Her biggest hits include ' Real Love', ' Not Gon' Cry', ' Be Without You' and the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single ' Family Affair'.īlige has also made a successful transition to both the television and movie screens, with supporting roles in films such as Prison Song (2001), Rock of Ages (2012), Betty and Coretta (2013), Black Nativity (2013), her Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated breakthrough performance as Florence Jackson in Mudbound (2017), Trolls World Tour (2020), Body Cam (2020), The Violent Heart (2021) and co-starring as jazz singer Dinah Washington in the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect (2021). Throughout her career, Blige went on to release 14 studio albums, all of which have reached the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart, including four number-one albums. Both What's the 411? and her 1994 album My Life are featured on the Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, and the latter on Time magazine's All-Time 100 Albums. Its 1993 remix album became the first album by a singer to have a rapper on every song, popularizing rap as a featuring act. In 1992, Blige released her debut album, What's the 411?, which is credited for introducing the mix of R&B and hip hop into mainstream pop culture.

Her career began in 1991 when she was signed to Uptown Records. She has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its original song ' Mighty River', becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. Often referred to as the ' Queen of Hip-Hop Soul', Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, and ten Billboard Music Awards. Mary Jane Blige ( / b l aɪ ʒ/ born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter and actress.

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