Blige , Mark Ronson , and Pharrell Williams. Although it was kept from the top of the album charts, it went platinum. Also, the following year, it received a big boost when Levine began appearing as a judge on the NBC reality television talent competition The Voice. In , Carmichael revealed that he was taking time off from performing with Maroon 5 and would be replaced by touring keyboardist PJ Morton.
In April , the band teased the release of its fourth studio album with "Payphone," a single featuring Wiz Khalifa that hit number two. The resulting album, Overexposed, also reached number two, featuring production from a bevy of name producers including Ryan Tedder , Max Martin , Benny Blanco , and more.
A second single from the album, the reggae-tinged "One More Night," topped the charts not long after its release in June, and stayed at the top long enough to become the band's most successful showing to date. The band also hit the studio to record songs for a fifth studio album, aptly titled V, which saw keyboardist Jesse Carmichael return to the fold after a brief hiatus. Released in September , V debuted at number one on the Billboard chart and produced several Top Ten singles including "Maps," "Animals," and "Sugar.
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Share on Twitter. Share via Email. Search Submit Search. Close Menu. Activate Search. Scroll to Top. Close Modal Window. Maroon 5 --and, specifically, its frontman Adam Levine --became the face of blue-eyed soul in the 21st Century, managing to navigate shifting trends in music and fashion to be one of the biggest pop bands of their generation.
The band took the long way to the top, evolving from the straight-ahead s rock band Kara's Flowers into the sleek, soulful Maroon 5 with 's Songs About Jane , an album that languished for two years until "This Love" climbed to number five on Billboard's Hot in From that point forward, the group was a fixture at the top of the charts, their popularity receiving a considerable and enduring boost when Levine was cast as a judge on NBC's televised talent competition The Voice in The band followed this blueprint by enlisting Megan Thee Stallion for "Beautiful Mistakes," a lead single from 's Jordi.
The record tanked, however, and Kara's Flowers found themselves dropped from Reprise's roster. 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 , and the debut album Jane received a lukewarm response upon its release in June Maroon 5 toured exhaustively in support of Jane 's slow-burning success, issuing two stopgap recordings -- 's 1.
Acoustic and 's Live Friday the 13th -- while traveling the world alongside the likes of 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 , Dusick had been officially replaced by Matt Flynn the former drummer for Gavin DeGraw , and the revised band released its sophomore effort in May 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.
Released in late , 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. Although it was kept from the top of the album charts, it went platinum.
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