Mary J. Blige will premiere her new fragrance “My Life Blossom” on HSN on August 13.
“Life is beautiful when you are clear about who you are. Blossom is for my fans to celebrate our blossom to happiness. I’m so excited to introduce the fragrance next week. It is a base of tuberose, my favorite floral – its bold, very sexy and feminine, with vanilla, mandarin and sandal wood.”
- Mary J. Blige
Carol Daughters whose high list of investors include Steve Stoute, Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z has announced the faces to their multiracial campaign. The new spokeswomen will be Cassie (African American, Mexican and Filipina), Selita Ebanks (Native American, Irish and African-American), and Solange (African American and French Creole). Lisa Price, founder of the revolutionary hair and skin care line, designed the new campaign ad to reflect the recent demographic shift reported by the U.S. Census.
via: Singers Room
Off of Mary’s upcoming album My Life II. The original version of the song was featured on Diddy’s Dirty Money album.
Mary J Blige discusses her Melodies eyewear collection which is exclusively sold at Nordstrom. Go to the offical website to view the collection at MelodiesbyMJB.com
Mary J. Blige introduced her line of fragrance “My Life” to the Home Shopping Network on July 31, it was the fastest selling and most popular fragrance in HSN history selling 50,000 units. The perfume sold for $55 each with proceeds going to Blige’s foundation FFAWN, the product grossed an estimated $2.7 million in sales. Earlier this year Diddy previously held the record for selling the most of his “I AM KING” fragrance on the network, but the Queen of R&B out sold him in sales and in revenue. Click HSN to place an order of the My Life fragrance on the company website.
Mary J. Blige, in collaboration with her charity called FFWAN, has launched a twenty-five piece fashion collection with designer Catherine Malandrino. What started as a collaboration strictly for fund raising and fashion shows quickly turned into a real business. When asked why she decided to collaborate with Malandrino of all designers, Mary said, “Catherine is real and she makes clothing for women of all shapes and sizes”.
The fashion line, called Melodies by MJB, will be sold exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman and will be available in four styles and 20 different colors. No price points were announced but considering it’s only going to be sold at Bergdorfs lets you know it won’t be on the Wal-Mart level.
Jimmy Iovine might be the head of Interscope but he sure is about diversifying these days. He brokered Dre, Diddy and Gaga’s Monster headphone deals and now Jimmy and Mary J. Blige have announced their sunglasses partnership with Orange 21, a sunglasses manufacturer and distributor. The first Melodies by MJB collection will feature four styles with a total of 20 color options. Each unique style will represent a specific facet of Blige’s life.
Said Iovine, “To reach out beyond music, an artist has to become involved with something they’re already associated with and truly feel passionate about and not just stick their name on someone else’s product. As her fans know, Mary loves fashion and she especially loves sunglasses, making Melodies by MJB a natural fit for her.”
You can be sure Iovine will continue to leverage his artists’ popularity and push more lifestyle consumer products with them. Since music doesn’t pay the way it used to this seems to be the natural next step in what labels will deal with. Via: MarketWatch
Simply titled Nina, the film will tell the life story of the legendary singer Nina Simone. Of course every major actress and singer lined up for this coveted role but in the end it was no contest. According to Variety, Mary J. Blige has landed the lead as Nina as the film will explore her relationship with her assistant Clifton Henderson.
The $10 million biopic will begin shooting in France in September. Congrats to Mary J. in landing such a big role…this is hopefully just the start for a bigger film career for the talented musician.