Fortunate

Album: Life Soundtrack (1999)
Charted: 4
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was composed by R&B musician R Kelly and produced and sung by Maxwell.
  • This was included on the soundtrack of the Eddie Murphy comedy Life.
  • The song is Maxwell's biggest hit to date, peaking at #4 on the Hot 100 and topping the US R&B chart for eight weeks. It also spent 18 weeks at #1 on the R&B airplay chart, the longest-leading chart-topper in that tally's history.
  • This won Best R&B/Soul Single (Male) at the Soul Train Awards and Best R&B Single of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards.

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