Mary J. Blige discography

Mary J. Blige discography
Mary J. Blige discography

Blige performing live in September 2010.
Releases
Studio albums 9
Live albums 2
Compilation albums 5
EPs 1
Singles 82
Music videos 3

This article contains the discography of American R&B singer Mary J. Blige. This includes studio albums, live albums, remix albums, compilation albums, DVDs, singles, and Blige's guest appearances on other artists' albums. Blige has sold more than 35 million records in U.S. alone.

Blige started her musical career in 1992, releasing her multi-platinum US selling debut album, What's the 411? on MCA Records and Uptown. What's the 411? gave Blige her first Billboard 200 top ten album, and all of her subsequent studio albums have charted in the top ten on this chart, up to and including her most recent album, Stronger with Each Tear (2009). Among Blige's most popular songs to date are "Family Affair", "Real Love", "Not Gon' Cry" and "Be Without You". Blige has had four Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles as a lead artist in the United States, and has had a total of sixteen total top-forty charting singles in the United States. She has had thirty-three singles charting inside the top one hundred on the Billboard Hot 100, making Blige one of the best-performing R&B artists to date on the chart.

Despite her musical career, since 1998, Blige has also starred in various movie roles, beginning in The Jamie Foxx Show as Ola Mae. She appeared in the "Papa Don't Preach" episode, Season 2. Since then, Blige has gone on to play major roles in big-budget Hollywood movies, such as Prison Song, where she played the main role as Mrs. Butler.

As of 2010, Blige has sold over 50 million albums and 15 million singles.[1][2] Blige cites Anita Baker, Chaka Khan, Teena Marie, and Aretha Franklin as influences.[3]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Chart positions Sales Certifications
U.S. U.S. R&B UK CAN[4] AUS GER [5] AUT SWI FRA
1992 What's the 411?
  • Released: July 28, 1992
  • Label: Uptown / MCA
6
1
53
  • US: 3,300,000[6]
  • US: 3× Platinum[7]
1994 My Life
  • Released: November 29, 1994
  • Label: Uptown /MCA
7
1
59
37
  • US: 2,800,000[6]
1997 Share My World
  • Released: April 22, 1997
  • Label: MCA
1
1
8
4
37
41
31
  • US: 3,000,000[6]
1999 Mary
  • Released: August 17, 1999
  • Label: MCA
2
1
5
5
38
16
51
  • US: 2,100,000[6]
  • US: 2× Platinum[7]
  • CAN: Gold[8]
  • UK: Silver[9]
2001 No More Drama
  • Released: August 28, 2001
  • Label: MCA
2
1
4
5
36
13
17
7
8
  • US: 3,100,000[6]
  • US: 3× Platinum[7]
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[10]
  • UK: Platinum[9]
2003 Love & Life
  • Released: August 26, 2003
  • Label: Geffen
1
1
8
6
62
21
49
3
18
  • US: 1,000,000[6]
2005 The Breakthrough
  • Released: December 20, 2005
  • Label: Matriarch / Geffen
1
1
22
13
19
28
42
7
25
  • US: 3,100,000[6]
  • US: 3× Platinum[7]
  • UK: Gold[9]
2007 Growing Pains
  • Released: December 18, 2007
  • Label: Matriarch / Geffen
1
1
6
41
48
36
6
73
  • US: 1,600,000 [6]
2009 Stronger with Each Tear
  • Release: December 21, 2009
  • Label: Matriarch/Geffen
2
1
33
42
66
2011 My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)
  • TBR: November 21, 2011
  • Label: Matriarch/Geffen

Compilations

Year Information Chart positions Sales Certifications
U.S. U.S. R&B UK CAN AUS GER AUT SWI FRA
1993 What's the 411? Remix
  • Released: December 17, 1993
  • Label: Uptown/MCA
118
  • US: 500,000[6]
1998 The Tour
  • Released: July 28, 1998
  • Label: MCA
21
7
  • US: 500,000[6]
2000 Ballads
  • Released: December 20, 2000
  • Label: MCA
2002 Dance for Me
  • Released: August 13, 2002
  • Label: MCA
76
36
47
  • US: 100,000[6]
2006 My Collection of Love Songs (Live)
  • Released: January 1, 2006
  • Label: Matriarch/Geffen
Mary J. Blige & Friends
  • Released: November 14, 2006
  • Label: Matriarch/Geffen
95
8
  • US: 100,000[6]
Reflections - A Retrospective
  • Released: December 12, 2006
  • Label: Matriarch/Geffen
9
2
40
60
25
19
  • US: 859,000[6]

