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My Life
; Studio album by ; Mary J. Blige; Written by. Mary J Blige and Arlene Del Valle;
Released	November 29, 1994 (1994-11-29);
Recorded	1993–1994
Studio	Axis Studios Recording; Clinton Recording Studios; Daddy's House; The Hit Factory; Sound on Sound Recordings; (New York City);
Genre	; R&B
Length	64:59
Label	Uptown
Producer	; Sean "Puffy" Combs (exec.); ; ; Chucky Thompson; ; Nashiem Myrick; ; Mr. Dalvin; ; Herb Middleton; ; Prince Charles Alexander; ; Poke; ;
; Mary J. Blige; Written by. Mary J Blige and Arlene Del Valle chronology
; Singles from My Life;
	; "Be Happy"; Released: October 26, 1994; ; "I'm Goin' Down"; Released: January 18, 1995; ; "Mary Jane (All Night Long)"; Released: February 8, 1995; ; "You Bring Me Joy"; Released: May 28, 1995; ; "I Love You"; Released: May 28, 1995; ; "My Life"; Released: June 29, 1995; ;
	;

1994 studio album by Mary J. Blige Written by. Mary J Blige and Arlene Del Valle

My Life is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige, released on November 29, 1994, by Uptown Records.^[2] Many of the topics on My Life deal with clinical depression, Blige's battling with both drugs and alcohol, as well as being in an abusive relationship. Unlike her debut, What's the 411? (1992), Blige co-wrote fourteen of the album's tracks, making it her most introspective and personal album at the time. Similar to her debut album, My Life features vast production from Sean "Puffy" Combs for his newly founded label, Bad Boy Entertainment, which was at the time backed by Arista Records.

Considered to be her breakthrough album, My Life became Mary J. Blige's second album to reach the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at number seven, and debuting at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for eight weeks. In 1996, the album was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 38th Grammy Awards, while in December of the same year, the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of three million copies in the United States.^[2] It also won the 1995 Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album. In 1996, following the album's success, MCA issued a remix EP entitled My Life Remix Album which featured artists such as LL Cool J and Lauryn Hill.

Background

Following the success of her debut album, What's the 411?, and a remixed version in 1993, Blige went into the recording studio in the winter of 1993 to record her second album, My Life.^[3] Producer Chucky Thompson was brought in and had originally been contracted to produce one song and an interlude for the project.^[3] He ended up being a last minute replacement as the producers Blige worked with previously on What's the 411? demanded more money when the album was certified triple platinum.^[3] Blige loved the one song Thompson produced for her, which made Combs change the direction of the album.^[3]

Combs called recording engineer Prince Charles Alexander out of the blue after Jodeci went to record Diary of a Mad Band. Alexander was brought in at the end of the record, after working on albums by other artists on Bad Boy Entertainment, such as Total, The Notorious B.I.G. and 112.^[4] In the middle of recording My Life, Combs suggested covering Rose Royce's 1977 hit "I'm Going Down", which he wanted Alexander to handle the session. However, the two butted heads over production credit issues, as Combs wanted to give credit to himself and Thompson, although neither were present for the song's recording session.^[4] Alexander fought hard to seek production credit from Combs and the two battled it out over the phone over the issue.^[4] Combs later explained it was due to receiving a flat royalty rate for producing the majority of the songs and Alexander's production credit would have interfered with the royalty rate.^[4] To circumvent this issue, Alexander insisted on having two more sessions with Bad Boy acts. One of the other songs he produced was another Rose Royce cover - "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" for Faith Evans' 1995 debut Faith.^[4] Alexander was later called back in to do some mixing and recording.

