Mary J Blige Songs Ranked
Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul”, Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, and ten Billboard Music Awards. She has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its original song “Mighty River”, becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007. Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years. In 2017, Billboard magazine named her 2006 song “Be Without You” as the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop song of all time, 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. In 2012, VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in “The 100 Greatest Women in Music” list. In February 2021, Blige became a first-time nominee for the 2021 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2022 Blige was awarded with the Icon Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Here are all of Mary J Blige songs ranked.
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10. Love No Limit (What’s the 411?, 1992)
“Love No Limit is another standout track, and although to many Mary did not “cross over” to mass appeal until her No More Drama CD, Love No Limit wound up on heavy rotation on NYC radio station HOT-97.”
9. You Don’t Have to Worry (Who’s the Man?, 1993)
“This is one of my favorite Mary joint’s still banging today! She killed it and R.I.P to Kenny G his pen game was sick! I love Intro’s first album. I remember this song from the Who’s The Man soundtrack. Don’t get wrong I like some of Mary’s new stuff off GMG, but this right here just hits DIFFERENT!”
8. Be Happy (My Life, 1994)
“This songs speaks directly to my soul. I recommend anyone who is going through anything terrible, to listen to a Mary J Blige song, because you can feel what she is saying. She is so deep”
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7. Love is All We Need (Share My World, 1997)
“This song has been in my mind for the past week. I am both big fans of Mary J Blige and Nas. This was such an awesome collaboration between the both of them. I have always enjoyed the end of this video when she is standing on the top of the building telling the whole world “Love is all we need””
6. Just Fine (Growing Pains, 2007)
“This song has a awesome groove, so even if you never heard the lyrics, you would find yourself moving to the beat. That’s huge!!! I really like the lyrics. The story of this song is an affirmation to herself that inspite of (or maybe even because of) what life has brought her way, she is Just Fine.”
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5. Be Without You (The Breakthrough, 2005)
“Mary J. Blige has become a more soulful singer in the past year, especially with this great ballad. It runs in the same vein as Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together”, but just lacks the range that Mariah has which always makes for unpredictable listening. The b-side is great as well though slightly weaker than the main effort, nevertheless a great effort.”
4. I’m Going Down (My Life, 1994)
“I could listen to this cover a million times. She’s beautiful & she sounds amazing. This is one cover that’s equally if not better than the original. That never happens… until now.”
3. Real Love (What’s the 411?, 1992)
“The amount of emotion, passion, and power that this woman throws out is unmatched! She giving you all her love, all her pain, and all her swag. Music IS survivor of life with Mary.”
2. Not Gon’ Cry (Waiting to Exhale, 1995)
“Mary J Blige is an incredible, ingrained artist in the hip hop, soul, r/b world that she dominates. Many races of women can relate to what she says in her songs/music, especially this one, which is just a punch in the gut, but so true, and empowering at the same time.”
1. Family Affair (No More Drama, 2001)
“Dr. Dre’s beat here is nice and Mary J. is a great singer like always, but I’m sorry, y’all. The hook is a graveyard of early ’00s buzzwords and they singlehandedly age this song like milk. It’s bizarre to think back that words like “hateration” and “holleration” were ever trendy things to say.”