Biography
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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, 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.
Filmography
all 130
self 89
Movies 72
TV Shows 58
Producer 2
Voice 2
Rob Peace (2024)
40th Anniversary Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade (2023)
Thriller 40 (2023)
Strength of a Woman (2023)
Real Love (2023)
Carole King and her Songs at the BBC (2023)
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige (2023)
THE SHOW: California Love (2022)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL (2022)
Sherri (2022)
Lost Ollie (2022)
George Michael: Freedom Uncut (2022)
Earnin' It: The NFL's Forward Progress (2022)
You're Watching Video Music Box (2021)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
Celebrity IOU: Joyride (2021)
Respect (2021)
Mary J. Blige's My Life (2021)
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (2021)
Pink Skies Ahead (2020)
The Violent Heart (2020)
Power Book II: Ghost (2020)
Belly of the Beast (2020)
Body Cam (2020)
Trolls World Tour (2020)
Tamron Hall (2019)
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion (2019)
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Quincy (2018)
The Shop (2018)
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
Whitney Houston: Close Up (2018)
GRAMMYS' Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special (2017)
Mudbound (2017)
George Michael: Freedom (2017)
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017)
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story (2017)
Inside the Label (2016)
Dear Mama (2016)
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live (2015)
The Wiz Live! (2015)
The Making of the Wiz Live! (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Scream: The TV Series (2015)
Queens of Soul at the BBC (2015)
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
Empire (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (2013)
Michael Bublé’s 3rd Annual Christmas Special (2013)
Black Nativity (2013)
Betty and Coretta (2013)
Hurricane Sandy Coming Together (2012)
Tamar & Vince (2012)
Rock of Ages (2012)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012)
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D (2012)
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul (2011)
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times (2010)
The Marriage Ref (2010)
Teenage Paparazzo (2010)
Hope for Haiti Now (2010)
The Jay Leno Show (2009)
I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)
We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama (2009)
Soul Divas (2007)
Wyclef Jean: All Star Jam at Carnegie Hall (2007)
Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (2007)
George Michael - Twenty Five (2006)
30 Rock (2006)
Ghost Whisperer (2005)
The Tyra Banks Show (2005)
Will Smith: Live in Concert (2005)
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005)
All We Are Saying (2005)
Miley's New Year's Eve Party (2004)
Fade to Black (2004)
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles (2004)
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004)
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
Michael Jackson: The One (2004)
Jools Holland: Later ... Hip Hop Soul (2004)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2003)
Michael Jackson: Number Ones (2003)
Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
America's Next Top Model (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
VH1: Divas Las Vegas (2002)
American Idol (2002)
DMX: Angel (2001)
Jay-Z MTV Unplugged (2001)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
Prison Song (2001)
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! (2001)
Elton John: One Night Only, The Greatest Hits (2000)
Gangstresses (2000)
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert (1999)
VH1: Divas Live '99 (1999)
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (1999)
The View (1997)
Classic Albums (1997)
The Chris Rock Show (1997)
The Jamie Foxx Show (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Moesha (1996)
New York Undercover (1994)
All That (1994)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
Out All Night (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
In Living Color (1990)
MTV Unplugged (1989)
Yo! MTV Raps (1988)
MTV Video Music Awards (1984)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
American Music Awards (1974)
One Life to Live (1968)
Top of the Pops (1964)
The Grammy Awards (1959)
Today (1952)
Atlantis
Video Soul
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1971-01-11 (53 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Time 100
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