Singles

1990s

Year Single Chart positions Album
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Dance UK NZ[14]
1992 "You Remind Me" 29 1 48 What's the 411?
"Real Love" 7 1 36 26
"Reminisce" 57 6 31
"Sweet Thing" 28 11
1993 "Love No Limit" 44 5
"You Don't Have to Worry" 63 11 36 Who's the Man? (soundtrack) /
What the 411? Remix
1994 "My Love" A 23 29 What the 411?
"Be Happy" 29 6 30 My Life
1995 "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" AB 39 37 17 33
"I'm Goin' Down" 22 13 12
"You Bring Me Joy" 57 29 1
"I Love You"
"(You Make Me Feel like) a Natural Woman" 95 39 23 15 New York Undercover (soundtrack) /
My Life
1996 "Not Gon' Cry" 2 1 39 12 Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack) /
Share My World
1997 "Love Is All We Need" (featuring Nas) AB 43 5 1 15 7 Share My World
"I Can Love You" (featuring Lil Kim) 28 2
"Everything" 24 5 6 13
"Missing You" AB 23 19
1998 "Seven Days" AB 71 3 22
1999 "As" (with George Michael) 57 4 21 Mary
"All That I Can Say" 44 6 29
"Deep Inside" 51 9 42
"Your Child" 106 23 1

2000s

Year Single Chart positions Album
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Dance UK NZ[14]
2000 "Give Me You" 68 21 19 Mary
2001 "Family Affair" 1 1 8 2 No More Drama
"Dance for Me" 13
2002 "No More Drama" 15 16 1 9 38
"Rainy Dayz"

(featuring Ja Rule)

12 8 6 17 29
2003 "Love @ 1st Sight"

(featuring Method Man)

22 10 18 27 Love & Life
"Ooh!" 26 14
"Not Today"

(featuring Eve)

41 21 40
"Whenever I Say Your Name"

(with Sting)

77 60
2004 "It's a Wrap" 71
2005 "Be Without You" 3 1 1 32 9 The Breakthrough
2006 "One"

(with U2)

86 2
"Enough Cryin" 32 2 46
"Take Me as I Am" 58 3
"MJB da MVP"

(featuring 50 Cent) 1

75 19 33 The Breakthrough /
Reflections - A Retrospective
"We Ride (I See the Future)" 118 38 Reflections - A Retrospective
2007 "Just Fine" 22 3 1 16 Growing Pains
2008 "Work That" 65 16
"Stay Down" 34
2009 "Stronger" 84 Music Inspired by More Than a Game /
Stronger with Each Tear (International Version)
"The One"

(featuring Drake)

63 32 Stronger with Each Tear
"I Am" 55 4 3 34

2010s

Year Single Chart positions Album
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Dance UK NZ[14]
2010 "Each Tear" 183 Stronger with Each Tear
"We Got Hood Love"

(featuring Trey Songz)

25
2011 "Someone to Love Me (Naked)"

(featuring Diddy & Lil Wayne)

108 28 My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)
"The Living Proof" The Help (soundtrack)/ My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)
"25/8" 36 My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)
"Mr. Wrong" (featuring Drake) 113 60[15]

Promo, radio-only singles and other charted songs

Year Song US
R&B
US
Dance
Album
1993 "I Don't Want to Do Anything" (with K-Ci Hailey) 86 What's the 411?
1995 "My Life" B 14 My Life
"Everyday It Rains" B 48 The Show (soundtrack)
"Everlasting Love" B 47 Rhythm of the Games:
1996 Olympic Games Album
1997 "It's On" (featuring R. Kelly) B 48 Share My World
1998 "A Dream" B 16 Money Talks (soundtrack)
"Beautiful" 2 72 How Stella Got Her Groove Back soundtrack
2000 "Sincerity" (featuring Nas & DMX) 72 Mary
"Let No Man Put Asunder" 20
"Someday at Christmas" 87 My Christmas Album
2002 "He Think I Don't Know" 15 No More Drama
2006 "Baggage" 104 The Breakthrough
"Ain't Really Love" 73
2008 "Hurt Again" 55 Growing Pains
2010 "I Feel Good" 68 Stronger with Each Tear
"Good Love" (featuring T.I.) 56
2011 "Feel inside" (featuring Nicki Minaj) 111[16] non-album song

Notes:

A Song was not released in the U.S. as a commercial single but was issued as a full, physical single release in the UK.

