ln 2012, VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in 'The 100 Greatest Women in Music' list. In 2011, VH1 ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time. 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. Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years. She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007. Her 1994 album My Life is among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and Time magazine's All-Time 100 Albums. In 1992, Blige released her first album, What's the 411?. Blige 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. Furthermore, she went on to release 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales. Blige reveals the demons and blessings that inspired her 1994 LP 'My Life,' and celebrates the 25th anniversary of her most influential work by performing the album live for the first time.

Many of the topics on My Life deal with clinical depression, Blige's battling with both drugs and alcohol, as well as being in an abusive relationship. Blige, released on November 29, 1994, by Uptown Records and MCA Records. Grammy-winning recording artist and actress Mary J. My Life is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Andre Harrell, Taraji P. Her career began in 1991 when she signed to Uptown Records. Mary J Blige's My Life: Directed by Vanessa Roth. Mary Jane Blige (/blaɪʒ/ born January 11, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist.

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