Fortunate

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"Fortunate" is a R&B song from the motion picture Life 1999 Soundtrack. The song was composed by R. Kelly and sung by Maxwell. "Fortunate" was awarded Best R&B Single of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards and Best R&B/Soul Single (Male) at Soul Train Awards. Maxwell was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Male Vocalist and also nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Song of the Year.

The hit song spent eight weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart.


Preceded by:
"No Scrubs" by TLC
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single
October 23, 1999
Succeeded by:
"Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny's Child