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Birth name
  
Mary Jane Blige

Spouse
  
Kendu Isaacs (m. 2003)

Name
  
Mary Blige

Years active
  
1989–present

Instruments
  
Vocals


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Born
  
January 11, 1971 (age 53) The Bronx, New York, U.S. (
1971-01-11
)

Origin
  
Yonkers, New York, U.S.

Genres
  
R&Bsoulhip hop soulneo soul

Occupation(s)
  
Singersongwritermodelrecord produceractress

Role
  
Singer-songwriter · maryjblige.com

Movies
  
I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Rock of Ages, Black Nativity

Albums
  
Profiles

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Mary Jane Blige (; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, model, record producer and actress. Starting her career as a backing singer on Uptown Records in 1989, Blige released her first album, What's the 411?, in 1992, and has released 13 studio albums since and made over 150 guest appearances on other albums and soundtracks.

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A recipient of nine Grammy Awards, in addition to receiving a record of thirty Grammy nominations, and also known as the Queen of Hip Hop Soul, Blige is one of few entertainers in history to have eight or more albums to reach multi-platinum status. My Life, in particular, is considered among the greatest albums ever recorded according to Rolling Stone, Time, and Vibe. For her part in combining hip hop and soul in the early 1990s and its subsequent commercial success, Blige received the Legends Award at the World Music Awards. Blige also received the Voice of Music Award from performance rights organization ASCAP, with its official Jeanie Weems stating that "[Blige's] music has been the voice of inspiration to women worldwide in both struggle and triumph." Blige made Time magazine's "Time 100" list of influential individuals around the world in 2007.

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As of 2013, Blige has sold more than 50 million albums and 25 million singles worldwide. Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B artist of the past 25 years. In 2017, The magazine also lists her 2006 song "Be Without You" as the most successful R&B song of all times, as it spent an unparalleled 15 weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and over 75 weeks on the chart. In 2011, VH1 ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time. Moreover, she is ranked number 100 on the list of "100 greatest singers of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine. In 2012, VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in "The 100 Greatest Women in Music."

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Blige also earned high remarks for her work in film. She starred in the 2009 Tyler Perry box-office hit I Can Do Bad All By Myself and played a role in the film Rock of Ages (2012). She received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her musical contribution to the film The Help. In partnership with the Home Shopping Network (HSN) and Carol's Daughter, Blige released her "My Life" perfume. The perfume broke HSN records by selling 65,000 bottles during its premiere. The scent went on to win two FiFi Awards, including the "Fragrance Sales Breakthrough" award. In 2017, she stars in the period drama film Mudbound directed by Dee Rees.

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1971–91: Early life and career beginnings

Blige was born on January 11, 1971, in The Bronx, New York, She is the second of four children born to mother Cora, a nurse, and second to father Thomas Blige, a jazz musician, The family subsisted on her mother's earnings as a nurse after her father left the family in the mid-1970s, the former an alcoholic and the latter a Vietnam War veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Blige spent her early years in Richmond Hill, Georgia, where she sang in a Pentecostal church. Blige later moved to Schlobohm Houses in Yonkers, New York, immediately north of New York City, where she lived with her mother and older sister. Blige dropped out of high school in her junior year.

Pursuing a musical career, Blige spent a short period of time in a Yonkers band named Pride with band drummer Eddie D'Aprile. In early 1988, she recorded an impromptu cover of Anita Baker's "Caught Up in the Rapture" at a recording booth in the Galleria Mall in White Plains, New York. Her mother's boyfriend at the time later played the cassette for Jeff Redd, a recording artist and A&R runner for Uptown Records. Redd sent it to the president and CEO of the label, Andre Harrell. Harrell met with Blige and in 1989 she was signed to the label as a backing vocalist for artists such as Father MC, becoming the company's youngest and first female artist.

1992–96: What's the 411? and My Life

After being signed to Uptown Records, Blige began working with record producer Puff Daddy. He became the executive producer and produced a majority of the album. The title, What's the 411?, derived from Blige's past occupation as a 4-1-1 operator; it was also an indication by Blige of being the "real deal". The music was described as "revelatory on a frequent basis". Blige was noted for having a "tough girl persona and streetwise lyrics". On July 28, 1992, Uptown/MCA Records released What's the 411?, to positive reviews from critics. What's the 411? peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It also peaked at number 53 on the UK Albums Chart. It was certified three times Platinum by the RIAA. According to Entertainment Weekly's Dave DiMartino, with the record's commercial success and Blige's "powerful, soulful voice and hip-hop attitude", she "solidly connected with an audience that has never seen a woman do new jack swing but loves it just the same". According to Dave McAleer, Blige became the most successful new female R&B artist of 1992 in the United States.

What's the 411? earned her two Soul Train Music Awards in 1993: Best New R&B Artist and Best R&B Album, Female. It was also voted the year's 30th best album in the Pazz & Jop—an annual poll of American critics nationwide, published by The Village Voice. By August 2010, the album had sold 3,318,000 copies in the US. What's the 411? has since been viewed by critics as one of the 1990s' most important records. Blige's combination of vocals over a hip hop beat proved influential in contemporary R&B. With the album, she was dubbed the reigning "Queen of Hip Hop Soul" The album's success spun off What's the 411? Remix, a remix album released in December that was used to extend the life of the What's the 411? singles on the radio into 1994, as Blige recorded her follow-up album. With combined sales of over 5 million albums and singles from her debut album, Blige was the best selling female artist on the Uptown label.

Following the success of her debut album and a remixed version in 1993, Blige went into the recording studio in the winter of 1993 to record her second album, My Life. The album was a breakthrough for Blige, who at this point was in a clinical depression, battling both drugs and alcohol- as well as being in an abusive relationship with K-Ci Hailey, which was reported in several tabloids. On November 29, 1994, Uptown Records/MCA Records released Blige's second album, My Life, to positive reviews. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and number one of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for selling 481,000 copies in its first week and remaining atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for an unprecedented eight weeks. It ultimately spent 46 weeks on the Billboard 200 and 84 weeks on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. In 2002, My Life was ranked number 57 on Blender's list of the 100 greatest American albums of all-time. The following year, Rolling Stone placed it at number 279 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and in 2006, the record was included in Time's 100 greatest albums of all-time list.

Blige involved herself in several outside projects, recording a cover of Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" for the soundtrack to the FOX series New York Undercover, and "Everyday It Rains" (co-written by R&B singer Faith Evans) for the soundtrack to the hip hop documentary, The Show. Later in the year, she recorded the Babyface-penned and produced "Not Gon' Cry", for the soundtrack to the motion picture Waiting to Exhale. The platinum-selling single rose to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in early 1996. Blige gained her first two Grammy nominations, and won the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for her collaboration with Method Man.

1997–2000: Share My World and Mary

On April 22, 1997, MCA Records (parent company to Uptown Records, which was in the process of being dismantled) released Blige's third album, Share My World. By then, she and Combs had dissolved their working relationship. In his place were the Trackmasters, who executive-produced the project along with Steve Stoute. Sharing production duties were producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, R. Kelly, Babyface and Rodney Jerkins. The album was made at a time when Blige was trying to "get her life together", by trying to overcome drugs and alcohol, as well as the ending of her relationship with Hailey. After an encounter with a person who threatened her life the previous year, she tried to quit the unhealthy lifestyle and make more upbeat, happier music. As a result, songs such as "Love Is All We Need" and "Share My World" were made. Share My World debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and spawned five hit singles: "Love Is All We Need" (featuring Nas), "I Can Love You" (featuring Lil' Kim), "Everything", "Missing You" (UK only) and "Seven Days" (featuring George Benson). The album became Blige's most commercially successful, selling three million copies in the U.S. In February 1997, Blige performed her hit at the time, "Not Gon' Cry", at the 1997 Grammy Awards, which gained her a third Grammy Award nomination, her first for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, as Blige was recording the follow-up to My Life. In early 1998, Blige won an American Music Award for "Favorite Soul/R&B Album". That summer, she embarked on the Share My World Tour, which resulted in a Gold-certified live album released later that year, simply titled The Tour. The album spawned one single, "Misty Blue".

On August 17, 1999, Blige's fourth album, titled Mary was released. It marked a departure from her more familiar hip hop-oriented sound; this set featured a more earthy, whimsical, and adult contemporary-tinged collection of songs, reminiscent of 1970s to early 1980s soul. She also appeared on In Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua with Eric Clapton in 1999. On December 14, 1999, the album was re-released as a double-disc set. The second disc was enhanced with the music videos for the singles "All That I Can Say" and "Deep Inside" and included two bonus tracks: "Sincerity" (featuring Nas, Andy Hogan and DMX) and "Confrontation" (a collaboration with hip hop duo Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap originally from their 1999 album The Tunnel). The Mary album was critically praised, becoming her most nominated release to date, and was certified double platinum (selling over two million in sales.) It was not as commercially successful as Blige's prior releases, though all of the singles: "All That I Can Say", "Deep Inside", "Your Child", and "Give Me You" performed considerably on radio. In the meantime, MCA used the album to expand Blige's demographic into the nightclub market, as club-friendly dance remixes of the Mary singles were released. The club remix of "Your Child" peaked at number-one on the Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart in October 2000. In 2001, a Japan-only compilation, Ballads, was released. The album featured covers of Stevie Wonder's "Overjoyed", and previous recordings of Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and Dorothy Moore's "Misty Blue". In 1999, George Michael and Mary J. Blige covered the song 'As' written by Stevie Wonder, and worldwide outside of the United States, it was the second single from George Michael's greatest hits album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael. It became a top ten UK pop hit, reaching number four on the chart. It was not released on the U.S. version of the greatest hits collection or as a single in the U.S. Michael cited Blige's record company president for pulling the track in America after Michael's arrest for committing a lewd act

2001–04: No More Drama and Love & Life

On August 28, 2001, MCA released Blige's fifth studio album, No More Drama. The album's first single, "Family Affair" (produced by Dr. Dre) became her first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for six consecutive weeks. It was followed by two further hit singles, the European only single "Dance for Me" featuring Common with samples from "The Bed's Too Big Without You" by The Police, and the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis-produced title track (originally recorded for the Mary album), which sampled "Nadia's Theme", the piano-driven theme song to the daytime drama The Young and the Restless. Though the album sold nearly two million copies in the U.S., MCA was underwhelmed by its sales, and subsequently repackaged and re-released the album on January 29, 2002. The No More Drama re-release featured a new album cover, deleted three of the songs from the original track listing, while adding two brand-new songs—one of which was the fourth single and top twenty Hot 100 hit "Rainy Dayz", (featuring Ja Rule), plus two remixes; one of the title track, serviced by Puff Daddy and the single version of "Dance for Me" featuring Common. The album sold another million-plus units (3.2 million in total) in the U.S. and seven million worldwide. Blige won a Grammy for 'Best Female R&B Vocal Performance' for the song "He Think I Don't Know." In April 2002, Blige performed with Shakira with the song "Love Is a Battlefield" on VH1 Divas show live in Las Vegas, she also performed "No More Drama" and "Rainy Dayz" as a duet with the returning Whitney Houston.

On July 22, 2002, MCA released Dance for Me, a collection of club remixes of some of her past top hits including the Junior Vasquez remix of "Your Child", and the Thunderpuss mix of "No More Drama." This album was released in a limited edition double pack 12" vinyl for DJ-friendly play in nightclubs. On August 26, 2003, Blige's sixth album Love & Life was released on Geffen Records (which had absorbed MCA Records.) Blige heavily collaborated with her one-time producer Sean Combs for this set. Due to the history between them on What's the 411? and My Life, which is generally regarded as their best work, and Blige having just come off of a successful fifth album, expectations were high for the reunion effort.

