Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige (/blaɪʒ/; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist. She started her career as a backing singer on Uptown Records in 1989. She has released 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales. Blige has sold over 80 million records, has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards and has also received three Golden Globe Award nominations, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its second original song "Mighty River" for Mudbound; she also received a nomination for the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. In 1992, Blige released her first album, What's the 411?. Her 1994 album My Life is among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[4] and Time magazine's All-Time 100 Albums. She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007. As of 2018, Blige has sold 80 million records worldwide. Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years. In 2017, Billboard magazine named her 2006 song "Be Without You" as the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop song of all time, as it spent an unparalleled 15 weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and over 75 weeks on the chart. In 2011, VH1 ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time. ln 2012, VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in "The 100 Greatest Women in Music" list.
132 acting credits
Acting · 132
The Daily Show
1996
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Top of the Pops
1964
Ghost Whisperer
2005
30 Rock
2006
The View
1997
Entourage
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
American Idol
2002
Empire
2015
Strong Medicine
2000
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Sherri
2022
black-ish
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
America's Next Top Model
2003
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
The Umbrella Academy
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
New York Undercover
1994
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Moesha
1996
People's Choice Awards
1975
Thriller 40
2023
All That
1994
Lip Sync Battle
2015
Power Book II: Ghost
2020
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
American Music Awards
1974
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
2003
The Jay Leno Show
2009
Scream: The TV Series
2015
In Living Color
1990
Classic Albums
1997
MTV Unplugged
1989
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
The Shop
2018
Trolls World Tour
2020
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Today
1952
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
2009
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025
Out All Night
1992
The Marriage Ref
2010
In Vogue: The 90s
2024
The Crew Has It
2022
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
2004
Lost Ollie
2022
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Impact x Nightline
2022
Rock of Ages
2012
VH1 Storytellers
2005
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
Respect
2021
Mudbound
2017
Rob Peace
2024
Quincy
2018
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
Body Cam
2020
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
2009
Black Nativity
2013
One Life to Live
1968
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
2010
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
2005
Fat Joe Talks
2024
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
2022
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
Michael Jackson: The One
2004
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2024
Pink Skies Ahead
2020
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
The Grammys
1959
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
2023
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
2013
Prison Song
2001
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
1999
The Wiz Live!
2015
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021
JAY-Z: Fade to Black
2004
The Violent Heart
2020
Elton John: One Night Only, The Greatest Hits
2000
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
2003
Betty and Coretta
2013
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
2001
Mary J. Blige's My Life
2021
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
2017
Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
2007
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004
Hope for Haiti Now
2010
George Michael: Freedom
2017
George Michael - Twenty Five
2006
Soul Divas
2007
Gangstresses
2000
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert
1999
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
2012
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
2001
DMX: Angel
2001
Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love
2003
Carole King and her Songs at the BBC
2023
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
2011
An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues
2005
THE SHOW: California Love
2022
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024
Songs & Visions
1997
Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
2017
Michael Bublé’s 3rd Annual Christmas Special
2013
The Box
2018
Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged
2001
Mary J. Blige: VH1 Storytellers
2008
Queens of Soul at the BBC
2015
MTV 20: Jams
2001
Mary J. Blige: For My Fans
2025
Mary J. Blige: Live at Made in America
2015
Mary J. Blige - Live in Los Angeles
2004