, Platzman was invited by Wayne Sermon to join Imagine Dragons, based out of Las Vegas.
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