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Mary J. Blige reached No. 1 on the Shazam Global Chart with "Family Affair", spending 101 days in the Top 50.
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Mary J. Blige
#1101Feb 14, 2022
"Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige hit No. 1 on the Shazam Global Chart! The track spent 5 day(s) in the top spot and a total of 101 day(s) in the Top 50 since its release.
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2001Days at No. 1
5 daysTotal Shazams
17M
Days in Top 50
101The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Feb 14, 2022"Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige hit No. 1 on the Shazam Global Chart! The track spent 5 day(s) in the top spot and a total of 101 day(s) in the Top 50 since its release.
Released
2001Days at No. 1
5 daysTotal Shazams
17M
Days in Top 50
101The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Feb 14, 2022Mary J. Blige's Popular Music Videos
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About Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige is that rare singer who can channel your pain—and then drag you onto the dance floor to sweat it away. Dubbed the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul in the ’90s, Blige came off as tough and streetwise (unlike many of her contemporaries), and she could go toe to toe with rappers, including JAŸ-Z, Method Man, and, more recently, Kendrick Lamar.
Born Mary Jane Blige in the Bronx in 1971, Blige was raised mainly in Yonkers, NY, where she grew up listening to the greats: Aretha, Chaka, and Gladys Knight. Her voice is elastic, scrappy, and versatile, with more than a hint of world-weary grit, and when a chance recording of Anita Baker’s “Caught Up in the Rapture” came before Uptown Records execs in 1988, the label immediately snapped her up as its youngest (and first female) signee.
She and Sean Combs crafted her 1992 debut, What’s the 411?, which spawned the ubiquitous and beloved jam “Real Love” and helped set the template for R&B’s marriage to hip-hop. Blige’s life was never separate from her art, and fans have followed her through addiction, marriage, divorce, and therapy, connecting with songs like “Not Gon’ Cry” and “No More Drama” out of deep identification,
Mary (1999) saw her move toward a more classic sound, though 2001’s smash “Family Affair” swung back toward hip-hop; that fertile tension has remained in her music since—all the way from 2001’s No More Drama to 2024’s Gratitude.
Even as she’s gone Hollywood (earning two Academy Award nominations for 2017’s Mudbound and appearing in 2021’s Respect), Mary J. remains a model R&B diva who paved the way for myriad successors, including Beyoncé and Ariana Grande.
Musical InfluencesMary J. Blige's musical influences include Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Janet Jackson and more.
Influenced by Mary J. BligeMary J. Blige has influenced the music of Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Summer Walker and more.
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