  Born in Atlanta on January 11,
1971, and raised in New York, Mary J. Blige
has risen to the status of one of the most
respected and acclaimed R&B and hip hop
divas of the 90s. Mary's talent for success
comes from her ability to blend pure R&B
vocals, hip hop beats, and streetwise
appearances - resulting in the tag,
"Queen of Hip-Hop Soul."
 # 29
Singles Artist of the Year
Radio listeners first became
aware of Mary with her cross-over hit "You Remind Me." Video play of
her next single, "Real Love" made listeners
realize Mary was not just another hip-hop
singer, but a developing force in music.
As "Real Love" became a huge
cross-over hit, Mary's debut LP What's
The 411? became a Top 10 smash,
and spawned additional the singles "Reminisce" and "Love No Limit" as well as the
classic remake of Chaka
Khan's "Sweet Thing."
Mary topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 1 week with "You Remind Me."
 July 28: Mary released What's
The 411?
Mary hit the Top 40 with "You Remind Me."
The single "You Remind Me" was certified
gold.
What's
The 411? was certified gold.
Mary hit the Top 40 with "Real Love."
Mary topped the Billboard Top
R&B Albums chart for 7 weeks with What's
The 411?
What's
The 411? was certified platinum.
Mary topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 2 weeks with "Real Love."
Mary hit the Top 10 with "Real Love."
"Real Love" was certified
gold.
Mary hit the Top 40 with her
cover of "Sweet Thing."
 # 25
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary hit the Top 40 with "Reminisce."
Mary was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
What's
The 411? was certified 2x platinum.
Mary won 2 Soul Train Music
Awards for Best New Artist and Best Single,
Female ("Real Love").
Mary hit the Top 40 with "Love No Limit."
The video for "Real Love" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best R&B Video and Best Choreography.
 December 7: Mary released a remix
LP, What's
The 411? Remix Album.
 # 99
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary won a Source Award for
R&B Artist of the Year.
 November 26: Mary hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Be Happy."
November 29: Mary's second LP, My
Life was released and also
became a Top 10 hit with several cross-over
singles such as "Be Happy" and "I'm Going Down."
The appeal of Mary's music and
videos continued with a song for the Waiting
To Exhale soundtrack, "Not Gon' Cry" which to many
became Angela Bassett character's theme song.
My
Life topped the Billboard R&B
Albums chart for 8 weeks.
 # 27
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary hit the Top 10 with "Be Happy."
My
Life was certified platinum.
Mary hit the Top 40 with "I'm Going Down."
My
Life was certified 2x platinum.
Mary could be heard on Method
Man's Top 40 hit, "I'll Be There For You /
You're All I Need" and the remake of Aretha Franklin's classic, "(You
Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" from
the New
York Undercover soundtrack.
Mary topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 3 weeks, the
R&B Single Sales chart for 5 weeks, the
Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for
5 weeks, and the Hot Rap Singles chart for 6
weeks with "I'll Be There For You /
You're All I Need."
Mary hit the Top 10 with "I'll Be There For You /
You're All I Need."
Mary topped the Billboard
Singles Sales chart for a week with "I'll Be There For You /
You're All I Need."
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with
"You Bring Me Joy."
My
Life was certified 3x platinum.
Mary topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers with the Top R&B
Album, Top R&B Album Artist, Top R&B
Album Artist - Female, and Top Hot Dance
Maxi-Single Sales ("I'll Be There For You /
You're All I Need").
 # 43
Singles Artist of the Year
 Mary was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album
(My
Life).
Mary hit the Top 40 with "Not Gon' Cry" from the Waiting
To Exhale soundtrack.
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
R&B Singles Airplay chart for 6 weeks
with "Not Gon' Cry."
Mary won a Grammy
Award for Best Rap Performance by
a Duo or Group ("I'll Be There For You /
You're All I Need" with Method Man)
and was nominated for Best R&B Album (My
Life).
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles Sales chart for 5 weeks, the Hot
R&B Singles chart for 5 weeks, and the
Hot R&B Singles Sales chart for 4 weeks
with "Not Gon' Cry."
