History Music / Maroon5

* {{Irony}}: Wiz Khalifa's verse in "Payphone" is basically "I'm rich, you're not, I made it, you didn't, so fuck off, haters." When he raos it in the video... he doesn't exactly look it.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: The fate of the woman in the "Payphone" music video that escaped with Levine is never found out. Presumably, she was either arrested by the police or made it out OK.

Their third studio album, ''Hands All Over'', was released in September 2010, launched by the hit single "Misery". In 2011, Adam Levine was named a coach on the American version of ''Series/TheVoice''. Capitalizing on the show's surprise success, Maroon 5 recorded the duet "Moves Like [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Jagger]]" with Music/ChristinaAguilera, another inaugural ''Voice'' coach. The song became their second #1 single in their home country, and topped the chart for four non-consecutive weeks, becoming their biggest hit yet.

* DreamTeam: Worked with Music/ChristinaAguilera and Music/{{Rihanna}} to musical and critical success.

The albums that the band released during the rest of the [=2010s=] and the [=2020s=] (''Overexposed'', ''V'', ''Red Pill Blues'', ''JORDI'') signified a gradual stylistic shift away from the band's rock roots, leaning into R&B and pop with more electronic production and focusing heavily on other producers and writers. While this has come at the cost of [[BrokenBase increasingly mixed reception]] from critics and listeners alike, it has produced some of the band's biggest commercial success and most popular singles (including "Payphone", "Maps", "Animals", "Don't Wanna Know" and "Girls Like You").

* '''''Jesse Carmichael''''' - keyboards [[note]] in studio only since 2014 [[/note]], rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1994-2012, 2014-present)
* ''Sam Farrar'' - keyboards, synthesizers, sampler, rhythm and bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals (2012-16 touring, 2016-present official)

-> ''This love has taken its toll on me''\\
''She said goodbye too many times before''\\
''And her heart is breaking in front of me''\\
''I have no choice cause I won't say goodbye anymore''
-->-- "This Love"

[[http://maroon5.com Maroon 5]] is an American band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Originally forming as Kara's Flowers in high school with lead vocalist and guitarist Creator/AdamLevine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick, the band released one album on Creator/RepriseRecords under the moniker in 1997. Upon the arrival of guitarist James Valentine, the band rebranded themselves as Maroon 5.

In 2002, Maroon 5 released their debut album, ''Songs About Jane''. However, it wasn't until a year later, when their [[BreakthroughHit breakout single]] "This Love" was released, that they were put on the map. The album went on to contain other hit singles like "Harder to Breathe", "She Will Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning", whose success helped boost it to major chart success, going gold, platinum, and triple platinum in many countries around the world.

After a five-year gap, Maroon 5's second studio album, ''It Won't Be Soon Before Long'', was released in May 2007. Its lead single "Makes Me Wonder" become the band's first number-one single in America, and subsequent singles "Wake Up Call" and "Won't Go Home Without You" were released to decent success. Additionally, a compilation of previously unreleased songs, ''The B-Side Collection'', and a remix album, ''Call and Response'', were also released shortly after.

Their third studio album ''Hands All Over'' was released in September 2010, launched by the hit single "Misery". In 2011, Adam Levine was named a coach on the American version of ''Series/TheVoice''. Capitalizing on the show's surprise success, Maroon 5 recorded the duet "Moves Like [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Jagger]]" with a fellow ''Voice'' coach of Adam's, Music/ChristinaAguilera; the song became their second #1 single in their home country, and topped the chart for four non-consecutive weeks, becoming their biggest hit yet.

The albums that the band released during the rest of the [=2010s=] into the [=2020s=] (''Overexposed'', ''V'', ''Red Pill Blues'', ''JORDI'') signified a gradual stylistic shift away from the band's rock roots, leaning into R&B and pop with more electronic production and focusing heavily on other producers and writers. While this has come at the cost of [[BrokenBase increasingly mixed reception]] from critics and listeners alike, it has produced some of the band's biggest commercial success and most popular singles (including "Payphone", "Maps", "Animals", "Don't Wanna Know" and "Girls Like You").

