Mary J Blige My Hero

With her 14 albums and 38 singles Mary J Blige has become a legend during her 20 years in the music industry.

During that time she has won 9 Grammy awards, 4 American Music Awards and 1 Satellite Award, to go with these awards Mary J Blige has had 8 multi-platinum selling albums.

Mary J Blige is also famous for many appearing as a guest in a number of TV shows including the Jamie Foxx Show and has played the starring role in 3 Movies and featured as herself in the Movie 30 Rock.

Mary J Blige also starred in The Exonerated an off Broadway play about a woman who was on death row for 20 years for a crime she did not commit.

Birth of a Legend

Born in The Bronx NewYork, on January the 11^th 1971, Mary J Blige was taught to sing by her father Thomas, who was a Jazz musician, Mary J moved to Savannah in Georgia where she sang in the choir of her local church, she later returned to New York with her mother.

When Mary was 5 years old she was sexually abused by a family friend.

The Road to Stardom

In 1988 while out shopping at the Galleria Mall in White PlainsNew York, she happened across a booth where you could make your own record and she decided to give it a try, not knowing that this move would change her life forever.

Her mothers boyfriend was so impressed by the recording that he took it to the Ceo of Uptown Records, in 1989, she was signed to the label; becoming the company's youngest and only female artist.

It was another 3 years before Blige came into the public eye when her single “You Remind Me” which was the prelude to her upcoming album“Whats The 411?”   released in 1992.

This was the beginning of  the legend that is Mary J Blige

1/ What’s the 411? / 1992/ - my first album I ever bought

2/ What’s the 411? / 1993/ - Remix album

3/ My Life / 1994/

4/ Share My World / 1997/ - For this album I love you Mary

5/ The Tour / 1998/

6/ Mary / 1999/ -love a song Give me you!

7/ Ballads-MJB / 2001/

8/ No More Drama / 2001/ Most emotional album of yours!

9/ Dance for me / 2002/ Wow-great songs in a new clothes!

10/ Love @First sight /2003/ Hip-Hop, great sound, new waves!

11/ The Breaktrough /2005/

12/ Reflection- A Retrospective /2006/

13/ Growing pains /2007/ love song Just Fine!

14/ Stronger with each Tear /2009/ Can’t wait to hear it!

Dear Mary I am not going to list all your DVD’s or singles as the list would be such a long one! You made such a lot in your music career!

When I was younger I found myself in love with the music of TLC, Incognito, Soul 2 soul, Dianna Ross and I was so influenced by R’N’B. I also loved ladies such as Robin Stone and Ce Ce Peniston and I always searched for their music in the small shops in the CzechRepublic. It was difficult to find good music in the CzechRepublic in the 1990’s.

One day I went into a small record store and found on the shelf  an Album called “What’s the 411? By an artist named Mary J. Blige. I bought it because I liked the look of the lady on a cover. Sounds crazy I know when you think that the first CD that I ever bought was by an artist I had never even heard of. Until then I was only able to afford just tapes. So I bought it. I played the Album over and over again every day and every night and I never tired of it, As I was beginning to learn The English language at that time I even translated all of the Lyrics to Czech.

Mary I love you for your lyrics.

Then after few years I bought the Album “Share my world” this Album touched me.

One song in particular moved me so much “Our Love” touched my heart.

As with the first album I listened to this one over and over.

I considered myself a big fan after listening to this album, in fact it inspired me to go out and buy the rest of her albums

Living in the UK at this time, It was easier to complete the collection than it would have been back at home in the CzechRepublic! My most favorite album is “No More Drama”. I was going trough rough in the UK, Had many sleepless nights and your music helped me to cope with all that I was going trough. My friend was suffering from cancer at that time. She died after Christmas in 2002………….

Dear Mary,

I talk to you like an old friend, because your music has touched my life and I feel that I have known you for so long.

I know you are living in a different world from the world where I come from and you probably get letters everyday from Fans who have also been touched by your music.

I have a dream, a dream which comes to me from time to time. The dream is simple. You have a concert in CzechRepublic/ funny I know/ and I was able to meet you there.

 I dreaming of meeting you as I truly believe we would have a lot to talk about. I am not a fan, who would go crazy at the sight of you, because I see you as a person, who has so much to say.

 I love you for your influence you have had in my life. There is not a day that passes that I don’t listen to your music.

Everyday I check the newspapers, magazines and the Internet looking for articles, about you and news of up coming music that you may be releasing.

I feel that you are so far away and I will never be able to see you live on stage in my country. I know you sing a lot in Germany as well, but even that is unreachable to me.

You are my true inspiration and I am so glad that you exist!

It must be a lot presure to be a world known star and I hope you cope well. You probably won’t ever read this but all I wanted to say I love you so much.

Lizzy

 21.12 .2009 comming out a new Mary. The album is called Stronger with each Tear!!!!!!

On the 23rd of January, Mary J. Blige sang for Haiti.

The song was named, "Hard Times Come Again No More". She put her heart into this song. She sang with feeling for sure. She sang it for a better future for Haiti - Thank you Mary!