Mary J. Blige's Collabs with Streisand, Marc Anthony, Chris Botti

The R&B artist dishes on A Mary Christmas and why it's one of her favorite holidays

From the LifeMInute team

October 30, 2013

Mary J. Blige was already in the holiday spirit when she gave us the scoop on her new Christmas album at Catherine Malandrino's Spring 2014 Mercedes-Benz fashion week presentation in New York City. The soulful songstress' self-proclaimed holiday must-have, A Mary Christmas is out now.

"It's produced by David Foster and it is insane," says Ms. Mary J., " you're going to want it in your house for Christmas."

The twelve track record features some superstar duets like "When You Wish Upon a Star" with Barbra Streisand and Chris Botti, "Do you Hear What I hear?" with Jessie J and a bilingual version of "Silent Night" with Marc Anthony.

So what's the R&B artist's fondest holiday memory? "Every Christmas to me is memorable, because Christmas is my favorite time of the year because it's just about love, respect, and cheer and people just really showing each other love."

When it comes to fashion, the "No More Drama" singer likes to keep it simple... she says, "My style is less is more and it works."

If you think Blige is all business you're wrong. "A fun fact that no one knows about me is I'm fun... I'm a lot of fun," she says.

Check out more on Mary J. Blige and A Mary Christmas at www.maryjblige.com.