Maroon 5 and Band

Maroon 5 is an American pop rock wad from Los Angeles, California. 123 The group to begin with formed in 1994 as Karas Flowers while they were still attending high school. With a line-up of Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, rice paddy Madden and Ryan Dusick, they signed to Reprise Records and released an phonograph album, The Fourth World, in 1997. After a tepid response to the album, the band parted with their record label and attended college. In 2001, the band regrouped and added James Valentine to the lineup, and pursued a reinvigorated direction under the name Maroon 5. 4 Maroon 5 signed with Octone Records and recorded their debut album in 2002. The album, Songs About Jane, was released in June 2002. The albums lead single Harder to Breathe received heavy airplay, which helped propel the album to number 6 on the US Billboard 200. The albums second and terzetto singles, This Love and She Will Be Loved, were worldwide hits in 2004. The band won the Grammy Award for Best New Ar tist in 2005. For the next few years, the band toured extensively worldwide in support of Songs About Jane and issued two tarry recordings 2004s 1. 22. 03.Acoustic and 2005s Live Friday the 13th. 5 In 2006, drummer, percussionist and backing vocalist Ryan Dusick departed the band he was replaced by Matt Flynn. The rewrite band recorded their second album It Wont Be Soon Before Long in former(a) 2007. 6 The album was released in May and peaked(p) at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The albums starting line single, Makes Me Wonder, became the bands first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100. Hands All Over, the bands ternion studio album, was released in September 2010, peaking at number 20067t6797 on the Billboard 200.The albums lead single ill was a top 15 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 while the albums fourth single, Moves like Jagger, became the bands second single to top the Hot and Spicy 100 and sold over 8. 5 million copies worldwide as of June 2012. 7 The band re leased their fourth studio album Overexposed in June 2012. The album peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200. Its first two singles, Payphone and One More wickedness, were both international hits and peaked at 2 and 1 respectively the latter single became their third number-one in the United States. Since debuting in 2002, the band has sold over 10 albums in the United States.