117-536: The Mercury World Tour was the fourth concert tour by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons in support of their full fifth studio album consisting of Mercury – Acts 1 (2021) and 2 (2022). The tour began on February 6, 2022, at the FTX Arena in Miami , and concluded on September 10, 2023, at Lollapalooza Berlin . Four days after the release of Mercury – Act 1 , the band announced that they would embark on
234-553: A 17-date North American tour, beginning in early February and stretching to March. Pre-sale access was given to American Express Card members on September 7 through September 9. Tickets went on-sale to the general public on September 10, 2021. On November 1, 2021, European dates were announced. The European leg will span 2 months and will visit festivals and stadiums . Tickets for the European leg went on-sale on November 5, 2021. American pop group LANY were initially announced as
351-514: A 2018 interview, Mark Foster joked that his band Foster the People give their rejected material to Imagine Dragons. In response, Reynolds took to Twitter, denouncing what he described as "click-bait horse shit filled with vile and hate meant to feed humanity's need to laugh at each other's imperfections and fails." Foster issued an apology to Reynolds on Twitter, expressing regret over the joke and praising him for his humanitarian efforts. Taylor, on
468-490: A 30-minute program of music videos called Video Jukebox , that first aired around the time of MTV's launch and lasted until late 1986. Also around this time, HBO, as well as other premium channels such as Cinemax , Showtime and The Movie Channel , occasionally played one or a few music videos between movies. SuperStation WTBS launched Night Tracks on June 3, 1983, with up to 14 hours of music video airplay each late night weekend by 1985. Its most noticeable difference
585-399: A consistent brand across all of its music-related shows. This style of channel-wide branding came to an end as MTV drastically reduced its number of music-related shows in the early to mid 2000s. Around this time, MTV introduced a static and single color digital on-screen graphic mainly grey during on-air and some color to be shown during all of its programming. Starting with the premiere of
702-575: A cover of "I Love You All the Time" by Eagles of Death Metal on December 18, 2015, in support of the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks . The Smoke + Mirrors Tour ended on February 5, 2016, in Amsterdam . The band released a one night only concert film , Imagine Dragons In Concert: Smoke + Mirrors , in select theaters on March 2, 2016, which was later released on DVD and Blu-Ray. Following
819-458: A division of Paramount Global . The channel originally aired music videos and related programming as guided by television personalities known as video jockeys , or VJs. MTV, as one of the American cable channels available in other countries, eventually gained a massive cult following , becoming one of the major factors in cable programming's rise to fame and American corporations dominating
936-523: A money-losing venture, Turner sold it to MTV, who redeveloped the channel into VH1. The founders of Financial News Network , Glenn Taylor and Karen Tyler tried to capitalize on the concept by launching Discovery Music Network, which was set to be a cable network, and has plans to set up the Discovery Broadcasting System, which consists of the aforementioned network, along with computer and business networks, but it never got off
1053-423: A new single in collaboration with Kygo titled " Born to Be Yours " on Twitter. The song was released on June 15, 2018. In 2018, Imagine Dragons also became co-owners of esports team Rogue . On July 12, 2018, Imagine Dragons announced a new single titled " Natural " on Twitter. The song was released on July 17, 2018. The song was used as the anthem for the 2018 ESPN College Football season. The band concluded
1170-672: A performance of "Shots" as part of a live commercial aired during the Grammy Awards . Smoke + Mirrors was released on February 17. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200, making it the band's first number one album. The band began a world tour in support of the album on June 3 in Portland, Oregon . During the band's tour, Imagine Dragons released two non-album singles. " Roots " was released on August 26, 2015, and " I Was Me " on October 12, 2015, via iTunes . The band also released
1287-588: A really slippery slope. I think the second you start to do that, there’s corrupt leaders and warmongers all over the world, and where do you draw the line?" MTV MTV ( originally an initialism of Music Television ) is an American cable television channel. It was officially launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group , part of Paramount Media Networks ,
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#17327940646091404-807: A remix of "Take Me to the Beach" with Baker Boy was released. The following week, a remix of the song with Ernia was released. On November 1, a remix of the song with Jungeli was released. Imagine Dragons' musical style has mainly been described as pop rock , electropop , pop , indie pop , indie rock , arena rock , and alternative rock . Their music also contains influences from synth-pop , dance-pop , trip hop , folk , drum and bass , dubstep , industrial , EDM , R&B , and hip hop . Dan Reynolds cites Arcade Fire , Nirvana , Muse , The Beatles , Paul Simon , Coldplay , Linkin Park , Harry Nilsson , and U2 as some of his and
1521-448: A revised logo in tandem with the 2010 version, doing away with the 3D effect inherited from its predecessors (much akin to the current MTV Video Music Awards variant). That logo is revealed to be an alternate variant of the current logo designed by the design agency Loyalkaspar, which pays homage to MTV of the past with the red-yellow-blue color combination and the 3D effect mainly inherited from its predecessor logo. The new logo's rollout
1638-461: A self-titled EP Imagine Dragons on September 1, 2009, and Hell and Silence on March 10, 2010, both recorded at Battle Born Studios , in Las Vegas. Six months after releasing their third EP, It's Time , on March 12, 2011, they signed a record deal with Interscope Records on November 18, 2011. They got their first big break when Train 's frontman Pat Monahan fell sick just prior to
1755-512: A similar case, the band performed in Baku , Azerbaijan , which was criticized by System of a Down singer and activist Serj Tankian , as it could be seen as "an endorsement of Azerbeijan's authoritarian president, Ilham Aliyev ". Reynolds defended the performances in a 2024 interview with Rolling Stone , stating, "I don’t believe in depriving our fans who want to see us play because of the acts of their leaders and their governments. I think that’s
