Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, and entrepreneur. Often referred to as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and "Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Awards, twelve NAACP Image Awards, and twelve ''Billboard'' Music Awards, including the ''Billboard'' Icon Award. She has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, including one for her supporting role in the film ''Mudbound'' (2017) and another for its original song "Mighty River", becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year.

Her career began in 1988 when she was signed to Uptown Records by its founder Andre Harrell. During this time, Blige performed background vocal work for other artists on the label such as Father MC and Jeff Redd. In 1992, Blige released her debut album, ''What's the 411?'', which is credited for introducing the mix of R&B and hip hop into mainstream pop culture. Its 1993 remix album became the first album by a singer to have a rapper on every song, popularizing rap as a featuring act. Both ''What's the 411?'' and her 1994 album ''My Life'' are featured on the ''Rolling Stone''s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, and the latter on ''Time'' magazine's All-Time 100 Albums. Throughout her career, Blige went on to release 14 studio albums, including four ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums. Her biggest hits include "Real Love", "You Remind Me", "I'm Goin' Down", "Not Gon' Cry", "Be Without You", "Just Fine" and the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single "Family Affair".

Blige has also made a successful transition to both the television and movie screen, with supporting roles in films such as ''Prison Song'' (2001), ''Rock of Ages'' (2012), ''Betty and Coretta'' (2013), ''Black Nativity'' (2013), her Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated breakthrough performance as Florence Jackson in ''Mudbound'' (2017), ''Trolls World Tour'' (2020), ''Body Cam'' (2020), ''The Violent Heart'' (2021) and co-starring as jazz singer Dinah Washington in the Aretha Franklin biopic ''Respect'' (2021). In 2019, Blige starred as Cha-Cha on the first season of the Netflix television series ''The Umbrella Academy''. She starred as Monet Tejada in the spin-off of the highly-rated TV show drama ''Power'' in ''Power Book II: Ghost''.

She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007.'' Billboard'' ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years. In 2017, ''Billboard'' magazine named her 2006 song "Be Without You" as the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop song of all time, as it spent an unparalleled 15 weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and over 75 weeks on the chart. VH1 ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time in 2011 and ninth in "The 100 Greatest Women in Music" list in 2012. In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked her as the 25th greatest singer of all-time. In 2024, Blige was selected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Stronger with each tear by Blige, Mary J.

    Santa Monica, CA. : Geffen Records 2009
    Format: Audio


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    Mary can! by Blige, Mary J.

    New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023
    First edition.
    Format: Book


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    No more drama by Blige, Mary J.

    Universal City, CA : MCA, 2001
    Format: Audio


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    Stronger witheach tear by Blige, Mary J.

    Los Angeles, CA : Matriarch, 2009
    Format: Audio


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    Herstory, vol. 1 by Blige, Mary J.

    Santa Monica, CA : Geffen, 2019
    Format: Audio


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    Mary by Blige, Mary J.

    Universal City, CA : MCA, 1999
    Format: Audio


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    My life by Blige, Mary J.

    Universal City, CA : Uptown : MCA, 1994
    Format: Audio


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    Good morning gorgeous by Blige, Mary J.

    [New York, NY] : 300 Entertainment, 2022
    [Explicit version]
    Other Authors: “…Blige, Mary J.…”
    Format: Audio


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    The Breakthrough by Blige, Mary J.

    Santa Monica, CA : Matriarch Records/Geffen, 2005
    Format: Audio


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    The London sessions by Blige, Mary J.

    Format: Audio


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    Mary can! by Blige, Mary J.

    Format: Book


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    Strength of a woman by Blige, Mary J.

    Format: Audio


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    My life II-- the journey continues (act 1) by Blige, Mary J.

    Santa Monica, CA : Geffen, 2011
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    Format: Audio


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    No more drama by Blige, Mary J.

    Santa Monica, CA : MCA, 2002
    Format: Audio


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    Strength of a woman by Blige, Mary J

    Hollywood, CA : Capitol Records, 2017
    [Explicit version]
    Other Authors: “…Blige, Mary J…”
    Format: Audio


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    Stronger with each tear by Blige, Mary J.

    Santa Monica, Calif. : Geffen Records, 2009
    Format: Audio


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    The breakthrough by Blige, Mary J.

    Santa Monica, CA : [Universal City, Calif.] : Geffen Records ; Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, 2005
    Format: Audio


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    The London sessions by Blige, Mary J.

    Hollywood, CA : Capitol Records, 2014
    Format: Audio


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    My life by Blige, Mary J.

    Universal City, CA : Uptown : MCA, 1994
    Format: Book


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    Good morning gorgeous by Blige, Mary J.

    Other Authors: “…Blige, Mary J.…”
    Format: Slide