The single "Not Gon' Cry" was certified
gold and hit the Top
10.
The single "Not Gon' Cry" was certified
platinum.
 # 8
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("Not Gon' Cry").
 April 22: Mary's third LP, Share
My World was released and became Mary's
first #1 LP and produced the Top 40 hit
"Love Is All We Need" - her 5th Top 10
hit. Other hit singles and videos from the LP
included "Everything" and "I Can Love You."
Share
My World topped the Billboard 200 Albums
chart for a week and the Billboard R&B
Albums chart for 4 weeks.
Mary hit the Top 10 with "Love Is All We Need."
"Love Is All We Need" topped the
Billboard Dance Music Club Play chart for a
week.
Share
My World was certified platinum.
Mary hit the Top 40 with "I Can Love You."
Mary hit the Top 40 with "Everything."
Mary hit the Top 10 with "Everything."
Share
My World was certified 2x platinum.
Mary won an American Music
Award for Favorite
Soul/R&B Album (Share
My World) and was nominated for Favorite
Female soul/R&B Artist.
Mary was nominated for a Grammy Award for a
R&B Album (Share
My World).
Mary was nominated for 2 Soul
Train Award nominations for Best R&B Soul
Single ("Everything") and Best
R&B/Soul Album, and won a Soul Train Lady
of Soul Award for R&B Soul Album of the
Year (solo).
Mary was also nominated for a
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female
Artist.
 July 28: Mary released The
Tour - a live LP containing 23
tracks from her 97-98 tour. The LP contained
many of her hits as well as covers of Aretha Franklin's
"Daydreaming" and Dorothy
Moore's "Misty Blue."
Blige also started her own record label in
the winter called Mary Jane Entertainment.
Blige told SonicNet: "...I'm
confident that I know what I'm doing... I've
got a lot of years behind me in this game,
and my experiences can help my artists
out." Blige talked with CNN about the
mistakes on the live LP: "I just, you
know, decided to give the fans the warning of
what a concert is about instead of going back
and tricking them like I'm that dope, I'm
that perfect 'cause I'm not." She also
stated, "There's a lot of talent out
there in those ghettos and everywhere else...
so you got to realize that what you have is a
gift and a blessing and just move forward
like that, and don't think that you're better
because your job is better."
 Blige could be heard on the
soundtrack to How
Stella Got Her Groove Back with the track
"Beautiful."
The
Tour was certified gold.
Mary could be heard on DMX's LP Flesh
Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood with "Coming
From."
Mary was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Lean On
Me" (with Kirk
Franklin & The Family, R.
Kelly, U2, and Crystal
Lewis) from Franklin's Nu
Nation Project).
Share
My World was certified 3x platinum.
 August 17: Mary's next LP, Mary, was released and
included some help from Aretha Franklin, Lauryn
Hill, DMX, Eric
Clapton, Elton
John, Nas, and K-Ci
& JoJo. The LP debuted at #2 on the
Pop LP charts and #1 on the R&B LP charts
(for 3 weeks). The first single from the new
LP was the Top 40 hit "All
That I Can Say" (written and produced by Lauryn
Hill). Another track,
"Time" addresses current issues in
the inner city: "In the ghettos there's
a lot of people dying every day, people
getting shot for no apparent reason, people
gambling in the hallways and getting killed.
When I was living in Yonkers, someone got
shot over a dime. "Time" is for the
inner cities, you know what I mean? There's
not enough room in the hospitals to take care
of people, and nobody wants to fix up the
buildings for the bums. Time is just not on
our sides; it’s just not. Not in a bad
way but what I’m sayin’ is you
should try to work toward doing the right
thing because you could be gone
tomorrow."
Mary topped the Billboard
R&B Albums chart for 3 weeks.
Mary took part in NetAid.
Mary was nominated for 2 MTV
Europe Music Awards for Best Video and Best
Song ("As" with George
Michael).
Mary was certified
platinum.
Mary was honored at the 1999
Heroes Awards by the RIAA.