1872-552: A song for the film Transformers: Age of Extinction , called " Battle Cry " in June, 2014 and the song " Warriors " for the 2014 League of Legends World Championship in September, 2014. On October 24, they revealed the lead single to the upcoming album, " I Bet My Life " via several visual snippets on Facebook and Instagram. It was released on October 27. It was sent to US Alternative radio for ads on November 3. On December 16,
1989-588: A statement later contradicted by CBS head of Business Affairs David Benjamin in Vanity Fair . According to The Austin Chronicle , Jackson's video for the song "Billie Jean" was "the video that broke the color barrier, even though the channel itself was responsible for erecting that barrier in the first place." But change was not immediate. "Billie Jean" was not added to MTV's "medium rotation" playlist (two to three airings per day) until it reached No. 1 on
2106-517: A study by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation found that of 207.5 hours of prime time programming on MTV, 42% included content reflecting the lives of gay, bisexual and transgender people. This was the highest in the industry and the highest percentage ever. In 2018, MTV launched a new production unit under the MTV Studios name focused on producing new versions of MTV's library shows. It
2223-466: A target of criticism by different groups about programming choices, social issues, political correctness , sensitivity, censorship, and a perceived negative social influence on young people. Portions of the content of MTV's programs and productions have come under controversy in the general news media and among social groups that have taken offense. Some within the music industry criticized what they saw as MTV's homogenization of rock 'n' roll, including
2340-554: A trademark on the initials MTV , registered with the Hungarian copyright office, sued the American MTV (Music Television) network for trademark infringement when the Hungarian version of the music channel was launched in 2007. The suit is still ongoing. During the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, comedian Andrew Dice Clay did his usual "adult nursery rhymes" routine (which he had done in his stand-up acts), after which
2457-576: A week in the fall dedicated to brand new music videos; and week-long specials that culminated in a particular live event, such as Wanna be a VJ and the Video Music Awards . At the end of each year, MTV takes advantage of its home location in New York City to broadcast live coverage on New Year's Eve in Times Square . Several live music performances are featured alongside interviews with artists and bands that were influential throughout
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#17327940646092574-459: Is an anagram for a phrase only known to members of the group, which Reynolds stated each member approved of. The five-piece recorded demos that they uploaded to MySpace that year, but Beck and Florence left the band later that year. In 2009, Tolman recruited long-time high school friend Wayne Sermon , who had graduated from Berklee College of Music , to play guitar. Tolman later recruited his wife, Brittany Tolman, to sing back-up and play keys, and
2691-610: Is the second collaboration between Imagine Dragons and League of Legends , following " Warriors ". Soon after the release of Mercury – Act 1 , the band began teasing towards a follow-up album that would also be executive produced by Rubin. In January 2022, Reynolds stated that the album was "almost done" and would be released following the first leg of the Mercury Tour. The tour began on February 6 in Miami and concluded on September 15 in Los Angeles . On March 11, 2022,
2808-505: Is used worldwide, but not everywhere existentially. The new logo was first used on MTV Films logo with the 2010 film Jackass 3D . MTV's rebranding was overseen by Popkern. On June 25, 2015, MTV International rebranded its on-air look with a new vaporwave and seapunk -inspired graphics package. It included a series of new station IDs featuring 3D renderings of objects and people, much akin to vaporwave and seapunk "aesthetics". Many have derided MTV's choice of rebranding, insisting that
2925-526: The Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the final week of March, it was in "heavy rotation", one week before the MTV debut of Jackson's " Beat It " video. Prince's " Little Red Corvette " joined both videos in heavy rotation at the end of April. At the beginning of June, " Electric Avenue " by Eddy Grant joined "Billie Jean", which was still in heavy rotation until mid-June. At the end of August, " She Works Hard for
3042-597: The 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship , American music publication Spin ran an article titled 'Is Imagine Dragons The Worst Band Ever?', which described the band's songs as having lyrics that are "a composite of motivational platitudes and pseudo-dramatic yelps, barely merit repeating, if only because Reynolds seems so willing to do that himself" and featuring a "punishing, squelching rhythmic force". The band has frequently been compared to Canadian rock band Nickelback by critics, referring to Nickelback's own negative public perception. Despite this criticism,
3159-505: The 60th Annual Grammy Awards . "Whatever It Takes" was released as an official single off the album a few months later on October 6, 2017. The song won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video in 2018 . On February 14, 2018, Imagine Dragons announced a new single titled " Next to Me " on Twitter. The song was released as part of a re-issue of Evolve on February 21, 2018. On June 12, 2018, Imagine Dragons announced
3276-627: The ABC network showed only selected highlights during primetime, MTV broadcast 16 hours of coverage. Along with VH1 , MTV broadcast the Live 8 concerts, a series of concerts set in the G8 states and South Africa, on July 2, 2005. Live 8 preceded the 31st G8 summit and the 20th anniversary of Live Aid. MTV drew heavy criticism for its coverage of Live 8. The network cut to commercials, VJ commentary, or other performances during performances. Complaints surfaced on
3393-841: The Billboard Pop Songs, peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 61 weeks on it. In 2021, RIAA declared that the song has become the band's third diamond selling song in the US. Fourth single " On Top Of The World " reached a peak of No. 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also spent 20 weeks on the chart. In the US, the non-singles off the album, "Bleeding Out" and "Amsterdam" were certified platinum while "Hear Me" and "Tiptoe" were certified gold. Billboard listed them as one of "2012's Brightest New Stars" and later "The Breakout Band of 2013". Imagine Dragons won
