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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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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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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Classic Albums
MTV Video Music Awards
America's Next Top Model
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American Music Awards
Today
Lip Sync Battle
How to Get Away with Murder
Saturday Night Live
The Tyra Banks Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Jay Leno Show
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
30 Rock
American Idol
Scream: The TV Series
The Marriage Ref
Ghost Whisperer
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
The Chris Rock Show
One Life to Live
The Grammy Awards
Empire
The Shop
Out All Night
Impact x Nightline
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
You're Watching Video Music Box
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Rock of Ages
Trolls World Tour
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
The Umbrella Academy
Quincy
Respect
Sherlock Gnomes
THE SHOW: California Love
Mudbound
Power Book II: Ghost
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Lost Ollie
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Body Cam
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
GRAMMYS' Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
The Making of the Wiz Live!
Production Credits
Strength of a Woman
Real Love
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