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"I'll Be There For You /
You're All I Need" at # 84.
 # 71
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary was nominated for a Brit
Award for Best International Female Solo
Artist.
What's
The 411? was certified 3x platinum and What's
The 411? Remix Album was certified
gold.
 Mary was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("All
That I Can Say"), Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Don't Waste
Your Time" with Aretha Franklin), and Best R&B Album (Mary).
Mary won a Soul Train Music
Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female (Mary) and was also
nominated for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album.
Mary took part in South Africa's
Freedom Week celebration.
Mary hit the Top 40 with "Give
Me You."
Mary teamed with comic book
creator Stan Lee on a cartoon for not only
her tour opening sequence but also an
"Internet-based series." Blige will
lend her voice and contribute storylines to Webisodes
and said of the experience: "Having been
raised on the hard streets of the city, in my
case Yonkers, the chance to be transformed
into a 'Protector of the Hood' sends a
powerful message to my fans that your
community is what you make of it, that you
can be super hero every day."
Mary won 2 Soul Train Lady of
Soul Awards for R&B/Soul Album of the
Year, Solo (Mary) and R&B/Soul or
Rap Song of the Year ("All
That I Can Say") and was also nominated
for Best R&B/Soul Single - Solo ("All
That I Can Say").
Mary hit #1 on Billboard's Dance
Chart with "Your Child" for 1 week.
Mary was certified 2x
platinum.
Mary hit the Top 40 helping out Wyclef
Jean with "911."
 # 28
Singles Artist of the Year
 Mary was a recipient of Rock The
Vote's Patrick Lippert Award for her work
with various charity organizations including
the Partnership for a Drug Free America,
Special Olympics, and the M.A.C. AIDS
Foundation.
Mary was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("911" with Wyclef
Jean).
Mary was nominated for a Soul
Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul
Single, Female ("Your Child").
Mary won a BET Award for Best
Female R&B Artist.
 August 28: Mary's next LP, No
More Drama, was released.
Mary hit the Top 40 with "Family Affair."
No
More Drama topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks.
Mary could be heard on the All-Star
Tribute benefit single "What's Going On" (with proceeds
going to AIDS and 9/11 charities).
No
More Drama was certified platinum
Mary hit the Top 10 with "Family Affair."
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 6 weeks, the Hot 100 Airplay
chart for 5 weeks, the Top 40 Tracks chart
for 5 weeks, the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
& Tracks chart for 2 weeks, and the
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart for 6
weeks with "Family Affair."
Mary hit #1 with "Family Affair" for 4 weeks.
Mary could be
heard on Busta Rhymes' LP, Genesis, on the track
"There's Only One."
 # 22
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary hit the
Top 40 with "No More Drama."
Mary was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite
Soul/R&B Female Artist.
 January 29: Mary released a
repackaged version of No
More Drama with bonus tracks.
Mary started a
tour in the US through March and then
overseas.
Mary was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("Family Affair") and Best R&B Album (No
More Drama). Mary went home empty-handed
but stole the show with her performance of
"No More Drama."
No
More Drama was certified 2x platinum.
Mary hit the Top 10 with "No More Drama."
Mary topped the
Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart for a week
with "No More Drama."
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with
"No More Drama" (Thunderpuss
Remixes).
Mary hit the Top 40 with "Rainy Dayz" featuring Ja Rule.
Mary performed on VH1
Divas 2002: Divas Las Vegas.
Mary hit the Top 10 with "Rainy Dayz."
Mary's video for "No More Drama" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best R&B Video and the video for
"Family Affair" was nominated
for Best Choreography (Fatima Robinson).
 August 13: Mary released another
remix LP - Dance
For Me.
Mary ranked #
69 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
Mary could be
heard on the Brown
Sugar soundtrack with "Never
Been."
Mary could be heard on Irv
Gotti Presents... The Remixes with "Rainy Dayz" (with Ja Rule).
Rolling Stone:
50 Essential 'Woman In Rock' Albums includes My
Life at # 17.
 Mary could be heard on the
soundtrack for Deliver
Us From Eva with "Star Tonight."
