Diddy, it helped solidify Blige’s trademark, smooth brand of. One of the first production smashes for P. Although a sophomore album, put out when the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was still in her early 20s, My Life deservedly earned a position of the cream in the 90s R&B. Mary also starred in the period drama film Mudbound in 2017, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2019. Mary has been in plenty of movies, too, including the 2012 onscreen adaptation of Rock of Ages alongside Julianne Hough and Tom Cruise. And according to Express, Mary earns approximately $400,000 per episode for Power Book II. Mary has appeared on a slew of hit shows, including Ghost Whisperer, Empire, Black-ish, and The Umbrella Academy, according to IMDB.
Obviously, you don’t get paid when you win, but they definitely lend some extra prestige to your name that can be translated into album sales and future gigs. Mary has netted nine Grammy Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards (including the Icon Award in 2017), and four American Music Awards, so she’s doing OK in the awards department. All told, she earned more than $45 million before taxes via her music alone. And her 2010 tour yielded more than $2.7 million. Her albums My Life and No More Drama earned her a combined $10.2 million.
Since then, Mary has cranked out 14 studio albums-and eight that have gone multiplatinum, according to her website. She didn’t exactly make peanuts from the R&B and soul album: She made $3.6 million from it, according to The Richest. In the process, she celebrates the 25th anniversary of her most influential work by performing the album live for the first time.Yep, three decades ago, Mary launched her debut album, What’s the 411? after dropping out of school to pursue a career in music. Blige’s My Life, the singer, producer and actress reveals the demons and blessings that inspired the record and propelled her from the soul-crushing world of New York’s housing projects to international stardom. In Oscar-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth’s documentary Mary J. Blige set the music world on fire with her trailblazing 1994 LP My Life, a collection of powerfulĬonfessionals about her battles with abuse, depression and addiction that forged a profound and enduring connection with millions of fans around the globe. Nine-time Grammy-winning recording artist and Academy Award-winning nominated singer and actress Mary J.