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Mary J. Blige

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R&B Queen Mary J. Blige: Speaks Fashion

ary J. Blige is synonymous with “Best R&B.”
Her debut album "What's the 411?" went multi-platinum. Presently she has a track record of eight multi-platinum albums, nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. The Queen of R & B, Mary J. has gone through several years of personal positive growth of which she soulfully reflects through her lyrics and musical mood on her hit album "Growing Pains" which was released in 2009. Today she has 10 successful albums to date. The lastest album, “My Life II … The Journey Continues (Act 1)”, is just as compelling as her 1994 'My Life' album, which is one her her best works of music.

Indeed, Mary J. has come a long way since recording a cover of Anita Baker’s “Caught Up In the Rapture” at a booth in a shopping mall. By sheer chance, her mother’s boyfriend worked as a runner for Uptown records. Then CEO Andre Harrell signed her to the hip-hop label as the first female and youngest artist.

She recorded platinum singles and number one dance tracks, kicked drug and alcohol addiction, came clean about sexual abuse by a family friend, and evolved into a smooth R&B Queen. And a queen must have a good wardrobe…