Mary returns to SIDEWALKS to talk about career, her 1st Christmas album, and she has a message to her fans!
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Video Content: Mary J. Blige (2013):
In her second appearance on SIDEWALKS since her debut in 1992, host Cindy Rhodes talks to the R&B singer about the success of her musical career and her very first Christmas album, “A Mary Christmas.”
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Official Press Release about “A Mary Christmas”:
Iconic Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist Mary J. Blige has teamed up with the best musical talents in the business. Blige, for Matriarch Records/Verve Records/Interscope Records has completed her first-ever holiday album titled, “A Mary Christmas” making it the first album collaboration between BliDge and legendary producer and Chairman of The Verve Music Group, David Foster. “A Mary Christmas” features Blige’s soulful interpretation of classic holiday tunes including “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” and “The Christmas Song.” Blige is joined by a number of A-list guests, starting with Barbra Streisand, who duets with Blige on “When You Wish Upon A Star,” along with Jessie J on “Do You Hear What I Hear” The Clark Sisters join Blige on “The First Noel” and “Noche de Paz,” is a Spanish collaboration with Mark Anthony. Other highlights on the album include “Little Drummer Boy,” “My Favorite Things,” “This Christmas,” “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer,” and Tino Rossi’s “Petit Papa Noël.”
Mini-Biography:
Born in The Bronx, New York, Mary J. Blige is a global success story as a singer, who was once known as “The Queen of Hip Hop Soul.”
Started out as a background singer, Blige released her first album, “What’s The 411?,” in 1992. Her other album titles include “My Life” (1994), “Share My World” (1997), “Mary” (1999), “No More Drama” (2001), “Love & Life” (2003), “The Breakthrough” (2005), “Growing Pains” (2007), “Stronger with Each Tear” (2009), and “My Life II… The Journey Continues (Act 1”) (2011).
She has won numerous awards, including a recipient of nine Grammy Awards®, the Legends Award at the World Music Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards® for her musical contributions to the films “Bobby” and “The Help.” Rolling Stone Magazine ranked her number 100 on the list of “100 greatest singers of all time.”
As an actress, Blige appeared in “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” and “Rock of Ages.”
Interview Credits:
Recorded: December 6, 2013
Host/Segment Producer: Cindy Rhodes
Videographer (for Cindy Rhodes): Ray Alvarado
Editor: Richard R. Lee
Special Thanks To: Matriarch Records / Verve Records / Interscope Records, Mark Haefeli Productions