Mary J. Blige is going back to the Bronx. Major League Baseball says the Bronx-born singer will perform the national anthem at Yankee Stadium before Game Six of the World...
more >
Eminem was never a part of Def Jam Records, but the rapper is going to be part of the celebration when the legendary label is honored by VH1. Eminem will join Mary J....
more >
The Essence Music Festival has plenty to celebrate this year. And it will be about a lot more than music, said Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc. ...
more >
HOVA's in the (white) house. Jay-Z has unveiled plans to stage a special one-off gig in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, the night before President-elect Barack...
more >
What's the 411? How about a lawsuit? Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z are among the targets of a federal song-swiping suit by two New Jersey men. Jermaine Jumpp and Michael C....
more >
Tyler Perry and Mary J. Blige are among the luminaries BET plans to celebrate at their second annual BET Honors. The successful filmmaker and the R&B queen are set to join...
more >
R&B stars Mary J. Blige and Robin Thicke will hit the road together in North America this fall. Their scheduled tour dates begin September 13 in Charleston, South...
more >
NEW YORK (AP) — Mary J. Blige has been sued in New York for $2 million by a company that says she stole some of the music she used on her latest hit album, including...
more >
So much for no more drama. A New York production company has sued Mary J. Blige for copyright infringement, claiming the tune "Work It," off her latest album,...
more >
Mary J. Blige may have been living the high life for quite some time now. But despite a plethora of chart-topping hits, collabos with some of the hottest artists in the...
more >
Mary J. Blige is putting her money where her inspiration is. The reformed R&B star has announced plans to launch FFAWN, the Mary J. Blige and Steve Stoute Foundation for...
more >
The queen of hip-hop soul is establishing a foundation to help women develop careers and gain self-confidence. Mary J. Blige and Steve Stoute, who founded a youth-oriented...
more >
It's the end of the line for the Soul Train Music Awards, which have largely been ignored by the African-American stars the event aims to honor. A spokeswoman said the...
more >
What's the 411? How about a blockbuster tour teaming two of music's biggest performers?
Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z will be taking their joint show on the road for a...
more >
Mary J. Blige is returning to "One Life to Live."
The Grammy-winning singer taped another appearance Thursday on the ABC soap opera. She last visited the fictional town of...
more >
A number of entertainers were named in connection with an Albany-based steroid investigation, but they are not part of an ongoing criminal probe, according to a published...
more >
Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds may need to make some room on the hot seat.
And not for other ballplayers.
Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Timbaland, Wyclef Jean and filmmaker Tyler...
more >
DETROIT (AP) — Adam Levine, lead singer of Maroon 5, summed up the reason his hitmaking pop group agreed to appear at the GM Style event Saturday night: "They said:...
more >
She may not have finished the year the way she wanted, but Mary J. Blige certainly started 2008 on the right note.
Blige's Growing Pains was expected to debut atop the...
more >
Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy: Mary J. Blige reacts
Britney Spears's sister Jamie Lynn Spears has been congratulated by Mary J. Blige on her pregnancy.
The 16-year-old...
more >
Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "Irreplaceable," Beyonce; "The Pretender," Foo Fighters; "Umbrella,"...
more >
The MTV Video Music Awards aren't until Sunday, but hip-hop stars started accepting trophies Friday night.
Sean "Diddy" Combs, T.I., Three 6 Mafia and a slew of hip-hop...
more >
Jeremy Piven makes freaking out look good on "Entourage," which shows his character, Ari Gold, decked out in the designer attire required of a high-strung, high-powered...
more >
The first "Saturday Night Live"
CD of live performances in nearly 10 years will be sold
exclusively at Target retail stores, beginning Sunday.
Priced at $13.98, "Live...
more >
George Rainey has been cooking soul food for the Essence Music Festival since its inception 12 years ago, missing last year only because the event moved to Texas due to the...
more >
As flip-flops hit the pavement and barbecue grills ignite, some of the biggest artists are packing their bags to get the summer concert season started.
This year, everyone...
more >
It's apropos that soulful
songstress Angie Stone is recording her debut for Concord Music
Group's reactivated Stax Records imprint at the stomping
grounds of another...
more >
Can they really call it an awards
show if most of the winners don't turn up?
