The Latest Maxwell News’ Top Picks of 2009
The year of 2009 is coming to a close in just 2 more weeks. And as those of you who follow The Latest Maxwell News know, this has been an incredible year for the artist Maxwell. The relaunching of the second half of his music career, tons of concert dates with a very talented band, loads of award nominations, more specifically 6 Grammy nominations at one time, you name it. All of those things were amazing in themselves but there were a few occurrences over this past year that were standouts for LMN. Check them out below, not in any specific order.
(1) 6 Grammy Nominations
A great achievement for an artist who took off nearly 10 years. The artist has always been nominated for Grammy’s having previously garnered 6 over the first half of his career. But to receive 6 at one time and be amongst the top recording of artists of the year is a feat within itself. Of course, the talent (singing, songwriting, engineering, etc.) got the artist a long way but the interest by those who adore the music, also played a significant role in the nominations. Not only is this an achievement for the artist and those involved with making the music but also, those who support the music.
(2) August 05, 2009
The world wide web premiere of the BAD HABITS video featuring Kerry Washington via Steve Harvey’s website. This event actually crashed the popular comedian and morning show disc jockey’s website! The premiering of this video also serves as one of the biggest days for The Latest Maxwell News website.
(3) The Lady in My Life performance
December 03, 2009, Maxwell’s performance during the Grammy Nominations Concert “Live” aired. Maxwell gave a pretty great performance putting his own personal spin (a la back rubs and toe-nail painting) on the beloved song by the king of pop, Michael Jackson. But what stands out the most for LMN, was Keyon Harrold (trumpet), Suanders Sermons (trombone), Kenneth Whalum III (saxophone) and LaTina Webb on background. The background paid a great compliment to the song and serves as a treat when listening to it. | [Maxwell - The Lady in My Life.mp3 (audio) download]
(4) Trending Topic on Twitter
June 28, 2009, the same day, Maxwell’s performance of PRETTY WINGS on the BET Awards aired. The artist “maxwell” also was a trending topic on Twitter. If you are on twitter, you know there has to be a massive amount of people speaking about the same thing for it to hit the trending topic. The 28th of June marked the first time this occurred, 3 times for good luck. Though LMN did not catch this, it is said “maxwell” trended a second time on the 3rd of December. Hint: If Maxwell is nationally ‘onthetube’ in the coming years, make sure you let twitter know by doing variations of the following #maxwell, Maxwell, MAXWELL, etc. Just a suggestion…
(5) Maxwell interviews with David Nathan (soulmusic.com) & Gary Spence (Soulchoonz.com)
These 2 interviews are a couple of great ones that many of those who frequent LMN enjoyed. You get to see a bit of a different side to the artist. Both interviews seem to come from a very honest and genuine place. In the David Nathan interview, Maxwell speaks about his musical knowledge which is quite refreshing. And in the Gary Spence interview, Maxwell reveals a little more about himself growing up.
(6) Top 25 MAXWELL series making Maxwell’s official website
In mid-October, Maxwell’s official website (musze.com) linked to The Latest Maxwell News [warm smile] image. Again, special thank you to those who run the website for doing that. Top 25 Maxwell series is something that was created on LMN in the year of 2009, which means that it solely belonged to LMN. It took hard work to put each segment together based on facts about Maxwell to gain recognition is a wonderful achievement. Thank you to the Jenn and ‘Meesha for helping to construct Top 25 MAXWELL: Reasons Why He Should Win ANY Award.
(7) April 28, 2009
This was a busy day for Maxwell and those who support his music. It seems that news about the release of Pretty Wings, as well as the BLACKsummers’night press conference and more, just exploded all over the internet. The date serves as the kicking off of the return of Maxwell.
(8) Help Somebody page on The Latest Maxwell News
This page features and will feature many charities and organizations that Maxwell will mentions over the next few years. There are several really great ones on the site now. Make sure you check them out and if you feel the need to give then please do so. To date, the remix of this song featuring rapper Nas is not available for purchase but it can be heard on the internet.
(9) Comments on the website
It is a pure joy to read the comments on this website. It helps tremendously in knowing where everyone’s thoughts, feelings, concert experiences, and so on concerning the artist and sometimes, the man. Definitely continue to stop by and leave a comment.
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tee December 16th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Thanx 4 reminding me how great it is to have MAXWELL back!