Mary J. Blige
- Also known as the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul” and “Queen of R&B”
- Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Awards, twelve NAACP Image Awards, and twelve Billboard Music Awards, including the Billboard Icon Award.
- She is one of the only singers to have Grammys in the R&B, Rap, Pop and Gospel categories.
- Blige was a background vocalist in 1989. She sang the hook on Father MC’s forgotten hit, ‘I’ll Do 4 U.’
- She has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its original song “Mighty River”, becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year.
- She has a sunglass company by the name Melodies by MJB.
- Her song, “No More Drama”, contained the samples of the theme from “The Young & the Restless”
- She made her acting debut on ‘The Jamie Foxx Show.’
- Led Zeppelin was one of her favorite bands growing up. Blige even performed ‘Stairway to Heaven’ when she was on ‘Oprah.’
- Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years.