That could be the conundrum facing the organizers of
Saturday's decidedly low-key Soul Train...
more >
Following is a list of winners at
the 21st annual Soul Train Music Awards, which were held on
Saturday at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Highlights will be
broadcast in...
more >
Jamie Foxx is quietly enjoying one
of the most successful concert tours of the year, even if raw
numbers indicate otherwise.
The Oscar-winning actor/comedian/singer's...
more >
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige may have set an awards-show record to go with the armful of Grammys she won Sunday: most people thanked in a single acceptance...
more >
Rock trio the Police played their
first major public show in more than 20 years on Sunday, when
they opened the Grammy Awards ceremony, whetting fans' appetite
for an...
more >
It's easy to stand on the outside
and carp about who should and shouldn't have been nominated in
Sunday's Grammy Awards derby.
The hard part is slogging it out on the...
more >
Mary J. Blige has a leading eight Grammy nominations and her triumphant comeback was the feel-good story of the 2006. So it seems as if her coronation on Grammy night is all...
more >
High School Musical officially graduated at the top of its class.
The surprise hit soundtrack accompaniment to the Disney Channel's tween song and dance fest finished as...
more >
On Grammy night, U.K. newcomer
Corinne Bailey Rae hopes to waltz through the door her soulful
pop colleague Norah Jones kicked open in 2003, when she won
five awards...
more >
Most rappers start beefs to help sell albums, but Nas is topping the charts thanks in part to a truce.
Several years back, the Nas-Jay-Z feud got ugly when the two rap...
more >
It was a year marked by
head-scratching sales downturns as well as a revolving door for
the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
While R&B and hip-hop's command...
more >
At age 29, Taylor Hicks was the oldest contestant to win American Idol. Unfortunately, he released his debut disc in a week that favored the Young.
Peach State rapper...
more >
When it came time to pick the songs that would be on her first greatest hits collection, Mary J. Blige had a lot of contenders. After all, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul has...
more >
Just a few years ago, when teens dominated the pop charts, to be a singer of a more senior age — say, about 30 — was something to be downplayed or outright omitted...
more >
Scorned by country music radio, the Dixie Chicks are all right by the Grammys.
The finger-pickin' trio, just about nixed from Nashville for lead singer Natalie Maines'...
more >
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
more >
LOS ANGELES - Veteran R&B great Mary J. Blige collected a leading eight Grammy Award nominations Thursday, including album of the year for her appropriately named work "The...
more >
General Field
Category 1
Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)
Be...
more >
Mary J. Blige won big at this year's Billboard Music Awards as her chart-topping comeback album "The Breakthrough" landed the R&B diva a leading nine honors.
Among the...
more >
On an evening when no one officially presided over the Billboard Music Awards, Mary J. Blige was crowned Queen of the Night.
The Breakthrough songstress scored a leading...
more >
Nickelback has all the right reasons to be among the top contenders for the 2006 Billboard Music Awards—namely, the Canadian rock outfit outsold virtually everyone...
more >
Pop diva Mariah Carey, whose
commercial success has not translated into awards show acclaim,
was snubbed at the American Music Awards on Tuesday, despite
scoring three...
more >
The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department gave antitrust approval Tuesday to Universal Music Group's planned acquisition of BMG Music Publishing for $2.09...
more >
In 2001, when Atlantic Records
closed its Nashville office and put Craig Morgan and a
half-dozen other artists on the street, the former Army Ranger
says he was not afraid...
more >
Universal Music Group said on Tuesday
it filed lawsuits against online video sharing sites Grouper
and Bolt.com for allowing users to swap pirated versions of its
musicians'...
more >
While sales of physical
albums plummeted during the first nine months of 2006, big
increases in the demand for digital tracks and albums have kept
the overall music business...
more >
For more than a dozen artists, nominations for the American Music Awards came in twos and threes.
Mariah Carey, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Eyed Peas and...
more >
Producer Gregg Field
says that creating the new Ray Charles album "Ray Sings, Basie
Swings," due October 3 from Concord Records and Starbucks Hear
Music, was "like painting...
more >
Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio
Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans
with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New
Birth Brass...
more >
New "American Idol" Taylor Hicks wasn't the only winner on Wednesday night.
