Mary J. Blige has scored her second top ten single from her latest album, Good Morning Gorgeous. “Here With Me,” the chilled collaboration featuring Anderson .Paak, moves to No. 10 at R&B radio this week. It was co-written by .Paak, Blige, Bongo ByTheWay and Ant Clemons.
Blige’s new visit follows the single “Good Morning Gorgeous,” which topped R&B radio in February. The self-empowerment anthem also logged four non-consecutive weeks atop Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart.
This past winter, Paak claimed a number-one single on R&B radio as Silk Sonic for the faithful cover of “Love’s Train.”
Returning to the topic of “Here With Me,” Blige issued a black-and-white visualizer for the Bongo ByTheWay-produced vibe ahead of her appearance at the 2022 BET Awards.
Fresh off winning the BET HER Award at the 2022 BET Awards, Blige recently shared a sexy video for “Come See About Me (Remix)” featuring Fabolous. It was inspired by the 1998 film How Stella Got Her Groove Back, starring the acclaimed Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs.
That joint appears on the expanded edition of Good Morning Gorgeous, released on May 5. The original version arrived in February ahead of her co-headlining performance at Super Bowl LVI.
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The same month Blige released the album’s deluxe version, she received the Icon Award at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards and the Legend Award at the 2022 Clio Awards. Additionally, TIME featured Blige on its annual most influential people list.
Blige recently performed an intimate, career-spanning concert for Apple Music to celebrate the 30th anniversary of What’s the 411? Set for a July 27 premiere, the pre-recorded concert was held at the United Palace in New York.
Speaking of Blige’s landmark debut album, What’s the 411?, she partnered with Lifetime for an original film titled Real Love, inspired by her gold-selling 1992 hit “Real Love.” She is one of the executive producers for the movie through her production company Blue Butterfly.
Blige will head on tour supporting her most recent album in the fall. It starts in mid-September in Greensboro, North Carolina, wrapping the following month in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Good Morning Gorgeous Tour will feature special guests Ella Mai and Queen Naija.
In June, .Paak entered his third partnership with Vans. He and Bruno Mars won Album of the Year for An Evening With Silk Sonic. It follows their winning streak, most notably their sweep at the 2022 Grammys.
On R&B radio, Silk Sonic is pushing “After Last Night” featuring Thundercat and Bootsy Collins as the fourth single from An Evening With Silk Sonic.
On Aug. 3, Silk Sonic will resume their Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM. Later that month, .Paak will take the stage at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, alongside The Free Nationals, to perform at the inaugural LetsGetFr.ee Festival.
Stream Mary J. Blige’s “Here With Me” featuring Anderson .Paak below.
