Released: December 20, 2005 Label: Geffen Records Producer: Mary J. Blige (exec.), with contributions from will.i.am, Bryan-Michael Cox, 9th Wonder, Rodney Jerkins, and Raphael Saadiq.

The result was her seventh studio album, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, sold over 3 million copies in the U.S. alone, and won two Grammy Awards. More than just a commercial success, The Breakthrough is a sonic diary of resilience, self-respect, and hard-won joy.

By the mid-2000s, Mary J. Blige had already cemented her title as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul." But after a public divorce from her marriage to Kendu Isaacs and a very public battle with depression and substance abuse, she needed more than a hit album. She needed a Breakthrough .

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