Mary J. Blige discography

Mary J. Blige discography

Blige performing live at the Neighborhood Ball in Washington, D.C. in January 2009.
Releases
↙Studio albums 13
↙Live albums 2
↙Compilation albums 5
↙Singles 82

American recording artist Mary J. Blige began her career as a backing vocalist for Father MC in the early 1990s. Her discography as a solo artist began in 1992 and consists of thirteen studio albums, two live albums, two remix albums and over eighty singles—including more than 20 as a featured artist. Blige has sold over 55 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide.[1] In 2009, Billboard magazine ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B artist of the past 25 years,[2] while listing her 2006 song "Be Without You" as the top R&B song of the 2000s, as it spent an unparalleled 15 weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[3] In 2011, VH1 ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time.[4] Moreover, she was ranked 100th on the list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" by Rolling Stone magazine.[5] In 2012, VH1 ranked Blige ninth among "The 100 Greatest Woman in Music" listing.[6]

Blige started her own musical career in 1992, releasing her multi-platinum-selling debut album, What's the 411? on MCA and Uptown Records. The album 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, My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011). 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.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
U.S. U.S. R&B UK CAN
[7]		 AUS GER
[8]		 AUT SWI FRA
What's the 411?
6
1
53
—
—
—
—
—
—
My Life
  • Released: November 29, 1994
  • Label: Uptown, MCA
7
1
59
37
—
—
—
—
—
  • US: 2,900,000[9]
Share My World
  • Released: April 22, 1997
  • Label: MCA
1
1
8
4
71
37
—
41
31
  • US: 4,067,000[9]
  • US: (BMG Music Club)[14]
Mary
  • Released: August 17, 1999
  • Label: MCA
2
1
5
5
66
38
—
16
51
  • US: 2,100,000[9]
No More Drama
  • Released: August 28, 2001
  • Label: MCA
2
1
4
5
36
13
17
7
8
  • US: 3,200,000[9]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[12]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[15]
  • BPI: Platinum[11]
Love & Life
  • Released: August 26, 2003
  • Label: Geffen
1
1
8
6
62
21
49
3
18
  • US: 1,000,000[9]
The Breakthrough
  • Released: December 20, 2005
  • Label: Matriarch, Geffen
1
1
22
13
19
28
42
7
25
  • US: 3,100,000[9]
Growing Pains
  • Released: December 18, 2007
  • Label: Matriarch, Geffen
1
1
6
41
—
48
36
6
73
  • US: 1,640,000[9]
Stronger with Each Tear
  • Release: December 21, 2009
  • Label: Matriarch, Geffen
2
1
33
42
—
—
—
66
—
My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)
  • Released: November 21, 2011
  • Label: Matriarch, Geffen
5
2
76
—
—
93
—
 31 143
A Mary Christmas
  • Released: October 15, 2013
  • Label: Matriarch, Verve, Interscope
10
3
28
—
—
—
—
—
—
The London Sessions
  • Released: November 24, 2014
  • Label: Capitol
9
1
40
27
94
  • US: 131,000

Compilations

Year Album details Chart positions Certifications
U.S. U.S. R&B UK CAN AUT SWI FRA
1993 What's the 411? Remix
  • Released: December 7, 1993
  • Label: Uptown/MCA
118
22
—
—
—
—
—
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[12]
1998 The Tour
  • Released: July 28, 1998
  • Label: MCA
21
7
—
—
—
—
65
2000 Ballads
  • Released: December 20, 2000
  • Label: MCA
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2002 Dance for Me
  • Released: August 13, 2002
  • Label: MCA
76
36
—
47
—
—
—
—
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
—
—
—
—
—
—
Reflections (A Retrospective)
  • Released: December 12, 2006
  • Label: Matriarch/Geffen
9
2
40
60
75
19
—
2014 Think Like a Man Too
  • Released: June 17, 2014
  • Label: Epic
30
6
—
—
—
—
—
  • US: 9,000

