The high priestess of soul is back with another album, ‘Growing Pains’, out now. She’s the woman Mya calls "the queen," and Nelly Furtado attributes her music career to. She has proved herself as one of the most important and successful female artists of the last decade selling more than 40 million albums across the world. Mary J released her previous album ‘The Breakthrough’ in December 2005. It debuted at #1 in the US selling 727,000 copies in its first week making Soundscan history. It was the biggest first week sales from an R’n’B female solo artist ever and the album went on to sell over seven million copies worldwide.Mary was nominated for eight Grammy Awards announced in December 2006 (the most any artist achieved that year) and took home Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song (both for ‘Be Without You’), and Best R&B Album for ‘The Breakthrough’ at the awards ceremony held in February of this year. Mary also won nine Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, two BET Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, and a Soul Train Award in conjunction with ‘The Breakthrough’.Mary J Blige will be heading back to these shores this summer for her first nationwide UK tour in five years.She will showcase tracks from Growing Pains, alongside classic tracks from her 15-year career.

The tour dates are:
3 June 2008 - O2 Arena, London
5 June 2008 - MEN Arena, Manchester
6 June 2008 - NEC, Birmingham

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