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"Pretty Wings" is a single by American singer-songwriter Maxwell, taken from his fourth studio album BLACKsummers'night. It was written and produced by Maxwell and Hod David. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and was nominated at the 52nd Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best R&B Song.
"Cold" is a song written by American R&B/soul singer Maxwell and Hod David. The song is the B-side to his number-one R&B hit single "Pretty Wings", and released from his album BLACKsummers'night. Cold was released as a single on June 23, 2009, peaking to number-one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales and number-two on Hot 100 Singles ...
The song, Maxwell's biggest hit to date, spent eight weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. It is his first number-one R&B hit, eventually followed by "Pretty Wings" in 2009. According to R. Kelly, Maxwell didn't want to sing "Fortunate".
"Pretty Wings" 33 1 1 — — RIAA: Gold [11] BLACKsummers'night "Bad Habits" 71 4 ... (Alicia Keys featuring Maxwell) Girl on Fire: Soundtrack appearances
Maxwell was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a Haitian mother and a Puerto Rican father. His mother grew up in a devout Baptist household in Haiti. [11] [12] [13] Maxwell's father died in a plane crash around 1976 or 1977 when Maxwell was three years old. [14]
The music of BLACKsummers'night is rooted in general soul music, and it features a more straightforward musical structure than Maxwell's previous work such as Embrya (1998). [5] Maxwell's lyrics concern his falling in and out of love during his sabbatical period prior to the album's release. [6]
A concept album, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite was composed as a song cycle that focuses on an adult romance, based in part on Maxwell's personal experiences. Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite was not an immediate commercial success, but it was helped by the release of its second single " Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) " in July 1996, and the album ...
Embrya is the second studio album by American recording artist Maxwell, released on June 30, 1998, by Columbia Records.As on his 1996 debut album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, he collaborated with record producer and Sade member Stuart Matthewman.