Singles

As lead artist

1990s

Year Single Chart Position Certifications Album
US Hot 100
[21]		 US R&B
[22]		 FRA
[23]		 GER
[24]		 IRE
[25]		 NED
[26]		 NZ
[27]		 SWE
[28]		 SWI
[29]		 UK
[30]
1992 "You Remind Me" 29 1 — — — — — — — 48 What's the 411?
"Real Love" 7 1 — — — — — — — 68
"Reminisce" 57 6 — — — — — — — 31
"Sweet Thing" 28 11 — — — — 48 — — —
1993 "Love No Limit" 44 5 — — — — — — — —
"Real Love" (Remix) — — — — — — — — — 26
"You Don't Have to Worry" 63 11 — — — — — — — 36 Who's the Man? soundtrack
1994 "My Love" [A] — 23 — — — — — — — 29 What's the 411?
"Be Happy" 29 6 — — — — — — — 30 My Life
1995 "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" [A][B] 39 37 — — — — 33 — — 17
"I'm Goin' Down" 22 13 — — — — — — — 12
"You Bring Me Joy" 57 29 — — — — — — — —
"I Love You" — — — — — — — —
"(You Make Me Feel like) a Natural Woman" 95 39 — — — 46 15 — — 23 New York Undercover soundtrack
1996 "Not Gon' Cry" 2 1 — — — — 12 — — 39 Waiting to Exhale soundtrack
1997 "Love Is All We Need" [A][B]
(featuring Nas)		 — 2 — — — 90 7 31 — 15 Share My World
"I Can Love You"
(featuring Lil' Kim)		 21 — — — — — — — —
"Everything" 24 5 — — — 62 13 — — 6
"Missing You" [A][B] — 23 — — — — — — — 19
1998 "Seven Days" [A][B] 71 3 — — — — — — — 22
1999 "As"
(with George Michael)		 — 57 27 38 12 9 21 27 22 4 Mary
"All That I Can Say" 44 6 — — — 91 — — — 29
"Deep Inside" 51 9 — — — 81 — — — 42
"Your Child" — 23 — — — — — — — —

2000s

Year Single Chart Position Certifications Album
US Bill
[21]		 US R&B
[22]		 FRA
[23]		 GER
[24]		 IRE
[25]		 NED
[26]		 NZ
[27]		 SWE
[28]		 SWI
[29]		 UK
[30]
2000 "Give Me You" 68 21 — 76 — 77 — — 64 19 Mary
2001 "Family Affair" 1 1 1 10 5 3 2 7 4 8 No More Drama
"Dance for Me" — — — 82 24 — — 44 — 13
2002 "No More Drama" 15 16 42 47 24 15 38 29 17 9
"Rainy Dayz"
(featuring Ja Rule)		 12 8 — 58 25 13 29 55 65 17
2003 "Love @ 1st Sight"
(with Method Man)		 22 10 49 36 — 56 27 23 23 18 Love & Life
"Ooh!" 29 14 — — — — — — — —
"Not Today"
(featuring Eve)		 41 21 57 — — — — — — 40
"Whenever I Say Your Name"
(with Sting)		 — 77 — — — 60 — — 50 60
2004 "It's a Wrap" — 71 — — — — — — — —
2005 "Be Without You" 3 1 22 12 — 6 9 34 5 32
  • US: 2x Platinum[31]
 The Breakthrough
2006 "One"
(with U2)		 86 — 35 6 2 3 — 27 2 2
"Enough Cryin" 32 2 — 88 — — — — — 46
"Take Me as I Am" 58 3 — — — — — — — —
"MJB da MVP" [C]
(featuring 50 Cent)		 75 19 — — — — — — — 33
"We Ride (I See the Future)" 118 38 — 69 — — — — — — Reflections (A Retrospective)
2007 "Just Fine" 22 3 — — — — — — — 16 Growing Pains
2008 "Work That" 65 16 — — — — — — — —
"Stay Down" — 34 — — — — — — — —
"Be Without You" (Digital Re-Entry) — — 90 — — — — — — — The Breakthrough
2009 "Stronger" — 84 — — — — — — — — More Than a Game soundtrack
"The One"
(featuring Drake)		 63 32 — — — — — — — — Stronger with Each Tear
"I Am" 55 4 — — — — — — — 34

