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Mary J. Blige ? Is it true that she has sold over 50 million records? | |
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tonyat said: I thought for sure someone would know the answer to this!! Or
could it be nobody cares!!!! Mary J. Blige ( From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) - Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971 (disputed — see talk page)) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B/hip-hop soul singer, songwriter and producer. - Years active 1992-present - Genre(s) R&B, hip-hop soul - Label(s) : Geffen (2003-present) / MCA (1997-2002) / Uptown(MCA) (1992-1996) What's The 411? - July 18,1992 Uptown released What's The 411?. That summer, the album's debut single, "You Remind Me", was released to radio and eventually peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and climbed to #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. It was followed up that fall with "Real Love," which fared even better — becoming Blige's second #1 on the R&B singles charts and first top 10 pop single, peaking at #7 on the Hot 100. Both singles were also certified gold. More 411 singles followed into 1993, including: "Reminisce" &mdash a cover of Rufus's "Sweet Thing" &mdash, and "Love No Limit." By the end of the year, What's The 411? had sold three million copies, and Mary had been crowned "The Queen Of Hip-hop Soul." The albums success spun off What's The 411? Remix, a remix album released in December that was used to extend the life of the 411 singles on the radio into 1994, while Mary prepared for her sophomore album. My Life - November 29,1994 The album's first single, "Be Happy," peaked at #29 on the Hot 100, and shot up to #6 on the R&B singles chart. In early 1995, it was followed up with a cover of Rose Royce's "I'm Going Down." Other My Life singles included: "You Bring Me Joy," "I Love You," as well as the heavily played (but never officially released as a single) album tracks, "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" and "My Life". The album proved to be yet another multi-platinum home-run for Blige, selling another three million. In spite of its success and her growing fame, Blige was in no mood to celebrate, as she later admitted she was simultaneously dealing with long time bouts with drug addiction, alcoholism and depression; in addition to an abusive relationship with Hailey, which all played into why Blige had earned a reputation in the industry for being a bitch. Share My World - April 22 ,1997 Share My World, a noticeably more vibrant and optimistic toned set, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and spawned four hit singles: "Love Is All We Need" (featuring Nas), "I Can Love You" (featuring Lil' Kim), "Everything" and "Seven Days." Commercially it continued the vein of the two that came before it, going triple platinum and selling five million worldwide. In early 1998, Mary won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album. The summer she embarked on the Share My World tour, which resulted in a gold-certified live album released later that year simply titled The Tour. Mary - August 17,1999 Though the album was critically praised, becoming her most nominated release to date, and sold respectfully well (going double platinum and moving almost two million) — it wasn't as commercially successful as her prior albums, as all of the singles ("All That I Can Say," "Deep Inside," "Your Child," and "Give Me You") underperformed on the radio and charts. At this time, however, Blige and MCA seized the moment and tapped into niche club market by issuing club-friendly dance remixes of the Mary singles. In lieu of this, Mary scored a #1 hit on the Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Your Child," which topped the chart for one week in October 2000. No More Drama - August 28,2001 In spite of the huge boost that the album received thanks to its first two singles, its sales were underwhelming — forcing MCA to repackage and re-release the album on January 29, 2002. The No More Drama re-release featured a brand new album cover, deleted three of the songs from the original track listing, while adding two brand new songs (one of which was the third single and top 20 pop hit "Rainy Dayz," featuring Ja Rule), plus two remixes — one of the title track, serviced by former mentor Puff Daddy (now known as "P. Diddy.") The album went on to be certified double platinum, selling four million worldwide, and Mary won her second Grammy — Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the song "He Think I Don't Know." Love & Life - August 26,2003 Despite the album debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200, Love & Life's lead off single, the Diddy produced "Love @ 1st Sight" (which featured a rap cameo by Method Man), just barely cracked the top 10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks — while altogether missing the top 20 on the Hot 100. The two following singles, "Ooh!" and "Not Today" fared worse. Although the album was certified platinum, it became Blige's lowest-selling and biggest commercial disappointment to date. Critics and fans alike largely panned the disc for its lack of consistency and noticeable attempts to recapture the early Blige/Combs glory. The Breakthrough - December 20,2005. Indeed a return to her prime, the lead off single "Be Without You" quickly raced up both the R&B and pop singles charts, topping the former for a record setting fifteen consecutive weeks. Meanwhile, the album simultaneously debuted at #1 on both the R&B albums and Billboard 200 albums charts, selling 727,163 copies in its first week — the biggest first-week sales for an R&B solo female artist in SoundScan history, the 5th largest first-week sales for a female artist and was the 4th largest debut of the 2005. Production on the album included Blige herself, Rodney Jerkins, will.i.am, Bryan Michael Cox, 9th Wonder, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Raphael Saadiq, Cool and Dre, Dre & Vidal, and includes a duet with U2 on the cover of the 1992 U2 hit, "One", which was released as the second single in Europe and Latin America, where has been a rough market for Blige. Nevertheless, "One" was voted in Britain as the song with the nation's favourite lyric: "One Life, With Each Other Sisters, Brothers". Since The Breakthrough's release, it has sold over 2 million copies in the U.S and 3 million worldwide More & full reviews @ this source : http://en.wikipedia.org/w...y_J._Blige . . . [Edited 5/11/06 12:24pm] | |
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I think I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like Mary J. Blige  . | |
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nurse said: I think I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like Mary J. Blige