3510-463: The "M" is an apple and the snake is the "TV". And for 1984's ID "Art History", the logo is shown in different art styles. The only constant aspects of MTV's logo at the time were its general shape and proportions, with everything else being dynamic. MTV launched on August 1, 1981, with an extended network ID featuring the first landing on the Moon (with still images acquired directly from NASA ), which
3627-535: The 2010s, a decade which saw guitars and bands dwindling in mainstream music. The band has also been the subject of ridicule by several musicians. In a 2019 interview, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor echoed the Nickelback comparisons, claiming that Nickelback were "passing the baton of being rock and roll's scapegoat" to Imagine Dragons. Matty Healy of the 1975 described "Radioactive" as 'nothingness', stating, "It might as well be called 'Pikachu Banana'." In
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3744-476: The 2014 Billboard Music Awards for Top Duo/Group, Top Hot 100 Artist, and Top Rock Artist. Amazon.com called the band their "Favorite Rock Artist of 2012". In 2013, Imagine Dragons returned to Europe and North America with the Night Visions Tour. The band announced 13 additional US summer tour dates which also sold out. The band then announced a North America Amphitheatre tour. Pollstar listed
3861-400: The 40th anniversary of the network's launch in 2021, current MTV Entertainment Group president Chris McCarthy acknowledged that "(o)ne of the bigger mistakes in the early years was not playing enough diverse music ... but the nice thing that I've always learned at MTV is we have no problem owning our mistakes, quickly correcting them and trying to do the right thing and always follow where
3978-863: The Billboard Alternative and Rock Album charts as well as the top ten on the Australian, Austrian, Canadian, Dutch, German, Irish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Scottish, Spanish, and United Kingdom Albums charts. It won a Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Album and was nominated for the Juno Award for International Album of the Year . Night Visions is certified platinum in the US by the RIAA as well as in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and
4095-590: The Bite of Las Vegas Festival 2009. Imagine Dragons was called to fill in and performed to a crowd of more than 26,000 people. 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 ), Vegas Music Summit Headliner 2010, and more sent the band on a positive trajectory. In November 2011, they signed with Interscope Records and began working with English Grammy Award-winning producer Alex da Kid . Eventually,
4212-559: The Disney Channel and NBC . The program aired at several times between 1984 and 1999. In 2009, Disney Channel revived the DTV concept with a new series of short-form segments called Re-Micks . Hanna-Barbera created HBTV , similar to DTV in 1985 and in 1986. MTV has edited a number of music videos to remove nudity, references to drugs, sex, violence, weapons, racism, homophobia , and/or advertising. Many music videos aired on
4329-673: The Evolve tour in Tampa, Florida on August 10. On September 18, 2018, Imagine Dragons announced a new single titled " Zero ", which was released the following day. It was used in the end credits of the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Ralph Breaks the Internet . On October 3, 2018, Imagine Dragons announced their fourth studio album, Origins , which was released on November 9, 2018. "Natural" and "Zero" serve as
4446-441: The Internet over MTV interrupting the reunion of Pink Floyd . In response, MTV president Van Toffler stated that he wanted to broadcast highlights from every venue of Live 8 on MTV and VH1, and clarified that network hosts talked over performances only in transition to commercials, informative segments or other musical performances. Toffler acknowledged that "MTV should not have placed such a high priority on showing so many acts, at
4563-485: The Keys , and Shore Thing . MTV VJs would host blocks of music videos, interview artists and bands, and introduce live performances and other programs from the beach house location each summer. MTV also held week-long music events that took over the presentation of the channel. Examples from the 1990s and 2000s include All Access Week , a week in the summer dedicated to live concerts and festivals; Spankin' New Music Week ,
4680-461: The Money " by Donna Summer was in heavy rotation on the channel. Herbie Hancock's " Rockit " and Lionel Richie 's " All Night Long " were placed in heavy rotation at the end of October and the beginning of November respectively. In the final week of November, Donna Summer's " Unconditional Love " was in heavy rotation. When Jackson's elaborate video for " Thriller " was released late that year, raising
4797-411: The Night Visions Tour, the band had been writing new material for an upcoming album, and, even as early as the start of the tour, had been recording demos for the album, before entering the studio. By the time that they entered the studio to work on the album, they had amassed 50 demos to work from. Prior to the album's release, Imagine Dragons released a number of singles for other projects including
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4914-459: The Police , Kiss , Culture Club , Billy Idol , Hall & Oates , Cyndi Lauper , Madonna , Lionel Richie , Ric Ocasek , John Mellencamp , Peter Wolf , Joe Elliott , Stevie Nicks , Rick Springfield , and Mick Jagger , interacting with the MTV logo on-air and encouraging viewers to call their pay television providers and request that MTV be added to their local channel lineups. Eventually,
5031-723: The Tolmans left the group. Drummer Daniel Platzman and keyboardist Theresa Flaminio were recruited by McKee in August 2011, prior to the band's label deal in November 2011. Flaminio departed from the group around the time of the band's deal with Interscope, leaving the band a four-piece. 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 . An EP entitled Continued Silence
5148-804: The UK. The album produced three tracks that reached the Billboard Top 40 , four tracks in the ARIA Top 40 , and five tracks charting in the UK Top 40 . The album's second single " Radioactive " reached No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs, Billboard Rock Songs, and Swedish singles chart and has sold more than 14 million singles in the United States, entering the top 3 of the most selling songs digitally ever. It also smashed
