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Birth
Adam Levine is born in Los Angeles California -
High School
Adam starts playing music in Brentwood School, L.A., California -
First Band
Adam Levine formed the band ‘Kara’s flowers’ in 1995 with his schoolmates Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick and appeared for the first time at a West Hollywood night club named ‘Whisky a Go Go’. -
College
Adam attends the Five Towns College in Long Island, New York; he drops out after the first semester. -
Kara's Flowers succes
Tommy Allen, an independent producer, discovered them in 1997 when they were playing at a Malibu beach party. They joined ‘Reprise Records’ and recorded their first 11-track album with the help of Tommy Allen and John DeNicola. In 1997, the first album titled ‘The Fourth World’ was released by ‘Kara’s Flowers’. They played in an episode of ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ in the same year. -
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Maroon 5's first years
He came in contact with Ben Berkman, David Boxenbaum and James Diener who worked for ‘Octone Records’. James Valentine was inducted into the band and its name was changed to ‘Maroon 5’.
During this period he started writing songs in memory of his ex-girlfriend Jane, which came out with the first album of ‘Maroon 5’ under the title ‘Songs About Jane’ and was released in 2002 and became an instant hit. -
First Singles
He was featured in a song ‘Live again’ by a hip-hop duo and in the same year sang a single ‘Heard ‘Em Say’ for Kayne West’s album. -
First Grammy Award
Adam Levine and ‘Maroon 5’ won the first Grammy Award for ‘Best New Artist’. -
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Maron 5's first releases
The band under Levine started to record their songs again. The band released their second album ‘It Won’t Be Soon Before Long’ in 2007. The same year, he appeared on TV in the show “Saturday Night Live’. In 2008, he performed in the TV show ‘Night of Too Many Stars’. He recorded a single ‘Gotten’ in 2009 for the album ‘Slash’. -
We Are The World 25 and third album
He performed with over 80 musicians to sing "We Are The World 25 for Haiti". Levine and his band released "Hands All Over", but it was moderately successful. -
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From singles to world tour
In 2011, he came out with the single ‘Moves Like Jagger’ which was very successful and sold millions of copies. The same year Levine appeared in the song ‘Stereo Hearts’ and started serving as a judge/coach for the reality show ‘The Voice'. The band’s next album ‘Overexposed’ was released in 2012 and the band went on a world tour in 2012-2013. -
Fifth Album
The fifth album of the band ‘V’ was released.
