1. Daniel Coulter Reynolds was born on July 14,1987 and is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.
22 Facts About Dan Reynolds
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Dan Reynolds is the lead vocalist and a founding member of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons, which formed in 2008.
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Dan Reynolds is a recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award.
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Dan Reynolds wrote the song "I Bet My Life" celebrating and reflecting on his enduring relationship with his parents.
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Dan 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".
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In Utah, Dan Reynolds met and recruited drummer Andrew Tolman to form Imagine Dragons.
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Dan Reynolds was invited to perform an opening set for Nico Vega in 2010; this was when he met Aja Volkman, the group's lead singer.
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Dan Reynolds asked her to help him finish some demos he was developing.
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In 2013, Dan Reynolds discovered the unsigned alternative band X Ambassadors.
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Dan Reynolds co-wrote a few songs on their debut album VHS, which has gone on to achieve Platinum certification by the RIAA.
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In 2016, Dan Reynolds formed Night Street Records, an imprint label under Interscope Records.
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Dan Reynolds later signed artist Benson Boone in collaboration with Warner Records in 2021.
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Dan Reynolds cites Arcade Fire, Nirvana, Muse, The Beatles, Paul Simon, Coldplay, Linkin Park, Harry Nilsson, and U2 as some of his and the band's artistic influences.
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On November 7,2018, Dan 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 .
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On September 16,2022, Dan Reynolds announced that he and Volkman were again separating.
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Dan Reynolds suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, which he announced during a concert at the First Direct Arena in Leeds in 2015 during the band's Smoke + Mirrors tour.
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Dan Reynolds has suffered from ulcerative colitis since the age of 21.
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Dan Reynolds aims to destigmatize and change how society sees depression and the act of seeking professional help.
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The Dan Reynolds episode is the first and aired on May 6,2021.
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Dan Reynolds grew up in the LDS Church but has stated he has doctrinal disagreements with the church's stance on homosexuality.
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Dan Reynolds is a practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and he competed in the white belt division of a Jiu-Jitsu World League tournament at UCLA on July 2,2023, winning a bronze medal.
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Dan Reynolds helped organize the Loveloud Fest to benefit LGBTQ organizations.