Maxi Priest

Reggae

The next Maxi Priest concert is scheduled for Friday, May 30, 2025 at House of Independents in Asbury Park, NJ, United States. See all 13 upcoming concerts

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Listen to Action by Maxi Priest, Nadine Sutherland & Terror Fabulous, see lyrics, music video & more!

ActionMaxi Priest, Nadine Sutherland & Terror Fabulous

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House Call (Your Body Can't LieTo Me) [feat. Maxi Priest]Shabba Ranks

Listen to That Girl (feat. Shaggy) by Maxi Priest, see lyrics, music video & more!

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Listen to Set the Night to Music (With Maxi Priest) by Roberta Flack, see lyrics, music video & more!

Set the Night to Music (With Maxi Priest)Roberta Flack

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Last Night (feat. Maxi Priest)Iration

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Listen to United State of Mind by Robin Trower, Maxi Priest & Livingstone Brown

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House Call (Your Body Can't Lie to Me) [feat. Maxi Priest]

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Set The Night To Music

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This reggae alchemist mixed riddim with R&B to make pop-chart gold.

About Maxi Priest

Hometown

Lewisham, London, England

Born

June 10, 1961

Genre

Reggae

Maxi Priest’s velvety voice helped make him one of the world’s biggest reggae stars in the 1980s and ’90s. Veering away from the politically inclined roots sound of Bob Marley, Priest’s R&B-leaning lovers rock—exemplified by hits like 1990’s U.S. chart topper “Close to You”—leveraged reggae’s easygoing syncopation for maximum knee-wobbling effect as he made audiences swoon across the UK, Europe, and the United States. Born Max Elliott in 1961 to Jamaican immigrant parents in southeast London, he grew up singing gospel with his family in a Pentecostal church before making his debut in 1981 at live dancehall performances as a member of the famed Saxon Studio International sound system. His commercial breakthrough came in 1988 with a breezy, Sly and Robbie-produced cover of Cat Stevens’ “Wild World” (a single from his third album, Maxi), and over the next decade he increasingly embraced elements of R&B and pop in collaborations with artists like Shaggy and Roberta Flack. He kept busy throughout the 2000s and 2010s, and his bluesy 2020 effort United State of Mind (recorded with Robin Trower and Livingstone Brown) shows Priest’s lovely voice only growing richer with time.

Maxi Priest has also released music as a member of Jamaica United UB40.