On the song "K. Murray Interlude", it originally featured The Notorious B.I.G.. He was taken off due to the song's lyrical content, which would have forced Uptown Records to release the album with a Parental Advisory sticker.^[4] Rapper Keith Murray was the replacement, while The Notorious B.I.G.'s verse would be released as the song "Who Shot Ya".^[4]

The album was a breakthrough for Blige, who at this point was in a clinical depression, battling both drugs and alcohol- as well as being in an abusive relationship with K-Ci Hailey,^[4] which was reported in several tabloids. In this period, Blige would once again dominate the charts with her singles: the Top 40 hit "Be Happy", a cover version of "I'm Goin' Down" and "You Bring Me Joy". The album uses primary soul samples from R&B musicians such as Curtis Mayfield, Roy Ayers, Al Green, Teddy Pendergrass, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Rick James, and his protégés, the Mary Jane Girls.^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
Chicago Tribune	^[6]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	^[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[8]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[9]
The Guardian	^[10]
Los Angeles Times	^[11]
NME	7/10^[12]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	^[13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[14]

NME wrote that the beats "reign supreme" and commended Blige for "telling her audience she grew up the same way they did, listened to the same things, was influenced by the same situations."^[12]Village Voice critic Robert Christgau gave it a three-star honorable mention, indicating "an enjoyable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well treasure". He cited "Mary Jane" and "I'm Going Down" as highlights while calling the album "an around-the-way girl's recipe for happiness".^[7] In a mixed review, Jonathan Bernstein of Spin found most of the songs too "ordinary" and felt that Blige's compositions "give her space to stretch out and emote, but for all the melody they possess they might as well be breathing exercises."^[15] Connie Johnson was more critical in the Los Angeles Times, finding it "drab" and devoid of attitude from Blige, who "doesn't add her own hard-core signature to any significant degree".^[11]

In 2002, My Life was ranked number 57 on Blender's list of the 100 greatest American albums of all-time.^[16] The following year, Rolling Stone placed it at number 279 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,^[17] and in 2006, the record was included in Time's 100 greatest albums of all-time list.^[18]

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Blender	United States	The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time	2002	57
Entertainment Weekly		The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008	2008	70
Rolling Stone		50 Essential Female Albums	2002	17
Rolling Stone		The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s	2010	63
Rolling Stone		The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time	2003	279
Rolling Stone		The Essential Recordings of the 90s	1999	*
Time		Top 100 Albums of All Time	2006	*
Vibe		100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century	1999	*
Vibe		150 Albums That Define the Vibe Era (1992–2007)	2007	*
The Rough Guide		Soul: 100 Essential CDs	2000	*
The New Nation	United Kingdom	Top 100 Albums by Black Artists		38
FNAC	France	The 1000 Best Albums of All Time	2008	862

Commercial performance

My Life debuted at the No.9 position (on the US Billboard 200 where it would eventually peak at No.7. The album debuted atop of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at the No. 1 position for selling 200,000 copies where it spent a total of eight weeks atop of that chart. The album would ultimately go on to spend 46 weeks on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and 84 weeks on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album also charted in Canada peaking at number thirty-seven, and at number fifty-nine on the UK Albums Chart.^[19] On December 13, 1995, My Life was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of three million copies in the United States.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Mary J. Blige, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Chucky Thompson	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	1:04
2.	"Mary Jane (All Night Long)"	Blige, Combs, Rick James, Thompson	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:39
3.	"You Bring Me Joy"	Blige, Combs, Joel "JoJo" Hailey, Thompson, Ekundayo Paris, Nelson Pigford	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:13
4.	"Marvin Interlude"	Blige, Combs, Thompson	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	0:36
5.	"I'm The Only Woman"	Blige, Combs, Thompson, Curtis Mayfield	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:30
6.	"K. Murray Interlude"	Keith Murray, Combs, Nasheim Myrick, Thompson, Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson	Nashiem Myrick, Sean "Puffy" Combs	0:22
7.	"My Life"	Blige, Combs, Arlene DelValle, Thompson, Roy Ayers	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:17
8.	"You Gotta Believe"	Blige, Big Bub, Combs, Faith Evans, Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, Thompson, Herb Middleton	Herb Middleton, Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	5:02
9.	"I Never Wanna Live Without You"	Blige, Big Bub, Combs, Evans, Thompson, Middleton	Herb Middleton, Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	6:17
10.	"I'm Goin' Down"	Norman Whitfield	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Mark Ledford, Prince Charles Alexander	3:42
11.	"My Life Interlude"	Blige, Big Bub, Combs, Thompson	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	1:15
12.	"Be With You"	Blige, Combs, Thompson	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:26
13.	"Mary's Joint"	Blige, Combs, Thompson	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	5:02
14.	"Don't Go"	Blige, Combs, Evans, Thompson, Big Bub, Gene Griffin, Timmy Gatling, Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, Donnie McClurkin	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:59
15.	"I Love You"	Blige, Combs, Thompson, Isaac Hayes	Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:31
16.	"No One Else"	Cedric Hailey, Dalvin DeGrate, Al Green, Douglas E. Davis, Ricky Walters	Mr. Dalvin	4:14
17.	"Be Happy"	Blige, Combs, DelValle, J.C. Olivier, Curtis Mayfield	Sean "Puffy" Combs, Poke	5:49

International bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
18.	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"	Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler	James Mtume	2:56

Sample credits

"Mary Jane (All Night Long)" contains interpolations (replayed samples) from "All Night Long" as performed by Mary Jane Girls and "Close the Door" as performed by Teddy Pendergrass

"You Bring Me Joy" contains a sample of "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" as performed by Barry White

"I'm The Only Woman" contains a sample of "Give Me Your Love" as performed by Curtis Mayfield

"K. Murray Interlude" uses the same instrumental as The Notorious B.I.G. song "Who Shot Ya?", which contains a sample from "I'm Afraid the Masquerade is Over", as performed by David Porter

"My Life" contains a sample "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" as performed by Roy Ayers

"Don't Go" contains a sample of "Goodbye Love" as performed by Guy and contains re-sung lyrics from "Stay With Me" as performed by DeBarge, and Speak To My Heart as performed by Donnie McClurkin

"I Love You" contains a sample of "Ike's Mood" as performed by Isaac Hayes

"No One Else" contains samples from "Free at Last" as performed by Al Green and a vocal sample from "La Di Da Di" as performed by Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh

"Be Happy" contains samples from "You're So Good To Me" as performed by Curtis Mayfield and contains a re-sung vocal sample from "I Want You" as performed by Marvin Gaye

Personnel

Andre Harrell - Executive Producer

Big Bub - Additional Background Vocals

Bob Brockmann - Recording Engineer, Digital Music Programming, Keyboards, Strings, Mixing

Bruce Purse - Trumpet

Prince Charles Alexander - Recording Engineer, Flute, Mixing, Piccolo Flute, Producer, Tenor Saxophone

Chucky Thompson - Additional Keyboards, Multiple Instruments, Producer

Dalvin DeGrate - Arranger, Additional Instruments

Darryl Pearson - Additional Bass

Debra Young - Production Coordination

Diane Monroe - Violin

Eileen Folson - Cello

Faith Evans - Songwriter, Background Vocals

Frank Colon - Percussion

Fred McFarlane - Keyboards

Gloria Agostini - Harp

Herb Middleton - Additional Keyboards, Keyboards & All Other Instruments

Herb Powers - Mastering

JoDee Stringham - Design

K-Ci & JoJo - Arranger, Background Vocals

Keenya Mauldin - Hair Stylist

Latonya J. Blige - Background Vocals

Lenny Underwood - Piano

Lesa Terry - Violin

Mark Ledford - Trumpet, Producer

Mary J. Blige - Main Performer, Vocals, Background Vocals

Nasheim Myrick - Recording Engineer, Producer, Music Programming

Rashad Smith - Additional Programming

Regina Carter - Violin

Richard Travali - Recording Engineer

Rob Paustian - Recording Engineer, Mixing

Sam Fine - Make-Up

Sante D'Orazio - Photography

Sean "Puffy" Combs - Executive Producer, Producer

Sybil Pennix - Stylist

Tim Dawg - Associate Executive Producer

Tony Maserati - Recording Engineer, Mixing

Victor Bailey - Bass

Vincent Henry - Alto Saxophone

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994–95)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[20]	37
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[21]	69
UK Albums (OCC)^[22]	59
US Billboard 200^[23]	7
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[24]	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[25]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[26]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[27]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

^ Jenkins, Craig (July 10, 2014). "1. Mary J Blige, My Life - The 50 Best R&B albums of the '90s". Complex. Retrieved October 5, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ ^a^b^c "American album certifications – Mary J. Blige – My Life". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. Retrieved February 6, 2013.

