"Be Without You" is a Grammy Award-winning R&B song written by American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige, Johnta Austin, Bryan Michael Cox, and Jason Perry for Blige's seventh studio album The Breakthrough. It was produced by Cox and released as the album's first official single. The song was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year and won the Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance categories at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The single was certified double platinum by the RIAA in 2007. "Be Without You" is the most successful R&B song in history, staying on the Billboard chart for 75 weeks.