Maroon 5’s Top 20 Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

A lot of people don’t realize it, but Maroon 5 actually got its start way back in the ‘90s, when frontman Adam Levine was just a teenager, as a group called Kara’s Flowers. After some lineup shifts, a mostly ignored major-label debut (1997’s The Fourth World on Reprise) and a name change, Maroon 5 emerged with Songs About Jane (Octone/J Records) in 2002, a soul-influenced collection of alt-rock that became a sleeper hit when lead single “Harder to Breathe” began to pick up steam on alternative radio, eventually helping the band crossover into the mainstream.

They didn’t look back, kicking off a fruitful period of blockbuster albums, Billboard Hot 100 hit singles and Grammy wins (three so far). When radio and mainstream tastes began shifting away from rock bands in the early ‘10s, Maroon 5 deftly evolved, expanding their sonic palette while working alongside top 40 pop producers and A-list rappers. Unlike many rock bands who broke through in 2002, Maroon 5 is still a commercial force, aided, in part, by Adam Levine’s long tenure on the NBC singing competition The Voice, where his “bromance” with fellow coach Blake Shelton helped propel the show to monster ratings.

But before the TV cameras, there was the music. The band – which consists of Levine, James Valentine, Jesse Carmichael, PJ Morton, Matt Flynn and Sam Farrar (shoutout to former members Ryan Dusick and Mickey Madden) – has scored four No. 1 hits on the Hot 100. Separate from the band, Levine charted as a featured artist on Gym Class Heroes’ “Stereo Hearts” (which reached No. 4 in 2011) and R. City’s “Locked Away (No. 6 in 2015).

Below, we’ve rounding up Maroon 5’s 20 biggest Billboard chart hits as a band, from “This Love” to “Girls Like You” and beyond. The ranking is based on weekly performance on the Hot 100 (from its inception on Aug. 4, 1958, through March 18, 2023.). Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates during various periods.

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