Fox capped a stellar fifth season for the hit competition when an average of 36.4 million...
more >
The Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel ballroom was filled with some of pop's biggest hitmakers, but even the most ardent music fans would have had a hard time finding a familiar...
more >
Former teen idol Leif Garrett has
been sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years probation on
charges stemming from drug possession.
Garrett, 44, was sentenced late on...
more >
Stars rarely cede the spotlight, even briefly.
But after Heather Headley made the successful (and rare) leap from Broadway luminary to pop star — her 2002 album,...
more >
When "American Idol" contestant Taylor Hicks belted out Stevie Wonder's golden oldie "Living for the City" there was scant age difference between the singer and the...
more >
It took two multiplatinum albums, several hits and a few Grammy nominations for people to realize that the Black Eyed Peas weren't just a silly, poppy, hip-hop gimmick (and...
more >
Ne-Yo's so sick that he can't be denied.
The rookie R&B
crooner, whose debut single "So Sick" already topped the
Billboard Hot 100 radio, now has a number one album to...
more >
Last week it was a jungle out there. This week it's a ghetto.
Ending the single-week dominance of the Curious
George
soundtrack, R&B crooner Jaheim spanked the monkey...
more >
When respected session musicians for
some of pop and hip-hop's biggest names get together to jam, an
amalgamation of heavy metal, noisecore and dub are usually not
the...
more >
Eight days after Hurricane Katrina hit, Michael Jackson announced he would release an all-star charity single within two weeks.
Nearly six months later, after questions...
more >
If it were up to New York's Finest, Busta Rhymes would bust a
move over to the nearest station and answer some questions about his
bodyguard's slaying last week.
New...
more >
There's some serious monkey business going down on the album
charts.
While Grammy winners got their traditional
post-ceremony sales spikes, the top branch of the...
more >
Sometimes, the members of U2 can't make it on their own--they
need help hauling all those heavy Grammys around.
The
veteran Irish rockers were the big winners Wednesday...
more >
It's not often that Time magazine's Man of the Year is upstaged on one of his own songs.
That was the case Wednesday during Mary J. Blige's show-stopping duet on "One"...
more >
Crank up the band, it's party time at the Copacabana.
In a battle of retro pop and opera for chart supremacy (now there's a
phrase we don't write often enough), Barry...
more >
A redeye flight from California to Miami. A plane to the Dominican Republic. A helicopter to Haiti's capital, and then straight into a polling station.
Wyclef Jean, the...
more >
The biggest mystery at Wednesday
night's Grammy Awards has nothing to do with how many of
music's top prizes leading nominees Mariah Carey, Kanye West
and John Legend will...
more >
There will be a bit more breathing room this year for the A-list celebs who attend Clive Davis' swank pre-Grammy shindig.
Tuesday night's exclusive party and concert is...
more >
Busta Rhymes' security guard was fatally shot in Brooklyn Saturday
night as the rapper and several A-list pals gathered to shoot a music
video.
Israel Ramirez, 29, a...
more >
A star-studded music video shoot was interrupted by gunfire that killed a bodyguard for rapper Busta Rhymes, police said.
Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes and G-Unit members...
more >
The Grammy Awards will open with a meeting of the Material Girl and the virtual world.
Madonna and the Gorillaz will perform together for the first time at the 48th Annual...
more >
Another week, another game of musical chairs between Mary J. Blige
and Jamie Foxx.
Ever since their albums opened in the top
two spots on the Billboard 200 late last...
more >
As he begins writing his next
album, revered rapper Talib Kweli is characteristically frank
about the reception accorded his 2004 release, "The...
more >
Album sales were slow for the week and down for the year, but the
final lap proved to be a neck-and-neck thriller.
After
spending nearly the entire year as the...
more >
You read it here first. These 10
faces to watch represent Billboard's picks for 2006. They
either have a highly anticipated debut album ready to come out
in the first...
more >
Looks like Mary J. Blige made Santa's nice list.
The
Queen of Hip-Hop Soul handily held off strong challenges from Jamie Foxx
and the Notorious B.I.G. to lead the...
more >
Jamie Foxx is on such a roll that he didn't even need to put out an album to become a chart-topping singer. The Oscar-winning actor became a Grammy-nominated singer thanks...
more >
Had Anthony Hamilton made a few compromises with his music, he might have gotten that platinum disc a whole lot earlier in his career.
