MAROON 5
Considering their success today, it's hard to imagine Maroon 5 started as a little-known band called Kara's Flowers that was unceremoniously dropped by their record label after just two years. Deciding to switch tactics, frontman Adam Levine changed the band's pop music by infusing his own brand of contemporary soul and R&B. A new sound was born -- and the rest is history.
Six months after its release, their debut album Songs About Jane was moving more than 1,000 copies a week before eventually going double-platinum. Infamous for being inspired by Levine's ex-girlfriend, it spawned his like "Harder To Breathe," "This Love," and "She Will Be Loved", all of which enjoyed weeks on the Billboard chart. Before long, magazines, radio stations, and summer-tour promoters started wanting a piece of the band, as did talk shows like the cult favourite Saturday Night Live.
Says Levine: "Things happen all the time these days that make us think we've made it. Then something else happens that's even cooler and more amazing, and we think we've made it again. We keep making it every couple of weeks. "
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