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''V'' (Roman numeral for five) is the fifth studio album by American band Maroon 5. The album was released on August 29, 2014, through 222 and Interscope Records. ''V'' was Maroon 5's first album to be released through Interscope after the band's previous label, A&M Octone Records, transferred them along with most of its artists to Interscope. The album also saw the return of keyboardist/rhythm guitarist/backing vocalist Jesse Carmichael, after his absence from recording, touring and promoting the band's previous album, '' Overexposed'', which was released in 2012. It debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and produced with three hit singles, "Maps", "Animals", and "Sugar", peaking at numbers 6, 3 and 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively. A fourth single " This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherfucker", was released on May 15, 2015, from the reissue deluxe edition of the album. "Feelings" was released as the album's fifth and final single on September 14, 201 ...
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Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine (musician), James Valentine, drummer Matt Flynn (musician), Matt Flynn, keyboardist PJ Morton, and bassist and sampler Sam Farrar. Original members Levine, Carmichael, bassist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick first came together as Kara's Flowers in 1994, while they were in high school. After self-releasing their independent album ''We Like Digging?'', the band signed to Reprise Records and released the album ''The Fourth World (album), The Fourth World'' in 1997. The album garnered a tepid response, after which the record label dropped the band and the members focused on college. In 2001, the band re-emerged as Maroon 5, pursuing a different direction and adding guitarist Valentine. The band signed with Octone Records, an independent record label with a separat ...
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Adam Levine
Adam Noah Levine ( ; born March 18, 1979) is an American musician who is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and sole continuous member of the pop rock band Maroon 5. Levine began his musical career in 1994 with the band Kara's Flowers, for which he served as lead vocalist and lead guitarist. After the commercial failure of their only album, ''The Fourth World (album), The Fourth World'', the group was reformed in 2001 as Maroon 5 – with James Valentine (musician), James Valentine replacing him as lead guitarist. In 2002, they released their first album, ''Songs About Jane'', which went multi-platinum in the US; since then, they have released six more albums: ''It Won't Be Soon Before Long'' (2007), ''Hands All Over (album), Hands All Over'' (2010), ''Overexposed (album), Overexposed'' (2012), ''V (Maroon 5 album), V'' (pronounced: "five") (2014), ''Red Pill Blues'' (2017), and ''Jordi (album), Jordi'' (2021). As part of Maroon 5, Levine has received List of awards and nomin ...
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Feelings (Maroon 5 Song)
"Feelings" is a song recorded by American pop rock band Maroon 5 for their fifth studio album '' V'' (2014). It was written by Adam Levine, Shellback, and Oscar Görres and produced by the latter two. It was sent to U.S. Adult Contemporary and contemporary hit radio on September 14 and 15, respectively, as the fifth and final single from the album. The official artwork for the single was unveiled by Maroon 5's official Twitter account on October 6, 2015. Although a music video for the track was recorded at the Playboy Mansion, its release was scrapped. Background The song appeared on the band's fifth studio album '' V'', which was released in August 2014. "Feelings" was announced as the fifth single of the album in July 2015. It was sent to US Adult Contemporary radio on September 14, 2015 and to US Mainstream radio the following day. The official artwork for the single shows a woman's legs and debuted online on October 6, 2015. Composition "Feelings" is written in the key o ...
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Sugar (Maroon 5 Song)
"Sugar" is a song recorded by American band Maroon 5 for their fifth studio album ''V (Maroon 5 album), V'' (2014). It was written by Mike Posner, Adam Levine, Dr. Luke, and Jacob Kasher Hindlin together with its producers Ammo (musician), Ammo and Cirkut (record producer), Cirkut. It was sent to contemporary hit radio in the United States, as the third single from the album on January 13, 2015. "Sugar" is a disco, funk-pop music, pop and soul music, soul song that features a wide range of instruments including percussion, keyboards and guitars. Commercially, the song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and became the band's third top 10 single from ''V'', and eighth consecutive top 10 entry. "Sugar" is the 68th song in history to score at least 20 weeks in the top 10 of the Hot 100. The song was Recording Industry Association of America#RIAA Diamond certifications, certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2022 ...
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Animals (Maroon 5 Song)
"Animals" is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on August 25, 2014, as the second single from the band's fifth studio album ''V (Maroon 5 album), V'' (2014). The song was written by Adam Levine, Benny Blanco and its producer Shellback (record producer), Shellback. The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 giving Maroon 5 their tenth top 10 single in the US. Promotion To promote the song, Kia Motors debuted an advertisement of 2015 Kia Soul EV model on August 21, 2014. For a limited time after the commercial premiered, "Animals" was available for free download on the Kia website only. Later, Maroon 5 released the song's lyric video on August 22, 2014, from their YouTube channel. The commercial also appeared at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on August 24, and the song was released the next day. Remixes The remix versions of "Animals" featuring with American rappers, J. Cole released on September 30, 2014, and Big B ...
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Maps (Maroon 5 Song)
"Maps" is a song by American pop-rock band Maroon 5. The song was released on June 16, 2014, as the lead single from their fifth studio album '' V'' (2014). The song was written by Adam Levine, Ammar Malik, Benjamin Levin, Noel Zancanella and Ryan Tedder, and produced by the latter three. It was also their first single after the return of keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Jesse Carmichael. "Maps" received mainly positive reviews from music critics, with praise going to the song's melody and chilled-out vibe. However, some criticized the song for being similar to their previous lead single "Payphone", on their last album '' Overexposed'' (2012). The song was a commercial success, reaching number-one in Canada and peaking at number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart. The song also reached the top 20 in over 25 countries, including France, Germany and Denmark. On July 1, 2014, a music video for the song premiered on MTV and VH1. It was inspir ...
