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| Maxwell Wins Two Grammу Awards Star singer and songwriter Maxwell won two awards last night at the Grammys - his first wins- including Best R&B Album, and tore down the house with his song "Pretty Wings" and a spirited duet with Roberta Flack on her hit "Where is the Love." Best R&B Album: Maxwell - 'BLACKsummers'Night' (Columbia) Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Maxwell "Pretty Wings" - from 'BLACKsummers'Night' (Columbia) Maxwell was everywhere in 2009. His December television appearances alone included performances on The Jay Leno Show, The Today Show and The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live, of which the LA Time's Ann Powers wrote "Maxwell's performance of Michael Jackson's 'The Lady in My Life' ... not only stood out, it made a quiet case for itself as one of the best televised musical performances of the year." Maxwell also made appearances this year on the Late Show with David Letterman, CBS Early Show, Good Morning America, CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute and Jimmy Kimmel Live. The singer and songwriter's great year encompassed the biggest sales week of his career with a #1 debut for BLACKsummers'night after its July 7 release, at 319, 000 copies one of the top ten debuts of the year, while he made Billboard news as the first artist in the history of the Urban AC chart to hold the #1 (Bad Habits) and #2 spots (Pretty Wings) at the same time. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Jazz News :: home page |