He could have ditched his gritty,...
more >
Kanye West, Shakira, Maroon 5's Adam
Levine and Fall Out Boy lead the lineup for MTV's 14th annual
New Year's Eve broadcast, which will begin at 10:30 p.m. ET.
Common,...
more >
50 Cent is lighting up
movie houses, but Saturday night at the Gibson Amphitheatre,
Kanye West proved that he's hip-hop's brightest star: His
100-minute set showed the...
more >
Carlos Santana has never been one to follow the record industry map to success.
Though the guitar great is now one of the world's best-selling artists thanks to the...
more >
Mariah Carey was the feel-good story at this weekend's Vibe Music
Awards. That the show went off without any stabbings, hospitalizations
or arrests made all involved feel...
more >
The furniture stayed intact and
tempers were kept in check on Saturday at the third annual Vibe
awards, an urban music- and fashion-themed ceremony marred last
year by a...
more >
In a special that doubles as a retirement party for network founder Robert Johnson, BET celebrates its 25th anniversary with a music-studded party that debuts on the network...
more >
Michael Jackson is taking a break from his Bahrain getaway and
getting down to business.
The entertainer has reportedly
been in London recently, working on his charity...
more >
Some of the biggest names in
hip-hop, both dead and alive, have contributed to "The
Notorious B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter," including Eminem,
Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, Nas,...
more >
For the seventh week straight, Kanye
West's "Gold Digger" featuring Jamie Foxx is in the top spot on
the Billboard Hot 100.
Chris Brown's "Run It!" is heating up the Hot...
more >
How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on
Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help
out hurricane victims.
Like the...
more >
Fats Domino proved you can go home again. You just might not like
what you see.
The rock 'n' roll pioneer returned to his New
Orleans home Saturday for the first time...
more >
For the chief executives at Vibe
magazine, the answer was obvious. The show must go on.
The show in question: the Vibe Awards. Now in its third
year, the music- and...
more >
Add Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife to the growing list of celebrity bust-ups. Edmonds and his wife Tracey issued a statement Wednesday announcing the end of their...
more >
Disturbed has given Bon Jovi the fist.
While the
latter scored a career-best sales week, it wasn't enough to keep
Disturbed from landing its second straight number one....
more >
After two release date changes, full
details of Santana's upcoming album, "All That I Am," have
finally gelled.
The 13-track set is due November 1 from Arista, and...
more >
With a little help from his friends, Michael Jackson is going to
try and heal the Gulf Coast.
The popster, who's currently
enjoying a lengthy vacation in the United...
more >
The producer of Friday's one-hour telethon to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims said no special precautions will be taken to edit out political statements — even though...
more >
Hurricane Katrina may be long gone, but the storm surrounding Kanye
West's controversial off-script rap lingers.
The hip-hop
star's impromptu anti-President Bush,...
more >
The last time rapper Kanye West
appeared on a TV show to raise money for Hurricane Katrina
victims, he accused U.S. President George W. Bush of racism.
This time, producers...
more >
Green Day, Santana, Kanye West and
Maroon5 are the latest additions to the lineup for "NFL Opening
Kickoff 2005," an hour-long September 8 ABC broadcast also
featuring taped...
more >
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, who's launching a new album later this month after more than five years out of the spotlight, performed an invitation-only acoustic session for...
more >
When it comes to churning out hits, most musicians stick to the same recipe that gave them sweet success the first time around. If a rapper's shoot-em-up tales sold 8...
more >
The Game's "Hate It Or Love It" featuring 50 Cent hit Number One this week on the Billboard Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The song may be competing against itself...
more >
Nadia Turner picked the wrong song on Tuesday's "American Idol," and on Wednesday, she paid the price. Turner was voted off the Fox show after singing Crystal Gayle's "When...
more >
Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
more >
A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
more >
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
more >
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
more >
Rapper Jay-Z has been named
president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings, home of such acts as
Grammy frontrunner Kanye West and rap veteran LL Cool j.
