Daniel Coulter Reynolds (born July 14, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead vocalist and a founding member of the

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band

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, which formed in 2008. He is a recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award.

Early life

Reynolds was born in

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, the seventh of nine children (eight boys and one girl) of Christene M. (née Callister) and Ronald Reynolds, a lawyer and author. Both are natives of

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, and Reynolds is a 4th generation Nevadan. As a

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he earned the rank of

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in 2005. Reynolds was a member of

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(LDS Church). When he was 19 years old he volunteered full-time as a missionary in

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for two years.
As of 2024, Reynolds was no longer a practicing member of the LDS Church. Reynolds wrote the song " I Bet My Life" celebrating and reflecting on his enduring relationship with his parents. Following his graduation from

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, he attended

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(after losing his ecclesiastical endorsement for

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(BYU)) and then transferred to BYU after serving an LDS mission, where he studied communications, marketing, and music and excelled academically. While at BYU, he formed Imagine Dragons and won the school's Battle of the Bands competition before leaving to pursue music full-time.

Career

Imagine Dragons (2008–present)

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Reynolds was initially reluctant to become a professional musician, partially because future bandmate Wayne Sermon had once told him: "Don't do music because you want to do music - do music if you have to do music". After he began attending

, Reynolds found that he could not "do anything else" and committed fully to a professional music career. In Utah, Reynolds met and recruited drummer Andrew Tolman to form Imagine Dragons. With Reynolds as lead vocalist, Imagine Dragons won BYU's "Battle of the Bands" and other local competitions. Bassist

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joined the band in Las Vegas and after Tolman's departure 2011 invited Daniel Platzman, also a friend of Wayne's from

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, to play drums, thus completing the group's longest-standing lineup. The band relocated to Las Vegas, where they began performing almost nightly as a lounge act. It was there in 2009 that they caught their first big break when

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's frontman,

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, fell sick just prior to the Bite of Las Vegas Festival. Imagine Dragons were called to fill in for them and performed in front of a crowd of more than 26,000 people. In November 2011, they signed with

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and began working with Grammy award-winning producer

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. Imagine Dragons released their debut studio album ''

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'' on September 4, 2012. The album was preceded by their first single " It's Time", released on August 18, 2012. ''Night Visions'' charted in the top ten albums in the U.S. in 2012, 2013, and 2014. It won a

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for Top Rock Album and was nominated for a Juno Award for International Album of the Year. The album's second single, "

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", reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Radioactive" set the all-time record for the longest reign at the top of the Billboard Rock Songs chart, with 23 consecutive weeks. It also broke the all-time record for longest run on the Billboard Hot 100, with 87 weeks, a record that would remain unbroken until

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's smash single "

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" charted for an 88th week on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2021. ''

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'' called it "the biggest rock hit of the year". It is the best-selling rock song in digital history, with sales of more than 7.5 million copies in the United States, and was certified diamond by the RIAA. The third single, "

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", reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is the eighth best-selling rock song in digital history with sales in excess of 5 million copies in the United States. Imagine Dragons were nominated for two

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and Best Rock Performance; they won the latter. They also won two AMAs for Favorite Alternative Artist, a

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for Choice Rock Group, a

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for World's Best Rock Act, and a

for Top Rock Artist. The band made their major festival headlining debut at the Made In America Music Festival in 2014 and also drew large crowds and positive reviews at festivals such as Lollapalooza Brazil in 2014. Imagine Dragons released their second album, ''

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,'' in February 2015. ''Smoke + Mirrors'' debuted at number one on the

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, and

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. Two of the album's four singles, " I Bet My Life" and " Shots", charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Imagine Dragons released their third album '' Evolve'' on June 23, 2017. ''Evolve'' debuted at #2 on the

and #1 on the

. Singles " Believer", "

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", and " Whatever It Takes", each of which have charted at #4, #4, and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Believer topped the ''Billboard'' Hot Rock Songs (29 weeks), Alternative Songs (13 weeks), and Adult Top 40 charts. Thunder also topped the ''Billboard'' Hot Rock Songs (22 weeks so far) and Alternative Songs chart (3 weeks so far), as well as the Mainstream Top 40 chart. Whatever It Takes topped the ''Billboard'' Rock Songs chart (17 weeks so far) and Alternative Songs chart (3 weeks). In 2018, the band was nominated for two more Grammy Awards and received the iHeartRadio Music Award for Alternative Rock Artists of the Year. Imagine Dragons released their fourth studio album ''

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'' on November 9, 2018. The album debuted at #2 on the

. The singles "

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" and " Bad Liar" peaked at #13 and #56 on the

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, respectively. Imagine Dragons released their fifth studio album '' Mercury - Act 1'' on September 3, 2021. The album debuted at #9 on the

. The singles " Follow You" and "

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" peaked at #68 and #5 on the

, respectively. '' Mercury - Act 2'', the second part of the album, was released on July 1, 2022. The single "

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" peaked at #47 on the

. Imagine Dragons released their sixth studio album ''

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'' on June 28, 2024. The album peaked at #22 on the

. The lead single " Eyes Closed" peaked at #7 on Billboard's

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on April 20, 2024.

Egyptian (2010)

Reynolds was invited to perform an opening set for

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in 2010; this was when he met Aja Volkman, the group's lead singer. He asked her to help him finish some demos he was developing. The two began collaborating, and formed

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. They recorded, produced, and independently released a four track eponymous EP digitally. They have only performed this material once live.

