Blige's debut album, What's the 411?, hit the streets in July 1992, critics and fans were floored by its powerful combination of modern soul and edgy hip-hop production that glanced off of the pain and grit of the singer's New York upbringing. In 2009 the singer enlarged her discography with album Stronger With Each Tear, which became the development of Growing Pains musical ideas.When Mary J. Blige released the studio album Growing Pains, fulfilled in the best traditions of hip-hop, soul and R&B. Her strong voice can be heard in the All Of Me duet with 50 Cent on his album Curtis. Along with Aretha Franklin, Blige took part in the soundtrack lead-song record Never Gonna Break My Faith to picture Bobby.
In December 2006, Blige released the greatest hits compilation Reflections: A Retrospective, containing her most famous songs four new tracks. The Breakthrough brought her a handful of awards and nominations, including eight Grammy nominations in 2007 – more than any other artist that year. It also featured a brilliant collaboration with U2, covering their 1992 hit One. It generated R&B hits Be Without You, Enough Cryin' and Take Me As I Am. However, the situation immensely improved with the release of The Breakthrough. It became the greatest commercial and critical disappointment during the whole artist's career. The next studio effort, Love & Life, was the re-union attempt by Blige and the producer of her first two albums Sean Combs. Dre Family Affair, the first single from the album No More Drama, became a big popular hit in the USA, while the song He Think I Don't Know brought her the first Grammy award. In a duet with George Michael she also sang a cover on Stevie Wonder's winding hit As. It was more soul-oriented and featured Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Eric Clapton and Lauryn Hill. A year later the Mary disc hit the shelves. got he first big prize – American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album.
It rocketed four hits - Love Is All We Need (featuring Nas), I Can Love You (featuring Lil' Kim), Everything and Seven Days. In 1997, the third album Share My World was released. The same time she started taking part in side projects – recording duets with other singers and contributing to soundtracks. Her autobiographical sophomore attempt My Life was released in 1994, being darker and less up-tempo then its predecessor.
She immediately got down to her follow-up, while the remix album What's The 411? Remix spawned the interest to her debut work. In 1993, Blige was already christened as the Queen of hip-hop soul. However, in 1991, the Uptown Records started working over her debut album titled What's The 411? and next year the lead-single You Remind Me saw light. She became the first female artist at the studio and mostly worked on back vocals for her mates, as the label mostly focused on the famous performers.
Their representative met Mary and signed her to the label. Her mother's boyfriend took his attention to the cassette and though his hands it came to the Uptown Records. In 1988, she made a cover on Anita Baker's Rapture in a recording booth in the local shopping mall. Mary Jane Blige was born on Januand grew up in New-York, the USA.
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