He will report to...
more >
Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
more >
Since establishing himself as a solo
artist, Sting's tour's have become grand affairs featuring
large bands. That will change in April, when he launches the
Broken Music...
more >
Vibe magazine president Kenard
Gibbs says the violent altercation at the publication's awards
show this year won't prevent it from holding the event in 2005.
"We're doing...
more >
Usher is feeling the vibe.
The R&B singer leads the second annual Vibe Awards with five nominations. Right on his dancing heels is Alicia Keys, with four...
more >
All-star performances and emotional
tributes to hip-hop pioneers highlighted the first VH1 Hip Hop
Honors, Oct. 3 at the Hammerstein Ballroom here. The show
premieres Oct....
more >
Carlos Santana has begun collecting
songs for his next studio album.
"I'm going to complete the next Santana album with (BMG
chairman/CEO) Mr. Clive Davis," Santana told...
more >
Comedian Billy Crystal called it "Woodstock for really, really rich people" as Hollywood's artists came out to raise $5 million to put Democrat John Kerry in the White...
more >
Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
will sing together for the first time in 24 years on Thursday,
bringing not flowers but millions of dollars for Democrat John
Kerry 's...
more >
A civil judgment ordering rapper Sean "P. Diddy" Combs to pay $450,000 to a man who claimed he was beaten by bodyguards has been overturned by the North Carolina Court...
more >
Two Southern teenagers who are
contestants on the popular television program "American Idol"
will learn on Wednesday which one will become the country's
next instant pop...
more >
The Essence Music Festival will
celebrate its 10th anniversary this year with headliner Prince
and what could be its largest attendance yet.
Magazine publisher Essence...
more >
Hip-hop singer Frankee has knocked Eamon
off top spot in the U.K. pop charts with a song that is
believed to be a response to his expletive-filled lament about
his...
more >
Beyonce, Denzel Washington and Venus Williams are among the nominees for the 2004 BET Awards, which honor musicians, actors and athletes.
The awards, announced...
more >
Just over a month after its release,
Usher's chart-topping album, "Confessions," has been certified
triple-platinum for U.S. shipments in excess of three million
copies by...
more >
After spending the past several
years immersed in film roles and guest spots on other artist's
material, Method Man returns to his own music next month with
"Tical 0: The...
more >
In the crowded field of
singer-songwriters, Toby Lightman appears poised for a
breakthrough.
Performing to packed houses in New York and Los Angeles and
at the South by...
more >
Never has it been more difficult to keep up with the Joneses.
Especially this one.
Norah
Jones' record-setting sophomore album, Feels
Like Home, extended its reign atop...
more >
P.
Diddy may be punching out.
But banish the
thought of a condo in Boca, early-bird dinners and orthopedic footwear.
The 34-year-old music mogul is merely...
more >
Beyonc's
got soul--and the nominations to prove it.
The golden
girl of the 2004
Grammys reeled in four Soul Train Music Award nominations
Thursday, including those for...
more >
MAC cosmetics has introduced five new representatives — including Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott — for Viva Glam products that will benefit the MAC AIDS ...
more >
The sun might have gone down on his album, but Kenny Chesney
sure went up on the charts.
The country crooner
reset the bar for 2004 as his new album, When the Sun Goes...
more >
The first time OutKast got a Grammy nomination for best album, in 2002, hip-hop's eclectic duo was upstaged by the old-time bluegrass of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Two...
more >
CBS' top executive complained Saturday that the network's news division, embroiled in questions about how "60 Minutes" obtained an interview with Michael Jackson , is held...
more >
Michael Jackson says he is still in pain from being put in police handcuffs last month and tells CBS's "60 Minutes" that authorities "manhandled" him.
The pop star said...
more >
Grammy-winning producer Don Was has
formed a TV and home-video production company, M101.
Was' partners in the L.A.-based company include Arizona
Diamondbacks owner Dale...
more >
Nick Cannon fancies himself a Renaissance Man.
He helped produce his self-titled hip-hop album, which came out Tuesday. He stars in the new movie "Love Don't Cost a...
more >
Corporate synergy is paying off for MTV.
The cable music network will produce the halftime show for the 2004 Super Bowl airing on CBS. Both MTV and CBS are owned by...
more >
Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
more >
The movers and shakers of hip-hop were in da club Thursday for
the first ever Vibe Awards, and 50 Cent was the big winner of the
night.
