Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years. She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007. Both What's the 411? and her 1994 album My Life are featured on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, and the latter on Time magazine's All-Time 100 Albums. In 1992, Blige released her debut album, What's the 411?, which is credited for introducing the mix of R&B and hip hop into mainstream pop culture, and her 1993 "What's the 411? Remix", popularized rap as a featuring act, it is the first album by a singer to have a rapper on every song.
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