Eight-Time Grammy Award Winning Artist, Mary J. Blige Shares Her 'Growing Pains' for VH1 Storytellers

Eight-Time Grammy Award Winning Artist, Mary J. Blige Shares Her 'Growing Pains' for VH1 Storytellers

'VH1 Storytellers: Mary J. Blige' Premieres On VH1 Monday, February 25 At 8:00 pm* And Will Air Commercial Free On VH1 Soul And MHD

NEW YORK, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Mary J. Blige had the audience on their feet as she taped an episode of "VH1 Storytellers" January 16 at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Fans can watch this exclusive performance when "VH1 Storytellers: Mary J. Blige" premieres Monday, February 25 at 8 PM on VH1 and simultaneously airs commercial free on VH1 Soul and MHD: Music High Definition.

The one-hour episode will treat fans to a unique experience as Mary J. Blige performs songs from her critically acclaimed and Grammy nominated album Growing Pains in addition to past hits. Following in the "Storytellers" format, Blige will answer questions from fans and give viewers a unique opportunity to hear the inspiration behind such hits as "Love No Limit," "No More Drama," "Be Without You," and "Family Affair" and from her new album Growing Pains, "Just Fine," "Hurt Again" and "Come To Me/Peace."

Blige's platinum-selling album, Growing Pains, came out on the heels of her greatest hits album Reflections: A Retrospective and her critically acclaimed album The Breakthrough. These albums garnered tremendous success, spawning a handful of major singles including The Breakthrough's lead single, "Be Without You," which spent nearly a year on the R&B charts and earned Blige eight Grammy Award nominations in 2007, the most of any artist that year. Mary J. Blige continues to make music history and proves there is no stopping her.

Additionally, three songs from the concert will sneak peek online at Storytellers.VH1.com beginning on Friday, February 22. The online sneak performances include, "Real Love," "Take Me as I Am," and "Fade Away." The full show will be available online at Storytellers.VH1.com on Monday, February 25.

*all times ET/PT

Contact: Lori Bogin Scott Acord
212-846-7131 310-752-8075
Lori.Bogin@VH1staff.comScott.Acord@VH1staff.com

"VH1 Storytellers: Mary J. Blige" is a production of VH1. Patrizia DiMaria produces with Lee Rolontz and Bill Flanagan serving as executive producers.

VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with TV series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in 90 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital channels and services including VH1Classic, VH1 Soul, VH1 Mobile, VH1Games and extensive broadband video on VH1.com. Connect with VH1 at VH1.com.

MHD: Music High-Definition features musical programming from MTV, VH1 and CMT, music videos, as well as exclusive acquired content and original programming, and is available on Comcast, Time Warner, DIRECT TV, Echostar, Cox, Charter, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, Aceelplus, Newhouse, Armstrong, Everest, Grande, Horizon View, Insight, Maricopa and Sunflower.

Source: VH1

CONTACT: Lori Bogin, +1-212-846-7131, Lori.Bogin@VH1staff.com, or Scott
Acord, +1-310-752-8075, Scott.Acord@VH1staff.com

Web site:

http://www.vh1.com/
http://www.storytellers.vh1.com/

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