2010s

Year Single Chart Position Certifications Album
US Bill
[21]		 US R&B
[22]		 US Adult
[35]		 GER
[24]		 ITA
[36]		 NED
[26]		 NZ
[27]		 SWE
[28]		 SWI
[29]		 UK
[30]
2010 "Each Tear" — — — — 1 — — — — — Stronger with Each Tear
"We Got Hood Love"
(featuring Trey Songz)		 — 25 14 — — — — — — —
2011 "Someone to Love Me (Naked)"
(featuring Diddy & Lil Wayne)		 108 28 — — — — — — — — My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)
"25/8" — 35 8 — — — — — — —
"Mr. Wrong"
(featuring Drake)		 87 10 — — — — — — — —
"The Living Proof" — — 27 — — — — — — —
2012 "Why"
(featuring Rick Ross)		 — 30 — — — — — — — —
"Don't Mind" — 35 3 — — — — — — —
2013 "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
(featuring Jessie J)		 — — — — — — — — — 59 A Mary Christmas
"This Christmas" — — 21 — — — — — — —
2014 "Suitcase" — — 29 — — — — — — — Think Like a Man Too
"Therapy" — — — — — — — — — — The London Sessions
"Right Now" — — — — — — — — — 100
"Whole Damn Year" — 21 5 — — — — — — —
2015 "Doubt" — — 15 — — — — — — —
"Long Hard Look" — — — — — — — — — —

As featured artist

Year Single Chart Position Certifications Album
US Bill
[21]		 US R&B
[22]		 AUS
[37]		 GER
[24]		 IRE
[25]		 NED
[26]		 NZ
[27]		 SWE
[28]		 SWI
[29]		 UK
[30]
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 — 100 — 36 22 — — 10 Tical
1997 "Can't Knock the Hustle"
(Jay-Z featuring Mary J. Blige)		 73 35 — — — — 26 — — 30 Reasonable Doubt
1999 "Lean on Me"
(Kirk Franklin featuring Mary J. Blige & The Family)		 79 26 — — — 57 27 — — — The Nu Nation Project
2000 "911"
(Wyclef Jean featuring Mary J. Blige)		 38 6 — 12 10 8 — 1 9 9 The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book
2001 "Back 2 Life 2001"
(DJ Clue featuring 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 — — — — — — — — Classic Moments
2006 "Be Easy"
(Young Hot Rod featuring Mary J. Blige)		 85 — — — — — — — — — Fastlane
"Runaway Love"
(Ludacris featuring Mary J. Blige)		 2 3 — — — — 21 — — 52 Release Therapy
2007 "Wake Up Call (Mark Ronson Remix)"
(Maroon 5 featuring Mary J. Blige)		 — — — — — — — — — — Call and Response: The Remix Album
"You're all Welcome"
(Jay-Z featuring Mary J. Blige)		 — 55 — — — — — — — — Single Release Only
2008 "Just Stand Up!"
(with Various Artists)		 11 83 39 — 11 — 19 51 — 26 Single Release Only
"IfULeave"
(Musiq Soulchild featuring Mary J. Blige)		 71 8 — — — — — — — — OnMyRadio
2009 "Remember Me"
(T.I. featuring Mary J. Blige)		 29 42 — — 19 — — — — 34 Paper Trail: Case Closed
"This Is to Mother You"
(Sinéad O'Connor featuring Mary J. Blige)		 — — — — — — — — — — Single Release Only
2010 "Hard Times Come Again No More"
(The Roots featuring Mary J. Blige)		 — — — — — — — — — — Hope for Haiti Now
"Bridge over Troubled Water"
(Andrea Bocelli with Mary J. Blige)		 75 — — — — — — — — — Single Release Only
2011 "It Ain't Over Til It's Over"
(DJ Khaled featuring Mary J. Blige, Fabolous & Jadakiss)		 — — — — — — — — — — We the Best Forever
2014 "F for You"
(Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige)		 — — — — — — — — — 22 Settle

Other charted songs

List of other songs, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
R&B
[39]		 US
Dance
[39]		 SWI
[40]
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"[B]
(featuring R. Kelly)		 48 — — Share My World
1998 "A Dream"[B] 16 — — Money Talks soundtrack
"Beautiful"[D] 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 Nas)		 106 — — My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)
"Ain't Nobody" — — 55
2012 "Love a Woman"
(featuring Beyoncé)		 89 — —

