Sunday, October 29, 2017

200 Favourite Music Acts. Today: #95: MARY J. BLIGE. Continues later this week.
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200
FAVOURITE
MUSIC ACTS
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#95
MARY J. BLIGE
Mary J. Blige was born in The Bronx, New York in 1971. She had a difficult childhood. Her stepfather got a taped performance by Blige to the CEO at Uptown Records. This led to an association with Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs. Together, they started working on her 1992 debut album 'What's The 411?' The album reached #6 in America and produced 2 R&B #1s: "You Remind Me" and "Real Love". The latter became her first Top 10 hit on the Pop chart.
Follow-up album 'My Life' drew from her personal experiences. The result of struggles in her personal and professional life, the album expanded her audience. 
"Not Gon' Cry" from the 'Waiting To Exhale' soundtrack gave her another R&B #1 and peaked at #2 Pop in 1996. The following year, 'Share My World' debuted at #1 in America. This album marked a departure from Combs with Blige forming ties with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. 
She increased the distance from rap on her soul flavoured 'Mary'. Released in 1999, the album included "Give Me Love" and "As". The latter was a duet with George Michael. Another track, "Deep Inside" sampled Elton John's "Bennie And The Jets". 
'No More Drama' followed in 2001, reaching #2. This album spawned "Family Affair" and the title track. The former topped both the Pop and R&B charts. 
A reunion with Combs produced the 2003 album 'Love & Life'. This album returned Blige to #1. 'The Breakthrough', issued 2 years later, also reached #1 and contained the hits "Be Without You" (another R&B #1) and "One" (recorded with U2). In 2007, 'Growing Pains' gave Blige another #1 album.
Subsequent albums have all reached the Top 10. Her most recent was 'Strength Of A Woman', released in 2017 which peaked at #3.

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96 SANTANA    97 CARLY SIMON      98 EMINEM    
99 TAMMI TERRELL    100 FRANK SINATRA    101 JENNIFER HUDSON    
102 BEACH BOYS    103 CHAKA KHAN    104 JOE JACKSON       105 MIKA                              
106 CHRISTINA AGUILERA      107 DAVID GUETTA      108 DESTINY’S CHILD
109 JAMIROQUAI      110 ALISON MOYET      111 LED ZEPPELIN      112 STEVE WINWOOD
113 COMMODORES      114 COLDPLAY      115 SIMPLY RED      116 ONE DIRECTION
117 CAROLE KING      118 R. KELLY      119 EMELI SANDE`      120 QUINCY JONES
121 LADY GAGA      122 ELVIS COSTELLO      123 RAY CHARLES      124 ED SHEERAN
125 NATALIE COLE     126 SMOKEY ROBINSON     127 KANYE WEST     128 ELVIS PRESLEY
129 ERIC BENET      130 SAM SMITH      131 JAMES TAYLOR      132 STEELY DAN
133 IKE & TINA TURNER      134 DES’REE      135 ACE OF BASE      136 VAN MORRISON
137 SAM COOKE      138 THE DOORS      139 AMY WINEHOUSE      140 PHARRELL
141 GEORGE BENSON      142 MINNIE RIPERTON       143 VILLAGE PEOPLE
144 CURTIS MAYFIELD      145 FOREIGNER      146 EURYTHMICS      147 TOTO
148 BARRY WHITE      149 CARL RISELEY      150 TONI BRAXTON     151 NEIL DIAMOND
152 HALL & OATES     153 LUTHER VANDROSS     154 ERIC CLAPTON     155 THE O’JAYS
156 RUMER      157 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE      158 LITTLE RICHARD
159 HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES      160 CHRIS ISAAK
161 MICHAEL McDONALD      162 GLORIA GAYNOR      163 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
164 BEN E. KING     165 MEAT LOAF     166 JAMES REYNE     167 JOAN ARMATRADING
168 SADE    169 A-HA    170 GLEN CAMPBELL    171 DIRE STRAITS    172 COLD CHISEL
173 LINDA RONSTADT      174 ANTHONY CALLEA      175 LISA STANSFIELD
176 EN VOGUE      177 MICHAEL BUBLE`      178 TRACY CHAPMAN      179 DRAGON
180 OLETA ADAMS      181 LITTLE RIVER BAND      182 SOPHIE ELLIS – BEXTOR
183 THE RONETTES      184 CERRONE      185 MODELS      186 SCISSOR SISTERS
187 DARREN HAYES      188 PETULA CLARK      189 MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
190 LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY      191 ART GARFUNKEL      192 THE REELS
193 JANIS IAN      194 JOHN PAUL YOUNG      195 S CLUB 7      196 CHARLIE PUTH
197 THE MARVELETTES      198 ICEHOUSE      199 LEO SAYER      200 LIZA MINNELLI

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