Mary J. Blige
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
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.
Born
Jan 11, 1971
Yonkers, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
69 acting
11 crew
Popularity
1.2
Known For
Trolls World Tour
2020
as Queen Essence (voice)
Rock of Ages
2012
as Justice
Body Cam
2020
as Renee Lomito-Smith
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
as Irene (voice)
Thriller 40
2023
as Self
Mudbound
2017
as Florence Jackson
Respect
2021
as Dinah Washington
Quincy
2018
as Self
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
as Self - Musical Guest
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009
as Tanya
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