American R&B singer Maxwell has released five studio albums, one extended play and twenty five singles.
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Chart positions Certifications US USR&B/HH AUSPeaks in Australia: All except noted: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite and "Fortunate": CANPeak positions in Canada: Embrya: Now : BLACKsummers'night, and blackSUMMERS'night : FRA NL NZ SWE SWI UK Maxwell's Urban Hang SuiteReleased: April 2, 1996 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download378100—33523346—39RIAA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold EmbryaReleased: June 23, 1998 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download322042232939103811RIAA: PlatinumNowReleased: August 14, 2001 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download1132213227—126446RIAA: Platinum BLACKsummers'nightReleased: July 7, 2009 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download11—2514731———66RIAA: Platinum blackSUMMERS'nightReleased: July 1, 2016 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download314914—33——6472
Extended plays Year TitleChart positions Certifications US USR&B/HH FRA NL UK 1997MTV Unplugged Released: July 15, 1997 Label: Columbia5315265845RIAA: Gold
Singles Year Title Chart positions Certifications AlbumUSUS R&B/Hip-HopUS Urban ACAUSUK1996 "Til the Cops Come Knockin — 79 — — 63Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" 36 8 2 — 28RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver "Sumthin' Sumthin'" — 23 10 — 27RIAA: Gold1997 "Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)" — 64 — — — "Whenever, Wherever, Whatever" — 54 — — —MTV Unplugged "This Woman's Work" (Live) — — — — —1998 "Luxury: Cococure" — 16 2 — —Embrya "Matrimony: Maybe You" — 79 — — —1999 "Fortunate" 4 1 1 52 —RIAA: GoldLife OST "Let's Not Play the Game" — 55 — — —The Best Man OST2000 "Gravity: Pushing to Pull (Fellowship Remixes)" — — — — —Embrya 2001 "Get to Know Ya" — 25 2 — —Now "Lifetime" 22 5 1 — —2002 "This Woman's Work" 58 16 2 — 412009 "Pretty Wings" 33 1 1 — —RIAA: GoldBLACKsummers'night "Bad Habits" 71 4 1 — — "Cold" — 62 — — — "Fistful of Tears" 94 11 1 — —2016 "Lake by the Ocean" — 12 1 — —blackSUMMERS'night "All The Ways Love Can Feel" — — — — — "1990x" — 28 3 — —2017 "Gods" — 46 11 — —2018 "We Never Saw It Coming" — — — — — "Shame" — 35 8 — —blacksummers'NIGHT2021 "OFF" — 20 1 — —2024 "Simply Beautiful" — 10 1 — —
Album appearances YearSongAlbum1996"Softly Softly" (Sweetback featuring Maxwell)Sweetback2004"No One Else in the Room" (Nas featuring Maxwell)Street's Disciple2009"Smile" (The Alchemist featuring Maxwell & Twista)Chemical Warfare2012"Fire We Make" (Alicia Keys featuring Maxwell)Girl on Fire
Soundtrack appearances 1997: Love Jones ("Sumthin' Sumthin': Mellosmoothe (Cut)") 1999: Life ("Fortunate") 1999: The Best Man ("Let's Not Play the Game", "As My Girl") 2000: Love & Basketball ("This Woman's Work") 2006: Little Man ("Purple Haze") 2007: Stomp the Yard ("This Woman's Work")
Other works 1996: Red Hot + Rio ("Seguranca") 2004: Cottonbelly NYC Sessions ("Luxury")
Notes Maxwell
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