 # 96
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary won an American Music
Award for Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B
Female Artist.
Mary was
nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for
Female R&B/Soul Album (No
More Drama - repackaged).
Mary won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("He Think I Don't
Know").
 Mary could be heard on the
tribute compilation - Conceptions:
Musical Tribute To Stevie Wonder - with
"Overjoyed."
Mary performed on VH1's Diva
Duets 2003.
 VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Real Love" at # 69.
Mary could be heard on the Bad
Boys 2 soundtrack with the
track "Didn't Mean."
Mary along with Method
Man hit the Top 40 with "Love At 1st Sight."
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart for 2
weeks with Method Man on
"Love At 1st Sight."
Mary's contribution to Common's
video for "Come Close" was
nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for the MTV2
Award. Mary also performed at the ceremony.
 August 26: Mary's next LP, Love
& Life, was released. The LP was
executive-produced by P.
Diddy and also got help from Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, and Method
Man.
Mary topped the Billboard Top
200 LP chart for a week and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks with
Love
& Life - the LP sold over 286,000 its
first week of release in the US. Mary talked
with VH1 about working with P.
Diddy again: "He has not changed
at all! He’s still the same Puffy but
he’s grown up and I’ve grown up a
lot. We didn’t miss a beat in the
studio; it’s like separately we actually
have gotten better over the years."
Mary was heard on Aretha Franklin's next LP, So
Damn Happy on the tracks "Holdin'
On" and "No Matter What."
Mary appeared on Sting's next LP, Sacred
Love on the track "Whenever I
Say Your Name."
Love
& Life was certified platinum.
 Mary got married to record
producer Kendu Isaacs.
Mary hit the Top 40 with "Not Today" with help from Eve.
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 279:
My
Life.
 # 99
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals ("Whenever I Say
Your Name" with Sting), and was nominated
for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("Ooh!") and Best Contemporary R&B Album (Love
& Life).
 Mary could be heard on the
soundtrack for Shark
Tale with "Got To Be
Real."
# 34 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 141
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary performed as part of the
benefit show Tsunami Aid: A Concert Of
Hope on NBC.
Mary could be heard on The Game's LP The
Documentary with "Don't Worry."
Mary could be heard on Will Smith's LP Lost
And Found with "Tell Me Why."
Mary could be heard on Missy Elliott's LP The
Cookbook with "My
Struggles."
 Mary performed on Shelter
From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast - a benefit program
shown on all the major networks
simultaneously to raise money for those
affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Mary could be heard on the Ray Charles LP Genius
And Friends with the duet "It All Goes
By So Fast."
Mary could be heard on the
compilation LP So
Amazing... An All-Star Tribute To Luther
Vandross with "Never Too
Much."
Mary could be heard on The Notorious
B.I.G. posthumous creation - Duets:
The Final Chapter.
Mary hit the Top 40 with "Be Without You."
 December 20: Mary released her
next LP The
Breakthrough.
 # 15
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary topped the Billboard 200 LP
chart, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, Top
Digital Albums chart, and Top Internet Albums
chart with The
Breakthrough - selling over 727,000
copies in the US during the first week of
release.
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with "Be Without You." The single
spent 15 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart - the longest
ever for a #1 song.
The
Breakthrough was certified platinum.
Mary topped the Billboard Adult
R&B chart and Hot 100 Airplay chart with
"Be Without You."
Mary performed at the Grammy Awards.
Mary hit the Top 10 with "Be Without You."
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart, Rhythmic Airplay
chart, and Pop 100 Airplay chart with "Be Without You."
Mary hit #1 for 4 weeks with "Be Without You."
The
Breakthrough was certified 2x platinum.
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Airplay chart with "Be Without You."
Mary could be heard on LL Cool J's LP Todd
Smith on the track "Favorite
Flavor."
Mary performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Mary won 2 BET Awards for Best
Female R&B Artist and Video of the Year
("Be Without You").
Mary was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best R&B Video ("Be Without You").
 Mary won 2 Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Awards for Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Song and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Songs Airplay ("Be Without You").