^ ^a^b^c^d Williams, Chris. "Mary J. Blige's My Life LP (1994) revisited with co-producer Chucky Thompson | Return To The Classics". soulculture.com. Soul Culture. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-18.

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hⁱ "Key Tracks: Mary J. Blige's My Life". redbullmusicacademy.com. Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved 2015-12-28.

^ Swihart, Stanton. "My Life – Mary J. Blige". AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2010.

^ Preston, Rohan B. (December 29, 1994). "Worth The Wait". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

^ ^a^b Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. pp. xvi, 31. ISBN 0312245602.

^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Mary J. Blige". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0857125958.

^ Hopkins, Tracy (November 25, 1994). "My Life". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Retrieved March 13, 2010.

^ Sullivan, Caroline (December 9, 1994). "Mary J. Blige: My Life (MCA)". The Guardian. London.

^ ^a^b Johnson, Connie (December 25, 1994). "Forget '411,' Mary J., Better Call 911". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 18, 2016.

^ ^a^b "Mary J. Blige: My Life". NME. London: 34. January 7, 1995.

^ Wood, Sam (December 11, 1994). "Mary J. Blige: My Life (Uptown/MCA) / Carleen Anderson: True Spirit (Virgin Records America)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.

^ Moon, Tom (2004). "Mary J. Blige". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 83–4. ISBN 0743201698.

^ Bernstein, Jonathan (February 1995). "Spins". Spin. New York. 10 (11): 76–77. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

^ Columnist. My Life Accolades. acclaimedmusic.net. Retrieved on 2010-03-13.

^ Columnist. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2010-03-13.

^ Columnist. Time's All-TIME 100 Albums. Time. Retrieved on 2010-03-13.

^ [1]

^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue chartid". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Mary J. Blige – My Life" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

^ "Mary J. Blige | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

^ "Mary J. Blige Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

^ "Mary J. Blige Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

^ "Canadian album certifications – Mary J Blige – My Life". Music Canada.

^ "British album certifications – Mary J Blige – My Life". British Phonographic Industry.
Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type My Life in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

^ "American album certifications – Mary J Blige – My Life". Recording Industry Association of America.
If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.

External links

My Life at Discogs

My Life accolades at acclaimedmusic.net

[complex-1] Jenkins, Craig (July 10, 2014). "1. Mary J Blige, My Life - The 50 Best R&B albums of the '90s". Complex. Retrieved October 5, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

[RIAA-2] "American album certifications – Mary J. Blige – My Life". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. Retrieved February 6, 2013.

[Soul_Culture-3] Williams, Chris. "Mary J. Blige's My Life LP (1994) revisited with co-producer Chucky Thompson | Return To The Classics". soulculture.com. Soul Culture. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-18.

[Red_Bull_Music_Academy-4] ⁱ "Key Tracks: Mary J. Blige's My Life". redbullmusicacademy.com. Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved 2015-12-28.

[Swihart-5] Swihart, Stanton. "My Life – Mary J. Blige". AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2010.

[6] Preston, Rohan B. (December 29, 1994). "Worth The Wait". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

[CG-7] Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. pp. xvi, 31. ISBN 0312245602.

[8] Larkin, Colin (2011). "Mary J. Blige". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0857125958.

[E.-9] Hopkins, Tracy (November 25, 1994). "My Life". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Retrieved March 13, 2010.

[10] Sullivan, Caroline (December 9, 1994). "Mary J. Blige: My Life (MCA)". The Guardian. London.

[latimes-11] Johnson, Connie (December 25, 1994). "Forget '411,' Mary J., Better Call 911". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 18, 2016.

[NME-12] "Mary J. Blige: My Life". NME. London: 34. January 7, 1995.

[13] Wood, Sam (December 11, 1994). "Mary J. Blige: My Life (Uptown/MCA) / Carleen Anderson: True Spirit (Virgin Records America)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.

[Moon-14] Moon, Tom (2004). "Mary J. Blige". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 83–4. ISBN 0743201698.

