In a duet with George Michael she also sang a cover on Stevie Wonder's winding hit As. It was more soul-oriented and featured Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Eric Clapton and Lauryn Hill. A year later the Mary disc hit the shelves. got he first big prize – American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album. It rocketed four hits - Love Is All We Need (featuring Nas), I Can Love You (featuring Lil' Kim), Everything and Seven Days. In 1997, the third album Share My World was released. The same time she started taking part in side projects – recording duets with other singers and contributing to soundtracks. Her autobiographical sophomore attempt My Life was released in 1994, being darker and less up-tempo then its predecessor. She immediately got down to her follow-up, while the remix album What's The 411? Remix spawned the interest to her debut work. In 1993, Blige was already christened as the Queen of hip-hop soul. However, in 1991, the Uptown Records started working over her debut album titled What's The 411? and next year the lead-single You Remind Me saw light. She became the first female artist at the studio and mostly worked on back vocals for her mates, as the label mostly focused on the famous performers. Their representative met Mary and signed her to the label. Her mother's boyfriend took his attention to the cassette and though his hands it came to the Uptown Records. In 1988, she made a cover on Anita Baker's Rapture in a recording booth in the local shopping mall.
Mary Jane Blige was born on Januand grew up in New-York, the USA.
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