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. 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.
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Grammy Award winner will. He's also made a name for himself as a solo artist, producer and activist. Olivia Rodrigo —. Megan Thee Stallion —. Bowen Yang —. They used part of the time to write songs for a new album, but the success of their debut CD refused to die down.
And new fans continued to discover the band as more singles, such as "Sunday Morning," were released. On February 6, , Maroon 5 celebrated their ten-year anniversary; that same day Songs about Jane went platinum, meaning at least one million copies were sold in the United States.
A year later, in , the CD reached triple-platinum sales, and it was still climbing the charts even though it had debuted more than three years earlier. Grammy Awards are given annually to honor the top recording artists in over music categories.
Producer and rapper Kanye West —; see entry was the favorite to win the Best New Artist award, but in a surprising twist the prize went to Maroon 5.
Winning a Grammy may have been sweet victory, but members of Maroon 5 were not ready to rest yet. In mid Levine and Valentine were hard at work putting the finishing touches on songs for their sophomore album, slated to be released in And, of course, they were still touring, this time opening for the Rolling Stones on their North American tour. The band continued playing favorites from Songs about Jane, but they were also trying out new material for fans—material with a harder, more gritty sound.
In interviews the band mates did not seem worried about turning off fans who were used to their more soft-rock sound. We're ready to do that. We're ready to change things a bit so people won't have the same perceptions of us. It will definitely be different, I can tell you that. It's a no-brainer. We're the easiest targets imaginable. Blagg, Christopher. Gunderson, Edna. Hiltbrand, David. Katz, Larry. Laban, Linda. Macdonald, Patrick. Morden, Darryl. Pareles, Jon.
Soeder, John. Tunis, Walter. Maroon 5 Web Site. Toggle navigation. Rock band. Funk-soul-pop-rock Even before the album was released in June , Maroon 5's record company booked the band on a constant touring schedule, which meant opening for a number of established performers, including Matchbox Twenty, Sheryl Crow — , and John Mayer —.
Best new artist Impressed by the band's growing popularity, J Records launched an all-out promotional campaign for Songs about Jane.
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