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Singles (Maroon 5 Album)
''Singles'' is the first greatest hits album by American pop band Maroon 5. It was released on September 25, 2015, through 222 and Interscope Records. The album includes 12 of the band's greatest hit singles released from their first five studio albums: '' Songs About Jane'' (2002), '' It Won't Be Soon Before Long'' (2007), '' Hands All Over'' (2010), '' Overexposed'' (2012), and '' V'' (2014). ''Singles'' was released during the Maroon V Tour in Asia. The album does not contain any new or unreleased songs. Background On September 1, 2015, Interscope Records announced that Maroon 5 would be releasing their debut greatest hits album, on their label. The track listing and album art cover were announced on the same day, revealing that there will be only 12 singles featured on the compilation album and will not contain any new or unreleased tracks. Some of their singles, such as " Harder to Breathe", " Sunday Morning" and " Won't Go Home Without You", were not included, though the l ...
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Overexposed (album)
''Overexposed'' is the fourth studio album by American Pop music, pop band Maroon 5. It was released on June 20, 2012, by A&M Octone Records. The album was recorded between 2011 and 2012 and was driven after the moderate success of their third album, ''Hands All Over (album), Hands All Over'' (2010), and later by the enormous success of the re-released edition, which was promoted by the single "Moves like Jagger", recorded featuring Christina Aguilera. It is the band's only album not to feature keyboardist, rhythm guitarist and background vocalist Jesse Carmichael, who took a temporary break from performing with the group to focus on his studies and was replaced by musician PJ Morton. The band worked with different producers, such as Max Martin, who serves as the album's executive producer, Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, Shellback (record producer), Shellback and Benny Blanco. The accompanying artwork, created by Los Angeles artist Young & Sick, is a colorful collage of illustrations ...
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Noel Zancanella
Noel Patrick Zancanella is an American record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He has written and produced songs for rock and pop artists such as Taylor Swift, OneRepublic, Maroon 5, B.o.B., Gym Class Heroes, Gavin DeGraw, and Colbie Caillat. History Since 2009, Zancanella has been signed to Patriot Games Publishing, a company founded by Ryan Tedder. The signing came through Zancanella co-writing OneRepublic's hit " Good Life", which peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. In 2015, Zancanella received the Songwriter of the Year Award at the BMI Pop Awards. In 2016, he won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for his production with Taylor Swift and Ryan Tedder of Swift's fifth album ''1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Ber ...
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Ryan Tedder
Ryan Benjamin Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, frontman, and lead vocalist for the pop rock band OneRepublic, while also serving as a prolific contributor—by songwriting and production—to material for other artists since the mid-2000s. Tedder's production and songwriting work has proved commercially successful. " Apologize", performed by his band OneRepublic, " Bleeding Love", performed by Leona Lewis, and " Halo", performed by Beyoncé, were each produced by Tedder and remain among the best-selling singles of all time. In early 2014, '' Billboard'' named him "The Undercover King of Pop" and featured him on the magazine's cover. He served as a producer on the 2018 reality series '' Songland''. He is a three-time recipient of the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for his credits on Adele's '' 21'' and '' 25'', and Taylor Swift's ''1989''. Early life and education Ryan Benjami ...
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Stargate (production Team)
Stargate is a Norwegian record production and songwriting duo, composed of Tor E. Hermansen (born 14 October 1972) and Mikkel S. Eriksen (born 10 December 1972) and based in Los Angeles, California. The duo has been credited on hit songs and albums for American R&B, pop and hip hop acts. Formed in 1996 in Trondheim, Norway, Stargate broke into the US recording industry in 2001, with their first major credit on the single " One Night Stand" by British girl group Mis-Teeq, which peaked within the top five of the ''Billboard'' Dance Charts. Stargate and Mis-Teeq saw further US chart success with the release of " Scandalous", which peaked at number two on the chart, as well as within the top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 2006, Stargate produced the single "So Sick" by American R&B singer Ne-Yo, which peaked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. They have since produced ten songs that did so, such as Beyoncé's worldwide hit " Irreplaceable", and Katy Perry's "Firework". The du ...
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Shellback (record Producer)
Karl Johan Schuster (; born 1 February 1985), known professionally as Shellback, is a Swedish record producer and songwriter. He was listed as the No. 1 producer of 2012 on '' Billboard'' magazine's year end chart, and he also topped the list of their "Top 10 Songwriters Airplay Chart" the same year; he has won four Grammy Awards. Shellback initially started his career as a heavy metal guitarist before transitioning into pop music production and songwriting. Shellback regularly collaborates with songwriter Max Martin and together they have produced, written, or co-written songs for various artists such as P!nk, Taylor Swift, Adam Lambert, Britney Spears, Usher, Avril Lavigne, Ariana Grande, Adele and Maroon 5. Shellback has also collaborated with fellow producer Benny Blanco and has produced songs by himself, including " Want U Back" by Cher Lloyd and "Animals" by Maroon 5. He co-wrote and co-produced the song " Can't Stop the Feeling!" along with Martin and Justin Timbe ...
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