Birthday: Mary J. Blige (1/11/71)

The "Queen of Hip Hop Soul" has nine Grammys to her credit and 12 NAACP Image Awards. Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip Hop artist of the past 25 years. We're featuring her music on these channels today.

R&B History's Top Women Performers

The women who built the R&B canon: Diana Ross to Mary J., Whitney to Gladys Knight, Sade, Natalie Cole and more

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