Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1994. Originally called Kara's Flowers, the band struggled early on but found success after changing their name to Maroon 5 and shifting to a more R&B influenced sound. Their album Songs About Jane propelled them to mainstream popularity in the early 2000s with hit singles like "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved". While not an immediate success, the album went on to sell over 2.7 million copies. Maroon 5 has since released several more successful albums and become one of the most popular bands worldwide.

1. Biography Of Maroon 5
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A mix of polished pop/rock and neo-soul made Maroon 5 one of the most popular bands of the 2000s,
with songs like "This Love," "She Will Be Loved," and "Makes Me Wonder" all topping the charts
worldwide. Previously, bandmates Adam Levine (vocals/guitar), Jesse Carmichael (keyboards), Mickey
Madden (bass), and Ryan Dusick (drums) had spent the latter
half of the '90s playing in Kara's Flowers, even releasing a debut
album for Reprise Records while still attending high school. The
record tanked, however, and Kara's Flowers found themselves
dropped from Reprise's roster. After briefly attending college, the
bandmates regrouped as Maroon 5, adding former Square
guitarist James Valentine to the lineup and embracing a more
R&B-influenced sound. Several years later, the quintet had
officially risen to the forefront of pop music with Songs About
Jane and It Won't Be Soon Before Long, both of which went
multi-platinum. Songs About Jane propelled the band into the
mainstream, but the album was not an immediate hit. Octone
Records had signed the newly christened Maroon 5 in 2001, and
the debut album Jane received a lukewarm response upon its
release in June 2002. "Harder to Breathe" became a radio staple 17 months later and was soon followed
by the omnipresent "This Love," whose steamy video (featuring frontman Levine and a barely clothed

2. girlfriend) wooed the TV-watching crowds at MTV. Songs About Jane finally entered the Billboard Top
Ten in August 2004, more than two years after the album's release, and follow-up singles like "She Will
Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning" helped the album move over 2.7 million copies by year's end. Maroon 5
toured exhaustively in support of Jane's slow-burning success, issuing two stopgap recordings -- 2004's
1.22.03.Acoustic and 2005's Live Friday the 13th -- while traveling the world alongside groups like the
Rolling Stones and John Mayer. Their schedule was especially trying on percussionist Dusick, who
sustained wrist and shoulder injuries and was often unable to play. By fall 2006, Dusick had been officially
replaced by Matt Flynn (the former drummer for Gavin DeGraw), and the revised band released its
sophomore effort in May 2007. It Won't Be Soon Before Long proved to be less popular than its
predecessor (which had sold more than four million copies in the U.S. alone), but it still enjoyed double-
platinum certification while spinning off the chart-topping single "Makes Me Wonder." Maroon 5 had
cemented their status as pop/rock heavyweights, and they now had the connections to prove it. Released
in late 2008, Call and Response: The Remix Album reinterpreted the band's catalog with remixes by
influential producers like Mary J. Blige, Mark Ronson, and Pharrell Williams. Meanwhile, the band worked
with a different producer -- veteran rock/country architect Robert John "Mutt" Lange -- on a third studio
album, Hands All Over, which was released in September 2010. The following year, Levine appeared as
a judge on the NBC reality television talent competition The Voice. That same year, Hands All Over was
re-released with the single "Moves Like Jagger," featuring Levine's The Voice co-judge Christina Aguilera.
In 2012, Carmichael revealed that he was taking time off from performing with Maroon 5 and would be
replaced by touring keyboardist PJ Morton. Also in 2012, the band released its fourth studio album,
Overexposed.