5265-400: The US, making it their fourth top five album. It reached the top ten in multiple countries, but received mixed reviews from critics. On January 7, 2019, Imagine Dragons performed the halftime show for the 2019 College Football Championship game. The band performed " Natural ", " Bad Liar ", " Thunder ", and a special version of " Believer " with rapper Lil Wayne . The new version of the song
5382-467: The US. The album's release coincided with the announcement of a tour in support of the album. In October, the band re-released their first three extended plays onto streaming services and digital retailers. Each EP features a previously unreleased bonus track. The band also released the single " Enemy " featuring rapper JID , as part of the soundtrack to the Netflix series Arcane , on October 28. It
5499-619: The Video Music Awards were MTV's most watched annual event. MTV began its annual Spring Break coverage in 1986, setting up temporary operations in Daytona Beach, Florida , for a week in March, broadcasting live eight hours per day. "Spring break is a youth culture event", MTV's vice president Doug Herzog said at the time. "We wanted to be part of it for that reason. It makes good sense for us to come down and go live from
5616-579: The Year and the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards , winning the latter of the two. The band performed a medley of "Radioactive" and " M.A.A.D City " alongside rapper Kendrick Lamar at the ceremony. A remixed version of "Radioactive", featuring a newly added verse from Lamar, was released the next day and performed on the February 1, 2014 episode of Saturday Night Live . Third single " Demons " reached No. 1 on
5733-497: The all Prince theme on the channel back in the 90s. A few markets also launched music-only channels including Las Vegas' KRLR-TV (now KSNV ), which debuted in the summer of 1984 and branded as "Vusic 21". The first video played on that channel was "Video Killed the Radio Star", following in the footsteps of MTV. Shortly after TBS began Night Tracks , NBC launched a music video program called Friday Night Videos , which
5850-674: The artist with the most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart . The album reached the top five in many countries. The band's fourth studio album Origins (2018) featured the single " Natural ", which became their fifth song to top the Hot Rock Songs chart. The band has since released Mercury – Acts 1 & 2 (2022), a double album featuring the US top 5 hit " Enemy ", and Loom (2024), their first album without longtime drummer Daniel Platzman . Despite their popularity and commercial success,
5967-401: The artistic style was centered on denouncing corporate capitalism (many aesthetic pieces heavily incorporate corporate logos of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, which coincidentally include MTV's original logo) rather than being embraced by major corporations like MTV. Many have also suggested that MTV made an attempt to be relevant in the modern entertainment world with the rebrand. In addition to this,
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#17327940646096084-448: The audience is going." Before 1983, Michael Jackson also struggled for MTV airtime. To resolve the struggle and finally "break the color barrier", the president of CBS Records , Walter Yetnikoff , denounced MTV in a strong, profane statement, threatening to take away its right to play any of the label's music. However, Les Garland, then acquisitions head, said he decided to air Jackson's " Billie Jean " video without pressure from CBS,
6201-471: The band announced the cancellation of tour dates in Ukraine and Russia, due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine . On March 25, 2022, the band announced a second North American leg of the tour, with Macklemore and Kings Elliot serving as opening acts. On April 6, the band announced that Mother Mother would serve as opening act for the European leg of the tour. On August 4, 2022, the band announced
6318-480: The band announced their second album Smoke + Mirrors , along with the release of its second single " Gold ". " Shots " was released as the album's third single on January 26, 2015. Imagine Dragons played at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles on February 5, 2015. The half-hour set included the live debut of unreleased songs "Summer" and " I'm So Sorry ". On February 8, the band partnered with Target for
6435-440: The band began to play shows together again. Lemke left the band shortly thereafter, leading Sermon to recruit another Berklee music student, Ben McKee , to join the band as their bassist and complete the line-up. The band garnered a large following in their hometown of Provo, Utah , before the members moved to Las Vegas , the hometown of Dan Reynolds, where the band recorded and released their first three EPs. The band released
6552-462: The band has described themselves as "genre-less". In an interview with Billboard at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards , Reynolds stated, "We've always kind of prided ourselves on being kind of a genre-less band. [...] I have no idea how I'd categorize us. Sometimes it's definitely pop; sometimes the songs are all guitar-driven. It depends on the song." The band has been praised by some for their genre-bending style, and for keeping arena rock popular during
6669-466: The band in their Top 20 Concert Tours list by average box office gross despite their average ticket price being the third lowest on the list. The band released a live album, Live at Independent Records , in April 2013. The idea behind the second studio album, dubbed as their " New Year's resolution ", was to create music and finish it when the band feels that their work is done. Since the beginning of
6786-618: The band released a single titled " Bones ", which serves as the lead single to the second part of their fifth studio album Mercury – Act 2 . On April 6, the band announced that Mercury – Act 2 would be released on July 1, 2022. The second single, " Sharks ", was released June 24, 2022. The 18-track album was released as part of a compilation album containing both Mercury albums. Three singles from Mercury – Act 2 were released following its release: " I Don't Like Myself ", on October 10, 2022, " Symphony ", on November 7, and " Crushed ", on May 10, 2023. The music video for "I Don't Like Myself"
6903-482: The band was nominated 11 more times for Billboard Music Awards. Imagine Dragons have sold more than 74 million albums and 65 million digital songs worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists . They have also earned 160 billion streams across music platforms. They were the most streamed group of 2018 on Spotify , the first rock act to have four songs, "Radioactive", "Demons", "Believer", and "Thunder", to surpass one billion streams each, and