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other performer(s) Album
"I'll Do 4 U"[41] 1990 Father MC Father's Day
"Do the One, Two"[42] 1992 Close to You
"One Nite Stand"[42]
"Dolly My Baby"[43] Super Cat Don Dada
"Good Luvin'"[44] Christopher Williams Changes
"Check It Out"[45] Grand Puba Reel to Reel
"Trippin Out (Remix)"[46] Prince Markie Dee Free
"Feel of Your Lips"[47] 1994 Sista, Virginia Williams, K-Ci 4 All the Sistas Around da World
"I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"[48] Method Man Tical
"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"[49] 1995 Faith Evans Faith
"Everlasting Love"[50] N/A Rhythm of the Games: Olympic Games Album
"Touch Me, Tease Me"[51] 1996 Case, Foxy Brown Case
"All That I Got Is You"[52] Ghostface Killah Ironman
"Can't Knock the Hustle"[53] Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt
"I Used to Love Him"[54] Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
"Christmas in the City"[55] 1997 Angie Martinez A Very Special Christmas 3
"That's the Way I Feel About You"[56] 1998 Gerald Levert Love & Consequences
"Lean on Me"[57] Kirk Franklin, Bono, R. Kelly, The Family The Nu Nation Project
"Coming From"[58] DMX Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
"As"[59] George Michael Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
"The Message"[60] 1999 Dr. Dre, Rell 2001
"Confrontation"[61] Funkmaster Flex, Big Kap The Tunnel
"Ain't No Way"[62] Whitney Houston Divas Live '99
"I'm Every Woman (Reprise)"[62] W. Houston, Chaka Khan, Faith Hill, Brandy, LeAnn Rimes
"Hold On"[63] 2000 Lil' Kim The Notorious K.I.M.
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"[64] Elton John One Night Only
"911"[65] Wyclef Jean The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book
"Back 2 Life 2001"[66] 2001 DJ Clue?, Jadakiss The Professional 2
"There's Only One"[67] Busta Rhymes Genesis
"Little Bro/Little Sis"[68] Malik Pendleton Look Around
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me"[69] N/A Red Hot + Indigo
"Breathe"[70] Angie Martinez, La India Up Close and Personal
"Braveheart Party"[71] Nas, Bravehearts Stillmatic
"Can't Knock the Hustle"/"Family Affair"[72] Jay-Z Jay-Z: Unplugged
"Beauty and the Thug"[73] 2002 Jaheim Still Ghetto
"Come Close"[74] Common Electric Circus
"Heaven Somewhere"[74] Common, Omar, C. Green, Bilal, J. Scott, E. Badu, L. Lynn
"Whenever You Need Me"[75] 2003 Nick Cannon Nick Cannon
"Da Club"[76] Diddy N/A
"Whenever I Say Your Name"[77] Sting Sacred Love
"Baby Girl Interlude"/"Intro""[78] Missy Elliott This Is Not a Test!
"Don't Worry"[79] 2004 The Game The Documentary
"On the Move"[80] Rah Digga Everything Is a Story
"I'm a Hustla (Remix)"[81] 2005 Cassidy I'm a Hustla
"Tell Me Why"[82] Will Smith Lost and Found
"My Struggles"[83] Missy Elliott, Grand Puba The Cookbook
"Ain't No Way"[84] Patti LaBelle Classic Moments
"It All Goes By So Fast"[85] Ray Charles Genius & Friends
"My Man"[86] Santana, Big Boi All That I Am
"Never Too Much"[87] N/A So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross
"Living in Pain"[88] Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Nas Duets: The Final Chapter
"Love Changes"[89] Jamie Foxx Unpredictable
"Favorite Flavor"[90] 2006 LL Cool J Todd Smith
"It's Alright"[91] Mobb Deep, 50 Cent Blood Money
"Touch It (Remix)"[92] B. Rhymes, Rah Digga, M. Elliott, L. Banks, Papoose, DMX The Big Bang
"Be Easy"[93] Young Hot Rod N/A
"Runaway Love"[94] Ludacris Release Therapy
"Making It Hard"[95] Diddy Press Play
"Hood Love"[96] Johntá Austin N/A
"All of Me"[97] 2007 50 Cent Curtis
"Disrespectful"[98] Chaka Khan Funk This
"What About the Baby"[99] Wyclef Jean Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
"Do You (Remix)"[100] Ne-Yo Because of You
"Wake Up Call (Mark Ronson Remix)"[101] 2008 Maroon 5 Call and Response: The Remix Album
"Magic (NYC Remix)"[102] Robin Thicke Something Else
"IfULeave"[103] Musiq Soulchild OnMyRadio
"Change"[104] T-Pain, Akon, Diddy Thr33 Ringz
"Fancy"[105] 2009 Drake Thank Me Later
"Grind Hard"[106] Jadakiss The Last Kiss
"Decision"[107] Busta Rhymes, Jamie Foxx, John Legend, Common Back on My B.S.
"Remember Me"[108] T.I. Paper Trail: Case Closed
"People"[109] Queen Latifah Persona
"The Way I Live"[110] KRS-One & Buckshot Survival Skills
"You Make Me Feel Brand New"[111] Rod Stewart Soulbook
"What Child Is This"[112] Andrea Bocelli My Christmas
"Sumthin's Gotta Give"[113] 2010 Big Boi Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
"It's a Wrap (Remix)"[114] Mariah Carey Angels Advocate
"Care (Demo Version)"[115] Kid Rock, T.I. Born Free
"Hard Times Come Again No More"[116] The Roots Hope for Haiti Now
"Don't Play This Song"[117] Kid Cudi Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
"These Worries"[117]
"Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me"[118] Quincy Jones, Q-Tip, Alfredo Rodríguez Q Soul Bossa Nostra
"It Ain't Over Til It's Over"[119] 2011 DJ Khaled, Fabolous, Jadakiss We the Best Forever
"Each Tear"[120] Rea Garvey Can't Stand the Silence
"Reach Out"[121] 2012 Nas Life Is Good
"Who You're Around"[122] Meek Mill Dreams and Nightmares
"Now or Never"[123] Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city
"We Three Kings"[124] Rod Stewart Merry Christmas, Baby
"Being with You"[125] 2014 Smokey Robinson Smokey & Friends

