Maroon
5 are an American pop-rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high
school, lead vocalist and guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album in 1997. After a
brief period they re-formed with guitarist James Valentine, and
pursued a new, more pop-oriented direction as Maroon 5. In 2004 they released
their debut album Songs About Jane,
which contained four hit singles: "Harder to Breathe", "This Love", "She Will Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning";
it also enjoyed major chart success, going gold, platinum, and triple platinum
in many countries around the world.
In
support of Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 toured extensively throughout
2003–2005 and during that period of time two live albums were released. The
band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in
2005. Dusick left the band in September 2006, citing injuries sustained by
constant touring, and was replaced by Matt Flynn. Maroon 5's
second studio album It Won't Be Soon Before Long
was released in 2007, with the singles "Makes Me Wonder", which was their first single to reach
number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Won't Go Home Without You"
and "Wake Up Call".
The band performed live in two tours between June and November 2007. During
that time a compilation of previously unreleased songs, The B-Side Collection,
were released.
Two
more live albums and a remix album were issued in 2008. Maroon 5's third studio
album Hands All Over was
released in the United States on September 21, 2010. Since debuting in 2002,
the band has sold over 10 million albums in the United States.
Maroon
5's biggest hit yet is "Moves Like Jagger" featuring Christina Aguilera,
selling over 8 million copies worldwide as of June 2012, therefore establishing
itself among the best-selling
singles of all time.
On
March 26, 2012, Maroon 5 announced their fourth studio album, Overexposed. It was
released on June 26, 2012. The lead single "Payphone", which features rapper Wiz Khalifa, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and eventually rose to number two on the
chart. The second single from the album, "One More Night",
became the band's third number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. On
26 August 2012, during their Overexposed Tour in South America, Maroon 5
performed in front of 30.000 people at Arena Anhembi, São Paulo, Brazil, which
according to Levine has become their biggest paying public to an exclusive
concert of the band to date.
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