The red-carpet walkers were glam...
more >
In the 10 years since Michael Jackson first stood accused of child molestation, the superstar has managed to eke out two platinum albums, a handful of hits and some highly...
more >
Mary J. Blige and Eve recently hooked up to shoot a video for "Not Today," the third single from Mary J. Blige's Love & Life and the first single from the Barbershop II...
more >
Sacred Love, Sting's new album, features a duet with R&B singer Mary J. Blige on the track "Whenever I Say Your Name." Sting told LAUNCH that he's wanted to do something...
more >
R&B singer Mary J. Blige and G-Unit recently hooked up for a remix to Blige's latest single, "Ooh!" The remix features new vocals from 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Young Buck,...
more >
Mary J. Blige has just joined the list of artists who will perform at MTV's Video Music Awards on August 28 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Other artists who will play...
more >
Britney Spears and Mary J. Blige are just two of the many artists who will play a free concert at the National Mall in Washington D.C. on September 4 to launch the 2003...
more >
The Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) is vowing to sue those who illegally download music, and some of the biggest names in music are supporting the idea. In...
more >
Mary J. Blige has released the first single "Love @ 1st Sight" featuring Method Man from her upcoming set Love & Life which will be released on August 26.
Love & Life will...
more >
R&B singer Mary J. Blige will be honored at the 16th Annual Essence Awards in June. Blige, rapper/actor Mos Def and radio host Tom Joyner will receive the "Essence Award" at...
more >
Method Man and Mary J. Blige--who together earned a best rap performance by duo or group Grammy in 1995 for "I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By"--have...
more >
Mary J. Blige has co-opted gangsta rapper 50 Cent's beat from his smash Number One hit, "In Da Club." Blige got the permission of producer Dr. Dre to record a new...
more >
R&B superstar Mary J. Blige and her label, MCA Records, were hit with a $10 million lawsuit in United States District Court in the Southern District Of New York on Monday...
more >
Mary J. Blige, who has been outspoken about HIV awareness and prevention, said on World AIDS Day on Sunday (December 1) that she would continue to spread the word. The...
more >
Shakira, Mary J. Blige, Britney Spears, Elton John, Eminem, the Dixie Chicks, Madonna, and Sheryl Crow are among more than 90 artists of every genre that are participating...
more >
Jaheimand Mary J. Blige have recorded the duet "Beauty And A Thug" for Jaheim's sophomore album, Still Ghetto, due out November 5 on Divine Mill/Warner Bros. Records.
The...
more >
Mary J. Blige, who won a Video Music Award for best R&B song for "No More Drama," shared that she recorded the song to help deal with the pain of September 11.
Blige...
more >
Overseas fans of Mary J. Blige might be saddened to know that the singer has canceled a planned engagement in Italy. Blige was to perform in Milan on Tuesday (April 16), but...
more >
Mary J. Blige has been blessed to work with several top notch artists--Aretha Franklin, Elton John, and Marc Anthony--and the queen of hip-hop soul now includes hip-hop...
more >
The reason why Mary J. Blige titled her album No More Drama is becoming more apparent by the day. The queen of hip-hop soul, who re-issued a revamped version of the album on...
more >
Mary J. Blige, Nelly Furtado, and Kirk Franklin--who will join U2 on stage--are the latest artists who have been announced to perform during the 44th Annual Grammy Awards...
more >
R&B singer Mary J. Blige recently told AP that she and her boyfriend got engaged during the holiday season. Blige had been romantically linked to singers K-Ci Hailey and...
more >
Hip-hop soul queen Mary J. Blige has requested that the song "Braveheart Party," her collaboration with Nas and the Bravehearts, be removed from Nas's latest...
more >
The reissue of Mary J. Blige's album No More Drama, which features four additional songs, hits the stores today (January 29), and is expected to do well, according to Violet...
more >
R&B superstar Mary J. Blige will be heading out on tour in support of her latest set, No More Drama, which is currently Number 33 on the Billboard 200 album charts. The set...
more >
Mary J. Blige and Marc Anthony will sing "America The Beautiful" during the pre-game show at Super Bowl XXXVI, which will be televised from the Louisiana Superdome in New...
more >
Mary J. Blige and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, the man who was instrumental in launching her career, have reunited for a remix of Blige's latest hit, "No More Drama," which...
