Maxwell
Wins
3
Nominations
13
Category
Biography
"Soul music is soul music. It can be wrapped up in a neo soul package; it can be called hip-hop soul. But soul is soul, and it's been around; it will never go away."
- Born Gerald Maxwell Rivera on May 23, 1973, in Brooklyn, New York
- Maxwell scored his first Top 40 hit with 1996's "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)." He earned his a Top 5 album with 1998's Embrya, which was followed by his first No. 1 album: 2001's Now.
- He won his first GRAMMYs for 2009 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ("Pretty Wings") and Best R&B Album for Blacksummers' Night. He made his GRAMMY stage debut at the 52nd GRAMMY Awards in 2010, performing "Pretty Wings" and "Where Is The Love" with Roberta Flack.
- Did you know? Maxwell's first job was a dishwasher at a Pizza Hut.
- In 2009 Maxwell performed a special concert at the Novo by Microsoft benefiting the GRAMMY Museum.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Maxwell
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Best R&B Song Winner
Lake By The Ocean
Hod David, Maxwell
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Song Of The Year
Pretty Wings
Hod David, Maxwell
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Male Pop Vocal Performance
Love You
Maxwell
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Male R&B Vocal Performance Winner
Pretty Wings
Maxwell
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Best R&B Song
Pretty Wings
Hod David, Maxwell
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Pop Instrumental Performance
Phoenix Rise
Maxwell
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Best R&B Album Winner
Blacksummers' Night
Hod David, Jesse Gladstone, Maxwell, Mike Pela, Glen Marchese
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Male R&B Vocal Performance
Lifetime
Maxwell
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Male R&B Vocal Performance
Fortunate (Single)
Maxwell
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Male R&B Vocal Performance
Matrimony: Maybe You (Track)
Maxwell
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Best R&B Album
Embrya (Album)
Maxwell, Mike Pela
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Male Pop Vocal Performance
Whenever Wherever Whatever (Track)
Maxwell
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Best R&B Album
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (Album)
Maxwell
