The Killers latest album, Imploding The Mirage has landed in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart in the U.S., and it is their sixth consecutive #1 album in the UK (and Brandon Flowers’ 8th #1 in the UK overall including his two solo albums).
Imploding The Mirage is #2 on the Billboard Top Albums chart, as well as #1 on the Billboard Rock Albums chart. It’s also given the band their second consecutive #1 in Australia; their fifth #1 in Ireland; a Top Five album in Austria, Belgium, Mexico, and New Zealand; and a Top Ten album in Canada and Germany.
Imploding The Mirage – produced by the band in conjunction with Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado of Foxygen – was recorded in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Park City, UT. It is the first Killers album to be written and recorded since leaving their hometown of Las Vegas, NV. Imploding The Mirage also features a brilliant array of collaborators, another first for the band who have typically kept guest spots on their albums to a minimum. The list of featured artists includes Lindsey Buckingham, kd lang, Weyes Blood, Adam Granduciel (War On Drugs), Blake Mills, and Lucius.