 |  | | From Chad Bowar, your About Music Editor | | | It's good to be Adam Levine. His band Maroon 5 just released their latest album 'V,' he's on the hit TV series 'The Voice' and recently got married. Maroon 5 has had a string of hit singles and albums over the years, and this week we shine a spotlight on the band. | |  | | | Sign up for more free newsletters: | | | | | Future Maroon 5 members Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick all went to high school together in west Los Angeles. They put together a band called Kara's Flowers and played their first public show at the legendary Whisky a Go Go in 1995. READ NOW | |  | | | Maroon 5 first hit the pop charts in 2002. Over a decade later they are one of the world's top pop groups. These are their 10 best hit songs. READ NOW | |  | | | Are you a serious Maroon 5 fan? Take our quiz about their songs, albums and history and test your knowledge. READ NOW | |  | | | Maroon 5's "Maps" is the band's sixth consecutive top 10 pop hit in the US and follows the band's previous style of pop-soul music. Both Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco co-wrote and co-produced the song. READ NOW | |  | | | | | An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! | | |  | | Want More From About.com? | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Music newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 Privacy Policy © 2014 About.com | |  |  | |