Maxwell discography

The discography of Maxwell, an American R&B singer, consists of five studio albums, one extended play and sixteen singles.

Maxwell discography
Studio albums	5
EPs	1
Singles	18

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart positions										Certifications
		US [1]	US R&B/HH [2]	CAN [3]	FRA [4]	NL [5]	NOR [6]	NZ [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	UK [10]
1996	Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite Released: April 2, 1996 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	37	8	—	33	52	—	33	46	—	39	RIAA: 2× Platinum[11] BPI: Gold[12]
1998	Embrya Released: June 23, 1998 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	3	2	—	23	29	—	39	10	38	11	RIAA: Platinum[11]
2001	Now Released: August 14, 2001 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	1	1	—	32	27	35	—	12	64	46	RIAA: Platinum[11]
2009	BLACKsummers'night Released: July 7, 2009 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1	1	25	147	31	—	—	—	—	66	RIAA: Platinum[11]
2016	blackSUMMERS'night Released: July 1, 2016 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download	3	1	14	—	33	—	—[upper-alpha 1]	—	64	72

Extended plays

Year	Title	Chart positions					Certifications
		US [1]	US R&B/HH [2]	FRA [4]	NL [5]	UK [10]
1997	MTV Unplugged Released: July 15, 1997 Label: Columbia	53	15	26	58	45	RIAA: Gold[11]

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions				Certifications	Album
		US [14]	US R&B [15]	US Urban AC [16]	UK [10]
1996	"Til the Cops Come Knockin'"	—	79	—	63		Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
	"Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)"	36	8	2	28	RIAA: Gold[11]
	"Sumthin' Sumthin'"	—	23	10	27
1997	"Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)"	—	64	—	—
	"Whenever, Wherever, Whatever"	—	54	—	—		MTV Unplugged
	"This Woman's Work" (Live)	58	16	—	41
1998	"Luxury: Cococure"	—	16	2	—		Embrya
	"Matrimony: Maybe You"	—	79	—	—
1999	"Fortunate"	4	1	1	—	RIAA: Gold[11]	Life OST
	"Let's Not Play the Game"	—	55	—	—		The Best Man OST
2000	"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	41
2009	"Pretty Wings"	33	1	1	—	RIAA: Gold[11]	BLACKsummers'night
	"Bad Habits"	71	4	1	—
	"Cold"	—	62	—	—
	"Fistful of Tears"	94	11	1	—
2016	"Lake by the Ocean"[17]	—	50	19	—		blackSUMMERS'night
	"All The Ways Love Can Feel"	—	—	—	—
	"1990x"	—	28	—	—
2017	"Gods"	—	46	—	—
2018	"We Never Saw It Coming"	—	—	—	—		non-album single
"Shame"	—	—	9	—		blacksummers'NIGHT

Album appearances

Year	Song	Album
1996	"Softly Softly" (Sweetback featuring Maxwell)	Sweetback
2004	"No One Else in the Room" (Nas featuring Maxwell)	Street's Disciple
2009	"Smile" (The Alchemist featuring Maxwell & Twista)	Chemical Warfare
2012	"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

1. blackSUMMERS'night did not enter the NZ Top 40 Albums Chart, but peaked at number 5 on the NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart.[13]

References

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10. "Maxwell – Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
11. "RIAA – Searchable Database". riaa.com. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
12. "Radio 2 – Trevor Nelson – Album of the Week". BBC. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
13. "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
14. "Maxwell Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
15. "Maxwell Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
16. "Maxwell Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
17. "Maxwell Teases New LP With Suave Ballad 'Lake by the Ocean'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 11, 2016.