Despite the album debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 and becoming Blige's fourth consecutive UK top ten album, Love & Life's lead-off single, the Diddy-produced "Love @ 1st Sight", which featured Method Man, barely cracked the top ten on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, while altogether missing the top twenty on the Hot 100 (although peaking inside the UK top twenty). The following singles, "Ooh!", "Not Today" featuring Eve, "Whenever I Say Your Name" featuring Sting on the international re-release, and "It's a Wrap" fared worse. Although the album was certified platinum, it became Blige's lowest-selling to date. Critics and fans alike largely panned the disc, citing a lack of consistency and noticeable ploys to recapture the early Blige/Combs glory. Blige and Combs reportedly struggled and clashed during the making of this album, and again parted ways upon the completion of it.

The album became Blige's first album in six years to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 285,298 copies in first week. Love & Life received mixed reviews from music critics. AllMusic gave it 4 stars and said the album "beamed with joy" and Rolling Stone gave it three stars, saying "You may not always love Blige's music, but you will feel her". The album was eventually certified Platinum by the RIAA. To date the album has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the US and over 2,000,000 copies worldwide. The album was nominated for the Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 46th Grammy Awards.

2005–06: The Breakthrough and Reflections – A Retrospective

Geffen Records released Blige's seventh studio album, The Breakthrough on December 20, 2005. For the album, Blige collaborated with J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Rodney Jerkins, will.i.am, Bryan-Michael Cox, 9th Wonder, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Raphael Saadiq, Cool and Dre, and Dre & Vidal. The cover art was photographed by Markus Klinko & Indrani. It debuted at number one on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Selling 727,000 copies in its first week, it became the biggest first-week sales for an R&B solo female artist in SoundScan history, the fifth largest first-week sales for a female artist, and the fourth largest debut of 2005. Since its release, The Breakthrough has sold over three million copies in the U.S and over seven million copies worldwide, becoming one of the five best-selling albums of 2006.

The lead-off single, "Be Without You", peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, while peaking at number one on the R&B chart for a record-setting fifteen consecutive weeks; it remained on the chart for over sixteen months. "Be Without You" found success in the UK (peaking in the lower end of the top forty) it became Blige's longest charting single on the UK Singles Chart. It is her second longest charting single to date. The album produced three more singles including two more top five R&B hits—"Enough Cryin'", which features Blige's alter ego Brook-Lynn (as whom she appeared on the remix to Busta Rhymes's "Touch It" in 2006); and "Take Me as I Am" (which samples Lonnie Liston Smith's "A Garden of Peace"). Blige's duet with U2 on the cover of their 1992 hit, "One" gave Blige her biggest hit to date in the UK, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart eventually being certified one of the forty highest-selling singles of 2006; it was her longest charting UK single. The success of The Breakthrough won Blige nine Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, two BET Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, and a Soul Train Award. She received eight Grammy Award nominations at the 2007 Grammy Awards, the most of any artist that year. "Be Without You" was nominated for both "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year". Blige won three: "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance", "Best R&B Song" (both for "Be Without You"), and "Best R&B Album" for The Breakthrough. Blige completed a season sweep of the "big three" major music awards, having won two American Music Awards in November 2006 and nine Billboard Music Awards in December 2006.

In December 2006, a compilation called Reflections (A Retrospective) was released. It contained many of Blige's greatest hits and four new songs, including the worldwide lead single "We Ride (I See the Future)". In the UK, however, "MJB da MVP" (which appeared in a different, shorter form on The Breakthrough) was released as the lead single from the collection. The album peaked at number nine in the U.S, selling over 170,000 copies in its first week, while reaching number forty in the UK. It has sold more than 1.6 million copies. In 2006, Blige recorded a duet with rapper Ludacris, "Runaway Love", which is the third single on his fifth album, Release Therapy. It reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 and the R&B chart. Blige was featured with Aretha Franklin and The Harlem Boys Choir on the soundtrack to the 2006 motion picture Bobby, on the lead track "Never Gonna Break My Faith" written by Bryan Adams. The song was nominated for a Golden Globe and won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.

2007–08: Growing Pains

Blige's eighth studio album, Growing Pains, was released on December 18, 2007, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It sold 629,000 copies in its first week, marking the third time since Nielsen SoundScan began collecting data in 1991 that two albums sold more than 600,000 copies in a week in the United States. In its second week, the album climbed to number one, making it Blige's fourth number-one album. The lead single, "Just Fine", peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Just Fine" was nominated for the Grammy Award for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance", and Blige won "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" for the Chaka Khan duet "Disrespectful" (featured on Khan's album Funk This) which Blige wrote.

Growing Pains was not released in the UK until February 2008, where it became Blige's fifth top ten and third-highest charting album.The Breakthrough and Reflections (A Retrospective) were released in the Christmas rush and therefore settled for lower peaks, although both selling more than her top five album Mary. "Just Fine" returned Blige to the UK singles chart top 20 after her previous two singles failed to chart highly. Subsequent singles from Growing Pains include "Work That", which accompanied Blige in an iTunes commercial, and "Stay Down".

Blige was featured on 50 Cent's 2007 album, Curtis, in the song "All of Me". In March 2008, she toured with Jay-Z in the Heart of the City Tour. They released a song called "You're Welcome". In the same period, cable network BET aired a special on Blige entitled The Evolution of Mary J. Blige, which showcased her career. Celebrities such as Method Man and Ashanti gave their opinions about Blige and her music. Blige is featured on singles by Big Boi, and Musiq Soulchild. Growing Pains was nominated for and won the Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary R&B Album", at the 51st Grammy Awards held on February 8, 2009, earning Blige her 27th Grammy nomination, in a mere decade. Blige went on the Growing Pains European Tour, her first tour there in two years. A tour of Australia and New Zealand was scheduled for June but was postponed due to "weariness from an overwhelming tour schedule" and then eventually canceled entirely.

On August 7, 2008, it was revealed Blige faced a US$2 million federal suit claiming Neff-U wrote the music for the song "Work That", but was owned by Dream Family Entertainment. The filing claimed that Dream Family never gave rights to use the song to Blige, Feemster or Geffen Records. Rights to the lyrics of the song used in an iPod commercial are not in question.

2009–10: Stronger with Each Tear

Blige returned to performing in January 2009 by performing the song "Lean on Me" at the Presidential Inauguration Committee's, "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial". Blige also performed her hit 2007 single, "Just Fine", with a new intro at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball after Barack Obama was sworn in on January 20, 2009. Blige appeared as a marquee performer on the annual Christmas in Washington television special.

Blige's ninth studio album, Stronger with Each Tear, was released on December 21, 2009, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, selling 332,000 units in its first week of release. It became her fifth album not to take the top spot in the United States. The lead single, "The One", which features Canadian rapper Drake, was released for airplay in June 2009, and was officially and digitally released in July 2009, peaking at number sixty-three on the Hot 100. Blige recorded "Stronger", as the lead single from the soundtrack to the basketball documentary "More than a Game" in August 2009. The second single from Stronger with Each Tear, "I Am", was released in December 2009 and reached number fifty-five on the Hot 100. The third international single from the album, "Each Tear", was remixed with different featured artists from different countries, then being released in February 2010. The single failed to chart anywhere except in the UK where it reached number one-hundred-eighty-three and in Italy where it reached number one. The album's third U.S. single, "We Got Hood Love" featuring Trey Songz, was released in March 2010 and reached number twenty-five on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart though it failed to reach the Hot 100. One of Blige's representatives reported to Us Weekly magazine that a tour in support of Stronger with Each Tear will begin in the fall of 2010. On March 2010, Blige released Stronger with Each Tear in the United Kingdom, as well as in the European markets. The album performed modestly in the United Kingdom, debuting at number thirty-three on the UK Albums Chart and at number four on the UK R&B Chart. It reached the top 100 in other countries.

Blige was honored at the 2009 BET Honors Ceremony and was paid tribute by Anita Baker and Monica. On November 4, 2009, Blige sang The Star-Spangled Banner at Yankee Stadium before the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies played the last game (game 6) of the World Series. Blige performed two songs from her ninth album as well as her previous hits, "No More Drama" and "Be Without You" along with the song "Color", which was featured on the Precious soundtrack. Blige appeared as a guest judge on the ninth season of American Idol on January 13, 2010.

On January 23, 2010, Blige released a track "Hard Times Come Again No More" with The Roots as well as performing it at the Hope for Haiti Now telethon. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, Blige and Andrea Bocelli performed" Bridge over Troubled Water". Blige also performed on BET's SOS Help For Haiti, singing "Gonna Make It" with Jazmine Sullivan and "One." Blige also took part in February 2010's We Are the World 25 for Haiti, singing the solo originally sung by Tina Turner in the original 1985 We Are the World version. At the 41st NAACP Image Awards Blige won Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Album for Stronger with Each Tear. On November 18, 2010, Billboard revealed Mary J. Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip Hop Artist on the Top 50 R&B/Hip Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years list. Mary came in at number 2 overall.

2011–13: My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) & A Mary Christmas

In January 2011, Hot 97 premiered Blige's teaster track "Someone to Love Me (Naked)" featuring vocals by Lil Wayne. In July 2011, Blige released the song "The Living Proof" as the lead single to the soundtrack of the film The Help. On July 24, VH1 premiered their third Behind the Music that profiled her personal and career life. In August 2011, Blige released her first single off the album, "25/8". Blige's tenth studio album, My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1), was released in November 2011. The album, primarily recorded in Los Angeles and New York City, saw Blige looking toward the future while acknowledging the past. "From me to you, My Life II... Our journey together continues in this life," the singer explained. "It’s a gift to be able to relate and identify with my fans at all times. This album is a reflection of the times and lives of people all around me." The album feature production from Kanye West and The Underdogs, among others. The second single "Mr. Wrong" featuring Canadian rapper Drake was the most successful single from the album, peaking at number 10 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The rest of songs released, including lead single "25/8" achieved only moderate success, peaking within the top 40 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The album itself debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, selling 156,000 copies first week; it was eventually certified Gold in 2012 and has sold 763,000 in the US.

On February 28, 2012, Blige performed "Star Spangled Banner" at the 2012 NBA All-Star Game. Blige appeared as guest mentor on American Idol on March 7, 2012, and performed "Why" on the results show the following night. On September 23, 2012, Blige was a performer at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Blige was featured on the song "Now or Never" from Kendrick Lamar's album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, released on October 22, 2012.

In early 2013, reports surfaced that Blige was recording a Christmas album. The album, titled, A Mary Christmas was released on October 15, 2013 through Matriarch and Verve Records, her first release with the latter. The album includes collaborations with Barbra Streisand, The Clark Sisters, Marc Anthony and Jessie J. In early December, A Mary Christmas became Blige's 12th top ten album after it rose to #10 in its eight week.

On October 23, 2013, Blige sang the national anthem before Game 1 of the 2013 World Series.

2014–present: The London Sessions and Strength of a Woman

On February 5, 2014 a remix of Disclosure's "F for You" featuring guest vocals from Mary was released.

It was announced May 30, 2014 that Think Like a Man Too (Music from and Inspired by the Film), released June 17 on Epic Records, would introduce new songs by Mary J. Blige, including the single "Suitcase". Blige recorded a collection of music from and inspired by the film. In the United States, Think Like a Man Too debuted at number 30 on the Billboard 200, with 8,688 copies sold in its first week, becoming the lowest sales debut of any of her studio albums. On Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop chart, the soundtrack album charted at number six, marking Blige's 16th top ten entry on the chart, tying her with Mariah Carey for the second-most top tens by a female artist.

June 2, 2014 saw Blige pairing up with another English musician with the release of a re-worked version of Sam Smith's "Stay with Me". A live visual to the song was released on the same day.

Following her concert date at the Essence Festival, on July 9, 2014 it was announced Blige would move to London to experiment with a new sound for her new album. Blige spent a month in London recording her album in RAK Studios with a host of young British acts, including Disclosure, Naughty Boy, Emeli Sandé and Sam Smith. Ten new songs, co-written and recorded by the singer, was released on November 24, 2014 on an album entitled, The London Sessions. That same month, she announced that she left Geffen and Interscope and signed with Capitol Records.