Mary could be heard on Ludacris' new LP Release
Therapy with the track "Runaway Love."
Mary could be heard on Diddy's LP Press
Play with "Making It
Hard."
Mary won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album
(The
Breakthrough), and was nominated for Artist
of the Year. Mary performed at the ceremony.
Aretha could be
heard on the Bobby soundtrack with Aretha Franklin with
"Never Gonna Break My Faith."
Mary hit the Top 40 helping out Ludacris with "Runaway Love."
Mary topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Artist (singles &
albums), Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Female
(singles & albums), Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Album Artist, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album
Artist - Female, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Songs Artist, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Artist - Female, Top Hot Adult R&B
Artist, and with the Top Hot 100 Single
Airplay, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Song
Airplay, and Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Song
("Be Without You") and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Album (The
Breakthrough).
 December 13: Mary released the
hits collection Reflections
- A Retrospective.
 # 80
Singles Artist of the Year
Mary topped the Billboard Adult
R&B chart with "Take Me As I
Am."
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
Rap Tracks chart helping out Ludacris with "Runaway Love."
Mary won 3 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album (The
Breakthrough), Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female, and Best R&B Song
(awarded to the songwriter) ("Be Without You") (with
Johnta Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jason
Perry),
and was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year
(awarded to the songwriter) ("Be Without You"), Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("One" with U2), Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Love
Changes" with Jamie Foxx),
and Best Traditional
R&B Vocal Performance ("I Found My
Everything" with Raphael Saadiq).
Mary performed at the ceremony.
Mary hit the Top 10 helping out Ludacris with "Runaway Love."
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
100 Airplay chart helping out Ludacris with "Runaway Love."
Mary won a Soul Train Music
Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female (The
Breakthrough).
The
Breakthrough was certified 3x platinum.
Blige won a BET Award for Best
Collaboration for "Runaway Love" with Ludacris.
Blige could be heard on the 50 Cent LP Curtis on the track
"All Of Me."
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart helping out Chaka Khan with
"Disrespectful" from Chaka's LP Funk
This.
Mary performed at the American Music
Awards.
Mary could be heard on the Wyclef Jean LP Carnival
II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant on the track
"What About The Baby."
The single "Be Without You" was certified 2x
platinum.
 December 18: Mary released Growing
Pains.
Mary topped the Billboard 200 LP
chart, Top Digital Albums chart and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Growing
Pains.
Mary was named in an
investigation looking into the receivership
or usage of steroids in the entertainment
industry according to a published report.
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart for a week with
"Just Fine."
Mary won 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group
("Disrespectful" with Chaka Khan), and Best Gospel
Performance ("Never Gonna Break My
Faith" with Aretha Franklin - a tie with the Clark
Sisters), and was nominated for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("Just Fine").
Mary began a co-headlining tour
with Jay-Z called the 'Mary J.
Blige & Jay-Z: Heart of the City' tour.
Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included My
Life at # 70.
 Mary hit the Top 40 as part of Artists
Stand Up For Cancer with the charity
single "Just Stand Up!"
The video for "Just
Fine" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hip-Hop Video.
Mary could be heard on the T-Pain LP Thr33
Ringz on the track
"Change."
Mary was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album.
Rolling Stone:
'The Greatest Singers' includes Mary at # 100.
Mary topped the Billboard Hot
Adult R&B Airplay chart helping out Musiq
Soulchild with "IfULeave"
from his LP OnMyRadio.
 Mary won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album (Growing
Pains).
Mary could be heard on the Queen Latifah LP Persona on the track
"People."
Mary could be heard on the Music
Inspired By The Film More Than A Game soundtrack on the
track "Stronger."
Mary could be heard on the Rod Stewart LP Soulbook on the track "You
Make Me Feel Brand New."
 December 21: Mary released Stronger
With Each Tear.
Mary topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Stronger
With Each Tear.
Growing
Pains was certified platinum and Stronger
With Each Tear was certified gold.
Mary was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("IfULeave"
with Musiq Soulchild).
 November 21: Mary released My
Life II: The Journey Continues, Act 1.
