NEW YORK, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern R&B and soul master Maxwell is entering the Billboard Top 200 at #1 this week with his long-awaited fourth studio album, BLACKsummers'night, one of the year's most heavily-anticipated event records.With first week's sales of 316,499, according to SoundScan, BLACKsummers'night is enjoying the highest debut sales week, and best overall sales week of Maxwell's career.

Modern Soul Master's Eagerly Awaited New Album, BLACKsummers'night, Available Tuesday, July 7 NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Records artist Maxwell returns to the top of the charts this week as "Pretty Wings," the first single from his long-awaited fourth studio album BLACKsummers'night, soars to the #1 slot on America's Urban Adult radio stations in record-breaking time less than eight weeks after its release.