WHAT PAYING YOUR DUES LOOKS LIKE...
• Credited as the Queen of Hip Hop Soul for successfully combining Hip Hop and R&B music
• Her My Life album is ranked one of the Top 100 Essential Albums of all time by Time and Rolling Stone magazines.
• Billboard named "Be Without You" the most successful r&b recording in chart history.
• 'The Breakthrough' was the first album in female r&b history to sell over 700k domestically and over 900k worldwide in one week.
• She was named "The Voice of Music" by ASCAP in 2007
• Billboard named her the most successful female R&B artist of all time from 1985-2010 (second to R. Kelly).
• Her My Life perfume sold 60,000 bottles in 6 hours making it the the fastest selling and most popular fragrance in Home Shopping Network history.
• She is the only artist in Grammy history to have awards in 4 different genre's (Pop, R&B, Gospel and Rap).
• In 2017, ESSENCE magazine awarded her, exclusively, the most iconic female artist of all time.
• She was the first person in Academy Award history to be nominated in acting performance and song respectively in the same year. (2018)
• She has sold over 70 million records WW, garnered a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in 2018, has won over 100 awards and continues to make albums her fans and critics alike enjoy.
If your favorite singer vocalizes over sampled beats and collaborates with rappers, Mary J Blige is the reason why. Mary is the epitome of putting your life into the music and laying your bread on the table. Thank you, Queen👑! For almost 30 years, she still reigns supreme. Give them their flowers while they're here! 🎙❤