Strength Of A Woman

Album: Strength Of A Woman (2017)
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  • In the summer of 2016, Mary J. Blige announced her divorce from her husband and manager, Martin "Kendu" Isaacs, after 12 years of marriage. Although it may be easy to conclude that Strength of a Woman is about their split, the songstress told Extra's Tracey Edmonds it's actually about the what she went through while trying to salvage their marriage.

    "The title Strength Of A Woman came from actually me understanding my strength as a woman, not from this divorce," she said. "The divorce came later. Which is when the divorce happened. But I was writing this album earlier from the perspective of a woman fighting really, really hard for her marriage."
  • Blige wrote this B.A.M. Hodge (the track's producer), Benjamin Wright (for music director and producer for The Temptations), Davion Farris, and Eric Dawkins. The latter two songwriters also collaborated on the album's track "Indestructible."
  • The album debuted at #3 in the US and became her highest-charting release since Stronger With Each Tear hit #2 in 2009. It also reached #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
  • The movie Mary J. Blige's Strength Of A Woman premiered on Lifetime June 17, 2023. It's a sequel to Mary J. Blige's Real Love, which aired a week earlier.

    The films were made in association with Blige's production company, Blue Butterfly, with stories based on the title songs. Strength Of A Woman takes place 15 years after Real Love, with the main character, Kendra, reconnecting with Ben, the love interest from her college years.

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