  Maroon 5 consists of Adam Levine
on vocals and guitar, James Valentine on
guitar, Jesse Carmichael on keyboards, Mickey
Madden on bass, and Ryan Dusick on drums.
Based in Los Angeles, it took a few years of
live performances for the band to reach the
mainstream music world with their single
"Harder To Breathe." Originally the
band began as 'Kara's Flowers' with members
Levine, Carmichael and Madden - but their
debut The Fourth World failed to
bring much success. By 2001, the band renamed
themselves Maroon 5 and added a few members
while modifying and fine-tuning their sound
to infuse R&B into their rock sound.
 Maroon 5 released Songs
About Jane.
 # 34
Singles Artist of the Year
Maroon 5 hit the Top 40 with
"Harder To Breathe."
 Maroon 5 hit the Top 10 with "Harder To Breathe."
Songs
About Jane was certified gold.
 # 2
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Group/Duo of the Year)
 Maroon 5 hit the Top 40 with
"This Love."
Songs
About Jane was certified platinum.
Maroon 5 hit the Top 10 with "This Love."
Maroon 5 topped the Billboard
Hot Digital Tracks chart with "This Love."
Maroon 5 topped the Billboard
Adult Top 40 chart and Hot Digital Tracks
chart with "This Love."
Maroon 5 hit #1 for 4 weeks with
"This Love."
Maroon 5 topped the Billboard
Mainstream Top 40 chart with "This Love."
 Maroon 5 released a collection
of live and acoustic tracks - 1.22.03.Acoustic.
Maroon 5 could be heard on the
soundtrack for Spider-Man
2
with "Woman."
Maroon 5 hit the Top 40 with
"She Will Be Loved."
 Maroon 5 hit the Top 10 with "She Will Be Loved."
Maroon 5 topped the UK LP chart
with Songs
About Jane.
Maroon topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Tracks chart with "She Will Be Loved."
The video for "This Love" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best New Artist and was also nominated
for Best Group Video.
Songs
About Jane was certified 2x platinum
Maroon 5 hit #1 for 5 weeks with
"She Will Be Loved."
Maroon 5 topped the Billboard
Top 40 Tracks chart with "She Will Be Loved."
Maroon 5 won a World Music Award
for Best New Group.
Maroon 5 topped the Billboard
Mainstream Top 40 chart with "She Will Be Loved."
Songs
About Jane was certified 3x platinum.
The single "This Love" was certified
platinum and "Harder To Breathe" was certified
gold.
 Maroon 5 were nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Breakthrough Artist. Maroon 5 also
performed at the ceremony.
Maroon 5 won a MTV Europe Award
for Best New Act.
Maroon 5 hit the Top 40 with
"Sunday Morning."
The single "She Will Be Loved" was certified
platinum.
1.22.03.Acoustic was certified
platinum.
Songs
About Jane was the 7th biggest-selling LP
in the US for year with sales during the year
topping 2.7 million.
Maroon 5 topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot Digital
Track Artist, Top Hot Adult Top 40 Artist,
and with the Top Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks
("This Love").
# 182 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 59
Singles Artist of the Year
Maroon 5 performed as part of
the benefit show Tsunami Aid: A Concert
Of Hope on NBC.
Maroon 5 hit the Top 10 with "Sunday Morning."
The single "Harder To Breathe" was certified
platinum.
Maroon 5 won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and were nominated for
Best Pop Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("She Will Be Loved"). The band
performed at the ceremony.
The single "Sunday Morning" was certified
gold.
Songs
About Jane was certified 4x platinum.
The single "Sunday Morning" was certified
platinum.
 On July 2nd, Maroon 5 performed
in Philadelphia as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
Maroon 5 performed on ReAct
Now: Music & Relief - a benefit
program shown on music video channels to
raise money for those affected by Hurricane
Katrina.
Maroon 5 released Live
Friday The 13th.
 Levine could be heard dueting on
Alicia Key's LP MTV
Unplugged with "Wild Horses."
Maroon 5 was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary
Artist.
 The single "This Love" was certified 2x
platinum.
Maroon 5 won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("This Love" from Live
Friday The 13th).
Dusick left the
band and was replaced by Matt Flynn.
 # 11
Singles Artist of the Year
 Maroon 5 hit
the Top 40 with "Makes Me Wonder."
Maroon 5 topped
the Billboard Hot 100 chart and Pop 100 chart
with "Makes Me Wonder."
Maroon 5 topped
the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart with
"Makes Me Wonder."
Maroon 5
released their next LP It
Won't Be Soon Before Long.
Maroon 5
performed on Saturday Night Live.
Maroon 5 topped
the UK LP charts with It
Won't Be Soon Before Long.
Maroon 5 topped the Billboard
200 LP chart, Top Internet Albums chart, and
Top Digital Albums chart with It
Won't Be Soon Before Long. The LP sold over
429,000 copies its first week of release in
the US.
It
Won't Be Soon Before Long was certified
platinum.
 Maroon 5 topped
the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and
Hot Dance Airplay chart with "Makes Me Wonder."
Maroon 5 hit
the Top 40 with "Wake Up Call."
Maroon 5 was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Group.
Maroon 5 appeared on the cover
of Rolling Stone.
Maroon 5 hit
the Top 10 with "Wake Up Call."
Maroon 5 was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group. Maroon 5 performed at
the ceremony.
 Maroon 5 hit
the Top 40 with "Won't Go Home Without
You."
Maroon 5 topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as
the Top Digital Album Artist and with the Top
Digital Album (It
Won't Be Soon Before Long) and Top Hot Adult Top
40 Song ("Makes Me Wonder").
 # 66
Singles Artist of the Year
 Maroon 5 won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Makes Me Wonder") and were
nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album (It
Won't Be Soon Before Long).
 Maroon 5 hit
the Top 40 with Rihanna with
"If I Never See Your
Face Again."
Maroon 5
digitally released Live From Le
Cabaret: In Montreal, Quebec. (Billboard peak: # 117) The set was
from a 2007 performance.
It
Won't Be Soon Before Long was certified 2x
platinum.
 Maroon 5
released Call
And Response: The Remix Album.
Maroon 5 were
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Won't Go Home Without
You"),
and Best Pop Collaboration
with Vocals ("If I Never See Your
Face Again" with Rihanna).
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