Maroon 5

Genre: Pop

Member(s): Adam Levine (Vocals), James Valentine (Guitar), Jesse Carmichael (Keyboard and Guitar), Mickey Madden (Bassist), Matt Flynn (Drums), PJ Morton (Keyboard)

Label(s): Reprise Records, J Records, Octone Records, Interscope Records

Country: US

Info:
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from in Los Angeles, California. Before the current group was established, the original four members, Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick, formed a band known as Kara's Flowers in 1994, while they were still in high school. The band released an album called 'We Like Digging?'. After that they where spot by Reprise Records and signed a contract. Then they released the album 'The Fourth World' in 1997.
In 2001, the band changed its image by adding guitarist James Valentine and pursuing a new direction under the name Maroon 5. At this point, Carmichael switched to playing keyboards, which has since become his main instrument in the band. After these changes, Maroon 5 signed with Octone Records, a subsidiary of J Records and released their debut album 'Songs About Jane' in June 2002. The album's lead single, 'Harder to Breathe', received heavy airplay, which helped the album to debut at number six on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2004, the album went platinum and has been dubbed 'the sleeper hit of the millennium'. For the next few years, Maroon 5 toured extensively worldwide in support of Songs About Jane and produced two live recordings: 2004's 1.22.03.Acoustic and 2005's Live - Friday the 13th. In 2006, Dusick officially left Maroon 5 after suffering from serious wrist and shoulder injuries and was replaced by Matt Flynn. The band then recorded their second album, 'It Won't Be Soon Before Long' and released it in May 2007. The album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and the lead single 'Makes Me Wonder', became the band's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.
Hands All Over, the their third studio album, released in September 2010 and re-released in 2011 includes the lead-single 'Moves like Jagger' feat. Christina Aguilera. While the original version of the album received mixed reviews, 'Moves like Jagger' reached the number one position on every music chart from that time. The band released their fourth album 'Overexposed', on June 26, 2012. All four singles of the album were highly successful on the Billboard Hot 100, including second single 'One More Night', which reached number one for 9 weeks straight. Keyboardist PJ Morton became an official member of the band in 2012, after gaining little success with his previous albums as an R&B vocalist. The addition of PJ Morton meant that for the first time, Maroon 5 had six official members. The same year, the bass player of Phantom Planet, Sam Farrar, became an official touring member, playing many different instruments (including guitars, percussion and additional keyboards), singing backing vocals and also providing samples and other special effects. In 2014, the band signed with Interscope Records and released their fifth studio album, V. Maroon 5 has sold more than 20 million albums and 70 million singles worldwide.

Awards and prices
2015 - Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

Behati Prinsloo
Adam Levine, frontman of Maroon 5 and his wife Behatie Prinsloo welcome their second child, a daughter called Gio Grace on Friday the 16th of February 2018. She will be the sister of heir 18 months older sister Dusty Rose.

Maroon 5

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