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Maxwell Rivera is a musical R&B artist who professionally goes by the name "Maxwell." He played an important role in the development of the sub-genre of neo-soul music.

Inspired by the sound of classic soul music, Maxwell's "Urban Hang Suite," with its single, "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)," became a major hit and sold over 500,000 copies, earning gold status, and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Maxwell's following albums, "Embrya" and "Nova," went platinum, and his single "Fortunate" topped the charts.

On his recent tours to sold-out concert halls around the world, he played tracks from his newest album "BLACKsummers'night," including, "Pretty Wings," "Bad Habits," "Never Do W/Out You," "Help Somebody," and "Cold." Maxwell continues to tour. His tour stops include Atlantic City.

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More about Maxwell

At the Borgata

Maxwell performed a concert at the Borgata's "Event Center," in Atlantic City, on Friday, July 24th, 2009 to a sold-out crowd, where the gals outnumbered the guys.

He was backed by a skilled 10-piece band featuring guitarist "Wah-Wah Watson." Chrisette Michele opened the show for him.

The seductive bedroom singer started off with "Get to Know Ya" and then went into "Bad Habits" where he asks a paramour to "prove it to me in the nude." He sang songs from his hit album "BLACKsummers'night," including the song "Pretty Wings," which he dedicated to Aretha Franklin, who was in the audience.

Maxwell's performance at the Borgata was the subject of a favorable review published in the Monday, July 28th, 2009 issue of "The Philadelphia Inquirer."

In Newsweek

Maxwell was featured in an August 3rd, 2009 Newsweek Magazine article entitled: "What's Goin' On (In R&B)?"

The article stated that Maxwell's music made him a leading sex symbol of "90s neo-soul. What's going on in R&B is that Hip-hop has absorbed it.

Citing Maxwell's first album in eight years, "BLACKsummers'night," which hit the top of the Billboard 200 in it's first week, Newsweek proclaimed that Maxwell is back on top.