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100MPH said: tonyat said: I thought for sure someone would know the answer to this!! Or
could it be nobody cares!!!! Mary J. Blige ( From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) - Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971 (disputed — see talk page)) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B/hip-hop soul singer, songwriter and producer. - Years active 1992-present - Genre(s) R&B, hip-hop soul - Label(s) : Geffen (2003-present) / MCA (1997-2002) / Uptown(MCA) (1992-1996) What's The 411? - July 18,1992 Uptown released What's The 411?. That summer, the album's debut single, "You Remind Me", was released to radio and eventually peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and climbed to #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. It was followed up that fall with "Real Love," which fared even better — becoming Blige's second #1 on the R&B singles charts and first top 10 pop single, peaking at #7 on the Hot 100. Both singles were also certified gold. More 411 singles followed into 1993, including: "Reminisce" &mdash a cover of Rufus's "Sweet Thing" &mdash, and "Love No Limit." By the end of the year, What's The 411? had sold three million copies, and Mary had been crowned "The Queen Of Hip-hop Soul." The albums success spun off What's The 411? Remix, a remix album released in December that was used to extend the life of the 411 singles on the radio into 1994, while Mary prepared for her sophomore album. My Life - November 29,1994 The album's first single, "Be Happy," peaked at #29 on the Hot 100, and shot up to #6 on the R&B singles chart. In early 1995, it was followed up with a cover of Rose Royce's "I'm Going Down." Other My Life singles included: "You Bring Me Joy," "I Love You," as well as the heavily played (but never officially released as a single) album tracks, "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" and "My Life". The album proved to be yet another multi-platinum home-run for Blige, selling another three million. In spite of its success and her growing fame, Blige was in no mood to celebrate, as she later admitted she was simultaneously dealing with long time bouts with drug addiction, alcoholism and depression; in addition to an abusive relationship with Hailey, which all played into why Blige had earned a reputation in the industry for being a bitch. Share My World - April 22 ,1997 Share My World, a noticeably more vibrant and optimistic toned set, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and spawned four hit singles: "Love Is All We Need" (featuring Nas), "I Can Love You" (featuring Lil' Kim), "Everything" and "Seven Days." Commercially it continued the vein of the two that came before it, going triple platinum and selling five million worldwide. In early 1998, Mary won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album. The summer she embarked on the Share My World tour, which resulted in a gold-certified live album released later that year simply titled The Tour. Mary - August 17,1999 Though the album was critically praised, becoming her most nominated release to date, and sold respectfully well (going double platinum and moving almost two million) — it wasn't as commercially successful as her prior albums, as all of the singles ("All That I Can Say," "Deep Inside," "Your Child," and "Give Me You") underperformed on the radio and charts. At this time, however, Blige and MCA seized the moment and tapped into niche club market by issuing club-friendly dance remixes of the Mary singles. In lieu of this, Mary scored a #1 hit on the Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Your Child," which topped the chart for one week in October 2000. No More Drama - August 28,2001 In spite of the huge boost that the album received thanks to its first two singles, its sales were underwhelming — forcing MCA to repackage and re-release the album on January 29, 2002. The No More Drama re-release featured a brand new album cover, deleted three of the songs from the original track listing, while adding two brand new songs (one of which was the third single and top 20 pop hit "Rainy Dayz," featuring Ja Rule), plus two remixes — one of the title track, serviced by former mentor Puff Daddy (now known as "P. Diddy.") The album went on to be certified double platinum, selling four million worldwide, and Mary won her second Grammy — Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the song "He Think I Don't Know." Love & Life - August 26,2003 Despite the album debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200, Love & Life's lead off single, the Diddy produced "Love @ 1st Sight" (which featured a rap cameo by Method Man), just barely cracked the top 10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks — while altogether missing the top 20 on the Hot 100. The two following singles, "Ooh!" and "Not Today" fared worse. Although the album was certified platinum, it became Blige's lowest-selling and biggest commercial disappointment to date. Critics and fans alike largely panned the disc for its lack of consistency and noticeable attempts to recapture the early Blige/Combs glory. The Breakthrough - December 20,2005. Indeed a return to her prime, the lead off single "Be Without You" quickly raced up both the R&B and pop singles charts, topping the former for a record setting fifteen consecutive weeks. Meanwhile, the album simultaneously debuted at #1 on both the R&B albums and Billboard 200 albums charts, selling 727,163 copies in its first week — the biggest first-week sales for an R&B solo female artist in SoundScan history, the 5th largest first-week sales for a female artist and was the 4th largest debut of the 2005. Production on the album included Blige herself, Rodney Jerkins, will.i.am, Bryan Michael Cox, 9th Wonder, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Raphael Saadiq, Cool and Dre, Dre & Vidal, and includes a duet with U2 on the cover of the 1992 U2 hit, "One", which was released as the second single in Europe and Latin America, where has been a rough market for Blige. Nevertheless, "One" was voted in Britain as the song with the nation's favourite lyric: "One Life, With Each Other Sisters, Brothers". Since The Breakthrough's release, it has sold over 2 million copies in the U.S and 3 million worldwide More & full reviews @ this source : http://en.wikipedia.org/w...y_J._Blige . . . [Edited 5/11/06 12:24pm] Thank U kind person!!  | |
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nurse said: I think I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like Mary J. Blige
.It's not that I don't like her...it's just she has some stans(fans) that thinks she is Jesus incarnate!!! | |
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tonyat said: Thank U kind person!! Glad i could help Tonyat  | |
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