B Did not chart on the Hot 100 or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts (Billboard rules at the time prevented album cuts from charting). Chart peak listed here represents Hot 100 Airplay and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts data.

1 "MJB da MVP" was played briefly by radio in the US in 2005 before the first official single from The Breakthrough, "Be Without You", was released. It was the only single from Mary J. Blige's Reflections - A Retrospective album in the UK.

2 "Beautiful" charted at only #72 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart due to old chart rules which prevented album cuts (tracks that had not been released as physical singles) from charting. The rules changed in December 1998, but by that time "Beautiful" was near the end of its popularity. The song peaked at #13 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart earlier that year.

Featured singles

Year Song U.S. US
R&B
UK Album
1993 "Check It Out" (Grand Puba featuring Mary J. Blige) - 85 - Reel to Reel
1995 "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"
(Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige)
3 1 10 Tical
1997 "Can't Knock the Hustle" (Jay-Z featuring Mary J. Blige) 73 35 30 Reasonable Doubt
1999 "Lean on Me" (Kirk Franklin featuring Mary J. Blige, Bono,
R. Kelly, Crystal Lewis & The Family)
79 26 - The Nu Nation Project
2000 "911" (Wyclef Jean featuring Mary J. Blige) 38 6 9 The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II A Book
2001 "Back 2 Life 2001" (DJ Clue feat. Mary J. Blige & Jadakiss) - 57 - The Professional 2
2002 "Come Close" (Common featuring Mary J. Blige) 65 27 - Electric Circus
2004 "I Try" (Talib Kweli featuring Mary J. Blige) - 77 59 The Beautiful Struggle
2005 "Ain't No Way" (Patti LaBelle featuring Mary J. Blige) - 62 190 Classic Moments
2006 "Be Easy" (Young Hot Rod featuring Mary J. Blige) 85 - - Fastlane
"Runaway Love" (Ludacris featuring Mary J. Blige) 2 3 52 Release Therapy
2007 "Wake Up Call (Mark Ronson Remix)" (Maroon 5 featuring Mary J. Blige) - - - Download-only single
"You're Welcome" (Jay-Z featuring Mary J. Blige) - 55 - Unreleased
2008 "Just Stand Up!" (with various female artists) 11 83 26 Charity single
"IfULeave" (Musiq Soulchild featuring Mary J. Blige) 71 8 - OnMyRadio
2009 "Remember Me" (T.I. featuring Mary J. Blige) 29 42 34 Paper Trail: Case Closed
2009 "This Is To Mother You" (Sinéad O'Connor featuring Mary J. Blige) - - - Charity single
2010 "Hard Times Come Again No More" (with The Roots) - - - Hope For Haiti Now
"Bridge over Troubled Water" (with Andrea Bocelli) 75 - 132 Charity single
2011 "It Ain't Over Til It's Over" (DJ Khaled featuring Mary J. Blige, Fabolous & Jadakiss) - 52 - We the Best Forever