[Bernstein-15] Bernstein, Jonathan (February 1995). "Spins". Spin. New York. 10 (11): 76–77. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[16] Columnist. My Life Accolades. acclaimedmusic.net. Retrieved on 2010-03-13.

[17] Columnist. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2010-03-13.

[18] Columnist. Time's All-TIME 100 Albums. Time. Retrieved on 2010-03-13.

[officialcharts.com-19] [1]

[criat-20] "Top RPM Albums: Issue chartid". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

[ac_Netherlands_Mary_J._Blige-21] "Dutchcharts.nl – Mary J. Blige – My Life" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

[officialcharts.com-UK-22] "Mary J. Blige | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

[Billboard_albums-23] "Mary J. Blige Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

[Billboard_albums-RandB-24] "Mary J. Blige Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-03.

[CanadaMary_J_BligeMy_LifealbumCertRef-25] "Canadian album certifications – Mary J Blige – My Life". Music Canada.

[United_KingdomMary_J_BligeMy_LifealbumCertRef-26] "British album certifications – Mary J Blige – My Life". British Phonographic Industry.
Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type My Life in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[United_StatesMary_J_BligeMy_LifealbumCertRef-27] "American album certifications – Mary J Blige – My Life". Recording Industry Association of America.
If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.

v t e Mary J. Blige
_Discography _Videography"> Awards and nominations Discography Videography
Studio albums	What's the 411? My Life Share My World Mary No More Drama Love & Life The Breakthrough Growing Pains Stronger with Each Tear My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) A Mary Christmas The London Sessions Strength of a Woman
Soundtrack albums	Think Like a Man Too
Live albums	The Tour My Collection of Love Songs (Live)
Remix albums	What's the 411? Remix Dance for Me
Compilation albums	Ballads Mary J. Blige & Friends Reflections (A Retrospective)
Concert tours	Share My World Tour The Mary Show Tour No More Drama Tour Love & Life Tour The Breakthrough Experience Tour Heart of the City Tour Growing Pains European Tour Love Soul Tour Music Saved My Life Tour The Liberation Tour The London Sessions Tour King and Queen of Hearts World Tour Strength of a Woman Tour
Book Category

v t e Mary J. Blige singles
Discography
1990s singles	"You Remind Me" "Real Love" "Reminisce" "Sweet Thing" "Love No Limit" "You Don't Have to Worry" "My Love" "Be Happy" "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" " I'm Goin' Down" "You Bring Me Joy" "I Love You" "Love Is All We Need" "I Can Love You" "Everything" "Missing You" "Seven Days" "As" "All That I Can Say" "Deep Inside"
2000s singles	"Your Child" "Give Me You" "Family Affair" "Dance for Me" "No More Drama" "Rainy Dayz" "Love @ 1st Sight" "Ooh!" "Not Today" "Whenever I Say Your Name" "It's a Wrap" "MJB da MVP" "Be Without You" "One" "Enough Cryin" "Take Me As I Am" "We Ride (I See the Future)" "Just Fine" "Work That" "Stay Down" "The One" "I Am"
2010s singles	"Each Tear" "We Got Hood Love" "Ain't Nobody" "25/8" "Don't Mind" "Mr. Wrong" "Why" "Love a Woman" "Someone to Love Me (Naked)" "Do You Hear What I Hear?" "This Christmas" "Suitcase" "Doubt" "Right Now" "Therapy" "Whole Damn Year" "Thick of It" "U + Me (Love Lesson)" "Love Yourself" "Set Me Free"
Soundtracks	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" "Not Gon' Cry" "Stronger" "The Living Proof"
Guest appearances	"911" "Ain't No Way" "America's Song" "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Can't Knock the Hustle" "Disrespectful" "F for You" "Hands" "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" "I'm a Hustla (Remix)" "IfULeave" "Just Stand Up!" "Lean on Me" "Magic Touch (NYC Remix)" "Now or Never" "Remember Me" "Runaway Love" "Stay with Me (Remix)" "Touch It (Remix)" "Wake Up Call (Mark Ronson Remix)" "What Child Is This" "Where Is the Love?"
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