Commercial and Critical Acclaim
Hot Fuss has sold more than 7 million units worldwide, it was the 26th best-selling album of the decade in the United Kingdom. It spent 173 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, more than any other album. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Hot Fuss as the 43rd best album in their "100 Best Albums of the Decade" list, and "Mr. Brightside" was ranked the 48th Best Song Of The Decade.
Sam's Town has sold over 4.5 million units worldwide. The readers of the American music magazine Rolling Stone, in December 2009, voted Sam's Town the "most underrated album of the decade". While in the UK, Sam's Town was the 70th best selling album of the decade, and Q magazine ranked it as the 11th best album of the decade.
The Killers have won four NME Awards: "Best International Band" in 2005, 2008 and 2009 and Best Video for "Bones" in 2006. They have also received two awards in the first NME Awards USA in 2008 for "Best Band" and "Best Track" for "Tranquilize". The band has also been nominated for seven Grammy Awards. In 2006, the band won the BRIT Award for "Best International Band", while the album Sam's Town went on to win "Best International Album".
Eleven songs by The Killers feature in the book XFM's 1000 Greatest Songs of All Time; frontman Brandon Flowers also wrote a foreword for the book.
In November 2009, "Mr. Brightside" was voted the best song of the decade by the listeners of the British alternative rock station XFM. Over 14,000 individual votes were cast by XFM listeners via the station's official website. "Somebody Told Me" was ranked No. 9 and "All These Things That I've Done" was ranked No. 22. Other songs not in the Top 25 include "When You Were Young" at No. 31, "Read My Mind" at No. 86, and "Human" at No. 94. Absolute Radio listeners also voted "Mr. Brightside" as the best song of the decade.
In 2008, Rolling Stone readers voted Day & Age the "Album of the Year" and "Cover of the Year".
Amazon.com UK released their lists of the best-selling artists and albums of the decade, with The Killers coming in at No. 3 in Top 10 best-selling artists of the decade.
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