Maroon 5

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 in Actress Actress, Maroon 5

Starting from the band mates, Maroon 5 has been successfully take their albums into the top worldwide single charts.

Previously, band mates Adam Levine (vocals/guitar), Jesse Carmichael (keyboards), Mickey Madden (bass), and Ryan Dusick (drums) had spent the latter half of the ’90s playing in the modern rock outfit Kara’s Flowers, releasing their debut album for Reprise Records while still attending high school.

The record tanked, however, and Kara’s Flowers found themselves dropped from the Reprise roster. After briefly attending college, the band mates regrouped as Maroon 5, added former Square guitarist James Valentine to the lineup, and embraced a more R&B-influenced sound.

Several years later, the quintet had officially risen to the forefront of popular music with the multi-platinum releases of Songs About Jane and It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.
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 debut album Jane appeared to lukewarm response 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 girlfriend) effectively wooed the TV-watching crowds at MTV.

Songs About Jane entered the Billboard Top Ten in August 2004, more than two years after the album’s release, and subsequent singles “She Will Be Loved” and “Sunday Morning” helped the album move over 2.7 million copies by year’s end.
Well done Maroon 5