In August 2016, Blige was recruited to perform the new theme song for the ABC Daytime talk show The View for its twentieth season titled "World's Gone Crazy" written by Diane Warren. A music video was also shot for the new theme song. Blige also appeared on The View alongside Maxwell during its premiere week on September 9, 2016 to discuss their joint tour and theme song.

On September 30, 2016 Blige premiered a new show The 411 on Apple Music. For its debut episode, Blige interviewed Hillary Clinton. A trailer was released online with Blige singing a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "American Skin" to a bewildered Clinton. The exchange received mixed and negative reaction from social media. Two weeks later, a studio version, this time featuring a verse from American rapper Kendrick Lamar was released online.

Following her highly publicized divorce from Kendu Issacs, Bilge released two songs within October, "Thick of It" and "U + Me (Love Lesson)". On April 28, 2017, her thirteenth studio album, Strength of a Woman, was released. It peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and toppled the R&B Albums chart.

Acting career

In 1998, Blige made her acting debut on the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show playing a character, the apparently southern Ola Mae; a preacher's daughter who wanted to sing more than gospel music. Her father was portrayed by Ronald Isley of The Isley Brothers. In 2001, Blige starred opposite rapper Q-Tip in the independent film Prison Song. That same year, Blige made a cameo on the Lifetime network series, Strong Medicine; playing the role of Simone Fellows. Blige's character was the lead singer of a band who was sick, but would not seek treatment. In 2000, Blige was featured in a superhero web cartoon in junction with Stan Lee. Blige used the cartoon as part of her performance while on her 2000 Mary Show Tour. In 2004, Blige starred in an Off-Broadway play, The Exonerated. The play chronicled the experiences of death row inmates. Blige portrayed Sunny Jacobs, a woman who spent 20 years in prison for a crime she did not commit. In late 2005, it was reported that Blige landed the starring role in the upcoming MTV Films biopic on American singer/pianist and civil rights activist, Nina Simone. By spring of 2010, Blige was slated to star as Simone with British actor David Oyelowo portraying her manager Clifton Henderson. Blige later dropped out of the role due to financial issues and the role has since been recast controversially with Dominican American actress Zoe Saldana as Simome in Nina that is due for release in the spring of 2016.

In February 2007, Blige guest-starred on Ghost Whisperer, in an episode called "Mean Ghost", as the character Jackie Boyd, the school's cheer leader coach grieving for the death of her brother and affected by the ghost of a dead cheerleader. The episode features many of Blige's songs. In August 2007, Blige was a guest star on Entourage, in the role of herself, as a client of Ari Gold's agency. In October 2007, Blige was also a guest star on America's Next Top Model, as a creative director for a photo shoot by Matthew Rolston. In May 2009, Mary made a guest appearance on 30 Rock, as an artist recording a benefit song for a kidney. Blige also had a supporting role in Tyler Perry's movie I Can Do Bad All by Myself, which was released in September 2009.

Blige starred alongside Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, and Alec Baldwin in the film adaptation of the 1980s jukebox hit musical Rock of Ages. Blige played Justice Charlier, the owner of a Sunset Strip gentlemen's club. Production began in May 2011 and the film was released in June 2012.

Blige starred in the Lifetime movie Betty and Coretta alongside Angela Bassett, Malik Yoba and Lindsay Owen Pierre. She played Dr. Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X. The film premiered in February 2013. In December 2015, she portrayed Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West in NBC's The Wiz Live!. In October 2016, Blige guest-starred on ABC's How to Get Away with Murder as an old acquaintance of Annalise Keating played by American actress Viola Davis.

In 2017, Blige starred in the period drama film Mudbound directed by Dee Rees. She plays Florence Jackson, the matriarch of the family. Her performance was praised, Variety said that "Mary J. Blige, as the mother of the Jackson family, gives a transformative performance that will elevate the acting career of the R&B star."

Personal life

Blige married her manager, Martin "Kendu" Isaacs, on December 7, 2003. At the time, Isaacs had two children, Nas and Jordan, with his first wife, and an older daughter, Briana, from a teenaged relationship. In July 2016, Blige filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences".

Other ventures

In 2004, Blige launched her own record label, Matriarch Records, distributed through Interscope, and in mid-2012, discovered girl group Just'Us, making the group the first ladies of the label. Blige says "These are my little Mary’s; they each remind me of myself at different points in my life." Blige has been reported to be working with Just'Us on their debut album.

In July 2010, Blige launched her first perfume, My Life (through Carol's Daughter), exclusively on HSN. The fragrance's success broke sales records in hours and has been awarded two prestigious FIFI awards from the Fragrance Foundation. The newest fragrance, My Life Blossom launched in August 2011 exclusively to HSN.

In October 2010 Blige released a line of sunglasses called "Melodies by MJB". The first Melodies collection featured four styles with a total of 20 color options. Each style represented a specific facet of Blige’s life. Essence magazine reported that in the spring of 2011, "Melodies by MJB" extended their collection to offer more styles.

Blige's production company, along with William Morris Endeavor is also working on several TV and film projects.

Blige has had endorsement contracts with Reebok, Air Jordan, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Gap, Target, American Express, AT&T Inc., M·A·C, Apple Inc., Burger King and Chevrolet. She has also been a spokesperson with Carol's Daughter beauty products and Citibank's with Nickelback program.

Blige opened her Apple Music Show "The 411" on September 30.

Legacy

Called the "Queen of hip-hop soul", Blige is credited with influencing the musical marriage of hip hop and R&B. Ethan Brown of The New Yorker says that albums "What's the 411?" and "My Life", in hindsight, invented "the sample-heavy sound that reinvigorated urban radio and became a blueprint for nineties hip-hop and R&B.". Brown further concludes that Mary's "duets with the Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man and Ghostface Killah set the trend for collaborations between rappers and R&B songbirds like Mariah Carey.". Tom Horan of The Daily Telegraph comments that Blige, being a hugely influential figure in popular music, "invented what is now called R&B by successfully combining female vocals with muscular hip hop rhythm tracks. All over the world, that recipe dominates today's charts.". Called one of the "most explosive, coming-out displays of pure singing prowess" and "one of the most important albums of the nineties", What's the 411? saw Blige pioneer "the movement that would later become neo soul, generating gripping songs that were also massive radio hits.".

Blige has received notable awards and achievements. In 2010, she was ranked 80th on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Artist of All Time. Blige was listed as one of the 50 most influential R&B singers by Essence. Rolling Stone magazine ranked My Life at number 279 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was also included on Time's list of the 100 Greatest albums of All Time. Alternately called the "Queen of R&B" for her success in the realm of R&B, Blige has amassed ten number one albums on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart . Blige is also the only artist to have won Grammys in the R&B, hip hop, pop, and gospel fields.

Studio Albums

  • What's the 411? (1992)
  • My Life (1994)
  • Share My World (1997)
  • Mary (1999)
  • No More Drama (2001)
  • Love & Life (2003)
  • The Breakthrough (2005)
  • Growing Pains (2007)
  • Stronger with Each Tear (2009)
  • My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011)
  • A Mary Christmas (2013)
  • The London Sessions (2014)
  • Strength of a Woman (2017)
  • Other Albums

  • What's the 411 ? remix 1993
  • The Tour live 1998
  • The Ballads compilation 2000
  • Dance For Me remix 2002
  • My Collection of Love Songs compilation 2006
  • Mary J. Blige and Friends compilation 2006
  • Reflections (A Retrospective) compilation 2006
  • Think Like a Man Too soundtrack
  • Tours

  • Share My World Tour (1997–98)
  • The Mary Show Tour (2000)
  • No More Drama Tour (2002)
  • Love & Life Tour (2004)
  • The Breakthrough Experience Tour (2006)
  • Heart of the City Tour (2008)
  • Growing Pains European Tour (2008)
  • Love Soul Tour (2008)
  • Music Saved My Life Tour (2010–11)
  • The Liberation Tour (2012–13)
  • The London Sessions Tour (2015)
  • King and Queen of Hearts World Tour (2016)
  • Strength of a Woman World Tour (2017)
  • Filmography