7020-453: The band's artistic influences. In terms of success, Reynolds credits bands like Foster the People and Mumford & Sons for bringing alternative pop music to a new level of commercial success in recent years. Despite their popularity and large social media followings, reception towards Imagine Dragons from other musicians and music critics has been mixed since their breakthrough to the mainstream. Review aggregator Metacritic reports that
7137-424: The band's first four studio albums— Night Visions , Smoke + Mirrors , Evolve , and Origins —have scores of 53, 60, 47, and 59, respectively, out of 100, indicating generally mixed reviews. The band's music has been criticized for its repetitive lyrics, "overblown" arena rock production, overemphasis on reverberation effects, sticking to formulas, and genre-hopping. Following the band's halftime show performance at
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#17327940646097254-476: The band's full concert at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on September 10, 2022. A live album of the concert was released on July 28, 2023. On August 30, 2023, they released the song " Children of the Sky " in promotion of the video game Starfield . On March 10, 2024, the band began teasing new music on their social media. On April 1, they announced a new song titled " Eyes Closed " would release on April 3. It
7371-461: The band's music has been consistently met with mixed critical reception. Imagine Dragons have won three American Music Awards , nine Billboard Music Awards , one Grammy Award , one MTV Video Music Award , and one World Music Award . In May 2014, the band was nominated for 14 Billboard Music Awards, including Top Artist of the Year and a Milestone Award, which recognizes innovation and creativity of artists across different genres. In April 2018,
7488-558: The bar for what a video could be, the network's support for it was total; subsequently, more pop and R&B videos were played on MTV. Following Jackson's and Prince's breakthroughs on MTV, Rick James did several interviews where he brushed off the accomplishment as tokenism , saying in a 1983 interview, in an episode of Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus on James, that "any black artist that [had] their video played on MTV should pull their [videos] off MTV." HBO also had
7605-468: The center of it, because obviously the people there are the kinds of people who watch MTV." The channel later expanded its beach-themed events to the summer, dedicating most of each summer season to broadcasting live from a beach house at different locations away from New York City, eventually leading to channel-wide branding throughout the summer in the 1990s and early 2000s such as Motel California , Summer Share , Isle of MTV , SoCal Summer , Summer in
7722-559: The centerpiece of its programming. The channel's programming has covered a wide variety of genres and formats aimed at adolescents and young adults . In addition to its original programming, MTV has also aired original and syndicated programs from Paramount-owned siblings and third-party networks. MTV is also a producer of films aimed at young adults through its production label, MTV Films, and has aired both its own theatrically released films and original made-for-television movies from MTV Studios in addition to acquired films. In 2010,
7839-649: The channel were either censored, moved to late-night rotation, or banned entirely from the channel. In the 1980s, parent media watchdog groups such as the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) criticized MTV over certain music videos that were claimed to have explicit imagery of satanism . As a result, MTV developed a strict policy on refusal to air videos that may depict Satanism or anti-religious themes. This policy led MTV to ban music videos such as " Jesus Christ Pose " by Soundgarden in 1991 and " Megalomaniac " by Incubus in 2004; however,
7956-410: The channel. David Bowie also questioned MTV's lack of black artists during an on-air interview with VJ Mark Goodman in 1983. MTV's original head of talent and acquisition, Carolyn B. Baker, who was black, questioned why the definition of music had to be so narrow, as did a few others outside the network. Years later, Baker said, "The party line at MTV was that we weren't playing black music because of
8073-468: The controversial band Marilyn Manson was among the most popular rock bands on MTV during the late 1990s and early 2000s. On September 28, 2016, on an AfterBuzz TV live stream, Scout Durwood said that MTV had a " no appropriation policy " that forbid her from wearing her hair in cornrows in an episode of Mary + Jane . She said, "I wanted to cornrow my hair, and they were like, 'That's racist.'" Magyar Televízió , Hungary's public broadcaster who has
8190-547: The expense of airing complete sets by key artists." He also blamed the Pink Floyd interruption on a mandatory cable affiliate break. MTV averaged 1.4 million viewers for its original July 2 broadcast of Live 8. Consequently, MTV and VH1 aired five hours of uninterrupted Live 8 coverage on July 9, with each channel airing other blocks of artists. MTV's logo was designed in 1981 by Manhattan Design (a collective formed by Frank Olinsky, Pat Gorman and Patty Rogoff) under
8307-405: The first act with people of color to perform on MTV; their song "Rat Race" was the 58th video on the station's first broadcast day. MTV refused other black artists' videos, such as Rick James ' " Super Freak ", because they did not fit the channel's carefully selected album-oriented rock format at the time. The exclusion enraged James, who publicly advocated the addition of more black artists to
8424-726: The ground. Shortly after its launch, the Disney Channel aired a program called DTV , a play on the MTV acronym. The program used music cuts, both from past and upcoming artists. Instead of music videos, the program used clips of various vintage Disney cartoons and animated films (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Fox and the Hound ) to go with the songs. The program aired in multiple formats, sometimes between shows, sometimes as its own program, and other times as one-off specials. The specials tended to air both on
8541-464: The guidance of original creative director Fred Seibert . The block letter "M" was sketched by Rogoff, with the scribbled word "TV" spraypainted by Olinksky. The primary variant of MTV's logo at the time had the "M" in yellow and the "TV" in red. However, unlike most television networks' logos at the time, the logo was constantly branded with different colors, patterns and images on a variety of station IDs. Examples include 1988's ID "Adam And Eve", where