Mary was nominated for a Golden
Globe Award for Best Original Song ("The
Living Proof" from the film The Help).
 My
Life II: The Journey Continues, Act 1 was certified gold.
Mary could be seen in the film Rock
Of Ages and heard on the Rock
Of Ages soundtrack.
Mary could be heard on the Nas LP Life
Is Good on the track
"Reach Out."
Mary was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
- January 7: Blige was
nominated for 2 Golden Globe Awards
including Best Supporting Actress in a
Motion Picture (for her performance in Mudbound)
and for Best Original Song ("Mighty
River" from Mudbound).
- March 4: Blige was
nominated for 2 Academy Awards including
Best Supporting Actress (for her
performance in Mudbound) and for
Best Original Song ("Mighty
River" from Mudbound).
Blige is the first person to ever be
nominated in both categories in the same
year.
- June 23: Blige was honored
with the Lifetime Achievement Award at
the BET Awards.
- December 30: Blige topped the
Billboard R&B Airplay chart with
helpf from Vado with
"Still Believe In Love."
- January 18: Mary topped the
Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart
with "You Ain't The Only One."
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What's The 411?
Released: July 28, 1992
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 6
Entertainment
Weekly: A
Tracks: "Leave A
Message" - "Reminisce" - "Real Love" - "You Remind Me" - "Sweet Thing" - "Love No Limit" - "I
Don't Want To Do Anything" -
"Slow Down" - "My
Love" - "Changes I've Been
Going Through" - "What's The
411?" |
|
What's The 411?
Remix Album
Released: December 7, 1993
US: Gold
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 118
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Leave A
Message" - "You Don't Have To
Worry" - "My Love" -
"Real Love" -
"What's The 411?" - "Reminisce" - "Mary
And Andre" - "Sweet Thing" - "Love No Limit" - "You Remind Me" -
"Changes I've Been Going
Through" - "I Don't Want To Do
Anything" |
|
My Life
 Released: November 29, 1994
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 7
Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Rolling
Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 279
Entertainment
Weekly: '100 Best Albums of the Last 25
Years': # 70
Rolling
Stone: '50 Essential 'Woman In Rock'
Albums': # 17
Tracks: "Mary Jane
(All Night Long)" - "You Bring
Me Joy" - "I'm The Only
Woman" - "My Life" -
"You Gotta Believe" - "I
Never Wanna Live Without You" -
"I'm Going Down" - "Be
With You" - "Mary's Joint"
- "Don't Go" - "I Love
You" - "No Once Else" -
"Be Happy" |
|
Share My World
Released: April 22, 1997
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for
1 week)
Rolling
Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "I Can Love You" - "Love Is All We Need" -
"Round And Round" - "Share
My World" - "Seven Days" -
"It's On" (with R. Kelly) -
"Thank You Lord" -
"Missing You" - "Everything" - "Keep
Your Head" - "Can't Get You Off
My Mind" - "Get To Know You
Better" - "Searching" -
"Our Love" - "Not Gon' Cry" |
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The Tour
Released: July 28, 1998
US: Gold
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 21
Rolling
Stone:
Live Tracks: "Real Love" - "You Remind Me" - "Reminisce" - "Sweet Thing" - "Mary
Jane (All Night Long)" - "Love No Limit" -
"Summer Madness" - "My
Life" - "You Gotta
Believe" - "Slow Down" -
"Mary's Joint" - "I'm The
Only Woman" - "Share My
World" - "I'm Going Down" -
"Thank You Lord" - "I Can
Love You" - "Keep Your
Head" - "Everything" -
"Seven Days" - "Not Gon' Cry" -
"Missing You" -
"Daydreaming" - "Misty
Blue" |
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Mary
Released: August 17, 1999
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 2
Rolling
Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "All That I Can Say" -
"Sexy" - "Deep
Inside" - "Beautiful Ones"
- "I'm In Love" -
"Time" - "Memories" -
"Don't Waste Your Time" -
"Not Lookin'" - "Your
Child" - "No Happy
Holidays" - "The Love I Never
Had" - "Asunder" Give Me You" - "Let
No Man Put |
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No More Drama
Released: August 28, 2001
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 2
Rolling
Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: A