Guest vocals

Soundtracks and compilations

  • 1991: "You Remind Me", from Strictly Business Soundtrack
  • 1993: "Sweet Thing", "Reminisce", "I Don't Want to Do Anything", "Next Stop Uptown (Studio Version)" (with Father MC, Jodeci, Christopher Williams, Heavy D & The Boyz & Buttnaked Tim Dawg), from Uptown MTV Unplugged
  • 1993: "You Don't Have To Worry", from Who's the Man? Soundtrack
  • 1995: "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", from New York Undercover TV Soundtrack
  • 1995: "Freedom (Theme From Panther) (The Black Bag Mix)" (with Aaliyah, Amel, Az-Iz, Billy Lawrence, Blackgirl, Brenda Russel, Brigett McWilliams, Brownstone, Caron Wheeler, Casserine, Changing Faces, Chantay Savage, Cindy Mizelle, Crystal Waters, De Five Footaz, Ebony Vibe Everlasting, Emage, En Vogue, Eshe & Laurena, Felicia Adams, Female, For Real, Jade, Jamecia, Jazzyfatnastees, Joi, Karyn White, Lalah Hathaway, May May Ali, MC Lyte, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, Milira, Miss Jones, Monica, Natasha, N'Dea Davenport, Nefertiti, Patra, Pebbles, Penny Ford, Pure Soul, Queen Latifah, Raja-Nee', Salt-N-Pepa, Shug (of Shug & Dap), Sonja Maqrie, Sweet Sable, SWV, Tanya Blount, Terri & Monica, TLC, Tracie Spencer, Tyler Collins, Vanessa Williams, Vybe, Xscape, Y? N-Vee, Yo Yo, Zhané), from Panther Soundtrack
  • 1995: "Every Day It Rains", from The Show Soundtrack
  • 1995: "Not Gon' Cry", from Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack
  • 1996: "Touch Me, Tease Me" (with Case and Foxy Brown), from The Nutty Professor Soundtrack
  • 1996: "Everlasting Love", from Rhythm of the Games: 1996 Olympic Games Album
  • 1997: "Freestyle", from The Mix Tape, Vol. 2: 60 Minutes of Funk by Funkmaster Flex
  • 1997: "A Dream", from Money Talks Soundtrack
  • 1997: "Every Nation" (with Red Hot R+B All Stars), from Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute
  • 1997: "Christmas in the City", from A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3
  • 1998: "Beautiful", from How Stella Got Her Groove Back Soundtrack
  • 1998: "Keep Your Head", from Living the Dream: A Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
  • 1998: "Our Love", from New York Undercover: A Night at Natalie's TV Soundtrack
  • 1999: "Someday at Christmas", from My Christmas Album
  • 1999: "Reminisce (Live)", from Saturday Night Live: 25 Years, Vol. 2
  • 1999: "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (with Jon Bon Jovi and Sheryl Crow), from A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 4: Live
  • 1999: "Ain't No Way" (with Whitney Houston), from VH1 Divas Live 1999
  • 2001: "I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need to Get By" (with Method Man), from How High Soundtrack
  • 2001: "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me", from Red Hot + Indigo Compilation
  • 2001: "Real Love", from Two Can Play That Game Soundtrack
  • 2001: "What's Going On (Dupri Original Mix)", "What's Going On (Dupri R&B Mix)", from All-Star Tribute: What's Going On
  • 2002: "Star for Life", from Deliver Us from Eva Soundtrack
  • 2002: "Didn't Mean", from Bad Boys II Soundtrack
  • 2004: "Not Today" (with Eve), from Barbershop 2: Back in Business Soundtrack
  • 2004: "Wake Up Everybody" (with Musiq Soulchild, Jadakiss, Eve, Missy Elliott) & others, from Wake Up Everybody
  • 2004: "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" from Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason
  • 2004: "Never Too Much", from So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross
  • 2004: "Best of My Love (Gap Holiday Version)", download single only
  • 2004: "Got to Be Real" (with Will Smith), from Shark Tale Soundtrack
  • 2006: "Never Gonna Break My Faith" (duet with Aretha Franklin, from Bobby Soundtrack)
  • 2009: "I Can Do Bad All By Myself", from I Can Do Bad All By Myself Soundtrack
  • 2009: "Before I Let Go" from Silky Soul Music...an All-Star Tribute to Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
  • 2009: "I Can See In Color" from Precious Soundtrack and Stronger withEach Tear
  • 2010: "Hard Times Come Again No More" from Hope for Haiti Now Live album.
  • 2011: "The Living Proof" from The Help.

VHS/DVDs

Year Information
1993 411 Videos
  • Released: May 25, 1993
  • RIAA certification: -
  • Singles: None
2004 Live from Los Angeles
  • Released: October 5, 2004
  • RIAA certification: Gold
  • Singles: "Children of The Ghetto"
2004 An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige: Live from The House of Blues
  • Released: November 23, 2004
  • RIAA certification: -
  • Singles: None

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