Platinum-selling soul star Maxwell is still making news nearly a year after the release of his hit album ‘BLACKsummers’night.’

The singer and songwriter scores a three-peat this week with “Fistful of Tears,” his third consecutive #1 on Billboard’s Urban Adult airplay charts, making him the first male artist to achieve this feat according to the magazine.

Maxwell will perform the history-making single on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” on April 20th and NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 22nd, as he preps for the most talked about tour of the summer, his major arena dates with Jill Scott. The tour starts May 21 in Cleveland, Oh.

It’s just been announced that Maxwell will be joined by Erkyah Badu for his second Madison Square Garden performance on June 26. The first night, June 25, featuring Jill Scott, is sold out. The remainder of Maxwell’s current summer arena tour dates will feature Jill Scott.

Last fall, Maxwell entered the history books at Billboard when “Pretty Wings” and “Bad Habits,” the first two singles from ‘BLACKsummers’night,’ monopolized the top two slots on the Adult R&B radio airplay chart.

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WATCH MAXWELL ON ‘DANCING WITH THE STARS’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FksYTWDPMYo&feature=related

Friday, February 26, 2010 was a big day for Maxwell and his fans. The day started with the announcement that Jill Scott will be joining Maxwell for a  20-city U.S. arena tour kicking off on May 21st in Cleveland with additional dates to be announced through June.

This tour is being produced nationally by Live Nation. Tickets go on sale in select cities at LiveNation.com http://www.livenation.com/artist/maxwell-tickets or http://www.livenation.com/artist/jill-scott-tickets
Details on dates, venues and on-sale information will be announced shortly for tour stops in 20 U.S. cities including: Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Miami, Washington DC, Philadelphia and New York.

To find out more updates on Maxwell, music and upcoming projects please visit http://www.musze.com, http://www.myspace.com/maxwell, or http://www.twitter.com/_maxwell_.

Also on Friday, Maxwell was in attendance at the 41st NAACP Image Awards. Anthony Anderson and Toni Braxton were the presenters for the ‘Outstanding Male Artist’ category.

Anthony’s reaction when he opened the envelope and said Maxwell’s name was priceless and did not hide the fact of who he was pulling for.

As Maxwell made his way to the stage to graciously accept his award, he received a standing ovation from the crowd and as he delivered his acceptance speech, the camera caught cutaway shots of several females in the audience who could not hide what many viewers at home were probably doing, as well.

WATCH HERE: Maxwell’s NAACP Image Award acceptance speech

Photo credit: REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

Maxwell will be performing “Fistful of Tears” on The Oprah Winfrey Show 12/20/10

Can be seen at 4:00 PM EST on ABC channel 7 *Check Your Local Listings *

Head over to musze.com to see how Maxwell is doing his part to help in the Haiti Relief

WATCH MAXWELL ON OPRAH HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZkNnvtmmIM

Taylor Swift and Beyonce will perform at the Grammy Awards next month. The Recording Academy said Tuesday that other performers will include the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Antebellum and Maxwell. Beyonce has 10 Grammy nominations; Swift has eight.

The Grammys will be presented at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 31. The show will air on CBS. The Recording Academy says additional performers will be announced at a later date.

source:  http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/taylor-swift-beyonce-black-eyed-peas-to-1004054970.story

WATCH MAXWELL PERFORM ‘PRETTY WINGS’ ON THE GRAMMYS HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aIJ1E3Nsmg&feature=related

The trifecta is complete! Maxwell has already graced the stages of the CBS Morning Show and Good Morning America on ABC this year. Be sure to tune in on Friday, Dec. 11th, as Maxwell steps onto the set of NBC’s The Today Show to finish his national morning show rounds.

Click HERE to watch MAXWELL sing \’Pretty Wings\’ on The Today Show

CLICK HERE to watch MAXWELL sing \’Bad Habits\’ on Leno

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. - (Business Wire) Three-time GRAMMY® winner the Black Eyed Peas, six-time GRAMMY-nominated Maxwell, and GRAMMY winner Sugarland are the first performers announced for “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night®.” Two-time GRAMMY winner LL Cool J once again is set to host the one-hour special, which takes place live on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at Club NOKIA in Los Angeles. The show will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network from 9 – 10 p.m. ET/PT. Additional performers and presenters will be announced shortly. The special also marks the second time nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards will be announced live on primetime television. Last year’s airing of the show reached more than 8 million viewers and led to double-digit percentage increases in all key demos for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast earlier this year.

The road to Music’s Biggest Night begins with “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!!” — featuring the announcement of nominations in several categories and performances by past GRAMMY winners and/or nominees — and culminates with the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards live from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, and broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT. For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy®’s social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/thegrammys, www.facebook.com/thegrammys.

“The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night” is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC and John Cossette Productions. John Cossette and Ken Ehrlich are the executive producers.

source: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/the-grammyreg-nominations-concert-live,1039616.shtml