Christina Aguilera, Jill Scott and Jennifer Hudson were among the stars who turned out for Mary J.
Evan Rachel Wood, Kerry Washington and Dianna Agron were also at the Hammerstein Ballroom bash and during the night they saw performances from stars including Beautiful hitmaker Aguilera and Hudson.
And the event was a resounding success - in a series of posts on her Twitter.com page after the event, Blige writes, "Thank U, Queen Latifa (sic), Anita Baker, Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, Jill Scott, Coren (sic) Bailey Rae, 4 making last night so special! Love u 4 ever!
"Thank u to every one who came out and supported FFAWN last night! This means more to me than you'll ever know."