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Oh, Blige: Singer Thanks 55 In Grammy Speech

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Feb 11, 2007 11:12 pm US/Eastern

Oh, Blige: Singer Thanks 55 In Grammy Speech

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) ― Mary J. Blige may have set an awards-show record to go with the armful of Grammys she won Sunday: most people thanked in a single acceptance speech.

Accepting her R&B album of the year award for "The Breakthrough," Blige dropped 55 names -- including God, Jesus, her three children, countless record-company executives and the tape delivery guy.

Blige talked for nearly two minutes -- an eternity on a televised awards show -- including going on for a good 30 seconds after the music started playing to signal her to wind down, spitting out names faster and faster as the music swelled.

Accepting her second televised award for best female R&B vocal, she held it to a lean, TV-friendly 35 seconds.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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