Soundtrack appearances

List of soundtrack appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other performer(s) Movie
"You Remind Me"[126] 1991 N/A Strictly Business
"You Don't Have to Worry"[127] 1993 N/A Who's the Man?
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"[128] 1995 N/A New York Undercover
"Freedom (Theme from Panther)"[129] Various Artists Panther
"Every Day It Rains"[130] N/A The Show
"Not Gon' Cry"[131] N/A Waiting to Exhale
"Touch Me, Tease Me"[132] 1996 Case, Foxy Brown The Nutty Professor
"A Dream"[133] 1997 N/A Money Talks
"Beautiful"[134] 1998 N/A How Stella Got Her Groove Back
"Our Love"[135] N/A New York Undercover: A Night at Natalie's
"All I Need (Razor Sharp Remix)"[136] 2001 Method Man How High
"Real Love"[137] N/A Two Can Play That Game
"Star for Live"[138] 2002 N/A Deliver Us from Eva
"Didn't Mean"[139] 2003 N/A Bad Boys II
"Not Today"[140] 2004 Eve Barbershop 2: Back in Business
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"[141] N/A Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason
"Got to Be Real"[142] Will Smith Shark Tale
"Never Gonna Break My Faith"[143] 2006 N/A Bobby
"Good Woman Down"[144] Aretha Franklin I Can Do Bad All By Myself
"I Can Do Bad"[144] 2009 N/A
"I Can See in Color"[145] N/A Precious
"Stronger"[146] N/A More Than a Game
"The Living Proof"[147] 2011 N/A The Help
"Harden My Heart"[148] 2012 Julianne Hough Rock of Ages
"Shadows of the Night"[148] N/A
"Here I Go Again"[148] Diego Boneta, Paul Giamatti, J. Hough, M. Blige, Tom Cruise
"Any Way You Want It"[148] Mary J. Blige, J. Hough, Constantine Maroulis
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"[148] Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige
"Don't Stop Believin'"[148] J. Hough, D. Boneta, T. Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, M. Blige
"Rise Up Shepherd and Follow"[149] 2013 Nas Black Nativity

See also

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 Billboard Hot 100 or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart (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.
  • C ^ "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.
  • D ^ "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.

References

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  2. ↑ "Best of the 2000s — R&B/Hip hop artists". billboard.com.
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  5. ↑ "100 Greatest Singers".
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  10. ↑ Ramirez, Erika (28 July 2012). "Mary J. Blige, 'What's The 411?' at 20: Classic Track-By-Track Review". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 "BPI Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 "Mary J. Blige Album Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
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