more >
The queen of hip-hop soul Mary J. Blige looks forward to the holidays, because it's a time to spend with family and friends. LAUNCH recently spoke to the influential singer...
more >
Musicians Elton John, Mary J. Blige, and Garbage singer Shirley Manson have been named as new spokespeople for MAC Cosmetics' Viva Glam IV Lipstick and the MAC AIDS Fund. An...
more >
The queen of hip-hop soul, Mary J. Blige, is planning to embark on a national tour in early 2002. The singer has yet to name any potential opening acts or an exact start...
more >
Rick James and Mary J. Blige are planning to assemble the Mary Jane Girls 2000, a group of teenagers modeled after James's '80s R&B girl group, the Mary Jane Girls, that...
more >
Mary J. Blige is working to expand her artistry. Though she is already credited as a respected singer and songwriter, the artist from Yonkers, New York is learning how to...
more >
Mary J. Blige's is preparing to release the title track from No More Drama as the album's second single. The song, produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, features a sample...
more >
Mary J. Blige, Tyrese, Dave Koz, A.B. Quintanilla, and Shea Seger were on Thursday (October 18) to join the Recording Academy as it announced that it will stage the 44th...
more >
Mary J. Blige's "Family Affair," which was produced by Dr. Dre, is just one of several songs on her latest album, No More Drama, that features a collaboration with a top...
more >
Mary J. Blige, the Dixie Chicks, and Nelly Furtado are among a wide-ranging group of women artists set to appear at the second Women Rock! Girls & Guitars television special...
more >
Red-hot rappers Jadakiss and Fabolous have joined Mary J. Blige for a remix of her latest hit "Family Affair," which is currently Number 10 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop...
more >
Mary J. Blige has garnered the support of Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott, Lenny Kravitz, and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for No More Drama, her fifth studio album scheduled to be...
more >
The "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" Mary J. Blige is preparing for the June release of her fifth studio album, tentatively titled Mary: Volume II. Blige's 1992 debut album, What's...
more >
What would a Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony be without a show-closing jam session? As in years past, many of the Monday (March 19) night's presenters,...
more >
Mary J. Blige won't be abandoning her singing career anytime soon, but she is looking forward to gracing the silver screen as famed jazz icon Billie Holiday.
Blige...
more >
Mary J. Blige became the co-recipient of the Rock The Vote 2001 Patrick Lippert Award in festivities held Tuesday night (February 20) at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles....
more >
Carlos Santana and Mary J. Blige will be honored by Rock The Vote at the organization's annual event at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles on February 20. The Foo Fighters,...
more >
Mary J. Blige, Stephen Marley, and the Rock Steady Crew breakdancers have been added to the star-studded lineup for the Wyclef Jean Foundation benefit concert tomorrow...
more >
Singer Mary J. Blige will perform at the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Fourth Annual Race Against Poverty Awards, which will take place October 23 at the...
more >
It was a big night for the Queen Of Hip-Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige, hot group Destiny's Child, and singer-songwriter Angie Stone at the sixth annual Soul Train Lady Of Soul...
more >
The sixth annual Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards will be presented tomorrow night at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, Calif. The awards honor the top women...
more >
Singer Mary J. Blige will be on hand today (August 29) at the MAGIC International Fashion Show (a trade show) in Las Vegas, where she will unveil designs for a new Mary J....
more >
Mary J. Blige has offered support to the families of two black men shot and killed by two white police officers during a drug raid in Berkeley, Missouri. The singer...
more >
Mary J. Blige, Destiny's Child, and Eve are the top nominees for the 6th annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards with three nods apiece.
Other multiple nominees announced...
more >
Singer Mary J. Blige and actress Nia Long are pictured on the new boxes of Dark & Lovely hair products, which are just arriving on store shelves. Blige is featured on the...
more >
In a move to drive young urban voters to the polls in November, hip-hop mogul Russell Simons launched Rap The Vote yesterday (May 31) in Manhattan. Reverend Al Sharpton,...
more >
Mary J. Blige, Mos Def, Dead Prez, Russell Simmons, Martin Luther King III, and Rev. Al Sharpton are among the celebrities who will appear at a press conference to launch...
more >
Mary J. Blige will tour this summer in support of her current album, Mary. The two-and-a-half month tour kicks off in Richmond, California, on June 5. Blige is set to...
more >
Mary J. Blige is known as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and, as that title suggests, her sound fuses R&B and hip-hop elements. Backstage at last week's Soul Train Music...
more >
Mary J. Blige was presented with the
Sammy Davis Jr.