    Actress
    -
    Atlantis (pre-production)
    -
    Rob Peace (post-production) as
    Jackie Peace
    2020
    Power Book II: Ghost (TV Series) as
    Monet
    - Divided We Stand (2023) - Monet
    - A Last Gift (2023) - Monet
    - Sacrifice (2023) - Monet
    - Deal or No Deal (2023) - Monet
    - Land of Lies (2023) - Monet
    - No More Second Chances (2023) - Monet
    - The Land of Opportunity (2023) - Monet
    - Human Capital (2023) - Monet
    - Need vs. Greed (2023) - Monet
    - Your Perception, Your Reality (2023) - Monet
    - Love and War (2022) - Monet
    - A Fair Fight? (2022) - Monet
    - Drug Related (2022) - Monet
    - Forced My Hand (2022) - Monet
    - What's Free? (2022) - Monet
    - Coming Home to Roost (2021) - Monet
    - Gettin' These Ends (2021) - Monet
    - The Greater Good (2021) - Monet
    - Selfless Acts? (2021) - Monet
    - Free Will Is Never Free (2021) - Monet
    - Heart of Darkness (2021) - Monet
    - Monster (2020) - Monet
    - Family First (2020) - Monet
    - Sex Week (2020) - Monet
    - Good vs. Evil (2020) - Monet
    - The Gift of the Magi (2020) - Monet
    - The Prince (2020) - Monet
    - Play the Game (2020) - Monet
    - Exceeding Expectations (2020) - Monet
    - The Stranger (2020) - Monet
    2022
    Busta Rhymes Feat. Mary J. Blige: You Will Never Find Another Me (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2022
    Lost Ollie (TV Mini Series) as
    Rosy
    - Bali Hai (2022) - Rosy (voice)
    - Home (2022) - Rosy (voice)
    - The Quest (2022) - Rosy
    - Ollie Is Lost (2022) - Rosy
    2022
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Fabolous: Come See About Me (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2022
    The Crew Has It (Podcast Series)
    2022
    Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show 2022: BTS with Adam Blackstone (Video short)
    2022
    Pepsi: The Call (Video short) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2021
    Mary J. Blige Feat. DJ Khaled: Amazing (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2021
    Respect as
    Dinah Washington
    2020
    Pink Skies Ahead as
    Dr. Monroe
    2020
    The Violent Heart as
    Nina
    2020
    Body Cam as
    Renee Lomito-Smith
    2020
    Trolls World Tour as
    Queen Essence (voice)
    2019
    Scream: The TV Series (TV Series) as
    Sherry Elliot
    - Endgame (2019) - Sherry Elliot
    - The Man Behind the Mask (2019) - Sherry Elliot
    - The Deadfast Club (2019) - Sherry Elliot
    2019
    The Umbrella Academy (TV Series) as
    Cha-Cha
    - Changes (2019) - Cha-Cha
    - I Heard a Rumor (2019) - Cha-Cha
    - The Day That Was (2019) - Cha-Cha
    - The Day That Wasn't (2019) - Cha-Cha
    - Number Five (2019) - Cha-Cha
    - Man on the Moon (2019) - Cha-Cha
    - The White Violin (2019) - Cha-Cha
    - Extra Ordinary (2019) - Cha-Cha
    - Run Boy Run (2019) - Cha-Cha
    - We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals (2019) - Cha-Cha (credit only)
    2018
    Sherlock Gnomes as
    Irene (voice)
    2018
    Walmart: The Box (Video short) as
    Lead
    2017
    Mary J. Blige Feat. ASAP Rocky: Love Yourself (Remix) (Music Video short) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2017
    Mudbound as
    Florence Jackson
    2016
    How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) as
    Rolanda
    - Who's Dead? (2016) - Rolanda
    - It's About Frank (2016) - Rolanda
    2015
    The Wiz Live! (TV Movie) as
    Evillene
    2015
    Black-ish (TV Series) as
    Mirabelle
    - Pops' Pops' Pops (2015) - Mirabelle
    2015
    Empire (TV Series) as
    Angie
    - Sins of the Father (2015) - Angie
    2014
    Sam Smith Feat. Mary J. Blige: Stay with Me (Live) (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2014
    Disclosure Feat. Mary J. Blige: F for You - Remix (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2013
    Black Nativity as
    Angel
    2013
    Mary J. Blige: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Video short) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2013
    Betty and Coretta (TV Movie) as
    Dr. Betty Shabazz
    2012
    Rock of Ages as
    Justice
    2012
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Rick Ross: Why? (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2010
    Chico & Rita (English version, voice)
    2010
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Trey Songz: We Got Hood Love (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2010
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Rea Garvey: Each Tear (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2010
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Jay Sean: Each Tear (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2010
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Tiziano Ferro: Each Tear (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2010
    Artists for Haiti: We Are the World 25 for Haiti (Music Video short) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2009
    Mary J. Blige: I Am (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2009
    I Can Do Bad All by Myself as
    Tanya
    2009
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Drake: The One (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2009
    Mary J. Blige: Stronger (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2009
    T.I. Feat. Mary J. Blige: Remember Me (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2009
    30 Rock (TV Series) as
    Mary J. Blige
    - Kidney Now! (2009) - Mary J. Blige
    2007
    Chaka Khan Feat. Mary J. Blige: Disrespectful (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige (voice)
    2007
    Mary J. Blige: Just Fine (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2007
    Entourage (TV Series) as
    Mary J. Blige
    - Gary's Desk (2007) - Mary J. Blige
    2007
    Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) as
    Jackie Boyd
    - Mean Ghost (2007) - Jackie Boyd
    2006
    U2 Featuring Mary J. Blige: One (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2006
    Ludacris Feat. Mary J. Blige: Runaway Love (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2006
    Mary J. Blige: Take Me as I Am (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2006
    Busta Rhymes Feat. Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX: Touch It (Remix) (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige / Brooke Lynn
    2005
    Tears in Heaven (Music Video short) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2005
    Mary J. Blige: Be Without You (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2005
    Lil' Kim: Lighters Up (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2004
    Various Artists: Wake Up Everybody (Music Video short) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2004
    Sting Feat. Mary J. Blige: Whenever I Say Your Name (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2003
    Lil' Kim: The Jump Off (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2002
    Mary J. Blige: No More Drama (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2002
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Ja Rule: Rainy Dayz (Short) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2002
    Common Feat. Mary J. Blige: Come Close (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2002
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Common: Dance for Me (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2001
    Angel: One More Road to Cross (Video) as
    Guardian Angel
    2001
    Mary J. Blige: Family Affair (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2001
    Strong Medicine (TV Series) as
    Simone Fellows
    - History (2001) - Simone Fellows
    2001
    Ray J Feat. Lil' Kim & Pharrell: Wait a Minute (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2001
    Prison Song as
    Mom
    2000
    Wyclef Jean Feat. Mary J. Blige: 911 (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2000
    Lil' Kim: No Matter What They Say (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1999
    May J. Blige: Give Me You (Video short) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1999
    Missy Elliott Feat. Lil' Mo, Nas & Eve: Hot Boyz (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1999
    George Michael Feat. Mary J. Blige: As (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1998
    Kirk Franklin: Lean on Me (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1998
    The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series) as
    Ola Mae
    - Papa Don't Preach (1998) - Ola Mae
    1997
    Mary J. Blige: Everything (So So Def Remix) (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1997
    Mary J. Blige Feat. George Benson: Seven Days (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1997
    Mary J. Blige: Everything (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1997
    Lil' Kim Feat. Da Brat, Left Eye, Missy Elliott & Angie Martinez: Not Tonight (Ladies Night Remix) (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1997
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Lil' Kim: I Can Love You (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1997
    Mary J. Blige: Love Is All We Need (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1996
    Case Feat. Mary J. Blige & Foxy Brown: Touch Me, Tease Me (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1996
    Ghostface Killah: All that i got is you (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige (voice)
    1996
    Mary J. Blige: Not Gon' Cry (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1995
    Da Brat: Give It 2 You (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1995
    Mary J. Blige: (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1995
    Mary J. Blige: You Bring Me Joy (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1995
    The Notorious B.I.G.: One More Chance (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1995
    Method Man Feat. Mary J. Blige: All I Need (Razor Sharp Mix) (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1995
    Mary J. Blige: I'm Goin' Down (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1995
    The Notorious B.I.G.: Big Poppa (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1994
    Mary J. Blige: Be Happy (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1993
    Mary J. Blige: Love No Limit (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1992
    Mary J. Blige: Reminisce (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1992
    Mary J. Blige: Real Love (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1992
    Mary J. Blige: You Remind Me (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    1990
    Father MC Feat. Mary J. Blige: I'll Do 4 U (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    Composer
    2022
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Fabolous: Come See About Me (Music Video)
    2021
    Mary J. Blige Feat. DJ Khaled: Amazing (Music Video)
    2020
    Belly of the Beast (Documentary) (music written and performed by: "See What You've Done")
    2014
    Disclosure Feat. Mary J. Blige: F for You - Remix (Music Video)
    2012
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Rick Ross: Why? (Music Video)
    2009
    Mary J. Blige: I Am (Music Video)
    2009
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Drake: The One (Music Video)
    2007
    Mary J. Blige: Just Fine (Music Video)
    2006
    Busta Rhymes Feat. Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX: Touch It (Remix) (Music Video)
    2005
    Mary J. Blige: Be Without You (Music Video)
    2002
    Common Feat. Mary J. Blige: Come Close (Music Video)
    2002
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Common: Dance for Me (Music Video)
    2001
    Mary J. Blige: Family Affair (Music Video)
    2001
    America the Beautiful (TV Special)
    1997
    Mary J. Blige Feat. Lil' Kim: I Can Love You (Music Video)
    1996
    Case Feat. Mary J. Blige & Foxy Brown: Touch Me, Tease Me (Music Video)
    1995
    Mary J. Blige: You Bring Me Joy (Music Video)
    1994
    Mary J. Blige: Be Happy (Music Video)
    Soundtrack
    2023
    The Flash (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - A New World: Part 4: Finale (2023) - (performer: "Love Is All We Need")
    2022
    All I Didn't Want for Christmas (TV Movie) (performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas")
    -
    DAZN Boxing (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2022) (writer - 1 episode, 2022)
    - Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn: Open Workout (2022) - (performer: "Family Affair" - uncredited) / (writer: "Family Affair" - uncredited)
    2022
    Matchroom Boxing: Before the Bell (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Maxi Hughes vs. Kid Galahad (2022) - (performer: "Family Affair" - uncredited)
    2022
    Thor: Love and Thunder (performer: "Family Affair") / (writer: "Family Affair")
    -
    We Own This City (TV Mini Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2022) (writer - 1 episode, 2022)
    - Part One (2022) - (performer: "Right Now") / (writer: "Right Now")
    2022
    Euphoria (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - A Thousand Little Trees of Blood (2022) - (performer: "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By")
    -
    Morning Joe (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2021) (writer - 1 episode, 2021)
    - Episode dated 5 May 2021 (2021) - (performer: "Just Fine", "Real Love") / (writer: "Just Fine")
    2019
    RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
    - RPDR Reunited (2021) - (performer: "I'm Going Down")
    - Dragracadabra (2019) - (performer: "No More Drama")
    2020
    We Are Who We Are (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Right Here Right Now III (2020) - (performer: "Come Close")
    2020
    Belly of the Beast (Documentary) (performer: "See What You've Done") / (writer: "See What You've Done")
    2020
    Body Cam (performer: "Can't Be Life (Music from the Motion Picture "Body Cam")") / (writer: "Can't Be Life (Music from the Motion Picture "Body Cam")")
    2020
    Trolls World Tour (performer: "It's All Love (History of Funk)", "Atomic Dog", "Just Sing (Trolls World Tour)")
    -
    Quotidien (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2020) (music - 1 episode, 2020) (performer - 1 episode, 2020)
    - Episode dated 28 January 2020 (2020) - (lyrics: "Family Affair") / (music: "Family Affair") / (performer: "Family Affair")
    2020
    Bad Boys for Life (writer: "Future Bright")
    2020
    Upload (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Welcome to Upload (2020) - (performer: "Family Affair")
    -
    Aikuiset (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2019) (writer - 1 episode, 2019)
    - Kakku (2019) - (performer: "Family Affair") / (writer: "Family Affair")
    2019
    Little (performer: "I'm Going Down")
    2019
    The Umbrella Academy (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - I Heard a Rumor (2019) - (performer: "Stay With Me")
    2019
    Honey Boy (performer: "My Struggles")
    2018
    Sherlock Gnomes (performer: "Stronger Than I Ever Was")
    2018
    The Looming Tower (TV Mini Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Mercury (2018) - (performer: "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By")
    2018
    The Oscars (TV Special) (lyrics: "Mighty River") / (music: "Mighty River") / (performer: "Mighty River")
    2018
    Everything Sucks! (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - My Friends Have Been Eaten by Spiders (2018) - (performer: "Real Love")
    -
    She's Gotta Have It (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2017) (writer - 1 episode, 2017)
    - #DaJumpoff (DOCTRINE) (2017) - (performer: "My Life") / (writer: "My Life")
