Maxwell (musician)
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Birth name | Gerald Maxwell Rivera |
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Born | May 23, 1973 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | (age 50)
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Years active | 1990–present |
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Website | musze |
Gerald Maxwell Rivera[3][4][5][6] (born May 23, 1973), known mononymously as Maxwell, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to prominence following the release of his debut studio album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996), which received widespread acclaim and spawned the hit singles "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" and "Sumthin' Sumthin'".[7] Through the album and its follow ups, Maxwell has been cited—along with Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo, and Erykah Badu—for ushering in the neo soul movement and its sensibilities into mainstream popular music during the late 1990s.[8]
He followed up with his second and third albums
Rivera has won three Grammy Awards, six Soul Train Music Awards and two NAACP Image Awards. He was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Congressional Black Caucus in 2019 for "his innovative contributions to the music industry as a singer, songwriter, and producer".[10]
Early life
Maxwell was born in
Career
1990–1994: Beginnings
After receiving a low-cost
Initially influenced by early-1980s urban R&B, Maxwell progressed rapidly, and by 1991 he was performing on the New York City club scene. Maxwell was able to gain access to a
1994–1997: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell began working with songwriter Leon Ware and noted guitarist Wah Wah Watson to record his debut Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite in the mid 1990s. Recording sessions for the album took place in 1994 and 1995 at Electric Lady Studios, RPM Studios, Sorcerer Studios and Chung King Studios in New York City, and at CRC recording studios in Chicago, Illinois.[16][18] After production for the album was completed in 1995,[16] the finished product was presented to Columbia Records in Spring of that same year.[19] However, it was shelved for nearly a year,[20] due to issues with Columbia's management, the label's extensive reorganization and record executives' doubts of the album's commercial potential.[14][16]
Initially, the album was slow to obtain commercial interest.[19] On April 20, 1996, the album made its chart debut at number 38 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[21] From August to October 1996, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite experienced chart growth on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Billboard 200,[21] peaking at number eight on the former and at number 36 on the latter.[22] It spent seventy-eight weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.[23] It became a Top 30 hit in the United Kingdom.[24] The album was later ranked as one of the year's top-10 best albums by
The album spawned four singles. The first single released, "...Til the Cops Come Knockin'", debuted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks at number 87 in May 1996. Peaking at number 79, the single spent 12 weeks on the chart.[27] The second single, "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)", debuted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks in August 1996 at number 11, eventually peaking number eight.[28] It spent eighteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 36 on September 28, 1996.[29] The third single, "
Maxwell released a series of EPs featuring different versions of his songs from Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, including "...Til the Cops Come Knockin'", "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)", "Whenever Wherever Whatever" and "Sumthin' Sumthin'". These EPs were re-released in 2019.[32] "Sumthin' Sumthin': Mellosmoothe" appeared on the Loves Jones soundtrack in March 1997.
Despite Maxwell's having released only one album, the music video television channel
1998–2002: Embrya and Now
Maxwell's second studio album,
Despite the negative press, the album sold more than one million copies and garnered Maxwell a new alternative fanbase, but confounded the traditional urban consumers.[36] On May 26, 1999, the album was officially certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[41] Embrya was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, losing to fellow neo-soul artist Erykah Badu's Baduizm (1997).[42] Later in the year he released "
Maxwell's third studio album, Now, was released by Columbia Records on August 14, 2001, in the United States. Following the lukewarm radio success of his previous album, Maxwell stated he felt more comfortable with his artistic direction in the creation of this album, which does not exhibit his previous work's conceptual style.[43] The album sold over 296,000 units in the U.S. in the first week, according to SoundScan, to earn him his first-ever number one album. The album was later certified platinum by the RIAA. "Lifetime" was the second single from the album. It was a top five hit on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart and peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[44] The third single off the album, "This Woman's Work", a live staple of Maxwell's,[45] charted at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 16 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[46][47] Once again, despite some criticism towards Maxwell's songwriting,[48][49][50] La Weekly stated "Now is a disappointment in the wake of 1996's Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite and its 1998 follow-up, Embrya."[48] Now received generally positive reviews from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 78/100 from Metacritic.[51] The album was Maxwell's last release before he took a lengthy hiatus from performing.
