Artist Analysis - Maroon 5

Maroon 5 is an American pop-rock band that started in Los Angeles, California. The group was first formed in 1994 (whilst the group were in high school) and was called "Kara's Flowers." The band split up in 1997 after the album they released, The Fourth World, was unsuccessful and the band members returned to college. In 2001 the band regrouped and added a guitarist, naming themselves Maroon 5. This time, the album they released was successful and helped by the fact that the first single received heavy airplay which boosted the sales of the album getting it into the Billboard top 200 chart. Since then the band has had a lot of success and continues to make music to this day.