Maxwell Ties Usher’s Historic Billboard R&B #1s Record Thanks to ‘Simply Beautiful’

Simply beautiful news for Maxwell this week.

As his dedicated fans impatiently await official reports about the follow-up to 2016’s ‘blackSUMMERS’night,’ they are majorly gravitating to the singles he’s been releasing to help tide them over.

Evidence of this came courtesy of the relatively quick ascent the ‘Ascension’ singer’s latest drop, ‘Simply Beautiful,’ experienced to #1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart.

See how the report comes as a historic one for Max.

Showcasing the Al Green original on stages across America on ‘The Serenade Tour‘ with Jazmine Sullivan and October London has certainly come with its benefits.

Eight frames after arriving to Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart, Max’s take on the tune moseyed to #1 on the tally last week – marking his first time owning the top spot since 2022’s ‘Off.’ It remains printed there this week.

Coming as the ninth chart-topper of his career on this hitlist, he’s now in a three-way tie with Usher and Tank for second place among all male chart-topping acts over the tally’s 31-year history.

Charlie Wilson remains the Adult R&B Airplay king with his 10 #1s. Among all performers, Alicia Keys – with her 14 chart-toppers – is the tally’s overall reigning monarch.

The Adult R&B Airplay chart, also known as the Adult R&B Songs chart, measures the airplay of songs spun on radio stations that mostly play songs of the contemporary R&B, traditional R&B, and Urban Adult contemporary genres.