2003–2010: BLACKsummers'night
Recording sessions for a new album took place during 2007 to 2009 at Chung King Studios, Bowery Digital, and Platinum Sound Recording Studios in New York City.[52] The album was produced entirely by Maxwell and musician Hod David.[52] The album was to serve as the first part of his scheduled trilogy of albums.[53]
During this time, and after seven years of not performing, he appeared as a surprise musical guest on the 2008 BET Awards, where he performed the song "Simply Beautiful" in a tribute to soul singer Al Green, shocking fans and the audience alike with his ability to still perform well, but also with his new look, his trademark afro and pork-chop sideburns gone, replaced with a more relaxed and subdued look.[54][55][56]
The album BLACKsummers'night was released on July 7, 2009 and received universal acclaim from music critics. Commercially the album was a success, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart in July 2009, with first-week sales of 316,000 copies,[57] serving as Maxwell's highest first-week sales.[58]
The album produced four singles. The lead single "
2011–2017: blackSUMMERS'night
On April 17, 2012, Maxwell announced that he and his eleven-piece band would embark on a six-day tour, MaxwellTwoNight -M2N tour 2012 – two nights in three cities, scheduled for the cities of Los Angeles, California – Staples Center (July 20 and July 21); Atlanta, Georgia – Philips Arena (July 27 and July 28); and Newark, New Jersey – the Prudential Center (August 3 and August 4). Maxwell was to perform his discography in its entirety. The first day of the tour Maxwell was to perform songs from his first album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite and second album Embrya. The second day of the tour Maxwell was to perform from his third and fourth albums Now and BLACKsummer'snight, respectively. Maxwell was to debut never-performed songs from his BLACKsummer'snight trilogy. lt was also announced that proceeds from the M2N tour merchandise would support the "Obama-Biden 2012" re-election campaign.[65] However, the tour was canceled due to vocal hemorrhaging.[66]
After two years of occasionally performing and planning, he disclosed during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in May 2014 that he had been working on his fifth studio album for "the past three years" and has been recording in Miami.[67] On December 18, 2014, Maxwell announced on the social media site Twitter the second installment of his trilogy blackSUMMERS'night would be arriving sometime in winter 2015.[68]
On April 7, 2016, Maxwell released his first solo single in 6 years titled "
The full-length album was released on July 1, 2016 and charted at number three on the Billboard 200 while garnering widespread acclaim from critics.
2018–present: Night
In October 2018, Maxwell released the single "Shame", which he said was a preview of his upcoming album Night, the final installment of his album trilogy.[71] In April 2019 as he was re-issuing his earlier EPs in digital format, Maxwell said that he was scheduling a string of performances for mid-2019.[32] Maxwell had a consecutive four-night concert run at the Kennedy Center, supported by the National Symphony Orchestra, in September 2019.[72] Maxwell closed out the Hollywood Bowl’s Summer Season with a 3-night run in September 2023.
