# Maxwell discography

American R&B singer Maxwell has released five studio albums, one extended play and twenty five singles.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B/HH | AUS | CAN | FRA | NL | NZ | SWE | SWI | UK | Certifications |
| Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite | Released: April 2, 1996 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download | 37 | 8 | 100 | — | 33 | 52 | 33 | 46 | — | 39 | RIAA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold |
| Embrya | Released: June 23, 1998 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download | 3 | 2 | 20 | 42 | 23 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 38 | 11 | RIAA: Platinum |
| Now | Released: August 14, 2001 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download | 1 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 32 | 27 | — | 12 | 64 | 46 | RIAA: Platinum |
| BLACKsummers'night | Released: July 7, 2009 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 1 | 1 | — | 25 | 147 | 31 | — | — | — | 66 | RIAA: Platinum |
| blackSUMMERS'night | Released: July 1, 2016 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 3 | 1 | 49 | 14 | — | 33 | — | — | 64 | 72 | |

## Extended plays

| Year | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Certifications |
| Year | Title | US | US R&B/HH | FRA | NL | UK | Certifications |
| 1997 | MTV Unplugged Released: July 15, 1997 Label: Columbia | 53 | 15 | 26 | 58 | 45 | RIAA: Gold |

## Singles

| Year | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Title | US | US R&B/Hip-Hop | US Urban AC | AUS | UK | Certifications | Album |
| 1996 | "Til the Cops Come Knockin'" | — | 79 | — | — | 63 | | Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite |
| 1996 | "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" | 36 | 8 | 2 | — | 28 | RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver | Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite |
| 1996 | "Sumthin' Sumthin'" | — | 23 | 10 | — | 27 | RIAA: Gold | Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite |
| 1997 | "Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)" | — | 64 | — | — | — | | Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite |
| 1997 | "Whenever, Wherever, Whatever" | — | 54 | — | — | — | | MTV Unplugged |
| 1997 | "This Woman's Work" (Live) | — | — | — | — | — | | MTV Unplugged |
| 1998 | "Luxury: Cococure" | — | 16 | 2 | — | — | | Embrya |
| 1998 | "Matrimony: Maybe You" | — | 79 | — | — | — | | Embrya |
| 1999 | "Fortunate" | 4 | 1 | 1 | 52 | — | RIAA: Gold | Life OST |
| 1999 | "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 |
| 2001 | "Lifetime" | 22 | 5 | 1 | — | — | | Now |
| 2002 | "This Woman's Work" | 58 | 16 | 2 | — | 41 | | Now |
| 2009 | "Pretty Wings" | 33 | 1 | 1 | — | — | RIAA: Gold | BLACKsummers'night |
| 2009 | "Bad Habits" | 71 | 4 | 1 | — | — | | BLACKsummers'night |
| 2009 | "Cold" | — | 62 | — | — | — | | BLACKsummers'night |
| 2009 | "Fistful of Tears" | 94 | 11 | 1 | — | — | | BLACKsummers'night |
| 2016 | "Lake by the Ocean" | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | | blackSUMMERS'night |
| 2016 | "All The Ways Love Can Feel" | — | — | — | — | — | | blackSUMMERS'night |
| 2016 | "1990x" | — | 28 | 3 | — | — | | blackSUMMERS'night |
| 2017 | "Gods" | — | 46 | 11 | — | — | | blackSUMMERS'night |
| 2018 | "We Never Saw It Coming" | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| 2018 | "Shame" | — | 35 | 8 | — | — | | blacksummers'NIGHT |
| 2021 | "OFF" | — | 20 | 1 | — | — | | blacksummers'NIGHT |
| 2024 | "Simply Beautiful" | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | | Non-album single |

## 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")