    2017
    Popular Voices at the BBC (TV Mini Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Showstoppers at the BBC (2017) - (performer: "No More Drama")
    2017
    George Michael: Freedom (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "As")
    2017
    Großstadtrevier (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Auf Leben und Tod (2017) - (performer: "911" - uncredited)
    2017
    Tattoo Fixers on Holiday (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Episode #2.8 (2017) - (performer: "Disrespectful" - uncredited)
    2017
    Beat Shazam (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Episode #1.1 (2017) - (performer: "Not Gon' Cry")
    2014
    Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes)
    - Leave It Inside (2017) - (performer: "U + Me (Love Lesson)" - uncredited)
    - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? (2017) - (performer: "Doubt" - uncredited)
    - Don't Let's Start (2014) - (performer: "Long Hard Look", "Not Loving You" - uncredited)
    - Bend & Break (2014) - (performer: "Therapy" - uncredited)
    -
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2014 - 2017) (writer - 2 episodes, 2014 - 2017)
    - Goldie Hawn/Nikolaj Coster-Waldau/Brian Reed/Mary J. Blige (2017) - (performer: "Love Yourself") / (writer: "Love Yourself")
    - Martin Short/Gabrielle Union/Mary J. Blige (2014) - (performer: "Therapy") / (writer: "Therapy")
    2017
    Sandy Wexler (performer: "Sweet Thing")
    2017
    Mudbound (performer: "Mighty River") / (writer: "Mighty River")
    2016
    Playcracks 2017 (TV Special) (performer: "One")
    2016
    Hidden Figures (performer: "Mirage")
    2015
    The Wiz Live! (TV Movie) (performer: "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News")
    -
    Lip Sync Battle (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2015) (writer - 2 episodes, 2015)
    - Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson, Part 1 (2015) - (performer: "Just Fine") / (writer: "Just Fine")
    - Anne Hathaway vs. Emily Blunt (2015) - (performer: "Love") / (writer: "Love")
    -
    Glastonbury 2015 (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)
    - Florence and the Machine (2015) - (performer: "Uptown Funk")
    - Mark Ronson (2015) - (performer: "Uptown Funk")
    - Day 1 (2015) - (performer: "No More Drama", "Family Affair") / (writer: "Family Affair")
    2015
    Secrets and Lies (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - The Mother (2015) - (performer: "911" - uncredited)
    2015
    Empire (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
    - Die but Once (2015) - (performer: "Doubt" - uncredited)
    - Sins of the Father (2015) - (performer: "Shake Down" - uncredited)
    2015
    The 57th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Stay with Me")
    -
    EastEnders: Back to Ours (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)
    - Shane Richie & Jessie Wallace (2015) - (performer: "Family Affair" - uncredited) / (writer: "Family Affair" - uncredited)
    2014
    American Music Awards 2014 (TV Special) (performer: "Therapy") / (writer: "Therapy")
    -
    Tennis: World Tour Finals (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)
    - Round Robin: Nishikori v Ferrer (2014) - (performer: "Right Now" - uncredited) / (writer: "Right Now" - uncredited)
    -
    The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2013 - 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)
    - Jim Carrey/Minnie Driver/Mary J. Blige (2014) - (performer: "Right Now") / (writer: "Right Now")
    - Michael B. Jordan/Amy Adams/Mary J. Blige/Guest DJ Ellie Kemper (2013) - (performer: "This Christmas")
    2014
    Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Ellen Pompeo/Norman Reedus/Disclosure & Mary J. Blige (2014) - (performer: "F for You")
    2008
    So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (performer - 5 episodes)
    - Top 4 Perform (2014) - (performer: "F for You")
    - Top Three Perform (2010) - (performer: "I'm Going Down")
    - Finale: Winner Announced (2009) - (performer: "I Am")
    - Top 12 Perform (2009) - (performer: "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman")
    - Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated (2008) - (performer: "Just Fine")
    2014
    Think Like a Man Too (performer: "A Night to Remember", "Moment of Love", "Vegas Nights") / (writer: "Vegas Nights")
    2014
    Power (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Whoever He Is (2014) - (performer: "Real Love" - uncredited)
    2013
    This Morning (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Episode dated 2 December 2013 (2013) - (performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas")
    2013
    Black Nativity (performer: "Rise Up Shepherd And Follow")
    2013
    The Best Man Holiday (performer: "This Christmas")
    -
    The X Factor UK (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
    - Judges' Houses 2 (2013) - (performer: "Family Affair" - uncredited) / (writer: "Family Affair" - uncredited)
    - Judges' Houses 2 (2010) - (performer: "One" - uncredited)
    2012
    Rock of Ages (performer: "Harden My Heart", "Shadows of the Night", "Here I Go Again", "Any Way You Want It", "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", "Don't Stop Believin'")
    2012
    No me la puc treure del cap (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Cançons que curen (2012) - (performer: "One")
    -
    American Idol (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2006)
    - Top 13 Results (2012) - (performer: "Why")
    - Top 5 Performance Show: Birth Year & Latest Billboards (2006) - (writer: "Be Without You")
    2012
    The Invisible War (Documentary) (performer: "Need Someone")
    2011
    The 13th Annual 'A Home for the Holidays' (TV Special) (performer: "Need Someone")
    2011
    Private Practice (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
    - Who We Are (2011) - (performer: "Ain't Nobody", "25/8", "Need Someone" - uncredited)
    - The Breaking Point (2011) - (performer: "The Living Proof", "Empty Prayers", "No Condition" - uncredited)
    2011
    Dance Central 2 (Video Game) (performer: "Real Love")
    2011
    Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Round Three: The Results (2011) - (performer: "Real Love")
    2011
    The Help (performer: "The Living Proof") / (writer: "The Living Proof")
    2010
    2010 Soul Train Awards (TV Special) (writer: "Medley: 10 Seconds; Holding You Down (Goin' in Circles); La Di Da Di; Holding You Down (Goin' in Circles)")
    -
    So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
    - Top 12 Performance (2010) - (performer: "The One") / (writer: "The One")
    2010
    2010 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Fancy")
    2010
    Dancing on Ice (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Episode #5.22 (2010) - (performer: "As")
    -
    Alan Carr: Chatty Man (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
    - Episode #3.6 (2010) - (performer: "I Am") / (writer: "I Am")
    2010
    Todd's Pop Song Reviews (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
    - We Are the World 25 (2010) - (performer: "Kidney Now!")
    -
    Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2009 - 2010) (writer - 2 episodes, 2009 - 2010)
    - Episode #17.92 (2010) - (performer: "I Am" - uncredited) / (writer: "I Am" - uncredited)
    - Episode #17.12 (2009) - (performer: "Stronger" - uncredited) / (writer: "Stronger" - uncredited)
    2010
    Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (TV Special documentary) (performer: "Hard Times Come Again No More")
    -
    Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
    - Run Baby Run (2010) - (performer: "The One" - uncredited) / (writer: "The One" - uncredited)
    -
    Entourage (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 2009) (performer - 1 episode, 2007)
    - Give a Little Bit (2009) - (writer: "Touch Me, Tease Me" - uncredited)
    - Gary's Desk (2007) - (performer: "Grown Woman Complex")
    2009
    I Can Do Bad All by Myself (performer: "I Can Do Bad", "Good Woman Down") / (writer: "I Can Do Bad", "Good Woman Down")
    2009
    30 Rock (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Kidney Now! (2009) - (performer: "He Needs a Kidney")
    2009
    Precious (performer: "I Can See in Color") / (writer: "I Can See in Color")
    2008
    More Than a Game (Documentary) (performer: "Stronger") / (writer: "Stronger")
    2008
    Death Race (performer: "Grown Woman") / (writer: "Grown Woman")
    -
    One Life to Live (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 2006 - 2008) (writer - 3 episodes, 2006 - 2008)
    - Episode #1.10126 (2008) - (performer: "Hurt Again") / (writer: "Hurt Again")
    - Episode #1.10125 (2008) - (performer: "Just Fine") / (writer: "Just Fine")
    - Episode #1.9729 (2006) - (performer: "Be Without You", "Take Me as I Am") / (writer: "Be Without You")
    2007
    Idols (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
    - Liveshow #0 (2007) - (writer: "Just Fine")
    2007
    Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Familiensache (2007) - (performer: "One" - uncredited)
    2007
    Idols (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
    - Spectacular 6 - My Idols (2007) - (writer: "Be Without You")
    2007
    Are We Done Yet? (performer: "I Found My Everything") / (writer: "I Found My Everything")
    2007
    Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) (1 episode)
    - Mean Ghost (2007) - ("We Ride (I See the Future)", "Show Love (Bonus Track)", "You Know (New Mix)")
    2007
    Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (Video Game) ("Be Without You")
    -
    Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 1993 - 2006) (writer - 1 episode, 2006)
    - Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges (2006) - (performer: "Runaway Love")
    - Antonio Banderas/Mary J. Blige (2006) - (performer: "Be Without You", "Enough Cryin'" - uncredited) / (writer: "Be Without You", "Enough Cryin'" - uncredited)
    - John Goodman/Mary J. Blige (1993) - (performer: "Reminisce", "Sweet Thing" - uncredited)
    2006
    Bobby (performer: "Never Gonna Break My Faith")
    2006
    Poseidon (performer: "Be Without You (Moto Blanco Vocal Mix)") / (writer: "Be Without You (Moto Blanco Vocal Mix)")
    2006
    The Sopranos (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Johnny Cakes (2006) - (performer: "Family Affair")
    2005
    2005 Radio Music Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Be Without You") / (writer: "Be Without You")
    2004
    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (performer: "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word")
    2002
    Later... With Jools Holland (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
    - Hip Hop Soul (2004) - (performer: "Family Affair")
    - Episode #19.4 (2002) - (performer: "No More Drama")
    2004
    Shark Tale (performer: "Got to Be Real")
    2004
    The 58th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) (performer: "What I Did for Love")
    2004
    Barbershop 2: Back in Business (performer: "Not Today") / (writer: "Not Today")
    2003
    Honey (performer: "No More Drama")
    2003
    Bad Boys II (performer: "Didn't Mean") / (writer: "Didn't Mean")
    2003
    The Wire (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Hot Shots (2003) - (performer: "Sweet Thing")
    2003
    Six Feet Under (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Tears, Bones & Desire (2003) - (performer: "Sweet Thing')
    2003
    Deliver Us from Eva (performer: "Star for Life") / (writer: "Star for Life")
    2002
    Friday After Next (performer: "Family Affair") / (writer: "Family Affair")
    2002
    Brown Sugar (performer: "Never Been")
    2002
    8 Mile (performer: "I'll Be There For You" (Puff Daddy Remix))
    2002
    S1m0ne (performer: "(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman")
    2002
    Hit Machine (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Episode dated 22 June 2002 (2002) - (performer: "Dance for me")
    2002
    Undercover Brother (performer: "Family Affair") / (writer: "Family Affair")
    -
    S.P.U.N.G (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2002) (music - 1 episode, 2002) (performer - 1 episode, 2002)
    - Jag bryr mig inte om vad andra tycker om mig (2002) - (lyrics: "Family Affair") / (music: "Family Affair") / (performer: "Family Affair")
    2001
    Elton John: One Night Only - Greatest Hits Live (TV Special documentary) (performer: "I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues")
    2001
    How High (performer: "All I Need", "Sweet Thing")
    2001
    Two Can Play That Game (performer: "Real Love")
    2001
    Daria (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Fizz Ed (2001) - (performer: "911")
    2001
    Super Bowl XXXV Halftime Show (TV Special) (performer: "Walk This Way")
    2000
    Soul Food (TV Series) (performer: "All That I Can Say")
    1999
    Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua (TV Special) (performer: "Be Happy / You Bring Me Joy (Medley)", "Not Gon' Cry") / (writer: "Be Happy / You Bring Me Joy (Medley)", "Not Gon' Cry")
    1999
    Coronation Street (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Episode #1.4680 (1999) - (performer: "As")
    1999
    Station Zero (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Episode #1.3 (1999) - (performer: "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need")
    1999
    Mild Poison (TV Series) (performer: "As")
    1998
    How Stella Got Her Groove Back (performer: "Beautiful") / (writer: "Beautiful")
    1996
    Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (TV Special) (writer: "Touch Me, Tease Me")
    1996
    The Sunchaser (performer: "Real Love")
    1996
    Sister, Sister (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - The Audition (1996) - (performer: "I'm Going Down" - uncredited)
    1995
    Waiting to Exhale (performer: "Not Gon' Cry")
    1995
    New York Undercover (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Tag, You're Dead (1995) - (performer: "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" - uncredited)
    1995
    Top of the Pops (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Episode dated 27 July 1995 (1995) - (performer: "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need")
    1994
    Whore 2 (performer: "Real Love")
    1993
    Who's the Man? (performer: "You Don't Have to Worry")
    1993
    CB4 (performer: "Love No Limit")
    1992
    In Living Color (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Men on Cooking (1992) - (performer: "Reminisce")
    Producer
    -
    Rob Peace (executive producer) (post-production)
    2023
    Strength of a Woman (executive producer)
    2023
    Real Love (executive producer)
    2023
    The Wine Down (TV Series) (executive producer)
    2021
    Mary J Blige's My Life (Documentary) (executive producer)
    2020
    The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (TV Movie) (executive producer)
    2013
    Betty and Coretta (TV Movie) (executive producer)
    Music Department
    2020
    Belly of the Beast (Documentary) (soundtrack)
    2018
    The Oscars (TV Special) (performer: "Mighty River")
    Thanks
    -
    Kill Bill: Vol. 3 (special thanks) (announced)
    2021
    Moments Within Moments (special thanks)
    2017
    Mudbound (director wishes to thank)
    2012
    Interludes (inspiration)
    2012
    The Invisible War (Documentary) (special thanks)
    2009
    Madea Goes to Jail (special thanks)
    2007
    America's Next Top Model (TV Series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
    - The Girl Who Gets a Mango (2007) - (special thanks)
    2002
