Mary J. Blige
Biography
Mary Jane Blige (/blaɪʒ/; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist. She started her career as a backing singer on Uptown Records in 1989. She has released 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales. Blige has sold over 80 million records, has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards and has also received three Golden Globe Award nominations, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its second original song "Mighty River" for Mudbound; she also received a nomination for the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year.
In 1992, Blige released her first album, What's the 411?. Her 1994 album My Life is among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[4] and Time magazine's All-Time 100 Albums. She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007. As of 2018, Blige has sold 80 million records worldwide. 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. In 2011, VH1 ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time. ln 2012, VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in "The 100 Greatest Women in Music" list.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1971-01-11
Place of birth
Yonkers, New York, USA
Images
Cast
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
7.00
Rob Peace
2024
6.76
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009
6.30
Prison Song
2001
5.18
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
6.40
JAY-Z: Fade to Black
2004
6.13
Rock of Ages
2012
6.19
George Michael - Twenty Five
2006
7.30
Hope for Haiti Now
2010
6.30
Soul Divas
2007
0.00
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022
7.03
Betty and Coretta
2013
7.20
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
7.30
Black Nativity
2013
5.07
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
2012
0.00
Gangstresses
2000
0.00
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
2003
7.70
Queens of Soul at the BBC
2015
7.00
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
5.00
Thriller 40
2023
8.47
The Wiz Live!
2015
7.00
THE SHOW: California Love
2022
6.70
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
2011
0.00
Mary J. Blige: VH1 Storytellers
2008
0.00
Songs & Visions
1997
0.00
Mudbound
2017
7.37
George Michael: Freedom
2017
7.20
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
5.75
Body Cam
2020
6.23
Quincy
2018
7.35
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015
0.00
Respect
2021
6.80
DMX: Angel
2001
0.00
The Violent Heart
2020
5.30
Trolls World Tour
2020
7.25
Pink Skies Ahead
2020
5.70
Michael Jackson: The One
2004
8.00
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021
7.16
Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021
6.60
The Box
2018
8.00
Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged
2001
6.20
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024
6.68
Mary J. Blige: For My Fans
2025
0.00
MTV 20: Jams
2001
1.00
Scream Ressurection
2019
0.00