X Ambassadors (2013)

In 2013, Reynolds discovered the unsigned alternative band

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. After connecting with the band, he brokered a record deal for them with

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. Dan co-wrote a few songs on their debut album ''

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'', which has gone on to achieve Platinum certification by the

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Night Street Records and Loveloud festival (2016–present)

In 2016, Reynolds formed Night Street Records, an imprint label under

. His first signing was alternative hip-hop artist

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. Reynolds later signed artist

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in collaboration with

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in 2021. Both Night Street Records artists have since been nominated for

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, and Benson's song Beautiful Things (Benson Boone song) went on to become the biggest-selling single in the world in 2024. He organized the charity festival Loveloud, held August 26, 2017, in

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, to "fight against teen suicide and to bring communities ..and encourage acceptance" of

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youth. The concert donated the profits to LGBT organizations

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, and others. Performing acts included

, Neon Trees,

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, Joshua James, and Nicholas Petricca (of Walk the Moon). The film '' Believer'', centering on LGBTQ youth suicides in Utah, and the Loveloud concert, premiered at Sundance on January 20, 2018, and on HBO on June 25, 2018. A second Loveloud festival was held on July 28, 2018, at Rice-Eccles Stadium in

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. Acts included Imagine Dragons, Zedd,

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(of

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, Tyler Glenn (of Neon Trees), Vagabon, A.W., and

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. An estimated 35,000 people attended the 2018 event and raised approximately a million dollars for the various charities. The event was live streamed for free on YouTube, sponsored by

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. During his appearance at the 2018 festival, Utah's Lieutenant Governor

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announced Governor Gary Herbert's declaration of July 28, 2018, as "Loveloud Day in Utah". The third Loveloud festival occurred on June 29, 2019, at USANA Amphitheater in West Valley City. In addition to Reynolds, featured performers included

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, Daya, Tegan & Sara,

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, and K. Flay.

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was also originally booked to perform; however, due to an injury, he was unable to attend the festival. In his absence, indie pop band

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made an appearance. Former BYU mascot and dancer, Charlie Bird, also performed a choreographed number along with some dancers from the BYU Cougarettes. Other notable speakers included Reynolds' ex-wife Aja Volkman, Shannon Beveridge and

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Influences

Reynolds cites

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, and U2 as some of his and the band's artistic influences. He credits bands like

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and

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for bringing alternative pop music to a new level of commercial success in recent years.

Personal life

On March 5, 2011, Reynolds married Aja Volkman. The two have three daughters and a son. Their first daughter was born on August 18, 2012. Their fraternal twin daughters were born on March 28, 2017. Their son was born on October 1, 2019. On April 26, 2018, Reynolds announced that after just over seven years of being married, he and Volkman would divorce. On November 7, 2018, Reynolds announced, along with the release of the Imagine Dragons song " Bad Liar", that he and Volkman never went through with the divorce, that she helped co-write the song with him earlier in the year, and they were together once again. On September 16, 2022, Reynolds announced that he and Volkman were again separating. Volkman officially filed for divorce on April 18, 2023. The filing arrived months after the couple announced their separation. The divorce was finalized on March 26, 2024. As of 2025, Reynolds is dating actress Minka Kelly. Reynolds suffers from

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, which he announced during a concert at the

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in 2015 during the band's Smoke + Mirrors tour. In 2016 he partnered with

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's ThisASLife to raise awareness about the severe inflammatory disease. During the same year, Reynolds said in an interview that he had been heavily depressed for the past two years and often sees a therapist. He has also suffered from

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since the age of 21. Many songs on ''

'' were inspired by his depression. He aims to destigmatize and change how society sees depression and the act of seeking professional help. In April 2018, he began to talk about his physical and mental health struggles on his social media accounts and continues to offer encouraging messages of support to his fans and others struggling as well. Reynolds and his mother Christene appear in the

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series '' From Cradle to Stage'', hosted by

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and his mother Virginia Hanlon Grohl. The Reynolds episode is the first and aired on May 6, 2021. Reynolds grew up in the LDS Church but has stated he has doctrinal disagreements with the church's stance on homosexuality. During a 2021 interview with ''

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'' he described himself as "non-Mormon"; the following month, he stated "I'm not raising my kids in any religiousness if that means anything. I'm more spiritual based and religion hasn't really been my cup of tea." Reynolds has since left the church. Reynolds is a practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and he competed in the white belt division of a Jiu-Jitsu World League tournament at

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on July 2, 2023, winning a bronze medal.

Discography

Studio albums * ''

'' (2012) * ''

'' (2015) * ''Evolve'' (2017) * ''Origins'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2021) * '' Mercury – Act 2'' (2022) * ''

'' (2024)

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Songwriters Hall of Fame

* Hal David Starlight Award (2014)

Additional honors

* Trevor Hero Award (2017)

Philanthropy

Since 2013, Imagine Dragons along with the family of Tyler Robinson formed and support The Tyler Robinson Foundation, helping young people battling cancer. During the foundation's 2018 annual gala, it raised $2.1 million to support young people battling cancer. Imagine Dragons have also partnered with Do The Write Thing: National Campaign to Stop Violence (presided over by Reynolds' uncle),

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's "Bringing Human Rights Home", OneOrlando Fund's "All Is One Orlando Unity Concert", and Crackle's "Playing It Forward" (S1 E2). In 2015, Imagine Dragons released the track "

I Was Me "I Was Me" is a Charity record, charity single by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Background On October 12, 2015, "I Was Me" was released to iTunes Stores for the One4 project with all proceeds going to the UN Refugee Agency to support f ...

" with all proceeds going to the One4 project to help fleeing refugees, particularly in the Middle East. He also helped organize the Loveloud Fest to benefit LGBTQ organizations.

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