Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 11, 1971
Place of Birth
Yonkers, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Mary Jane Blige
Mary J. Blige
0.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
7.4
Self (archive footage)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025
0.0
Self
Mary J. Blige: For My Fans
2025
6.6
Self
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024
7.2
Self
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2024
0.0
Self - Guest
Fat Joe Talks
2024
8.7
Self
In Vogue: The 90s
2024
6.8
Jackie Peace
Rob Peace
2024
5.3
Self (archive footage)
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024
8.5
Self
Thriller 40
2023
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Carole King and her Songs at the BBC
2023
Credits
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.4
Mary J. Blige: For My Fans
as Self
2025
0.0
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
as Self
2024
6.6
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2024
7.2
Fat Joe Talks
as Self - Guest
2024
0.0
In Vogue: The 90s
as Self
2024
8.7
Rob Peace
as Jackie Peace
2024
6.8
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
as Self (archive footage)
2024
5.3
Thriller 40
as Self
2023
8.5
Carole King and her Songs at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2023
8.0
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
as Self - Host
2023
0.0
THE SHOW: California Love
as Self
2022
6.7
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2022
8.2
Impact x Nightline
2022
6.0
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
as Self (archive footage)
2022
0.0
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Lost Ollie
as Rosy (voice)
2022
7.7
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
as Self
2022
7.0
The Crew Has It
2022
10.0
You're Watching Video Music Box
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.4
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021
7.0
Respect
as Dinah Washington
2021
6.8
Mary J. Blige's My Life
as Self
2021
6.6
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.2
Pink Skies Ahead
as Doctor Monroe
2020
5.5
The Violent Heart
as Nina
2020
5.3
Power Book II: Ghost
as Monet Stewart Tejada
2020
8.2
Body Cam
as Renee Lomito-Smith
2020
6.2
Trolls World Tour
as Queen Essence (voice)
2020
7.2
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
The Umbrella Academy
as Cha-Cha
2019
8.5
Quincy
as Self
2018
7.3
The Shop
as Self
2018
4.9
Sherlock Gnomes
as Irene (voice)
2018
5.7
The Box
as Evil Commander
2018
8.0
Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
as Self
2017
0.0
Mudbound
as Florence Jackson
2017
7.4
George Michael: Freedom
as Self
2017
7.2
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
as Self
2017
6.2
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
as Self - Musical Guest
2015
8.5
The Wiz Live!
as Evillene
2015
7.0
The Making of the Wiz Live!
as Self
2015
0.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
Scream: The TV Series
as Sherry Elliot
2015
6.9
Mary J. Blige: Live at Made in America
as Self
2015
0.0
Queens of Soul at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2015
7.0
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
6.4
Empire
as Angie
2015
7.1
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
How to Get Away with Murder
as Rolanda
2014
7.8
black-ish
as Mirabelle
2014
7.1
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
as Self
2013
9.0
Michael Bublé’s 3rd Annual Christmas Special
as Self
2013
0.0
Black Nativity
as Platinum Fro
2013
5.1
Betty and Coretta
as Dr. Betty Shabazz
2013
7.2
Rock of Ages
as Justice
2012
6.2
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012
5.0
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
as Self
2012
0.0
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
as Self
2011
0.0
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
as Self
2011
7.2
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
as Self
2010
0.0
🎬
The Marriage Ref
as Self - Panelist
2010
3.8
Teenage Paparazzo
as Self (uncredited)
2010
7.0
🎬
Hope for Haiti Now
as Self
2010
6.3
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2009
3.5
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
as Tanya
2009
6.2
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
as Self
2009
4.9
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2009
6.1
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
2009
4.6
🎬
Mary J. Blige: VH1 Storytellers
as Self
2008
0.0
Soul Divas
as Self
2007
0.0
Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
as Self
2007
4.8
George Michael - Twenty Five
as Self
2006
7.3
30 Rock
as Mary J. Blige
2006
7.5
Ghost Whisperer
as Jackie Boyd
2005
8.1
The Tyra Banks Show
as Self
2005
4.8
An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues
as Self
2005
0.0
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
as Self
2005
7.0
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
as Self - Musical Guest
2004
7.2
JAY-Z: Fade to Black
as Self
2004
6.1
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
as Self
2004
7.3
Mary J. Blige - Live in Los Angeles
2004
7.0
Entourage
as Mary J. Blige
2004
7.4
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2004
4.0
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Self (voice)
2004
7.0
Michael Jackson: The One
as Self
2004
8.0
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
as Self
2003
6.6
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
as Self (archive footage)
2003
7.7
Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love
as Self - Special Guest Vocalist
2003
7.7
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
America's Next Top Model
as Guest
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
5.5
American Idol
as Self - Guest
2002
5.1
DMX: Angel
as Guardian Angel
2001
0.0
Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged
as Self
2001
6.2
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest
2001
6.0
🎬
MTV 20: Jams
2001
1.0
Prison Song
as Mom
2001
5.2
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
as Self
2001
0.0
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
as Self
2001
0.0
Elton John: One Night Only, The Greatest Hits
as Self - Guest Appearance
2000
8.4
Strong Medicine
as Simone Fellows
2000
7.3
Gangstresses
as Mary J. Blige
2000
0.0
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert
as Self - Guest star
1999
8.0
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
as Self - Performer
1999
6.3
Songs & Visions
as Self
1997
0.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
Classic Albums
as Self
1997
7.7
The Chris Rock Show
as Self
1997
4.2
The Jamie Foxx Show
as Ola Mae
1996
6.9
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Moesha
as Mary J. Blige
1996
7.0
New York Undercover
1994
7.2
All That
as Self
1994
7.7
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
🎬
Out All Night
as Self
1992
8.5
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
1992
5.4
In Living Color
1990
7.6
MTV Unplugged
as Self
1989
6.8
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
1988
7.5
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
7.7
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0
American Music Awards
as Self - Musical Guest
1974
8.2
One Life to Live
1968
7.0
Top of the Pops
as Self
1964
6.6
The Grammys
as Self
1959
8.6
Today
as Self
1952
5.6