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Gerald Maxwell Rivera, (born May 23, 1973), better known by his stage name Maxwell, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Along with fellow musicians D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell has been credited with helping to shape what has been termed the "neo soul" movement that rose to prominence during the late 1990s. He is best known for his hit single "Fortunate", a song written by R. Kelly and featured on the soundtrack for the 1999 film Life. The single peaked at number one on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart. To date, the song is Maxwell's most successful single and was Billboard's number-one R&B single of 1999. He has released five albums to date: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996), MTV Unplugged (1997), Embrya (1998), Now (2001) and LACKsummers'night (2009).

Below is a list of Maxwell songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Columbia 097633
chart position: RandB #1, US #4
written by: R. Kelly
album: Life: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [neo soul slow jam]
Maxwell Fortunate
1999 Columbia
2 record label: Columbia 88697 54194 2
chart position: RandB #1, US #33
written by: Maxwell and Hod David
album: BLACKsummers'night
Maxwell Pretty Wings
2009 Columbia
3 record label: Columbia 79640
chart position: RandB #5, US #22
written by: Hod David, Stuart Matthewman and Maxwell
album: Now
comments: [slow jam]
Maxwell Lifetime
2001 Columbia
4 record label: Columbia
chart position: RandB #4, US #94, US dance #16
written by: Maxwell and Hod David
album: BLACKsummers'night
Maxwell Bad Habits
2009 Columbia
5 record label: Columbia 78365
chart position: RandB #8, US #36, UK #39
written by: Maxwell (as Musze) and Itaal Shur
comments: [neo soul]
Maxwell Ascension (Don't Even Wonder)
1996 Columbia
6 record label: Columbia
chart position: RandB #11, US #94
written by: Maxwell and Hod David
album: BLACKsummers'night
Maxwell Fistful of Tears
2010 Columbia
7 record label: Columbia 78477
chart position: RandB #23, US #108, UK #27
written by: Maxwell (as Musze) and Leon Ware
album: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
comments: [neo soul]
Maxwell Sumthin' Sumthin' the Mantra
1997 Columbia
8 record label: Columbia
chart position: RandB #16, US #58
written by: Kate Bush
album: Now
comments: [slow jam]
Maxwell This Woman's Work
2002 Columbia
9 record label: Columbia 4173
chart position: RandB #16
written by: Maxwell (as Musze)
album: Embrya
Maxwell Luxury Cococure
1998 Columbia
10 record label: Sony Music 012950
chart position: RandB #25, US #101
written by: Hod David, Stuart Matthewman and Maxwell
album: Now
Maxwell Get to Know Ya
2001 Sony Music
11 record label: Columbia 78275
chart position: RandB #79, UK #63
written by: Maxwell and Hod David
album: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
comments: [slow jam]
Maxwell Til the Cops Come Knockin' - The Opus
1996 Columbia
12 record label: Columbia 8920
chart position: RandB #54
written by: Maxwell (as Musze)
album: MTV Unplugged
comments: [love ballad]
Maxwell Whenever, Wherever, Whatever
1997 Columbia
13 record label: Columbia 42704
chart position: RandB #55
album: The Best Man: Music from the Motion Picture
Maxwell Let's Not Play the Game
1999 Columbia
14 record label: Columbia 3666
chart position: RandB #61
written by: Kate Bush
album: Now
comments: [slow jam]
Maxwell This Woman's Work
2000 Columbia
15 record label: Columbia
chart position: RandB #62
written by: Maxwell (as Musze) and Hod David
album: BLACKsummers'night
Maxwell Cold
2009 Columbia
16 record label: Columbia 9998
chart position: RandB #64
written by: Maxwell (as Musze) and Hod David
album: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)
1997 Columbia
17 record label: Columbia 41474
chart position: RandB #79
written by: Maxwell (as Musze)
album: Embrya
Maxwell Matrimony, Maybe You
1999 Columbia




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