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Maxwell

American singer-songwriter and record producer

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Also known as Gerald Maxwell Rivera

Born: May 23, 1973
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Birthplace: Brooklyn
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: singer-songwriter
, singer
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Gerald Maxwell Rivera, known mononymously as Maxwell, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He rose to prominence following the release of his debut studio album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996), which received widespread acclaim and spawned the hit singles "Ascension " and "Sumthin' Sumthin'". Through the album and its follow ups, Maxwell has been credited—alongside Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo, and Erykah Badu—with popularizing neo soul for mainstream audiences in the late 1990s.

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Discography: Maxwell discography
Instrument: guitar
piano
voice
Genre: soul
Label: Columbia Records
Website: musze.com
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
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Time period: 20th century
Awards: Grammy Awards
Start of work period: 1991
Social media followers: 809,000(March 15, 2025) youtube channel id: UCQp-3i_SQ6OCwDtuYPsvGrw
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-03-15
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1,255,320(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 16463853
735,000(March 16, 2024) youtube channel id: UCQp-3i_SQ6OCwDtuYPsvGrw
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-03-16
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663,000(February 17, 2023) youtube channel id: UCQp-3i_SQ6OCwDtuYPsvGrw
594,000(March 17, 2022) youtube channel id: UCQp-3i_SQ6OCwDtuYPsvGrw
1,179,324(January 8, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 16463853
525,000(July 3, 2021) youtube channel id: UCQp-3i_SQ6OCwDtuYPsvGrw
1,178,035(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 16463853
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1,265,828(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 16463853

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