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"'Fortunate'" is a neo soul song from the 1999 motion picture 'Life' and was released on the film's soundtrack. The song was written, composed, produced and arranged by R. Kelly and recorded by Maxwell. "Fortunate" was awarded Best R&B Single of the Year at the Billboard Music Award and Best R&B/Soul Single (Male) at Soul Train Music Awards. Maxwell was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Male Vocalist and also nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Favorite Song of the Year.
The song, Maxwell's biggest hit to date, spent eight weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number four on the 'Billboard' Hot 100. It is his first number-one R&B hit, eventually followed by "Pretty Wings" in 2009.
According to R. Kelly, Maxwell didn't want to sing "Fortunate". Instead, he wanted to sing the song "Life" - which Kelly gave to K-Ci & JoJo. Kelly rejected Maxwell's idea because he felt that the neo-soul singer wouldn't have been believable singing a song from the perspective of a prison inmate.
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* R&B number-one hits of 1999 (USA)
References
Category:1999 singles
Category:Songs written by R. Kelly
Category:Songs written for films
Category:Music videos directed by Francis Lawrence
Category:1998 songs
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by R. Kelly
Category:Maxwell (musician) songs
Category:Contemporary R&B ballads
Category:Soul ballads
Category:1990s ballads
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