Maxwell Performs Album Catalog in Tour Hitting Atlanta, Newark, Los Angeles : April 18, 2012

There are many artists hitting the road this summer, but R&B singer Maxwell has a little something special up his sleeve for his upcoming tour. First of all, the t [...]

Maxwell Pushes Dates to 2011 : June 17, 2010

Maxwell, the soul singer, is the most recent high profile artist who has postponed a large number of shows scheduled for this summer. A recent press release from Maxwe [...]

Jill Scott Joins Maxwell for Summer Tour : March 04, 2010

Jill Scott and Maxwell, who announced plans recently for a co-headlining spring tour, have released a detailed itinerary for their trek. The outing will kick off in Cl [...]

Beyonce, Maxwell Grab Soul Train Award Nominations : October 23, 2009

Maxwell, Beyonce and Keri Hilson, with four nominations each, are leading the list of nominees for Soul Train's 2009 Awards which will be given out next month. Beyonce [...]

Maxwell Adds Dates to Black Summer’s Night Tour : September 17, 2009

Maxwell has added several shows onto the end of his upcoming arena tour this fall in support of “BLACKsummers'night,” his fourth studio album. Concerts have been a [...]

Maxwell Contines ‘BLACKsummer’ Tour into Fall : August 10, 2009

The R&B, Soul explosion of Maxwell is alive and well wrapped up in his fourth studio album "BLACKsummers'night." He's also successfully completed a 24-city run this summe [...]

Maxwell Debuts at Number 1 on Billboard Charts : July 15, 2009

Apparently the fans of Maxwell have missed the R&B singer, as indicated by “BLACKsummers'night” sales in its first week out. The album is the first new set from Maxw [...]

Maxwell Books Cities for Upcoming Tour : April 29, 2009

This summer Maxwell will be hitting the road to support “BLACKsummers'night,” the first new studio set from him in almost a decade. Maxwell's run of North America [...]

Maxwell Breaks Six-Year Hiatus with Tour : August 25, 2008

A couple new dates have been added by Maxwell to his upcoming, greatly anticipated comeback tour. It will feature the first live shows from the reclusive singer in over [...]

maxwell Biography

The American R&B musician Maxwell was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 23, 1973. He has been an influential figure in developing neo-soul, a sub genre of soul music.

During the early 1990s, Maxwell started to work with Wah Wah Watson, a noted guitarist, and songwriter Leon Ware to record his debut album “Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite.” After the album had been completed, Columbia doubted its potential and for two years the set was shelved. Finally in 1996 the album was issued.

“Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite” drew its inspiration from classic soul music. At first the set didn't capture audience attention, until “Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder),” the second single, was released and became a hit. The set went on to receive a Grammy Award nomination and went double platinum. In 1998 Maxwell released “Embrya,” his second album. In 1999 he released the single “Fortunate.” It is Maxwell's most successful single to date. For 1999 it was Billboard's No. 1 R&B single. In 2001, Maxwell released “Now,” his third album. It was No. 1 on Billboard's 200 album chart as well as the R&B album chart. In 2009 Maxwell released “BLACKsummers'night.” It debuted on Billboard's 200 chart at No. 1. In 2011, “blackSUMMERS'snight,” a follow-up set, is scheduled to be released.