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• • • Website Mary Jane Blige (; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress. Shadow Of The Colossus Iso Mf on this page. She started her career as a on in 1989. In 1992, Blige released her first album,.

She has released 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales. Blige has won nine Grammys from her 31 nominations. Is among 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and s All-Time 100 Albums. She received a Legends Award at the, and the Voice of Music Award from performance rights organization.

As of 2013, Blige has sold 75 million records worldwide. Ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years. In 2017, magazine also lists her 2006 song ' as the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop song of all time, as it spent an unparalleled 15 weeks atop the chart and over 75 weeks on the chart.

In 2011, ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time. Moreover, she is ranked number 100 on the list of '100 greatest singers of all time' by magazine. In 2012, VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in 'The 100 Greatest Women in Music' list.

Blige starred in the 2009 Tyler Perry box-office hit and appeared in the film (2012). She received a nomination for her musical contribution to the film. In 2017, she appeared in the period-drama film, directed by, for which she received nominations for the and, as well as nods in both award contests for the film's song 'Mighty River'. In partnership with the and, Blige released her 'My Life' perfume. The perfume broke HSN records by selling 65,000 bottles during its premiere.

The scent went on to win two, including the 'Fragrance Sales Breakthrough' award. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Life and career [ ] 1971–91: Early life and career beginnings [ ] Blige was born on January 11, 1971, in The Bronx, New York but grew up in Savannah, Georgia. She and her family moved back to New York and resided in the Schlobohm Housing Projects, located in Yonkers, New York. She is the second of four children born to mother Cora, a nurse, and second to father Thomas Blige, a jazz musician, The family subsisted on her mother's earnings as a nurse after her father left the family in the mid-1970s, the former an alcoholic and the latter a veteran who suffered from.

Manhattan Camera Driver. Blige spent her early years in, where she sang in a church. Blige later moved to Schlobohm Houses in, immediately north of New York City, where she lived with her mother and older sister.

Blige dropped out of high school in her junior year. Pursuing a musical career, Blige spent a short period of time in a Yonkers band named Pride with band drummer Eddie D'Aprile. In early 1988, she recorded an impromptu of 's ' at a recording booth in the Galleria Mall in. Her mother's boyfriend at the time later played the cassette for Jeff Redd, a recording artist and runner for. Redd sent it to the president and of the label,.

Harrell met with Blige and in 1989 she was signed to the label as a backing vocalist for artists such as, becoming the company's youngest and first female artist. 1992–96: What's the 411? And My Life [ ] After being signed to, Blige began working with record producer. Interconnected Hearts - Bethany Daniel.epub. He became the and produced a majority of the album. The title, What's the 411?, derived from Blige's past occupation as a operator; it was also an indication by Blige of being the 'real deal'. 'What's the 411” nevertheless established Blige as a dynamic storyteller whose performances of love narrative drew upon both her musical influences and her lived experiences as a hip-hop-generation woman.