8658-469: The lead single for their next album. "Believer" was used as part of a Super Bowl ad for the Nintendo Switch . On April 27, 2017, the band released " Thunder " as the second single from their third album. On May 8, 2017, Imagine Dragons announced their third studio album Evolve , as well as a new track " Whatever It Takes ", which was released on the same day. A tour in support for the album
8775-429: The lead singles off the album, while " Born to Be Yours " is featured on the international deluxe edition of the album. The band has described this album as a sister album to their previous work Evolve . On October 31, 2018, Imagine Dragons released the third single off the album, " Machine ". Lastly, on November 6, 2018, Imagine Dragons released the album's fourth single, " Bad Liar ". Origins debuted at number two in
8892-496: The longest run into the top five. It is the best-selling rock song on the Nielsen SoundScan running list of best-selling rock songs in digital history. By the end of 2013, "Radioactive" had already sold over three million copies. Rolling Stone called it "the biggest rock hit of the year". It was also the most streamed song of 2013 on Spotify in the United States. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of
9009-412: The network executives imposed a lifetime ban. Billy Idol 's music video for the song " Cradle of Love " originally had scenes from Clay's film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane when it was originally aired; scenes from the film were later excised. During the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards , Clay was in attendance where he confirmed that the channel lifted the ban. In the wake of controversy that involved
9126-460: The next four months. They released the song " Levitate ", recorded for the film Passengers , on December 2, 2016. On January 28, 2017, the band started posting a series of videos teasing the album's first single. The time-lapse videos featured lead singer Dan Reynolds drawing surreal images on a drawing pad. Morse code was hidden in the videos and translated to "objects of same color". On February 1, 2017, Imagine Dragons released " Believer " as
9243-485: The only group in RIAA history to have four songs certified higher than Diamond. According to Billboard , "Believer", "Thunder", and "Radioactive" were the three best performing rock songs of the 2010s. In 2008, lead singer Dan Reynolds met drummer Andrew Tolman at Brigham Young University , where they were both students. Reynolds and Tolman recruited Andrew Beck , Dave Lemke, and Aurora Florence to play guitar, bass, and piano, respectively, for their band. Their name
9360-491: The opening act for the North American leg of the tour but were dropped shortly after, most likely due to allegations of predatory behavior resurfacing. On December 10, Imagine Dragons announced that Canadian-American singer Grandson and Danish singer MØ would serve as LANY's replacements. On December 14, 2021, the band announced twelve Canadian tour dates with AVIV serving as the opening act. On February 25, 2022,
9477-401: The original logo, but without the initialism, the bottom of the "M" being cropped and the "V" in "TV" no longer branching off. This change was most likely made to reflect MTV's more prominent focus on reality and comedy programming and less on music-related programming. However, much like the original logo, the new logo was designed to be filled in with a seemingly unlimited variety of images. It
9594-493: The original version of the song was released. In December 2019, Reynolds announced that he was taking a break from producing and writing music to focus on fatherhood. On January 20, 2020, the band released a music video for "Nothing Left to Say", a song from their debut album Night Visions . On March 8, 2021, Imagine Dragons announced the release of two singles, " Follow You " and " Cutthroat ", which were released on March 12. The band began teasing their upcoming album which
9711-637: The other hand, criticized Reynolds and claimed that his words were taken out of context, tweeting, "As long as people are stupid, letting salacious headlines do their thinking for them, there will always be controversy. Do some research and find the truth...". Healy responded in a radio interview, stating, "You're a millionaire in a huge band. You don't say, 'Oh, I'm gonna do this, and also can I be void of criticism?' It's like … no." The band has ignored calls from pro-Palestinian activists to boycott Israel , performing in Tel Aviv , Israel on August 30, 2023. In
9828-517: The ownership of the Warner - American Express Satellite Entertainment Company. On June 25, 1984, Warner Communications spun-off Nickelodeon , MTV into a new public corporation called MTV Networks . Warner would later acquire American Express' 50% stake the following year. From August 27, 1985 to May 20, 1986, Warner would sell 31%, and later, 69% of MTV Networks to Viacom . As MTV expanded, music videos and VJ-guided programming were no longer
9945-933: The punk band the Dead Kennedys , whose song "M.T.V. – Get Off the Air" was released on their 1985 album Frankenchrist , just as MTV's influence over the music industry was being solidified. MTV was also the major influence on the growth of music videos during the 1980s. During MTV's first few years, very few black artists were featured. The select few in MTV's rotation between 1981 and 1984 were Michael Jackson , Prince , Eddy Grant , Tina Turner , Donna Summer , Joan Armatrading , Musical Youth , The Specials , The Selecter , Grace Jones , John Butcher and Herbie Hancock . Mikey Craig of Culture Club , Joe Leeway of Thompson Twins and Tracy Wormworth of The Waitresses were also black. The Specials, which included black and white vocalists and musicians, were also
10062-480: The rebrand was made on exactly the same day that the social media site Tumblr introduced Tumblr TV, an animated GIF viewer which featured branding inspired by MTV's original 1980s on-air look. Tumblr has been cited as a prominent location of aesthetic art, and thus many have suggested MTV and Tumblr "switched identities". The rebrand also incorporated a modified version of MTV's classic "I Want My MTV!" slogan, changed to read "I Am My MTV". Vice has suggested that
10179-463: The record of the longest running song on the Billboard Hot 100 by spending 87 weeks before being broken by The Weeknd 's " Blinding Lights " in 2021. "Radioactive" stayed at No. 1 on the Hot Rock Songs chart for a record-breaking 23 weeks and ultimately became the genre's biggest hit of 2013. It peaked at No. 3, becoming their first top ten single in the United States and broke the record for
