Mary J. Blige Biography
Mary J. Blige is one of the biggest rnb artists of this generation. Early in her career, she was compared to greats such as Aretha Franklin and Anita Baker (whom she covered on her demo). Now she is considered to be "The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and the gold standard for newly entered female R&B singers.
Since beginning her career in 1991 with "What's the 411", Mary has become an international superstar whose appeal crosses gender, racial and socioeconomic lines.
Released on December 20th, 2005, Mary's 7th cd The Breakthrough debuted at #1, and sold an astonishing 727,163 copies its first week: "Be Without You" had the #1 spot on the Billboard R&B charts on lock; and stayed there for a record breaking 15 straight weeks.
On December 2006 she releases a much anticipated and long awaited collection Reflections -A Retrospective not only gathers together all Mary J's timeless greatest hits but features four new songs - the first of which is the hot single "We Ride (I See The Future").
The rest of new tracks are: "You know",leading single "Reflections(I remember)" and duet with John Legend "King and Queen".On 5th December Mary has won nine billboard music awards.
