Singles is the first greatest hits album by American pop rock 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 latter two are included on the Japanese edition of the album.
Album artwork The album artwork for Singles was shot and edited by photographer and tourist Travis Schneider, also known as bootswallace on various social media websites, which was confirmed by Schneider via Twitter on September 6, 2015. The photo was taken whilst on tour with Maroon 5 on their North American leg of their world tour backstage.
Critical reception
Writing for Contactmusic.com, Alex Lai stated: "For anyone who has forgotten or indeed not been familiar with the work of Adam Levine and company, this is a fine demonstration of their ability to blend genres".
Writing for Exepose, Georgia Seldis stated: This greatest hits album is almost a playlist of all of the Maroon 5 songs any casual fan would have on their iTunes, most of which we’ve all heard a million times on the radio.
Reviewer Pip Ellwood-Hughes wrote: Singles picks out 12 of the band’s greatest hits from their career so far. It’s not by any means a comprehensive celebration of the band’s hits and it features no new tracks on it either. In fact it doesn’t even feature the band’s summer hit This Summer’s Gonna Hurt Like a Motherfucker, which is a bit of a shame to be honest. The album opens with This Love, arguably one of the band’s biggest hits, and it includes classics such as She Will Be Loved, Payphone, Makes Me Wonder and Misery.Maroon 5 - Singles (Album Review)
Commercial performance The album debuted at number six in Japan, selling 11,000 physical copies in its first week. In Brazil, the album debuted at number eight on the ABPD chart, selling 20,000 copies in its first week.
Track listing
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Personnel Adam Levine – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, songwriter, band member Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter, band member Mickey Madden – bass, songwriter, band member James Valentine – lead guitar, backing vocals, songwriter, band member Matt Flynn – drums, percussion, band member PJ Morton – keyboards, backing vocals, band member Ryan Dusick – drums, percussion (on tracks 1 and 3), band member (former) Sam Farrar – production, keyboards, programming, songwriter, band touring member Christina Aguilera – guest vocals (on track 5) Wiz Khalifa – guest vocals (on track 2)
Charts
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for Singles Chart (2015–2026) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 11 Brazilian Albums (ABPD) 8 Greek Albums (IFPI) 73 Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 1
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Singles Chart Year Position Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)"Hot Albums Year End" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved August 6, 2018. 2017 87 Australian Albums (ARIA) 2018 57 Australian Albums (ARIA) 2019 39 UK Albums (OCC) 2019 100 Australian Albums (ARIA) 2020 40 UK Albums (OCC) 2020 69 Australian Albums (ARIA) 2021 22 Irish Albums (IRMA) 2021 38 UK Albums (OCC) 2021 43 Australian Albums (ARIA) 2022 12 UK Albums (OCC) 2022 42 Australian Albums (ARIA) 2023 20 UK Albums (OCC) 2023 40 Australian Albums (ARIA) 2024 19 Canadian Albums (Billboard) 2024 99 UK Albums (OCC) 2024 35 Australian Albums (ARIA) 2025 24 UK Albums (OCC) 2025 42
Certifications and sales
Release history +Release history for Singles Region Date Label Japan September 25, 2015 United Kingdom November 20, 2015 Europe
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