[[http://maroon5.com Maroon 5]] is an American band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Originally forming as Kara's Flowers in high school by lead vocalist and guitarist Creator/AdamLevine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick, the band released one album on Creator/RepriseRecords under the moniker in 1997. Upon the arrival of guitarist James Valentine, the band rebranded themselves as Maroon 5.

In 2002, they released their debut album, ''Songs About Jane''. However, it wasn't until a year later, when their breakout single "This Love" was released, that they were put on the map. The album went on to contain other hit singles like "Harder to Breathe", "She Will Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning". ''Songs About Jane'' enjoyed major chart success, going gold, platinum, and triple platinum in many countries around the world.

Their third studio album ''Hands All Over'' was released in September 2010, launched by the hit single "Misery". In 2011, Adam Levine was named a coach on the American version of ''Series/TheVoice''. Capitalizing on the show's surprise success, Maroon 5 recorded the duet "Moves Like [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Jagger]]" with Adam's fellow ''Voice'' coach Music/ChristinaAguilera; the song became their second #1 single in their home country, and topped the chart for four non-consecutive weeks, becoming their biggest hit yet. Levine also emerged the winning coach of ''The Voice''[='=]s first, fifth and ninth seasons[[note]]with Javier Colon, Tessanne Chin and Jordan Smith respectively[[/note]], and ended up having the second-longest run of any ''Voice'' coach at 16 seasons, beat out only by Music/BlakeShelton, who has been a coach in every season and formed a famous "[[VitriolicBestBuds frenemy]]/[[HeterosexualLifePartners bromance]]" dynamic with Levine during his time on the show.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When they were Kara's Flowers, they were more of a PowerPop band. Their first album as Maroon 5, ''Songs About Jane'', has more R&B/soul influences on the sound. In fact, Wiki/ThatOtherWiki lists the genre as "blue-eyed soul". The demo versions of "Sunday Morning" and "Harder to Breathe" (released as part of the 10th anniversary of ''Songs About Jane'') are more obviously influenced by R&B/soul than the final product.

Their third studio album ''Hands All Over'' was released in September 2010, launched by the hit single "Misery". In 2011, Adam Levine was named a coach on the American version of ''Series/TheVoice''. Capitalizing on the show's surprise success, Maroon 5 recorded the duet "Moves Like [[Music/TheRollingStones Jagger]]" with Adam's fellow ''Voice'' coach Music/ChristinaAguilera; the song became their second #1 single in their home country, and topped the chart for four non-consecutive weeks, becoming their biggest hit yet. Levine also emerged the winning coach of ''The Voice''[='=]s first, fifth and ninth seasons[[note]]with Javier Colon, Tessanne Chin and Jordan Smith respectively[[/note]], and ended up having the second-longest run of any ''Voice'' coach at 16 seasons, beat out only by Music/BlakeShelton, who has been a coach in every season and formed a famous "[[VitriolicBestBuds frenemy]]/[[HeterosexualLifePartners bromance]]" dynamic with Levine during his time on the show.

* MidVidSkit: There's one in the "Don't Wanna Know" video. The director asks Adam Levine to put on a Pharrell Williams-esque NiceHat, and Levine refuses because it would make him look "silly". [[HypocriticalHumor He says this as he's still dressed as a Squirtle lookalike]].

* EpicRocking: The aforementioned "Kiss" lasts 7 minutes. "Closure" from ''Red Pill Blues'' takes this UpToEleven, literally. "Untitled" from ''We Like Digging?'' (Kara's Flowers' first release) runs for almost ''13 minutes.''

* StalkerWithACrush: "Animals", to frightening effect. It uses animals' tendency to prey on other animals as a metaphor for just '''[[UpToEleven how]]''' far Adam will go to get his lover back.

Maroon 5 is an American band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Originally forming as Kara's Flowers in high school by lead vocalist and guitarist Creator/AdamLevine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick, the band released one album on Creator/RepriseRecords under the moniker in 1997. Upon the arrival of guitarist James Valentine, the band rebranded themselves as Maroon 5.

