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Who Is Mary Jane Blige? Wikipedia, Husband, Children And Net Worth 2023. Read article below to know more about her
Who Is Mary Jane Blige? Wikipedia, Husband, Children And Net Worth 2023
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who was born on January 11, 1971. Blige, who is frequently referred to as the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul” and “Queen of R&B,” has received twelve NAACP Image Awards, four American Music Awards, nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, twelve Billboard Music Awards, including the Billboard Icon Award, and four American Music Awards.
She was the first person to be nominated for both acting and songwriting in the same year when she received nominations for both her supporting role in the 2017 film Mudbound and for its original song “Mighty River.” She has also received nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards.
In 2006, she won a Legends Award at the World Music Awards, and in 2007, ASCAP honored her with the Voice of Music Award.
The most lucrative female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the previous 25 years, according to Billboard, is Mary J. Blige.
Her 2006 single “Be Without You” was declared the most popular R&B/Hip-Hop song of all time by Billboard magazine in 2017. The song spent an unprecedented 15 weeks at the top of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and over 75 weeks on the chart. Blige was named the 80th best performer of all time by VH1 in 2011. Blige was named ninth on “The 100 Greatest Women in Music” list by VH1 in 2012.
Blige was selected as a first-time candidate for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2021. At the Billboard Music Awards in 2022, Blige received the Icon Award.
Mary Jane Blige Husband And Children
Blige married her manager, Martin “Kendu” Isaacs, on December 7, 2003. At the time, Isaacs had two children, Nas and Jordan, with his first wife, and an older daughter, Briana, from a teenage relationship. In July 2016, Blige filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences”. Blige and Isaacs’ divorce was finalized on June 21, 2018.
The nine-time Grammy Award-winning singer, 52, revealed her reasons for not wanting children during an interview with E!’s Daily Pop.
‘I like my freedom to go and move and do what I want to do. I don’t want to have to tend to someone all the time,’ the Good Morning Gorgeous hitmaker said.
She went on to add, ‘I have nieces and nephews forever and I’m always watching how people are scrambling for babysitters. I don’t want to go through that.’
Read Also: She has no children and does not want to have any.
The songwriter and actress also made it clear that her stance probably won’t change in the future: ‘I don’t think it’s gonna happen.
She has no children and does not want to have any.
Blige was previously a stepmom to her ex-husband Kendu Isaacs’ three children. The couple were married from 2003 to 2018; Pictured at 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in West Hollywood
Mary Jane Blige Net Worth 2023
Her net worth is estimated to be $20 Million.