    S1m0ne (Simone wishes to thank the following for their contribution to the making of Simone)
    Self
    -
    Song of the Century (Documentary) (filming) as
    Self
    -
    Thriller 40 (Documentary) (post-production) as
    Self
    2008
    Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
    Self
    - ET Movie Star Monday! (2021) - Self
    - Breaking Britney News (2021) - Self
    - Black Widow Secrets! (2021) - Self
    2017
    Access Hollywood (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #27.237 (2023) - Self
    - Episode #27.22 (2022) - Self
    - Episode #26.133 (2022) - Self
    - What to Watch/Super Bowl (2022) - Self
    - Episode #25.244 (2021) - Self
    - Episode #24.223 (2020) - Self
    - Episode #21.203 (2017) - Self
    2006
    Live with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest / Self - Guest Co-Host
    - Mary J. Blige/David Wu (2023) - Self - Guest
    - That's My Baby: Thanksgiving Cooking Week - Day 1 (2017) - Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige/Faith Ford & Ted McGinley/Lawrence Zarian (2015) - Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige/Travis Fimmel (2015) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 19 June 2012 (2012) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 24 January 2012 (2012) - Self - Guest Co-Host
    - Episode dated 14 March 2006 (2006) - Self - Guest
    2023
    Dish Nation (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #11.152 (2023) - Self
    2023
    The Drew Barrymore Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige (2023) - Self - Guest
    2023
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige/Alison Roman (2023) - Self - Guest
    2011
    Today (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode dated 28 March 2023 (2023) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 12 March 2021 (2021) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 8 September 2020 (2020) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 19 May 2017 (2017) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode dated 25 November 2011 (2011) - Self - Guest
    2023
    Sherri (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Mary J. Blige (2023) - Self
    2023
    The Wine Down (TV Series) as
    Self - Host
    2023
    The 65th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2022
    Earnin' It (TV Mini Series documentary) as
    Self
    - The Greatest Show on Earth (2022) - Self
    - You Go First (2022) - Self
    2022
    THE SHOW: California Love (Documentary) as
    Self
    2022
    BET Awards 2022 (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2022
    Freedom Uncut (Documentary) as
    Self
    2022
    Recipe for Change (TV Series documentary)
    - Amplifying Black Women (2022)
    2017
    Extra (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #28.217 (2022) - Self
    - Episode #27.21 (2020) - Self
    - Episode #26.293 (2020) - Self
    - Episode #24.59 (2017) - Self
    2022
    2022 Billboard Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Honoree
    2022
    53rd NAACP Image Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2022
    The NBA on TNT (TV Series)
    - 2022 NBA All-Star Game (2022)
    2011
    Good Morning America (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode dated 18 February 2022 (2022) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 23 June 2021 (2021) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 24 August 2020 (2020) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 7 April 2020 (2020) - Self - Guest
    - Jussie Smollett (2019) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 13 November 2017 (2017) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 16 November 2016 (2016) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 2 September 2011 (2011) - Self - Musical Guest
    2005
    The View (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest / Self
    - Mary J. Blige (2022) - Self
    - Mary J. Blige/Michael Strahan/Sara Haines (2019) - Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige/View Your Deal (2017) - Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige & Maxwell/Gigi Hadid & Tommy Hilfiger/Chelsea Clinton (2016) - Self - Guest
    - Guest Co-Hostesses Garcelle Beauvais & Michelle Collins/Mary J. Blige/Vincent D'Onofrio (2015) - Self - Guest
    - Guest Co-Hosts Will Cain & Candace Cameron Bure/Kevin Hart, Regina Hall, Meagan Good & Jerry Ferrara/Mary J. Blige (2014) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Guest Co-Host Bobby Deen/Michael Bloomberg/Marlo Thomas/Mary J. Blige (2013) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode dated 23 December 2009 (2009) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 20 December 2007 (2007) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 22 December 2005 (2005) - Self - Guest
    2022
    Super Bowl LVI (TV Special) as
    Self - Halftime Performer
    2022
    The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show (TV Special short) as
    Self - Performer
    2021
    Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Power Book II: Ghost cast + Brian Volk-Weiss (2021) - Self
    2021
    Tamron Hall (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Mary J. Blige/Carter Oosterhouse/Taniya Rayak (2021) - Self
    2021
    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige & Charlamagne Tha God (2021) - Self - Guest
    2021
    The Bridge: 50 Years of Hip Hop (Podcast Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige (2021) - Self - Guest
    2021
    The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV Special) as
    Self
    2021
    Celebrity IOU: Joyride (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Don't Go Ham (2021) - Self
    2021
    In América: A Lexicon of Fashion (Video documentary) as
    Self
    2017
    Ok! TV (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #8.99 (2021) - Self
    - Episode #8.11 (2020) - Self
    - Episode #7.160 (2020) - Self
    - Oscars Special (2018) - Self
    - Episode #3.55 (2017) - Self
    - Episode #3.54 (2017) - Self
    2021
    Respect Filmmaker Q&A (Video documentary short) as
    Self
    2021
    The Badass Questionnaire (TV Mini Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Mary J. Blige (2021) - Self
    2021
    Jemele Hill Is Unbothered (Podcast Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige - I Didn't Know I Was Me (2021) - Self - Guest
    2021
    The Undefeated (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 23 June 2021 (2021) - Self
    2021
    The Daily Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - The Daily Social Distancing Show/Mary J. Blige (2021) - Self - Guest
    2021
    The First One (Podcast Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J Blige (2021) - Self - Guest
    2003
    The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest
    - Mary J. Blige/I Don't Know How But They Found Me (2021) - Self - Guest
    - Vin Diesel/Jenna Dewan-Tatum/Mary J. Blige (2017) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Jim Carrey/Minnie Driver/Mary J. Blige (2014) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Michael B. Jordan/Amy Adams/Mary J. Blige/Guest DJ Ellie Kemper (2013) - Self - Musical Guest
    2020
    Peace of Mind with Taraji (TV Series short) as
    Self
    - Episode 3, Part 1: Holiday Blues with Mary J. Blige (2020) - Self
    2020
    Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige Returns (2020) - Self - Guest
    2020
    The Real (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Mary J. Blige (2020) - Self
    2020
    No Filter with Naomi (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige on Biggie Smalls and Believing in Love (2020) - Self - Guest
    2020
    Sunday Today with Willie Geist (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #5.20 (2020) - Self - Guest
    2019
    Rapsody ft. D'Angelo and GZA: Ibtihaj (Music Video) as
    Self
    2019
    BET Awards 2019 (TV Special) as
    Self - Honoree
    2019
    BET Awards Red Carpet Live (TV Special) as
    Self
    2019
    The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion (Documentary) as
    Self
    2019
    Soundtracking with Edith Bowman (Podcast Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J Blige on Her Career as a Singer & Actress (2019) - Self - Guest
    2019
    Hollywood Insider (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Over 10 of the Most Empowering Female Grammy Winners (2019) - Self
    2019
    IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - The Umbrella Academy (2019) - Self - Guest
    2019
    Distraction Pieces Podcast (Podcast Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #252 (2019) - Self - Guest
    2019
    BAFTAs 2019 (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    2013
    The One Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 6 February 2019 (2019) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 21 November 2013 (2013) - Self - Guest
    2018
    The Shop (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.3 (2018) - Self
    2018
    George Michael Freedom: The Director's Cut (Documentary) as
    Self
    2018
    Black Girls Rock! (TV Special) as
    Self - Honoree
    2018
    Quincy (Documentary) as
    Self
    2018
    Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B: Girls Like You (Music Video) as
    Self
    2018
    The 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV Special) as
    Self
    2018
    The Dream Still Lives (Video documentary short) as
    Self
    2018
    E! Live from the Red Carpet (TV Series) as
    Self
    - The 2018 Academy Awards (2018) - Self
    - The 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards (2018) - Self
    2018
    The Oscars (TV Special) as
    Self - Nominee & Performer
    2018
    The Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet (TV Special) as
    Self
    2018
    33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Winner
    2018
    CBS News Sunday Morning (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Who's to Blame?/1968/The Envelope Please's Mary J Blige/Recipe for Success (2018) - Self - Guest
    2018
    Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Actresses (2018) - Self
    2018
    24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Nominee & Presenter
    2018
    49th NAACP Image Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2018
    2018 Golden Globes Arrivals Special (TV Special) as
    Self
    2018
    75th Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Nominee
    2018
    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Actors on Actors (2018) - Self
    2006
    Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest
    - Tracee Ellis Ross/Mary J. Blige/Amanda de Cadenet/Miguel & Travis Scott (2017) - Self - Guest
    - Ellen Pompeo/Norman Reedus/Disclosure & Mary J. Blige (2014) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode #8.66 (2009) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode #6.32 (2008) - Self - Guest
    - Ben Affleck/Mary J. Blige/Cleto Escobedo III (2008) - Self - Guest
    - Episode #4.364 (2006) - Self - Guest
    2011
    Made in Hollywood (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Wonder/The Star/Mudbound/Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You (2017) - Self
    - Episode #9.10 (2013) - Self
    - Episode #7.29 (2012) - Self
    - Episode #6.34 (2011) - Self
    2014
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) as
    Self - Musical Guest / Self - Guest
    - Jeff Daniels/Mary J. Blige/Taylor Swift (2017) - Self - Guest
    - Goldie Hawn/Nikolaj Coster-Waldau/Brian Reed/Mary J. Blige (2017) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Martin Short/Gabrielle Union/Mary J. Blige (2014) - Self - Musical Guest
    2017
    George Michael: Freedom (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2017
    One Voice Somos Live: A Concert for Disaster Relief (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2017
    The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Mary J. Blige, Sue Perkins, Rob Beckett and Dua Lipa (2017) - Self - Guest
    2017
    Chris Brown: Welcome To My Life (Documentary) as
    Self
    2017
    Dear Mama: An Event to Honor Moms (TV Special) as
    Self
    2017
    Mary J. Blige: The Making of Strength of a Woman - An Album Documentary (Documentary) as
    Self
    2017
    Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story (Documentary) as
    Self - Interviewee / Performer
    2017
    Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America (TV Special) as
    Self
    2013
    Loose Women (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #21.42 (2016) - Self
    - Episode #18.55 (2013) - Self
    2016
    The Black Eyed Peas feat. The World: #WheresTheLove (Music Video) as
    Self
    2016
    Inside the Label (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Uptown Records, Part II (2016) - Self
    - Uptown Records, Part I (2016) - Self
    2016
    Dear Mama (TV Special) as
    Self
    2016
    21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2016
    Critics' Choice Awards Red Carpet Live (TV Special) as
    Self
    2015
    Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (Video) as
    Self
    2015
    Taraji and Terrence's White Hot Holidays (TV Special) as
    Self
    2015
    The Making of the Wiz Live! (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2015
    CBS This Morning (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #4.277 (2015) - Self - Guest
    2012
    The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest
    - The Wiz! (2015) - Self - Guest
    - #TheLondonSessions (2014) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode dated 7 May 2012 (2012) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 2 February 2012 (2012) - Self - Guest
    2012
    The Voice (TV Series) as
    Self - Adviser / Self - Advisor
    - The Battles Premiere (2015) - Self - Advisor
    - Live Finale (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - Top 12 Results (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - The Knockouts, Part 2 (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - The Knockouts, Part 1 (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - The Battles Continue, Part 4 (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - The Battles Continue, Part 3 (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - Battles Continue, Part 2 (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - Battles Continue, Part 1 (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - Battles, Part 4 (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - Battles, Part 2 (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - Battles, Part 3 (2012) - Self - Adviser
    - Battles, Part 1 (2012) - Self - Adviser
    2015
    Lip Sync Battle (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson, Part 1 (2015) - Self
    2015
    Glastonbury 2015 (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Best of Glastonbury 2015 (2015) - Self
    - Florence and the Machine (2015) - Self (uncredited)
    - Mark Ronson (2015) - Self
    - Day 1 (2015) - Self
    2015
    Guys Choice Awards 2015 (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    2015
    Mary J. Blige: The London Sessions (Documentary) as
    Self
    2015
    BET Honors (TV Special) as
    Self
    2015
    Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige/Stephen Amell/MisterWives (2015) - Self - Guest
    2015
    The 57th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2014
    American Music Awards 2014 (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2014
    Champs (Documentary) as
    Self
    2014
    The 56th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Nominee (credit only)
    2013
    Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2013