10296-494: The release of their single " It's Time ", followed by their debut album Night Visions (2012), which resulted in the chart-topping singles " Radioactive " and " Demons ". Rolling Stone named "Radioactive", which held the record for most weeks charted on the Billboard Hot 100 , the "biggest rock hit of the year". MTV called them "the year's biggest breakout band", and Billboard named them their "Breakthrough Band of 2013" and "Biggest Band of 2017", and placed them at
10413-485: The research – but the research was based on ignorance… We were young, we were cutting-edge. We didn't have to be on the cutting edge of racism." Nevertheless, it was Baker who rejected Rick James' "Super Freak" video "because there were half-naked women in it, and it was a piece of crap. As a black woman, I did not want that representing my people as the first black video on MTV." The network's director of music programming, Buzz Brindle, told an interviewer in 2006: "MTV
10530-501: The rules of the rock business." MTV senior executive vice president Les Garland complained decades later, "The worst thing was that 'racism' bullshit ... there were hardly any videos being made by black artists. Record companies weren't funding them. They never got charged with racism." However, critics of that defence pointed out that record companies were not funding videos for black artists because they knew they would have difficulty persuading MTV to play them. In celebrating
10647-403: The short-lived program FNMTV: Friday Night MTV in 2008, MTV started using a updated and cropped version of its original logo for the 30 years during most of its on-air programming. It became MTV's official logo on February 8, 2010, and officially debuted on its website. The channel's full text "MUSIC TELEVISION" was eliminated, with the revised and chopped down on the logo largely the same as
10764-452: The shows of South American leg of the tour. However, on October 17, 2022, just one day before they were set to begin, the shows were postponed due to health issues with lead singer Dan Reynolds . The new dates, scheduled to take place in March 2023, were announced in November. On November 25, 2022, Live Nation Entertainment announced an additional number of performances in Europe, extending
10881-541: The slogan became so ubiquitous that it made an appearance as a lyric sung by Sting on the Dire Straits song " Money for Nothing ", whose music video aired in regular rotation on MTV when it was first released in 1985 and also served as the first video played on its European arm , and became the basis of the music used in the MTV Entertainment Studios production logo . The channel has been
10998-425: The slogan change represents "the current generation's movement towards self-examination, identity politics and apparent narcissism." MTV also introduced MTV Bump, a website that allows Instagram and Vine users to submit videos to be aired during commercial breaks, as well as MTV Canvas, an online program where users submit custom IDs to also be aired during commercial breaks. On February 5, 2021, MTV began to use
11115-674: The tag line, not unlike his failed 'Maypo' revamp. His associate, and Seibert mentor Dale Pon, took over the campaign, both strategically and creatively. Pon was able to get the campaign greenlit when he laughed the tears out of the spots. From then on–with the exception of the closely logos on the first round of commercials–Pon was the primary creative force. All the commercials were produced by Buzz Potamkin and his new company Buzzco Productions, directed first by Thomas Schlamme and Alan Goodman and eventually by Candy Kugel. The campaign featured popular artists and celebrities, including Pete Townshend , Pat Benatar , Adam Ant , David Bowie ,
11232-449: The television economy in the 1990s. In the years since its inception, the channel significantly toned down its focus on music in favor of original reality programming for teenagers and young adults. As of November 2023 , MTV is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households. MTV was launched on Saturday, August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m, under
11349-575: The top of their "Year in Rock" rankings for 2013, 2017, and 2018. Imagine Dragons topped the Billboard Year-End "Top Artists – Duo/Group" category in 2018. The band's second studio album Smoke + Mirrors (2015) reached number one in the US, Canada and the UK. This was followed by their third studio album Evolve (2017), which resulted in three chart-topping singles, " Believer ", " Thunder ", and " Whatever It Takes ", also making them
11466-572: The tour up to September 10, 2023. On March 24, 2023, the band announced AJR and Mother Mother as opening acts for their final leg of the tour which took place in Europe in the summer of 2023. This set list was taken from the show in Montreal, Canada, on May 4, 2022. This set list was taken from the show in Koengen, Bergen, Norway on June 27, 2022. This set list was taken from the show in Las Vegas, NV, USA on September 10, 2022. This set list
11583-448: The tour, the band planned to take a hiatus. They released the soundtracks songs " Not Today " from Me Before You and " Sucker for Pain " from Suicide Squad with Lil Wayne , Wiz Khalifa , Logic , Ty Dolla Sign , and X Ambassadors in April and June, respectively. Imagine Dragons began recording their third studio album in September 2016. The band teased the upcoming album by posting cryptic messages on their Twitter account for
11700-625: The year. For many years from the 1980s to the 2000s, the channel upheld a tradition of having a band perform a cover song at midnight immediately following the beginning of the new year. Throughout its history, MTV has covered global benefit concert series live. For most of July 13, 1985, MTV showed the Live Aid concerts, held in London and Philadelphia and organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. While
11817-433: Was a concept of Seibert's executed by Buzz Potamkin and Perpetual Motion Pictures . The ID then cut to the American flag planted on the Moon's surface changed to show the MTV logo on it, which rapidly changed into different colors and patterns several times per second as the network's original guitar-driven jingle was played for the first time. After MTV's launch, the "Moon landing" ID was edited to show only its ending, and
11934-405: Was also announced within the same day. The tour was held across 33 countries from September 2017 through September 2018. Evolve was released on June 23, 2017, worldwide. The album reached the top five in most countries but was met with mixed critical reception. The album and the single "Thunder" received nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance , respectively, at
