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#当代节奏布鲁斯 #成人时代 #都市音乐
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United States of America 美国

艺人介绍

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中 文 名 玛丽布莱姬

外 文 名 Mary J.Blige

别    名 苦婆 MJB

国    籍 美国

星    座 摩羯座

身    高 175cm

出 生 地 布朗市,纽约,美国

出生日期 1971年1月11日

职    业 歌手

经纪公司 环球唱片

代表作品 Be Without You、Family Affair、I Am、No More Drama

主要成就 时代杂志第100位伟大歌手

9座格莱美奖

4座全美音乐奖

信    仰 基督教

艺人资料

玛丽·简·布莱姬(Mary Jane Blige,常简写作Mary J. Blige),生于1971年1月11日,是美国歌手、唱片制作人、曲作者、女演员兼说唱歌手。

1992年,Mary J. Blige分布第一张个人唱片《What's the 411?》。1996年凭借歌曲“I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By”和Method Man一起获得了第38届格莱美最佳说唱组合奖。2005年岁末,Hip-Hop Soul天后Mary J. Blige发行了第7张个人专辑《The Breakthrough》。新专辑《Stronger》也于2009年12月15日发行。而Mary J. Blige还将客串担任2010年《美国偶像》的评委。

早年经历

1971年1月11日,Mary J. Blige出生在美国纽约最北部的布朗克斯区,但是她早年的时光确是在佐治亚州的港口城市萨凡纳度过的,后来她和母亲、姐姐一起搬到了纽约东南部的杨克斯,5岁便遭到性侵害的她,童年带给她的只有创伤。不久她从高中辍学,和她的母亲一起打点理发室。16岁时,有一次她在纽约White Plains的一家卡拉OK演唱Anita Baker的“Caught Up in the Rapture”,并录制成了磁带,她的声音把Uptown Records唱片公司的总裁Andre Harrell吸引住了,很快她就得到了该公司的合同,但开始她只是在公司做些幕后工作,比如给大牌歌手做背景和声等。直到1992年,她得到了吹牛老爹Sean "Puffy" Combs的协助,在他的制作下,Mary J. Blige的第一张个人唱片《What's the 411?》终于正式发行,很快这张专辑便成为了Billboard R&B专辑榜的冠军,单曲“Real Love”和“You Remind Me”等分别成为了冠军单曲。这张专辑也是Mary J. Blige最受评论界好评的专辑之一,在这张专辑中,Mary J. Blige凭借着自己出色的声线谐和的把R&B音乐和说唱音乐结合在了一起,被称为是新的Aretha Franklin。

演艺经历

1994年,还是在Sean "Puffy" Combs的帮助下Mary J. Blige发行了第二张专辑《My Life》,在专辑中Mary J. Blige讲述了她曲折的童年生活,但是在这张专辑以后,Mary J. Blige和Uptown Records唱片公司以及Sean "Puffy" Combs的关系开始变得紧张,最终她和MCA唱片公司签约。

1997年,Mary J. Blige结束了与R&B男子团体Jodeci成员K-Ci长达六年的恋情,同时她发行了第三张专辑《Share My World》,尽管评论界说她失去了那种风格融合的特点,使专辑变得平庸,但是专辑的高销量的势头还是不可低档。在这期间,Mary J. Blige的形象开始渐渐转变,她开始慢慢的摒弃一些自身的坏毛病,诸如懒散和暴力倾向等,到了1999年,她的第四张专辑《Mary》开始变得和以往不同,越发的成熟路线,无论是音乐和服饰,都体现出了她真正成熟、大气的特点。随后的专辑越来越能体现出她自身的特点,2001年的《No More Drama》和当初第一张专辑《What's the 411?》相比简直有天壤之别,更多的自主创作,让专辑更像是Mary J. Blige的个人专辑。2002年,Mary J. Blige又发行了专辑《Dance for Me》,专辑的制作人由西岸说唱大佬Dr. Dre担纲。2003年,第七张个人专辑《Love & Life》与歌迷见面。

Mary J. Blige的专辑中有五张成为冠军专辑,数十首顶尖单曲,并且曾经在1996年凭借歌曲“I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By”和Method Man一起获得了第38届格莱美最佳说唱组合奖(Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group)。

2005年岁末,Hip-Hop Soul天后Mary J. Blige发行了第7张个人专辑《The Breakthrough》。专辑在发行的第一周恰逢圣诞节,以72万7千张的高销量获得2005年度最后一周的Billboard 200专辑榜的冠军。单曲《Be Without You》在Top100第三,R&B榜15周冠军。与U2合作的《One》在英国拿到第二,并成为06年英国最畅销单曲NO.35。Mary出现在Busta Rhymes的《Touch It》混音中,化名Brook-Lynn。在唱片中大家可以看到Brook-Lynn的名字,在《Enough Cryin’》和《Gonna Breakthrough》两首歌中大玩了一会说唱。

这张唱片的销量和奖项使06年成为MJB年:美国3白金,世界7白金的销量。3项格莱美,9项BILLBOARD AWARD,2项全美音乐奖,世界音乐奖特别贡献奖(因为组委会得知她当天不能出席颁奖,把奖项取消了)

2006年12月,精选《Reflections - A Retrospective》推出,专辑中出现四首新歌。

在2007年岁末,此时已经成为实力派R&B老将的Mary J.Blige推出了她个人的第8张录音室专辑《Growing Pains》,与上张大获成功的专辑《The Breakthrough》相隔了几乎整两年。在Billboard 200专辑榜中上榜第一周,《Growing Pains》凭借62万9千张的销量成绩获得了当周亚军的好成绩。在这张专辑中,Mary J.Blige参与了其中大部分歌曲的创作。首支打榜单曲《Just Fine》在MTV、VH-1等各大电视台中成为热播单曲,而另一首打榜单曲《Work That》也成为苹果iPod的广告歌曲。

2009年6月,一支与加拿大说唱歌手Drake合作的单曲《The One》发布,而她的新专辑《Stronger》于2009年12月15日发行。

2010年,Mary J. Blige客串担任《美国偶像》的评委。

2011年11月发行录音室专辑《My Life II: The Journey Continues, Act 1》。

2013年10月发行录音室专辑《A Mary Christmas》。

2014年11月发行录音室专辑《The London Sessions》。

2015年3月发行单曲《Right Now (Remixes)》。同年开启“ The London Sessions ”巡演,现身电视剧《Empire》。

据爆料她将现身2017年上映的电影《Mudbound》中。

Life and career

Mary Jane Blige is an American singer, songwriter, model, record producer and actress. Starting her career as a background singer on Uptown Records in 1989, Blige released her first album, ‘What's the 411?’, in 1992, and has released 11 studio albums since and made over 150 guest appearances on other albums and soundtracks.

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.

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. The magazine also lists her 2006 song "Be Without You" as the top R&B song of the 2000s, as it spent an unparalleled 15 weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.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."

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 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.

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".

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.

She started The London Sessions Tour in 2015 and appeared in TV series ‘Empire’.

It is said that she will appear in film ‘Mudbound’ in 2017.


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