Tracks: "Love"
- "Family Affair" -
"Steal Away" - "Crazy
Games" - "PMS" - "No More Drama" - "Keep
It Moving" - "Destiny" -
"Where I've Been" -
"Beautiful Day" - "Dance
For Me" - "Flying Away" -
"2U" - "In The
Meantime" - "Testimony"
No More Drama (repackaged)
Released: January 29, 2002
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 14
Tracks: "Love"
- "Family Affair" -
"Steal Away" - "He Think I
Don't Know" - "PMS" -
"No More Drama" - "Rainy Dayz" (featuring
Ja Rule) - "Where I've Been" -
"Beautiful Day" - "Dance
For Me" - "No More Drama" (P. Diddy /
Mario Winans Remix) - "Flying
Away" - "Never Been" -
"2U" - "In The
Meantime" - "Forever No
More" - "Testimony" |
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Dance For Me
Released: August 13, 2002
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 76
Rolling
Stone: 
Tracks: "No More Drama" (Thunderpuss
Remix) - "Family Affair" (Spanish Fly
Remix) - "Everything" (Curtis
& Moore Vocal Mix) - "Rainy Dayz" (Thunderpuss
Remix) - "He Think I Don't
Know" (Hex Hector Remix) -
"Your Child" (Junior Vasquez
Remix) - "Never Been" (Al B
Rich Remix) - "Dance For Me"
(G-Club Mix) - "Give Me You"
(Extended Nino Radio Mix) - "Let No
Man Put Asunder" |
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Love & Life
Released: August 26, 2003
US: Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for
1 week)
Rolling
Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Love &
Life" (with Jay-Z) - "Don't
Go" - "When We" - "Not Today" (with Eve) -
"Finally Made It" (Interlude) -
"Ooh!" - "Let Me Be The
1" (with 50 Cent) - "Love At 1st Sight" (with Method
Man) - "Willing & Waiting"
- "Free" (Interlude) -
"Friends" - "Press
On" - "Feel Like Making
Love" - "It's A Wrap" -
"Message In Our Music"
(Interlude) - "All My Love" -
"Special Part Of Me" -
"Ultimate Relationship" |
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The Breakthrough
Released: December 20, 2005
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 1
Rolling
Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "No One Will
Do" - "Enough Cryin'" -
"About You" (with Nina Simone)
- "Be Without You" -
"Gonna Breakthrough" -
"Good Woman Down" - "Take
Me As I Am" - "Baggage" -
"Can't Hide From Luv" (with
Jay-Z) - "MJB Da MVP" -
"Can't Get Enough" -
"Ain't Really Love" - "I
Found My Everything" - "Father
In You" - "Alone" -
"One" (with U2) |
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Reflections - A
Retrospective
Released: December 13, 2006
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 9
Tracks: "Reflections
(I Remember)" - "We Ride (I See
The Future)" - "You Know"
- "King & Queen" - "No More Drama" - "Family Affair" - "Real Love" - "No
One Will Do" - "Be Without You" - "I'm Going Down" - "911" (with Wyclef Jean) -
"Not Gon' Cry" - "My
Life '06" - "Be Happy" -
"I'll Be There For
You / You're All I Need" (Razor Sharp
Mix) |
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Growing Pains
Released: December 18, 2007
US: Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 1
Rolling
Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Work
That" - "Grown Woman"
(featuring Ludacris) - "Just
Fine" - "Feel Like A
Woman" - "Stay Down" -
"Hurt Again" -
"Shakedown" (featuring Usher) -
"Till The Morning" -
"Roses" - "Fade Away"
- "What Love Is" - "Work
In Progress (Growing Pains)" -
"Talk To Me" - "If You
Love Me?" - "Smoke" -
"Come To Me (Peace)" |
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Stronger With
Each Tear
Released: December 21, 2009
US: Gold
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 2
Rolling
Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks:
"Tonight" - "The One"
(featuring Drake) - "Said And
Done" - "Good Love"
(featuring T.I.) - "I Feel
Good" - "I Am" -
"Each Tear" - "I Love U
(Yes I Du)" - "We Got Hood
Love" (featuring Trey Songz) -
"Kitchen" - "In The
Morning" - "Color" |
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My Life II: The
Journey Continues, Act 1
US: Gold
Released: November 21, 2011
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 5
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Feel Inside" (featuring Nas)
- "Next Level" (featuring Busta
Rhymes) - "Ain't Nobody" -
"25/8" - "Don't Mind"
- "No Condition" - "Mr.
