Maroon 5

***Maroon 5*** is an American pop rock band. It is based in Los Angeles, California. It used to be called Kara's Flowers. The band members are vocalist Adam Levine, guitarist James Valentine, bassist Mickey Madden, percussionist Matt Flynn, and keyboardists Jesse Carmichael and PJ Morton.

The band has released six studio albums: _Songs About Jane_ (2002), _It Won't Be Soon Before Long_ (2007), _Hands All Over_ (2010), _Overexposed_ (2012), _V_ (2014), and _Red Pill Blues_ (2017). All those albums charted in the top 3 on the U.S. _Billboard_ 200 chart. The band has sold more than 27 million albums and 109 million singles worldwide.

## History

Maroon 5 was formed at a performing arts summer camp called French Woods Festival in New York.
In 1994 the band known today as _Maroon 5_ was a Los Angeles, California grunge band. The members were singer Adam Levine, guitarist Jesse Carmichael, drummer Ryan Dusick, and bassist Michael Madden.

In 1997, the group signed with Reprise Records and released the studio album _The Fourth World_. In 2001, James Valentine (guitarist) joined the band. In 2006, Dusick left the band. Matt Flynn replaced him as drummer. The band's first album using the name Maroon 5 was _Songs About Jane_, released in 2002.

On June 22, 2011, the group released the single "Moves Like Jagger" featuring pop singer Christina Aguilera. The release was in promotion of the NBC show _The Voice_. The song became #1 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100. Levine won the first American season of _The Voice_ in June 2011 with his partner Javier Colon. The band said that they would be working on a fourth studio album released before 2012. A song titled "Life After you" was expected to be recorded and released in early 2012. A song titled "Wipe Your Eyes" was leaked on the web January 15, 2012 and is said to have been produced by music producer J.R. Rotem.

On March 26, 2012, _Rolling Stone_ magazine announced that the group would release their fourth studio album _Overexposed_ on June 26, 2012. The band had worked with headlining producer Max Martin, along with Benjamin Levin and lead singer of OneRepublic, Ryan Tedder. The lead single off the album, "Payphone", was released on April 17, 2012.

In 2014, the fifth studio album _V_ was released.

On November 3, 2017, the album Red Pill Blues was released.

The band announced that their seventh album, _Jordi_ (named after Levine's friend and the band's former manager, Jordan Feldstein, brother of actor Jonah Hill), would be released on June 11, 2021.

#### Studio albums

- _Songs About Jane_ (2002)
- _It Won't Be Soon Before Long_ (2007)
- _Hands All Over_ (2010)
- _Overexposed_ (2012)
- _V_ (2014)
- _Red Pill Blues_ (2017)
- _Jordi_ (2021)

#### Live albums

- _1.22.03.Acoustic_ (2004)
- _Live – Friday the 13th_ (2005)
- _Live from Soho: Maroon 5_ (2008)
- _Live from Le Cabaret_ (2008)
- _iTunes Sessions_ (2011)

#### Extended plays

- _B-Side Collection_ (2007)
- _The Maroon 5 Hit 3 Pack_ (2007)
- _Love Songs EP_ (2011)

#### Compilation albums

- _Call and Response: The Remix Album_ (2008)

#### Other releases

- _It Won't Be Soon Before Long_ (DVD edition, 2008)
- _iTunes Essentials_ (2008)

#### Studio albums

- _The Fourth World_ (1997)

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Maroon 5
- **img**: Maroon 5, 2011.jpg
- **img capt**: **Maroon 5** at the TV Week Logies 2011
- **img size**: 250
- **landscape**: yes
- **background**: group_or_band
- **alias**: Kara's Flowers
- **origin**: Los Angeles, California, United States
- **years active**: 1994 ~ present
- **associated acts**: Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Lady Antebellum, Christina Aguilera, Mac Miller, Wiz Khalifa
- **current members**: Adam Levine
Jesse Carmichael
Mickey Madden
James Valentine (musician), James Valentine
Matt Flynn (musician), Matt Flynn
PJ Morton
- **past members**: Ryan Dusick