charts discussion No UK Top10 and US No.1 for Imagine Dragons, Why?

[Cryptique]

They have like 4 Mega Smashes, 3 Diamond Singles in the US(Thunder is at 9x Plat) and 4 1B+ Songs on Spotify and 3 1B+ Songs on YT (Demons at 976M)

But no No.1 in H100 and no UK Top10 

 

ENEMY is currently SMASHING.. will it be their first?

[Cryptique]

 

stream their latest SMASH

[AidanUnderYou]

their songs are always slow burners. Believer wasn’t even Top 40 in the UK and it’s 3x platinum which only massive hits reach. It might even be the only song to peak outside the Top 40 to be certified that high.

[Cutthroat]

Because they’re the kings of longevity. 

[Bloodflowers.]

Having spread out success is better than having a quick lil forgotten weekly success

[greento]

I’m shook they’ve never had a uk top 10. I can’t believe Radioactive wasn’t at least a top 5 hit

[gustavothehuman]

Their situation in the UK is weird but in the US we can explain it with two words: organic success. They pull actual sales instead of payola. I'm impressed to see them smashing after 10 years by the way, finally a 2010s band that hasn't faded just one album after their breakthrough 

 

Edited April 1, 2022 by gustavothehuman

[Julia Fox]

It always amazes me how they keep winning even after all the criticism they have been faced since their early days and yeah… all of her singles are slow burners, they peak after months of release and that’s something that not everybody’s has… I’m not that fan of their music, but i do enjoy a lot of their songs and well… I’m happy for them because imagine keep smashing and doing great numbers after 10 years and having a lot of people calling you the new Nickelback, sellouts and **** like that but they just keep winning and shutting mouths!  legendz thingz 

[Katamari]

slow burning success means that usually wont get high peaks

 

high peaks are only a thing when all the stars align really 

 

still legends tho  

[gustavothehuman]

1 minute ago, NewStanner said:

Enemy is absolute garbage and their worst song, so hopefully it won't go #1... Follow You deserved its success

I feel like their worst is Thunder, but yeah, Follow You and Wreck deserved Enemy's success a lot more 

[Katamari]

6 minutes ago, gustavothehuman said:

Their situation in the UK is weird but in the US we can explain it with two words: organic success. They pull actual sales instead of payola. I'm impressed to see them smashing after 10 years by the way, finally a 2010s band that hasn't faded just one album after their breakthrough 

 

this is so common too  i hope it doesnt happen to glass animals either  

[Anomaly]

Arts not the charts  

Longevity not front-heavy

Organic not Synthetic

Quality not mediocrity

 

[Fetish for MiMi]

Stream Enemy to make it go #1 

[Cryptique]

BELIEVER is still their Best Song for me, deserved to be no.1 

Whatever It Takes deserved top10

 

Radioactive is kind of overrated like 14x Platinum for real? 

[Tinashegrande6]

Yeah the UK chart peaks are misleading. Radioactive may have only peaked at 12 but it charted for 107 weeks 

 

Demons also charted for 44 weeks despite the 13 peak.

 

Believer was a slow burn hit, so I'm not surprised by the low peak. I heard it when it dropped and didn't really like it but it clicked when it was in the Riverdale series 1 finale 

[808s]

The UK fact sound unbelievable

[UnusualBoy]

I think it's because their hits are sleeper hits, they don't smash right out of the gate, they take time to smash and when they do they don't peak really high since their radio has peaked or sales had peaked or streaming had peaked. Their longevity is amazing tho and it's funny how they always manage to get an unexpected smash like Thunder, Believer or that new Enemy song.

[Protocol]

1 hour ago, Samsom said:

It always amazes me how they keep winning even after all the criticism they have been faced since their early days and yeah… all of her singles are slow burners, they peak after months of release and that’s something that not everybody’s has… I’m not that fan of their music, but i do enjoy a lot of their songs and well… I’m happy for them because imagine keep smashing and doing great numbers after 10 years and having a lot of people calling you the new Nickelback, sellouts and **** like that but they just keep winning and shutting mouths!  legendz thingz 

This, it’s a kii that Matt Heady tried to drag them only for The 1975 to fizzle out and for them to bomb every time they not so subtly tried to get a crossover hit, while Father Reynolds stays unbothered, looking hot, winning

[Ohyes]

They have ZERO top 10 hits in UK? What??

[Ger.vaz]

Looks like people in the UK have taste. 

Edited April 1, 2022 by Ger.vaz