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Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige

Birthday: 1971-01-11 | Place of Birth: Yonkers, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, Free Online Encyclopedia: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Respect

as    Dinah Washington

2021
Mary J. Blige's My Life

as    Self

2021
Moments Within Moments

as    Self

2020
Power Book II: Ghost

as    Monet Stewart Tejada

2020
The Violent Heart

as    Nina

2020
Trolls World Tour

as    Queen Essence (voice)

2020
Body Cam

as    Renee Lomito-Smith

2018
Sherlock Gnomes

as    Irene (voice)

2018
Quincy

as    Self

2017
Mudbound

as    Florence Jackson

2015
The Wiz Live!

as    Evillene

2013
Black Nativity

as    Platinum Fro

2012
Rock of Ages

as    Justice

2009
I Can Do Bad All By Myself

as    Tanya

2006
2004
Fade to Black

as    Self

2001
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2001

as    Herself - Singer

1999
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert

as    Self - Guest star

1999
VH1: Divas Live '99

as    Self - Performer