Mary J. Blige

Geffen Records R&B superstar and hit-making songwriter Mary J. Blige, is set to follow-up the most successful album of her career, the triple platinum "The Breakthrough," with her eighth (8th) studio CD "Growing Pains" on Tuesday, December 18th, one week before Christmas. "Growing Pains" includes her top ten single "Just Fine" which has become an instant favorite on radio enjoyed by over 20 million listeners. "Just Fine" is in heavy rotation on MTV, BET and VH-1, and Mary recently shot the video for her second single, "Work That," which is currently featured in an Apple iPod commercial. "Growing Pains," with Mary co-writing most of the songs on the album, features guest appearances by Ludacris and Usher and production by The Neptunes, Jazze Pha, Johnta Austin, Neyo, Stargate, Bryan-Michael Cox, Dre and Vidal, Tricky, Dream, and Sean Garrett. Mary makes her message loud, clear and seriously funky on the first release "Just Fine" produced by Jazze Pha and Tricky and co-written by Mary and Dream. A celebration of life, "Just Fine" gives you Mary fierce, and as the video shows, glamorous. The song's vibe? "Sometimes it feels like you're having this miserable time, like all 365 days of the year are tough. But then, you get one of those days; maybe when your hair is great, or you're not stuck in traffic; where it's a 'just fine' day. At some point," Mary laughs, "You've got have one or two of those." The party and positivity keeps on keeping on with the rump shaking second single "Work That." Mary comments, "When I meet a woman who doesn't know what to do about her weight or her hair I always say -- 'whatever it is that you have, make that work for you, Work what you got.'" You can witness the incredible magic of Mary J. Blige on television this week as she performs on "CNN Heroes: All All-Star Tribute" on December 6th and "Movies Rock!" on CBS on December 7th (both at 9 PM Eastern time). Mary will also bring in 2008 on New Year's Eve on MTV.