Maroon 5 1994

Maroon 5

Maroon 5 is an Americanpop rockband. It is based in Los Angeles, California.

Maroon 5 biography summary of 10 years In , Carmichael rejoined the band alongside Morton to record the fifth album V roman numeral pronounced "five" , with the band signed to Interscope Records and Levine's own label Records. Berkman believed what the band needed was a "fifth member to play the guitar and free up the singer, so he could be the star I perceived him to be". The tracks were mostly inspired by one of Adam's failed relationships with 'Jane' from the album title 'Songs About Jane'. Archived from the original on November 28,

It used to be called Kara's Flowers. The band members are vocalist Adam Levine, guitarist James Valentine, bassist Mickey Madden, percussionist Matt Flynn, and keyboardists Jesse Carmichael and PJ Morton.

The band has released six studio albums: Songs About Jane (), It Won't Be Soon Before Long (), Hands All Over (), Overexposed (), V (), and Red Pill Blues ().

All those albums charted in the top 3 on the U.S. Billboard chart.

Maroon 5 biography summary of 10 days Aided by the hit singles " Harder to Breathe ", " This Love " and " She Will Be Loved ", the album peaked at number six on the Billboard chart [ 6 ] and went quadruple platinum in Retrieved November 29, SB Nation. Archived from the original on September 10,

The band has sold more than 27 million albums and million singles worldwide.

History

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Maroon 5 was formed at a performing arts summer camp called French Woods Festival in New York. In the band known today as Maroon 5 was a Los Angeles, California grunge band. The members were singer Adam Levine, guitarist Jesse Carmichael, drummer Ryan Dusick, and bassist Michael Madden.

In , the group signed with Reprise Records and released the studio album The Fourth World.

Maroon 5 biography summary of 10 words Retrieved November 20, Archived from the original on February 17, The album peaked at number two on the Billboard chart. In , the band re-emerged as Maroon 5, pursuing a different direction and adding guitarist Valentine.

In , James Valentine (guitarist) joined the band. In , Dusick left the band. Matt Flynn replaced him as drummer. The band's first album using the name Maroon 5 was Songs About Jane, released in

On June 22, , the group released the single "Moves Like Jagger" featuring popsingerChristina Aguilera. The release was in promotion of the NBC show The Voice.

The song became #1 on the Billboard Hot Levine won the first American season of The Voice in June with his partner Javier Colon.

Maroon 5 biography summary of 10 Retrieved April 29, — via Instagram. Archive of early band biography on Maroon 5 official site. Despite this backlash, the band saw a continued increase in popularity and commercial success in , leading them to become one of the world's best-selling pop bands. Archived from the original on December 23,

The band said that they would be working on a fourth studio album released before A song titled "Life After you" was expected to be recorded and released in early A song titled "Wipe Your Eyes" was leaked on the web January 15, and is said to have been produced by music producer J.R. Rotem.

On March 26, , Rolling Stone magazine announced that the group would release their fourth studio album Overexposed on June 26, The band had worked with headlining producer Max Martin, along with Benjamin Levin and lead singer of OneRepublic, Ryan Tedder.

The lead single off the album, "Payphone", was released on April 17,

In , the fifth studio album V was released.

On November 3, , the album Red Pill Blues was released.

The band announced that their seventh album, Jordi (named after Levine's friend and the band's former manager, Jordan Feldstein, brother of actor Jonah Hill), would be released on June 11, [1]

Discography

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As Maroon 5

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Studio albums

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Live albums

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Extended plays

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  • B-Side Collection ()
  • The Maroon 5 Hit 3 Pack ()
  • Love Songs EP ()

Compilation albums

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Other releases

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  • It Won't Be Soon Before Long (DVD edition, )
  • iTunes Essentials ()

As Kara's Flowers

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Studio albums

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References

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