Wrong" (featuring Drake) -
"Why" (featuring Rick Ross) -
"Love A Woman" (featuring
Beyoncé) - "Empty Prayers" -
"Need SOmeone" - "The
Living Proof" |
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A Mary Christmas
Released: October 15, 2013
US: Gold
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 10
Tracks: "Little
Drummer Boy" - "Have Yourself A
Merry Little Christmas" - "My
Favorite Things" - "This
Christmas" - "The Christmas
Song" - "Rudolph The Red-Nosed
Reindeer" - "When You Wish Upon
A Star" - "Mary, Did You
Know" - "Do You Hear What I
Hear?" - "Petit Papa Boel"
- "The First Noel" -
"Noche De Paz (Silent Night)" |
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The London
Sessions
Released: December 2, 2014
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 9
Tracks:
"Therapy" - "Doubt" -
"Not Loving You" - "When
You're Gone" - "Right Now"
- "My Loving" - "Long Hard
Look" - "Whole Damn Year"
- "Nobody But You" - "Pick
Me Up" - "Follow" -
"Worth My Time" |
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Strength Of A
Woman
Released: April 28, 2017
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 3
Tracks: "Love
Yourself" (featuring Kanye West) -
"Thick Of It" - "Set Me
Free" - "It's Me" -
"Glow Up" (featuring Quavo, DJ
Khaled & Missy Elliott) - "U +
Me (Love Lesson)" -
"Indestructible" - "Thank
You" - Survivor" - "Find
The Love" - "Telling The
Truth" (featuring KAYTRANADA) -
"Strength Of A Woman" -
"Hello Father" |
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HERstory Vol. 1
Released: December 6, 2019
Tracks: "You Remind
Me" - "Real Love" (2019
Mix) - "Reminisce" (Audio 2
Remix) - "Love No Limit" (Puff
Daddy Mix) - "You Don't Have To
Worry" (featuring Craig Mack) -
"What's The 411?" (featuring
Grand Puba) - "What's The 411?"
(Remix) - "Be Happy" (2019 Mix)
- "Mary Jane (All Night Long)"
(featuring LL Cool J) - "I Love
You" (featuring Smif-n-Wessun) -
"I'm Goin' Down" - "You
Bring Me Joy" - "I'll Be There
For You / You're All I Need To Get
By" (featuring Method Man) (Puff
Daddy Mix) - "Everyday It
Rains" - "Love Is All We
Need" (featuring Nas) |
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Good Morning
Gorgeous
Released: February 11, 2022
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 14
Grammy Nominee:Album of the Year, Best R&B Album
Tracks: "No
Idea" - "Love Will Never"
- "Here With Me" (featuring
Anderson.Paak) - "Rent Money"
(featuring Dave East) -
"Amazing" (featuring DJ Khaled)
- "GMG Interlude" - "Good
Morning Gorgeous" - "Come See
About Me" - "On Top"
(featuring Fivio Foreign) - "Love
Without The Heartbreak" -
"Falling In Love" -
"Enough" - "Need
Love" (featuring Usher) |
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Gratitude
Released: November 15, 2024
Tracks:
"Breathing" (featuring
Fabolous) - "Need You More"
(featuring Jadakiss) - "Beautiful
People" - "You Ain't The Only
One" - "Never Give Up On
Me" - "Nobody But You" -
"Here I Am" - "Don't F***
Up" - "Superpowers" -
"Can't Wait For You" -
"God's Child" (featuring Fat
Joe) |
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