Legacy
Along with fellow musicians D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell has been credited with helping to shape the "neo soul" movement that rose to prominence during the late 1990s.[14][7] Along with D'Angelo's Brown Sugar (1995) and Badu's Baduizm (1997),[7] Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite has been recognized by writers for beginning neo soul's popularity and helping the genre obtain commercial visibility.[73][74] However, in contrast to D'Angelo, Maxwell was more conventional in his approach on his debut album.[75]
In commenting on the "new soul revival" in music, Maxwell told Entertainment Weekly in 1997 that "everything out there musically was inspired or influenced by something from the past. It's not about creating some super-fresh new thing. If it doesn't lend itself to your history, how is it going to extend to your future? That's what's really brilliant about looking into children's eyes—you can see their parents in them."[17] The Washington Post called him "the Marvin Gaye of the '90s".[76] Its columnist wrote that Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite "heralded the arrival of a top-of-the-class graduate of the old school of soul, one who could sing about romantic aspiration and tribulation with heart-wrenching emotion. It was as if the aesthetic that Gaye ascribed to — 'music that has feeling, hope and meaning – all the things people are looking for' — had been rediscovered after a long, hedonistic interlude."[76]
Maxwell's role in writing and producing the album exhibited a level of artistic control by an R&B artist that was uncommon in the recording industry at the time.[16] On his emergence with Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, writer Carol Brennan cited him, along with the Fugees, D'Angelo and Tony Rich, as neo soul musicians that "exhibited the identifying characteristics of this new breed of R&B artists: lyrics that give voice to intense personal expression, creative control over the music, and a unexpectedly successful debut."[16]
Discography
Studio albums
- Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
- Embrya (1998)
- Now (2001)
- BLACKsummers'night (2009)
- blackSUMMERS'night (2016)
Tours
Headlining
- Urban Hang Suite Tour (1997)[77]
- Now Tour (2001–2002)
- Maxwell Live (2008)
- BLACKsummers'night Tour (2009)
- Summer Soulstice (2014)[78]
- Summers' 2016 (2016)[79]
- The Night Tour (2022)[80][81][82]
Co-headlining
- Sony Music Black College Tour with George Clinton, the Fugees, Groove Theory and UBU (1996)[83]
- Maxwell & Jill Scott: The Tour with Jill Scott (2010)
- Annual Summer Jam with Fantasia Barrino(2016)
- King and Queen of Hearts World Tour with Mary J. Blige(2016)
- 50 Intimate Night (2018)
Cancelled tours
- MaxwellTwoNight (2012)[84]
Awards and nominations
- American Music Award
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2009 | Maxwell | Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2001 | Maxwell | Best Male R&B Artist |
Nominated |
2002 | Maxwell | Best Male R&B Artist | Nominated |
2010 | Maxwell | Best Male R&B Artist | Nominated |
Centric Award |
Nominated |
- Grammy Award
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1997 | Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite | Best R&B Album | Nominated |
1998 | "Whenever Wherever Whatever" | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated |
1999 | "Matrimony: Maybe You" | Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | Nominated |
Embrya | Best R&B Album | Nominated | |
2000 | "Fortunate" | Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | Nominated |
2002 | "Lifetime" | Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | Nominated |
2010 | "Pretty Wings" | Song of the Year | Nominated |
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | Won | ||
Best R&B Song | Nominated | ||
"Love You" | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated | |
"Phoenix Rise" | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Nominated | |
BLACKsummers'night | Best R&B Album | Won | |
2017 | "Lake by the Ocean" | Best R&B Song | Won |
- MTV Video Music Award
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2002 | "This Woman's Work" | Breakthrough Video | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1997 | Maxwell | Outstanding New Artist | Nominated |
2010 | Maxwell | Outstanding Male Artist | Won |
"Pretty Wings" | Outstanding Music Video | Nominated | |
Outstanding Song | Nominated | ||
"Bad Habits" | Outstanding Song | Nominated | |
BLACKsummers'night | Outstanding Album | Nominated | |
2011 | "Fistful of Tears" | Outstanding Music Video | Nominated |
Outstanding Song | Nominated | ||
2014 | "Fire We Make" | Outstanding Duo or Group | Nominated |
Outstanding Music Video | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Song | Nominated | ||
2017 | Maxwell | Outstanding Male Artist | Won |
"Lake by the Ocean" | Outstanding Traditional Song | Nominated | |
2018 | "Gods" | Outstanding Music Video | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1997 | Maxwell | Best New Artist | Won |
"Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" | Best R&B/Soul Single – Male | Won | |
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite | Best R&B/Soul Album – Male | Won | |
1998 | MTV Unplugged | Best R&B/Soul Album – Male | Nominated |
1999 | Embrya | Best R&B/Soul Album – Male | Nominated |
2000 | "Fortunate" | Best R&B/Soul Single – Male | Won |
2003 | "This Woman's Work" | Best R&B/Soul Single – Male | Nominated |
2009 | Maxwell | Best R&B/Soul Male Artist | Won |
"Pretty Wings" | Best Song of the Year | Nominated | |
The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award | Nominated | ||
BLACKsummers'night | Best Album of the Year | Nominated | |
2013 | "Fire We Make" | The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award | Nominated |
Best Collaboration | Nominated | ||
2016 | Maxwell | Best R&B/Soul Male Artist | Won |
See also
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External links
- Official website
- Maxwell at AllMusic