12051-482: Was certified a 7× platinum single by the RIAA . 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 September 4, 2012. It peaked at No. 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 album also reached No. 1 on
12168-499: Was completed in time for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. The channel's iconic "I Want My MTV!" advertising campaign was launched in 1982. It was first developed by George Lois and was based on a cereal commercial from the 1950s with the slogan " I Want My Maypo !" that Lois adapted unsuccessfully from the original created by animator John Hubley . Lois's first pitch to the network was roundly rejected when Lois insisted that rock stars like Mick Jagger should be crying when they said
12285-487: Was considered network television's answer to MTV. Later renamed simply Friday Night , the program ran from 1983 to 2002. ABC's contribution to the music video program genre in 1984, ABC Rocks , was far less successful, lasting only a year. TBS founder Ted Turner started the Cable Music Channel in 1984, designed to play a broader mix of music videos than MTV's rock format allowed. But after one month as
12402-419: Was executively produced by Rick Rubin . On June 29, 2021, the band announced the single " Wrecked ", along with the pre-order for their fifth studio album Mercury – Act 1 a day later. The song was released on July 2, 2021. Mercury – Act 1 was released on September 3, along with the single "Monday". Similar to their previous work, the album was met with mixed critical reception. It debuted at number nine in
12519-400: Was later consolidated into MTV Entertainment Studios In 1984, the channel produced its first MTV Video Music Awards show, or VMAs. The first award show, in 1984, was punctuated by a live performance by Madonna of " Like a Virgin ". The statuettes that are handed out at the Video Music Awards are of the MTV moonman, the channel's original image from its first broadcast in 1981. As of 2012 ,
12636-401: Was originally designed to be a rock music channel. It was difficult for MTV to find African American artists whose music fit the channel's format that leaned toward rock at the outset." Writers Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum noted that the channel "aired videos by plenty of white artists who didn't play rock." Andrew Goodwin later wrote: "[MTV] denied racism, on the grounds that it merely followed
12753-542: Was released as the album's second single. A music video for " Wake Up " was released on July 2. Loom marks their first studio album without drummer Daniel Platzman , who stopped appearing with the band in 2023 and later announced his permanent departure on August 21, 2024. Andrew Tolman continues to serve as the band's touring drummer on the Loom World Tour . The band released their second song with Kygo , "Stars Will Align" on September 27. On October 11,
12870-466: Was released as the lead single from the band's sixth studio album. On April 22, it was announced Loom was the band's sixth album title; it was released on June 28, 2024. On that same day, the Loom World Tour was also announced with 30 dates across the United States , starting on July 30, 2024. On May 3, a remix of "Eyes Closed" with J Balvin was released. On May 24, " Nice to Meet You "
12987-606: Was released in support of World Mental Health Day . "Symphony" was released as a single with a visualizer video. The song was treated to an alternate version released with the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles and Coke Studio and June 23, 2023. "Crushed" was released with a music video in support of United24 on May 10, 2023. The band released a ten year anniversary expanded edition of Night Visions on September 9, 2022 featuring two previously unreleased demos, "Love of Mine" and "Bubble". "Love of Mine"
13104-493: Was released on February 14, 2012 digitally and peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200 . The band also released an EP titled Hear Me in 2012. 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 April 17, 2012, on all MTV affiliates and was subsequently nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the "Best Rock Video" category. "It's Time"
13221-537: Was released on September 2. On March 3, 2023, drummer Daniel Platzman announced that he would be absent from the South American leg of the Mercury Tour to focus on his health. The band's former drummer Andrew Tolman sat in for Platzman during the tour and all other performances throughout 2023. On July 14, 2023, a concert film titled Imagine Dragons: Live in Vegas was released on Hulu . The film showcases
13338-462: Was released on streaming platforms the following day. In June 2019, Beat Games released a paid downloadable content (DLC) music pack for virtual reality rhythm game Beat Saber , called "Imagine Dragons Music Pack", that includes ten songs by Imagine Dragons. On June 20, 2019, Imagine Dragons released a new version " Birds ", featuring Italian singer Elisa , as the fifth and final single from Origins . On July 23, 2019, an animated video for
13455-525: Was shown at the top of every hour until early 1986, when the ID was scrapped in light of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster . The ID ran "more than 75,000 times each year (48 times each day), at the top and bottom of every hour every day" according to Seibert. From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, MTV updated its on-air appearance at the beginning of every year and each summer, creating
13572-939: Was taken from the show in Abu Dhabi, UAE on January 26, 2023. This set list was taken from the show in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 4, 2023. This set list was taken from the show in Sao Paulo, Rio on February 28, 2023. This set list was taken from Open'er Festival in Gdynia, Poland on June 29, 2022. It may not represent all festival dates of the tour. TALK Imagine Dragons Imagine Dragons are an American pop rock band formed in 2008, based in Las Vegas , Nevada , and currently consisting of lead singer Dan Reynolds , guitarist Wayne Sermon , and bassist Ben McKee . The band first gained exposure with
13689-419: Was that black artists that MTV initially ignored received airplay. The program ran until the end of May 1992. Playboy TV launched their own music video program called "Playboy's Hot Rocks" that premiered on July 15, 1983 featuring uncensored versions of music videos that were shown in nightclubs by artists from Duran Duran and Mötley Crüe to Nine Inch Nails and 2Pac. At times, they would do a certain theme like
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