    The Talk (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige/Chef Susan Feniger (2013) - Self - Guest
    2013
    The Queen Latifah Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Musical Guest / Self - Guest
    - Taraji P. Henson and Molly Sims. Plus, a Special Holiday Performance by Mary J. Blige and David Foster (2013) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Mary J. Blige, Ed Westwick and a Performance by Asher Moore. Plus, Queen Brings New Life to a Devastated Elementary School on the Island (2013) - Self - Guest
    2011
    The X Factor (TV Series) as
    Self - Musical Guest / Self - Special Guest
    - Live Season Finale, Part 2 (2013) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Live Results Show #7 (2011) - Self - Special Guest
    2013
    Michael Bublé's 3rd Annual Christmas Special (TV Special) as
    Self (as Mary J Blige)
    2013
    The Dr. Oz Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige (2013) - Self - Guest
    2013
    The Royal Variety Performance (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2013
    Christmas in Rockefeller Center (TV Series) as
    Self - Performer
    - Christmas in Rockefeller Center (2013) - Self - Performer
    2013
    CMA Country Christmas (TV Special) as
    Self
    2013
    This Morning (TV Series) as
    Self - Performer
    - Episode dated 2 December 2013 (2013) - Self - Performer
    2013
    A Hollywood Christmas at the Grove (TV Special) as
    Self
    2010
    Chelsea Lately (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #7.179 (2013) - Self - Guest
    - Episode #6.84 (2012) - Self - Guest
    - Episode #5.177 (2011) - Self - Guest
    - Episode #4.3 (2010) - Self - Guest
    2013
    The X Factor UK (TV Series) as
    Self - Special Guest / Self - Guest Mentor
    - Live Results Show 7 (2013) - Self - Special Guest
    - Judges' Houses 2 (2013) - Self - Guest Mentor
    2005
    Tavis Smiley (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 14 November 2013 (2013) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 21 December 2009 (2009) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 17 April 2008 (2008) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 29 November 2007 (2007) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 16 November 2005 (2005) - Self - Guest
    2013
    The Xtra Factor (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #10.12 (2013) - Self
    2013
    The Sound of Change Live (TV Special) as
    Self
    2013
    R&B Divas of All Time (TV Special documentary) as
    Self
    2012
    Great Performances (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Rod Stewart: Merry Christmas, Baby (2012) - Self
    2012
    Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2012
    iHeartRadio Music Festival (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2012
    Tamar & Vince (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Meet the Herberts (2012) - Self
    2012
    TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2012
    Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.125 (2012) - Self
    2012
    Opening Act (TV Series) as
    Self - Judge
    2012
    BET Awards 2012 (TV Special) as
    Self
    2012
    Big Morning Buzz Live (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Adam Sandler/Eli Manning/Rita Ora/Grace Potter & the Nocturnals (2012) - Self - Guest
    2012
    Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 14 June 2012 (2012) - Self - Guest
    2012
    Life After (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Andre Harrell (2012) - Self
    2006
    American Idol (TV Series) as
    Self - Musical Guest / Self - Guest Mentor / Self / ...
    - Top 13 Results (2012) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Top 13 Perform (2012) - Self - Guest Mentor
    - Idol Gives Back/Top Seven Results (2010) - Self
    - Auditions: Atlanta (2010) - Self - Judge
    - Grand Final (2006) - Self - Guest
    2012
    Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D (Documentary short) as
    Self
    2012
    Being: Mary J Blige (TV Mini Series documentary) as
    Self
    2012
    The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Nominee
    2012
    Mary J. Blige: My Life II: The Journey Continues (Video short) as
    Self
    2011
    The 13th Annual 'A Home for the Holidays' (TV Special) as
    Self
    2011
    VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2011
    WWE Tribute to the Troops (TV Special) as
    Self
    2011
    Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special) as
    Self
    2011
    American Music Awards 2011 (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2011
    Countdown to the American Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2011
    Mary J. Blige: My Life (American Express Unstaged) (Video) as
    Self
    2010
    Alan Carr: Chatty Man (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #7.2 (2011) - Self - Guest
    - Episode #3.6 (2010) - Self - Guest
    2011
    TeenNick Halo Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2011
    Daybreak (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 2 November 2011 (2011) - Self
    2011
    Sista's of R&B Hip Hop Soul as
    Self
    2011
    TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival (TV Special) as
    Self
    2011
    The Marriage Ref (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest / Self - Panelist
    - Lauren Graham, Colin Quinn, Mary J. Blige (2011) - Self - Guest
    - Seth Meyers, Denise Richards, George Wallace (2011) - Self - Panelist
    2011
    The Art of Blending (Short) as
    Self
    2011
    BET Awards 2011 (TV Special) as
    Self
    2011
    The 2011 Billboard Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2003
    The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - All New! No Holds Barred: Hollywood Legend Michael Douglas Plus Nike's Phil Knight (2011) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 13 April 2010 (2010) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 30 November 2009 (2009) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 16 May 2008 (2008) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 16 January 2007 (2007) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 1 February 2006 (2006) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 24 September 2003 (2003) - Self - Guest
    2011
    An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Chaka Khan (TV Special) as
    Self
    2011
    Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (Documentary) as
    Self
    2010
    2010 Soul Train Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2010
    ES.TV HD (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 7 October 2010 (2010) - Self - Guest
    2010
    2010 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2010
    TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2010
    Justin Lee Collins: Good Times (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.9 (2010) - Self
    2010
    The Official Inaugural Celebration (Video documentary) as
    Self
    2010
    41st NAACP Image Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1994
    Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode #17.92 (2010) - Self - Guest
    - Episode #17.12 (2009) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode #15.93 (2008) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 14 April 2006 (2006) - Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode dated 29 November 1999 (1999) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 21 April 1997 (1997) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 21 December 1994 (1994) - Self - Guest
    2010
    SOS Saving OurSelves: Help for Haiti (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2010
    The BET Honors (TV Special) as
    Self
    2010
    The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2010
    Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (TV Special documentary) as
    Self - Performer
    2010
    Teenage Paparazzo (Documentary) as
    Self (uncredited)
    2010
    The 36th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special documentary) as
    Self
    2009
    The BET Honors (TV Special) as
    Self - Honoree
    2009
    The 11th Annual 'A Home for the Holidays' (TV Movie) as
    Self
    2009
    Christmas in Washington (TV Special) as
    Self
    2009
    The Jay Leno Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Musical Guest
    - Episode #1.67 (2009) - Self - Musical Guest
    2009
    So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) as
    Self - Performer
    - Finale: Winner Announced (2009) - Self - Performer
    2009
    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Ward Family (2009) - Self
    2009
    2009 American Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2009
    6th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors (TV Special) as
    Self
    2009
    The Shooter Series: Vol. 1 (Video) as
    Self
    2009
    TV One on One (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Mary J. Blige (2009) - Self
    2009
    Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 12 June 2009 (2009) - Self - Guest
    2009
    Rachael Ray (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #3.145 (2009) - Self - Guest
    2009
    Beyond Recognition: The BET Honors Post Show (TV Special short) as
    Self
    2009
    The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2009
    We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (TV Special) as
    Self
    2008
    Top 40 Videos of 2008 (TV Movie) as
    Self
    2006
    Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) as
    Self - Performer
    - Round 6: Results (2008) - Self - Performer
    - Final Results (2006) - Self - Performer
    2008
    Imagine (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Jay-Z: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered (2008) - Self
    2008
    Fashion Rocks (TV Special) as
    Self
    2008
    Stand Up to Cancer (TV Special) as
    Self
    2008
    Live from Abbey Road (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.1 (2008) - Self
    2008
    What Perez Sez (TV Series) as
    Self
    - About Divas (2008) - Self
    2006
    One Life to Live (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.10126 (2008) - Self
    - Episode #1.10125 (2008) - Self
    - Episode #1.9729 (2006) - Self
    2008
    Pepsi Smash Superbowl Bash (TV Special) as
    Self
    1999
    Later... With Jools Holland (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #31.1 (2008) - Self
    - Episode #19.4 (2002) - Self
    - Episode #14.6 (1999) - Self
    2008
    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #14.3 (2008) - Self - Guest
    1992
    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest
    - Pamela Anderson/Mary J. Blige (2008) - Self - Musical Guest
    2008
    Tila Tequila's New Year's Eve Masquerade 2008 (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2007
    Bobby: The Making of an American Epic (Video documentary short) as
    Self
    2007
    My Night at the Grammys (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2007
    Movies Rock (TV Movie) as
    Self
    2007
    CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2007
    2007 American Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2007
    America's Next Top Model (TV Series) as
    Self - Recording Artist
    - The Girl Who Gets a Mango (2007) - Self - Recording Artist
    2007
    Classic Albums (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Jay Z: Reasonable Doubt (2007) - Self
    2007
    2007 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2007
    MTV VMA Pre Show Royale (TV Special) as
    Self
    2007
    Fashion Rocks (TV Special) as
    Self
    2007
    Private Sessions (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Mary J Blige - Self
    2007
    Life After Death: The Movie (Video documentary) as
    Self
    2007
    The World Awaits: De La Hoya vs. Mayweather (TV Special) as
    Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
    2007
    38th NAACP Image Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2007
    Building a Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2007
    The 49th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2006
    The 2006 Billboard Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2006
    2006 American Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1993
    Saturday Night Live (TV Series) as
    Self - Musical Guest / Self - Musical Support
    - Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges (2006) - Self - Musical Support (uncredited)
    - Antonio Banderas/Mary J. Blige (2006) - Self - Musical Guest
    - John Goodman/Mary J. Blige (1993) - Self - Musical Guest
    2006
    Diddy Makes an Album (TV Movie) as
    Self
    2006
    2006 Women's World Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2005
    Corazón de... (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 16 October 2006 (2006) - Self
    - Episode dated 4 November 2005 (2005) - Self
    2006
    JCPenney Jam: The Concert for America's Kids (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2006
    BET Awards 2006 (TV Special) as
    Self
    2006
    MTV Presents: Replay 25th Anniversary (TV Special) as
    Self
    2006
    Legends Ball (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2006
    La méthode Cauet (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 20 April 2006 (2006) - Self
    2006
    The Life & Rhymes of... (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Mary J. Blige (2006) - Self
    2006
    GMTV (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 4 April 2006 (2006) - Self
    2006
    Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 4 April 2006 (2006) - Self
    1997
    Top of the Pops (TV Series) as
    Self / Self - Performer
    - Episode #43.13 (2006) - Self
    - Episode #42.50 (2005) - Self
    - Episode #40.38 (2003) - Self
    - Episode #39.33 (2002) - Self
    - Episode #39.18 (2002) - Self
    - Episode #39.5 (2002) - Self
    - Episode dated 15 August 1997 (1997) - Self - Performer
    - Episode dated 16 May 1997 (1997) - Self - Performer
    2006
    Davina (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.6 (2006) - Self
    2006
    MTV News Presents: Growing Up Black in America (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2006
    The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2006
    Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable (TV Special documentary) as
    Self
    2005
    New Year's Eve with Carson Daly (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2005
    The Tyra Banks Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige (2005) - Self - Guest
    - Tyra's Last Walk (2005) - Self - Guest
    2005
    2005 Radio Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer & Presenter
    2005
    The 7th Annual 'A Home for the Holidays' (TV Special) as
    Self
    2005
    The Record of the Year 2005 (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2005
    The 8th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest (TV Special) as
    Self
    2005
    The 3rd Annual Vibe Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2005
    The Music of Shark Tale (Video documentary short) as
    Self
    2005
    25 Strong: The BET Silver Anniversary Special (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2005
    Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (TV Special) as
    Self
    2001
    Access Granted (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Lil Kim: Lighters Up (2005) - Self
    - Mary J. Blige : Family Affair (2001) - Self
    2005
    Music 101: The Green Room (TV Series) as
    Self
    2005
    BET Awards 2005 (TV Special) as
    Self
    2005
    Will Smith: Live in Concert (Documentary) as
    Self
    2005
    Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - From Ghetto to Fabulous (2005) - Self
    2005
    All We Are Saying (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2005
    Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (TV Special) as
    Self
    2004
    The 2004 Billboard Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2004
    Wyclef Jean: All Star Jam at Carnegie Hall (TV Special) as
    Self
    2004
    Fade to Black (Documentary) as
    Self
    2004
    Fahrenheit 9/11: A Movement in Time (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2004
    Genius: A Night for Ray Charles (TV Special) as
    Self
    2004
    Shark Tale: Gettin' Fishy with It (TV Movie) as
    Self
    2004
    And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Mini Series documentary) as
    Self
    2004
    HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short) as
    Self
    - 'Shark Tale': Gettin' Fishy with It (2004) - Self
    2004
    MOBO Awards 2004 (TV Special) as
    Self
    2004
    Fashion Rocks (TV Special) as
    Self
    2004
    Zulu Rocks 2004 (TV Special documentary) as
    Self - Performer
    2004
    The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die - The Remaster (Video short) as
    Self (segments "Big Poppa" and "One More Chance")
    2004
    Mary J. Blige: Queen of Hip Hop Soul (Video documentary) as
    Self
    2004
    The 58th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2001
    Intimate Portrait (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Missy Elliott (2004) - Self
    - Chaka Khan (2003) - Self
    - Destiny's Child (2001) - Self
    - Mary J. Blige (2001) - Self
    2004
    Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (TV Short documentary)(voice)
    2004
    The 46th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    2004
    Urban Soul: The Making of Modern R&B (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2004
    Michael Jackson: The One (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2003
    Essence Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2003
    Vibe Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2003
    The 5th Annual 'A Home for the Holidays' (TV Special) as
    Self
    2003
    60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) as
    Self - Singer (segment "Mary J")
    - An Island of Sanity/Pirates of the Internet/Mary J (2003) - Self - Singer (segment "Mary J")
    2003
    The 9th Annual Walk of Fame Honoring Aretha Franklin (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2003
    MTV Movie Special: Tupac Resurrection (TV Special documentary short) as
    Self
    2003
    2003 NFL Kickoff Concert (TV Special) as
    Self
    2003
    NFL Kickoff Live 2003 Washington D.C. (TV Special) as
    Self
    2003
    3rd Annual BET Awards (TV Special documentary) as
    Self
    2003
    VH1 Divas Duets (TV Special documentary) as
    Self - Performer
    2003
    34th NAACP Image Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2002
    Elvis Lives (TV Special) as
    Self
    2002
    2002 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2002
    2nd Annual BET Awards (TV Special documentary) as
    Self
    2002
    Hit Machine (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 22 June 2002 (2002) - Self
    - Episode dated 30 March 2002 (2002) - Self
    2002
    VH1 Divas Las Vegas (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2002
    Leute heute (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 4 April 2002 (2002) - Self
    2002
    TV total (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 28 March 2002 (2002) - Self
    2002
    The 44th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2002
    The Nick Cannon Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Nick Takes Over Music (2002) - Self - Guest
    2002
    Exclusive (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 21 January 2002 (2002) - Self
    2001
    Elton John: One Night Only - Greatest Hits Live (TV Special documentary) as
    Self - Guest Appearance
    2001
    NFL World Trade Center Tribute (TV Special) as
    Self
    2001
    VH1: All Access (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Celebrity Weddings - Self
    2001
    My VH1 Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2001
    The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (TV Special) as
    Self - Singer
    2001
    MTV Europe Music Awards 2001 (TV Special documentary) as
    Self - Performer
    1992
    Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Mary J. Blige/Jo Koy/Cocoa Brown (2001) - Self
    - Episode #8.20 (1995) - Self
    - Episode #6.4 (1992) - Self
    2001
    The 2nd Annual Women Rock! Girls and Guitars (TV Special) as
    Self - Singer
    2001
    Journeys in Black (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Patti LaBelle (2001) - Self
    2001
    L.A. Pool Party (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.2 (2001) - Self
    2001
    Behind the Music (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs (2001) - Self
    2001
    America the Beautiful (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    1997
    The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 5 September 2001 (2001) - Self - Guest
    - Episode dated 11 February 2000 (2000) - Self - Guest
    - Episode #1.232 (1997) - Self - Guest
    2001
    Source Awards 2001 (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2001
    MTV 20: Live & Almost Legal (TV Special documentary) as
    Self - Performer
    2001
    MTV 20: Jams (Video) as
    Self (segment "You're All I Need")
    2001
    1st Annual BET Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2001
    All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! (Documentary) as
    Self
    2001
    VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin (TV Special) as
    Self
    2001
    100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll (TV Mini Series) as
    Self
    2001
    Super Bowl XXXV (TV Special) as
    Self - Halftime Performer
    2001
    Super Bowl XXXV Halftime Show (TV Special) as
    Self
    2000
    Elton John: Greatest Hits Live (TV Special)
    2000
    It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (Video documentary) as
    Self
    2000
    BET Harlem Block Party (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    2000
    6th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2000
    The Greatest (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV (2000) - Self
    2000
    The BET 20th Anniversary Celebration (TV Special) as
    Self
    2000
    Dale's All Stars (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.2 (2000) - Self
    2000
    Tutti gli Zeri del mondo (TV Mini Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.4 (2000) - Self
    2000
    14th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Winner
    1999
    VH1 Divas Live 2 (TV Special documentary) as
    Self - Performer
    1999
    Radio City Music Hall's Grand Re-Opening Gala (TV Special) as
    Self
    1999
    The 1999 Billboard Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1999
    MTV Europe Music Awards 99 (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    1999
    Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua (TV Special) as
    Self
    1999
    25 Large (TV Movie) as
    Self
    1999
    1999 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    1999
    Moesha (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Good Vibrations? (1999) - Self
    1999
    1999 Essence Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1999
    The 41st Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1999
    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV Special) as
    Self
    1998
    A Very Special Christmas from Washington, D.C. (TV Special) as
    Self - Perfomer
    1998
    4th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1998
    The 12th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1997
    All That (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Mary J. Blige (1997) - Self
    1997
    The Chris Rock Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #2.9 (1997) - Self - Guest
    1997
    Songs & Visions (TV Movie) as
    Self
    1997
    10th Anniversary Essence Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1997
    The 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    1997
    The 39th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1996
    2nd Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    1996
    The 10th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    1996
    The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1996
    The 23rd Annual American Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1995
    Junior M.A.F.I.A. feat. The Notorious B.I.G.: Get Money (Music Video) as
    Self
    1995
    1995 Billboard Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1995
    MTV Urban Aid 4 Lifebeat (TV Movie) as
    Self
    1995
    New York Undercover (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Tag, You're Dead (1995) - Self
    - Private Enemy No. 1 (1995) - Self
    1995
    1st Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    1995
    The 1995 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1995
    Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) as
    Self - Musical Guest
    - Fran Drescher/Harry Shearer/Mary J. Blige (1995) - Self - Musical Guest
    1995
    The 9th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1995
    Various Artists: Freedom (Music Video short) as
    Self
    1995
    The 22nd Annual American Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1995
    The Box: Unwrapped - The Party We Can't Control (Video) as
    Self
    1994
    The 1994 Billboard Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1994
    The 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    1994
    Video Soul (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Mary J. Blige (1994) - Self - Guest
    1994
    The Word (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #5.17 (1994) - Self
    1993
    Super Cat: Dolly My Baby (Music Video) as
    Self (voice)
    1993
    Unplugged (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Uptown Unplugged (1993) - Self
    1993
    1993 Essence Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1993
    The 7th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1993
    The 20th Annual American Music Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Performer
    1992
    The Uptown Comedy Club (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.11 (1992) - Self
    1992
    Out All Night (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Smooth Operator (1992) - Self
    1992
    In Living Color (TV Series) as
    Self - Musical Guest
    - Men on Cooking (1992) - Self - Musical Guest
    1992
    Soul Train (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Al Jarreau/Mary J. Blige/Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (1992) - Self
    Archive Footage
    2023
    MTV 00s - Top 40 VMAs Hall of Fame Champions! (TV Special) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2023
    MTV 00s - Top 40 Dance Vs. R&B! (TV Special) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2023
    MTV 00s - Top 40 Perfect Pop Duets! (TV Special) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2023
    MTV 90s - Top 30 90s Duets! (TV Special) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2015
    Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Friends Reunion News! (2020) - Self
    2023
    Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Still Fighting (2023) - Self
    2023
    MTV 90s - Top 50 Legends That Made the 90s! (TV Special) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2022
    MTV 90s - Top 50 Hits of 1999! (TV Special) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2022
    The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV Special) as
    Self
    2022
    Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (TV Mini Series documentary) as
    Self - Lakers Fan
    - Episode #1.5 (2022) - Self - Lakers Fan
    2022
    Murder Inc Documentary (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Get The Fortune (2022) - Self
    2022
    Dish Nation (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #10.166 (2022) - Self
    2022
    MSNBC Reports (TV Series) as
    Self
    - 02-13-2022 (2022) - Self
    2022
    Morning Express with Robin Meade (TV Series) as
    Self
    - 02-11-2022 (2022) - Self
    2017
    Ok! TV (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #9.39 (2022) - Self
    - Episode #7.237 (2020) - Self
    - Episode #7.222 (2020) - Self
    - Episode #7.188 (2020) - Self
    - Episode #3.218 (2018) - Self
    - Episode #3.159 (2018) - Self
    - Episode #3.59 (2017) - Self
    2022
    MTV 90s - Happy New Year from MTV 90s! (TV Special) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2021
    You're Watching Video Music Box (Documentary) as
    Self
    2021
    Moments Within Moments as
    Self
    2020
    A Year in Music (TV Series) as
    Self
    - 1992 (2021) - Self
    - 1996 (2020) - Self
    - 1993 (2020) - Self
    2021
    Mary J Blige's My Life (Documentary) as
    Self
    2021
    MTV 90s - Top 50 Biggest Voices of the 90s! (TV Special) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2021
    Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (Documentary) as
    Self
    2021
    Hip Hop Uncovered (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Things Just Ain't the Same for Gangstas (2021) - Self
    2019
    Untold Stories of Hip Hop (TV Series) as
    Self
    - A$AP Rocky & Nelly (2019) - Self
    2018
    Whitney Houston: Close Up (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2017
    Popular Voices at the BBC (TV Mini Series) as
    Self
    - Showstoppers at the BBC (2017) - Self
    2016
    Extra (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #23.210 (2017) - Self
    - Episode #23.63 (2016) - Self
    2017
    The Insider (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #13.204 (2017) - Self
    2017
    Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2016
    The View (TV Series) as
    Self
    - The View: 20 Years in the Making (2016) - Self
    2015
    The '90s: We Invented This (TV Special) as
    Self
    2013
    Soul Power! (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Soul Power! The Renaissance Years (2013) - Self
    2013
    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #22.52 (2013) - Self
    2012
    No me la puc treure del cap (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Cançons que curen (2012) - Self
    2010
    American Idol (TV Series) as
    Self - Judge
    - The Road to Hollywood (2010) - Self - Judge (uncredited)
    2009
    Michael Jackson (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2009
    Video on Trial (TV Series) as
    Self - Accused
    - Episode #4.26 (2009) - Self - Accused
    2004
    Later... With Jools Holland (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Later on- Nu Soul (2007) - Self
    - Hip Hop Soul (2004) - Self
    2007
    U2: Window in the Skies (Music Video) as
    Mary J. Blige
    2006
    106 & Park (TV Series) as
    Self / Self - 'Be Easy' Video
    - The Best of 106 and Park 2006 Top Ten Live 06 (2006) - Self
    - Let It Rain and Clear 106 Out (2006) - Self - 'Be Easy' Video
    2004
    60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) as
    Self - Singer (segment "Mary J")
    - Plan of Attack/Mary J (2004) - Self - Singer (segment "Mary J")
    2003
    MTV Europe Music Awards Edinburgh 03 (TV Special) as
    Self
    1998
    Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Best of Apollo R&B (1998) - Self
    1995
    Top of the Pops (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 27 July 1995 (1995) - Self

    References

    Mary J. Blige Wikipedia