The Breakthrough is the seventh studio album by American R&B-soul; singer Mary J. Blige, released in December 20, 2005 on Geffen Records. The album opened with over 729,000 units in the United States, becoming her highest first week sales of her career, and the second-highest first-week sales by a female R&B; artist, only behind Alicia Keys' As I Am. The album is certified four-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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The Breakthrough is the seventh studio album by American R&B-soul; singer Mary J. Blige, released in December 20, 2005 on Geffen Records. The album opened with over 729,000 units in the United States, becoming her highest first week sales of her career, and the second-highest first-week sales by a female R&B; artist, only behind Alicia Keys' As I Am. The album is certified four-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
In spite of buzz circulating in the summer of 2004 that Blige's next release would be a retrospective aptly titled Reminisce, she and her label formally announced that an album of brand-new material was on the way instead. The cover, featuring a close-up shot of the singer, was done by noted celebrity photographer duo, Markus and Indrani.
Production on the album included Blige herself, Rodney Jerkins, will.i.am, Bryan-Michael Cox, 9th Wonder, Davel "Bo" Mckenzie, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Raphael Saadiq, Cool and Dre, and Dre & Vidal, and the...
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