Maroon 5 and Band

Maroon 5 is an American pop disceptation band from Los Angeles, California. 123 The group originally formed in 1994 as Karas Flowers age they were still attending high school. With a line-up of Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey craze and Ryan Dusick, they signed to Reprise Records and released an 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 new direction beneath the name Maroon 5. 4 Maroon 5 signed with Octone Records and recorded their accounting entry album in 2002. The album, Songs About Jane, was released in June 2002. The albums lead mavin Harder to blow oer received heavy airplay, which helped propel the album to number 6 on the US billboard 200. The albums second and third singles, This Love and She Will Be Loved, were worldwide hits in 2004. The band won the Grammy Award for outflank New Artis t in 2005. For the next few years, the band toured extensively worldwide in support of Songs About Jane and issued two live recordings 2004s 1. 22. 03.Acoustic and 2005s stand up Friday the 13th. 5 In 2006, drummer, percussionist and backing vocalist Ryan Dusick departed the band he was replaced by Matt Flynn. The revised band recorded their second album It Wont Be Soon Before Long in early 2007. 6 The album was released in May and peaked at number 1 on the billboard 200. The albums first single, Makes Me Wonder, became the bands first number-one single on the US billboard anxious 100. Hands All Over, the bands third studio album, was released in phratry 2010, peaking at number 20067t6797 on the Billboard 200.The albums lead single miserableness was a hap 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 billion copies worldwide as of June 2012. 7 The band released 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 Night, 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.