Stronger with Each Tear

Stronger with Each Tear is the ninth studio album from American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige, released in the US on December 21, 2009, under Blige's imprint Matriarch Records. Internationally, it was released December 18, 2009, in Australia and Germany, and on various dates between December 2009 and May 2010 in other territories.

Stronger with Each Tear is an R&B album with contemporary production. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 332,000 copies, and earned Blige a record ninth number one debut on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Stronger with Each Tear received generally positive reviews from critics, winning the 2010 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album.