Their third studio album ''Hands All Over'' was released in September 2010, launched by the hit single "Misery". In 2011, Adam Levine was named a coach on the American version of ''Series/TheVoice''. Capitalizing on the show's surprise success, Maroon 5 recorded the duet "Moves Like [[Music/TheRollingStones Jagger]]" with Adam's fellow ''Voice'' coach Music/ChristinaAguilera; the song became their second #1 single in their home country, and topped the chart for four non-consecutive weeks, becoming their biggest hit yet. Levine also emerged the winning coach of ''The Voice''[='=]s first, fifth and ninth seasons[[note]]with Javier Colon, Tessanne Chin and Jordan Smith respectively[[/note]], and ended up having the second-longest run of any ''Voice'' coach at 16 seasons, beat out only by Music/BlakeShelton, who has been a coach in every season and formed a famous VitriolicBestBuds dynamic with Levine during his time on the show.

Since debuting in 2002, the band has sold over 10 million albums in the United States and nearly 15 million worldwide.

In 2012, the band released their fourth studio album, ''Overexposed''. The album was Maroon 5's most successful album to date, spawning four successful singles in the form of "Payphone", "One More Night", "Daylight" and "Love Somebody", but caused a massive BrokenBase between listeners and critics alike, due to it being the band's [[NewSoundAlbum poppiest album to date]] and largely throwing out the band's signature musicianship in favor for electronic production and a heavy focus on other producers and writers.

Their follow-up fifth album, ''V'', was released in 2014, and, like before, featured a more poppier sound than their previous albums. It has spawned the singles "Maps" and "Animals", the latter's video being released to heavy controversy, being condemned for demeaning women and glamorizing violence. That hasn't stopped the song from being successful, however.

Maroon 5 is an American band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Originally forming as Kara's Flowers in high school by lead vocalist and guitarist Creator/AdamLevine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick, the band released one album on Creator/RepriseRecords under the moniker in 1997. Upon the arrival of guitarist James Valentine, the band rebranded themselves as Maroon 5. In 2002, they released their debut album, ''Songs About Jane''. It wasn't until a year later, however, when their breakout single "This Love" was released, and officially put them on the map of listeners. The album went on to contain other hit singles like "Harder to Breathe", "She Will Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning". ''Songs About Jane'' enjoyed major chart success, going gold, platinum, and triple platinum in many countries around the world.

After a five year gap, Maroon 5's second studio album, ''It Won't Be Soon Before Long'', was released in May 2007. Its lead single "Makes Me Wonder" become the band's first number one single in America, and subsequent singles "Wake Up Call" and "Won't Go Home Without You" were released to decent success. Additionally, a compilation of previously unreleased songs, ''The B-Side Collection'', and a remix album, ''Call and Response'', were also released shortly after.

Their third studio album ''Hands All Over'' was released in September 2010, launched by the hit single "Misery". In 2011, Adam Levine was named a coach on the American version of ''Series/TheVoice''. Capitalizing on the show's surprise success, Maroon 5 recorded a duet, "Moves Like [[Music/TheRollingStones Jagger]]" with Adam's fellow ''Voice'' coach Music/ChristinaAguilera; the song became their second #1 single in their home country, and topped the chart for four non-consecutive weeks, becoming their biggest hit yet. As well, Levine emerged the winning coach of ''The Voice'''s first, fifth and ninth seasons, with Javier Colon, Tessanne Chin and Jordan Smith (respectively).

* "Music/{{Feelings}}"

-> ''This love has taken its toll on me''

* DestructiveRomance: "One More Night" is about one, but the guy can't help but come back to her and feel bad about it later.

* ArtifactTitle: The band's name has become this as they now comprise of seven members; P.J. Morton replaced Jesse Carmichael in 2012, but didn't leave when Carmichael returned to the band in 2014 and touring guitarist Sam Farrar was promoted to official member in 2017.

* ''JORDI'' (June 11th, 2021)

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: From "This Love":
-->''I tried my best to feed her appetite''
-->''Keep her comin' every night''
--> ''So hard to keep her satisfied''.
** Depends on your age, coming around or coming the other way..

* "Music/{{Cold}}"

%% * YourCheatingHeart: "Wake Up Call".