Award for entertainer of the year, female by
Whitney Houston on Saturday night (March 4) at the Soul Train Awards...
more >
It was a big night for Mary J. Blige and TLC at the 14th annual Soul Train Music Awards, which were presented Saturday (March 4) at the Shrine Auditorium in Los...
more >
Mary J. Blige,
LL Cool J ,
Montell Jordan,
Q-Tip
, Tyra Banks, and Kobe Bryant will among those performing music during the NBA's All-Star Weekend, which starts today...
more >
Tomorrow (Jan. 22), queen of hip-hop/soul Mary J. Blige will headline a concert bill as part of the Fourth Annual Air Jamaica Jazz And Blues Festival, which is taking place...
more >
LAUNCH has learned that hip-hop sexpot Lil' Kim and queen of hip-hop/soul Mary J. Blige have teamed up to hawk goods for the M.A.C. cosmetics line.
The recording artists...
more >
Queen of hip-hop/soul Mary J. Blige
, plus a host of other artists, will present the nominees for the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards tomorrow (Jan. 4). The nominations...
more >
Queen of hip-hop/soul Mary J. Blige had a stellar year in 1999, with the release of her most critically acclaimed album, Mary -- the record featured a host of musical...
more >
LAUNCH asked one of the most recognizable names in urban music for her take on celebrating the Yuletide season.
Queen of hip-hop/soul Mary J. Blige is always willing to...
more >
Queen of hip-hop/soul Mary J. Blige will be honored by Queen Latifah and friends in an upcoming segment of Latifah's nationally syndicated talk show, LAUNCH has learned....
more >
Queen of hip-hop soul Mary J. Blige is looking forward to spending Turkey Day with her friends and family. She tells LAUNCH about how she celebrates the day, and what song...
more >
Last weekend, hip-hop/soul singer Mary J. Blige graced the New York City club scene with a special performance at the world famous Shelter nightclub.
Blige was the...
more >
Queen of hip-hop/soul Mary J. Blige is in the process of self-renewal. She recently told LAUNCH that she's taking her physical fitness very seriously. Over the course of...
more >
Mary J. Blige is sitting on top of the world with a platinum-selling album and a host of promotional activities in support of it. Although she's proven to be a mega-success...
more >
You rarely hear rivaling singers give props to one another, but in the case of queen of hip-hop/ soul Mary J. Blige, she definitely gives credit where credit is due. During...
more >
Mary J. Blige is blazing hot with her recently released new album, Mary. The album features superstar collaborations with Lauryn Hill, Aretha Franklin, K-Ci Hailey, Kenneth...
more >
Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
NBC:
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno - Christina Aguilera is the musical guest. (To read a Christina Aguilera feature, click...
more >
Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
NBC:
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno - Me'Shell Ndegeocello is the musical guest. (Look for a Me'Shell feature soon on...
more >
Mary, the sixth album by the queen of hip-hop/ soul Mary J. Blige, hits stores today. Advance reviews have compared the album to Stevie Wonder's classic album Songs In The...
more >
Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
NBC:
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno - Mary J. Blige is the musical guest. (To read a Mary J. Blige feature, click here.)
Late...
more >
Mary J. Blige's sixth album, Mary, is due Tuesday (Aug. 17). Although it's not commercially available, the album's first single, "All That I Can Say" featuring Lauryn Hill,...
more >
Queen of hip-hop/ soul Mary J. Blige is currently gracing the cover of several high-profile magazines, weeks before her new album, Mary, hits record-store shelves.
MCA...
more >
Sean "Puffy" Combs will get another stab at taking home a trophy. Combs, shut out at the American Music Awards, has five nominations for the Soul Train Music Awards,...
more >
They may not have a Grammy nomination, but the Spice Girls have clearly won the hearts and minds of America's fans. The British pop quintet were the big winners Monday...
more >
