![]() Two other singles, Dance For Me and No More Drama were released, with the latter becoming a Top 20 hit. Dre) became her first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for six consecutive weeks. The album's first single, Family Affair (produced by Dr. On August 28, 2001, MCA released Blige's fifth studio album, No More Drama. and was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Album. Though not as successful as prior releases, the album still sold 2.1 million copies in the U.S. It spent 57 weeks on the chart and produced four charting singles: All That I Can Say, Deep Inside, Give Me You, and Your Child. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 239,000 copies in its first week. It marked a departure from her more familiar hip hop-oriented sound this set featured a more earthy, whimsical, and adult contemporary-tinged collection of songs. On August 17, 1999, Blige's fourth album, titled Mary was released. The album spawned one single, Misty Blue. In Summer 1998, Blige embarked on the Share My World Tour, which resulted in a Gold-certified live album released later that year, simply titled The Tour. Share My World was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA and sold nearly 4 million copies in U.S. Supported by singles Love Is All We Need, I Can Love You, Everything, Missing You, and Seven Days. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with sales of 240,000 copies, Blige's first to do so. Blige cut ties with producers Sean Combs and Chucky Thompson and worked with the likes of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Rodney Jerkins, Babyface, R. On April 22, 1997, Blige released her third album, Share My World on MCA Records. The same year, Blige won her first Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for her performance on I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By by Method Man. Not Gon' Cry, a 1996 single written and produced by Babyface for Waiting To Exhale soundtrack (1995), peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Blige's highest charting single of the 1990s. It has since been included in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. ![]() ![]() Supported by singles Be Happy, Mary Jane (All Night Long), I'm Goin' Down, and You Bring Me Joy, the album sold over three million copies and was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA in 1996. Blige wrote or co-wrote fourteen of the seventeen album tracks. In 1994, Blige released her sophomore album My Life. The album pioneered a new genre known as Hip-Hop Soul and is credited with influencing the marriage of Hip-Hop and R&B. The album sold 3.4 million copies on the strength of singles You Remind Me, Real Love, Reminisce, Sweet Thing, and Love No Limit. In 1992, Blige released her debut album What's The 411?. Known as The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and The Queen of R&B, she has sold over 75 million records worldwide. Mary Jane Blige (born Januin Bronx, New York, United States), is an American R&B, Soul, and Hip Hop singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. ![]()
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