Kings of Leon—brothers Caleb, Nathan, and Jared Followill, and their cousin Matthew—were initially hailed as the Southern Strokes when they arrived on the scene in the early ‘00s. The Nashville outfit shook off the label when they left the garage-rock revival and embraced an anthemic, stadium-friendly sound on Only By the Night, a blockbuster record that earned a string of GRAMMY® nominations. Followups Come Around Sundown and Mechanical Bull cemented their A-list status, both peaking at No. 2.