Sitting across from a roaring fireplace one winter afternoon in Vail, Janet is curled up on a dark leather couch as she discusses the unlikely topic of Discipline, the title of her new album.

Geffen Records superstar and hit-making songwriter Mary J. Blige, is set to follow-up the most successful album of her career, the triple platinum The Breakthrough, with her eighth (8th) studio CD Growing Pains on Tuesday, December 18th, one week before Christmas.

His name is already familiar to record buyers who make note of the songwriting credits on major hit records by such superstar artists as Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige.

The world's best-selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, returns this summer with a scorching collection of today's hottest tunes. NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 25, to be released July 17, features 20 smash hits from the current Pop, Modern Rock, Rap and R&B charts.

(New York, NY) - As the singular most successful songwriter at work today-– whose tunes have been brought to the top of the charts by Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, and at least 50 more artists over the last decade, including Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Simpson, Usher, Chris Brown, Toni Braxton, Tyrese, Enrique Iglesias, Aaliyah, Faith Evans, B2K, Ciara, Ruben Studdard,

Mary J. Blige was honored with the ASCAP Voice Of Music Award in Los Angeles on Monday. The 20th Anniversary ASCAP Rhythm And Soul Music Awards also honored Johnta Austin and Jermaine Dupri, who shared the night's coveted Songwriter Of The Year title with Blige.

Whitney Houston has finally started work on her comeback album after stepping into a Los Angeles recording studio yesterday. The troubled I Will Always Love You singer has spent time in rehab over the past year over controversy regarding her drug abuse, but has now teamed up with her mentor Clive Davis to record tracks for a new album.

To state that 2006 was one of the biggest years of Mary J. Blige's career isn't hype. It is truth. In 2006 there was no bigger story or artist, in any genre, than Mary J. Blige. Thanks to a chart-topping album, history making #1 single, galvanizing television appearances and a sold out tour, 2006 became the 12-month span in which the multiple platinum selling, Grammy winning Queen of Hip Hop Soul scaled new creative, personal and commercial heights.

Before music was all about overnight pop stars and monster-selling albums, there was an unwritten rule in the record business that true artistry takes time to cultivate. You pay your dues, hone your craft, and weather the inevitable storms. Such was the formula for career longevity.