Jennifer Lopez
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| Jennifer Lopez | |
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 Lopez arriving at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards in August 2004 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jennifer Lynn Lopez |
| Also known as | J.Lo |
| Born | |
| Genres | Pop, R&B, dance |
| Occupations | Actress, businesswoman, dancer, recording artist |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Epic, Island, Work |
| Website | jenniferlopez.com |
Lopez came to prominence within music after the release of her album On The 6 (1999), which spawned the hit singles "If You Had My Love" and "Waiting for Tonight". Her second album J.Lo reached number one on the Billboard 200, while her film, The Wedding Planner led the Box Office, making Lopez the first person to have a number-one movie and album. She released J to tha L–O! The Remixes (2002), which became the first number-one remix album in the United States; her third and fourth studio albums, This Is Me... Then (2002) and Rebirth (2005) reached number two. In 2007 she released her first full Spanish album, Como ama una Mujer. Lopez returned to music in 2011, releasing her seventh studio album, Love? which spawned her most successful single to date "On The Floor", which is one of the best-selling singles of all time. As of 2010, Lopez has amassed estimated sales of over 55 million records worldwide, [1][2][3] Billboard ranked her as the 27th Artist of the 2000s decade.[4] In 2010, Lopez became a member of the judging panel for the American reality television competition American Idol.[5] She was selected for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.[6]
She led People en Español's list of "100 Most Influential Hispanics" in February 2007.[7] That year, Lopez made the Forbes magazine's list of "The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment," ranking ninth.[8] She has appeared multiple times on The Hollywood Reporter's Annual Actress Salary List, and is the highest-paid Latin actress in Hollywood.[9] She has parlayed her media fame into a fashion line and various perfumes with her celebrity endorsement.[10] She has worked with L'Oreal since 1999.[11] A fashion icon, several of her dresses have received considerable media attention, most notably the Jungle green Versace dress which she wore at the 43rd Grammy Awards in 2000—voted the fifth most iconic dress of all time.[12][13] Outside of her work in the entertainment industry, Lopez advocates for human rights and vaccinations, and is a supporter of Children's Hospital Los Angeles. In 2011 she was named the most "Beautiful Person" by People magazine in its annual issue.[14] As of 2012, her net worth is estimated to be $250 million—she has been named one of the wealthiest and most influential Hispanics in the United States.[15] Lopez's personal life has also garnered media attention since the beginning of her career in the entertainment industry, particularly her high profiled relationships.
Early life
In 1988, Lopez quit school, and her parents were extremely angry at her; she left her family home and moved into an apartment in Manhattan, and began financing dance lessons for herself at the age of nineteen.[25][26] Lopez searched for a job, and was hired for Broadway, for which she travelled to Europe, for five months. She later got a job on a show Synchronicity, in Japan, until she traveled back to the United States in 1991.[27] She had a small part in the 1987 film My Little Girl, at the age of sixteen.[28] After months of auditioning for dance roles, Lopez was selected as a dancer for various rap music videos, a 1990 episode of Yo! MTV Raps, and as a backup dancer for the New Kids on the Block and their performance of their song "Games" for the American Music Awards in 1991.
Entertainment career
1991–98: Beginnings and film breakthrough with Selena
Lopez gained her first regular high-profile job as a "Fly Girl" dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color from 1991–1993.[23] Soon after, Lopez became a backup dancer for Janet Jackson and made an appearance in her 1993 video "That's the Way Love Goes".[29][30][31]Lopez's first television job as an actress was on the Fox series South Central.[23] She also made guest appearances in Second Chances and Hotel Malibu. She then appeared in the made-for-television film Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7. Lopez's first serious screen role was in Gregory Nava's 1995 drama My Family, playing the character of Young Maria in the 1920s. After starring alongside Jimmy Smits and Edward James Olmos in My Family, which earned her a Independent Spirit Award nomination, Lopez starred in the action film Money Train, opposite Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.[32][33][34] In 1996, she reportedly beat out Ashley Judd and Lauren Holly for the supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola's 1996 comedy Jack starring Robin Williams.[35] She then starred opposite Jack Nicholson in Bob Rafelson's well-received noir thriller Blood and Wine (1996).[23]
"That said, [Jennifer Lopez] takes what little she has in the way of a
script and does a superb job playing [Selena Quintanilla Perez]. The
movie rests squarely on her shoulders and she carries it well from start
to finish. Her concert work is slick and stylish. It isn't her fault if
there's too much of it in the final product. "
Later that year, Lopez appeared in two major films. She starred in the horror film Anaconda alongside Ice Cube and Jon Voight, playing the role of Terri Flores, a director who is shooting a documentary while traveling through the Amazon River.[45] Despite being a modest box office hit, the film was critically panned.[46] Lopez then starred as the leading actress in the neo-noir film U Turn, which is based on the book Stray Dogs, starring alongside Sean Penn and Billy Bob Thornton.[23] In 1998, she had one of her most acclaimed roles, starring opposite George Clooney in Out of Sight, Steven Soderbergh's adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel.[23][47] Cast as a deputy federal marshal who falls for a charming criminal, Lopez won rave reviews for her performance and in the process she became the first Latina actress to earn over $1 million for a role.[48][49] That same year, she provided the voice for Azteca on the computer-animated film Antz.[50][51]
1999–01: Musical debut with On the 6, J.Lo and continued film success
- "Still I think about that and still it's like wow, my first record I ever did went to number one. It's just an overwhelming feeling. This does not happen all the time. This is a very special thing."[56]
"English is my first language. I grew up here. I was born here, I
didn't have a career in Spanish first. I think it [the album] appeals
definitely to my generation of people, we grew up in American but had
Latin parents or parents of different ethnicity"
— Lopez on the appeal of her album to the Spanish and English community.[53]
2001–02: J to tha L-O! The Remixes and This Is Me... Then
Lopez next role, in the supernatural romance film Angel Eyes released 2001, was a box office flub and failed to garner a proper audience, in addition film critics were not impressed either.[74] Following the success of the re-release of J.Lo, Lopez decided to devote an entire album to the remix effort, releasing J to tha L–O! The Remixes, on February 5, 2002. This album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first remix album in history to debut at the top on the chart, selling over 150,000 copies in its opening week.[75][76] Featured artists on J to tha L-O! The Remixes included P. Diddy, Fat Joe, and Nas, and the album included rare dance and hip hop remixes of past singles. It is the third all-time biggest-selling remix album in history, after Michael Jackson's Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix, The Beatles' Love and Madonna's You Can Dance, having sold a total of 1.5 million copies as of October 2010.[77] In addition, it dethroned Alan Jackson's Drive from 3 consecutive weeks at the number-one spot on the chart.[78][79] J to tha L-O: The Remixes sold 624,000 copies within its first month, and stayed in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for a month, too.[80] It remained the only album to debut at number one in the United States for nearly 10 years, until Justin Bieber's remix effort in 2011 debuted at the top spot with similar opening sales.[81] "I'm Gonna Be Alright" which was previously on her J.Lo album was released as a single; impacting the charts by July 2002 and reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.[71][82] "I'm Gonna Be Alright" spent 23 weeks on the chart.[71] In May 2002, she starred in the thriller film Enough as Slim, a woman abused by her husband and on the run from him. The film garnered negative reviews;[83] however the fight scene at the finale of the movie was praised.[84] In addition, the film was considered a "kick-butt, female empowerment" movie.[85]Lopez released her third studio album, This Is Me... Then, on November 26, 2002. It was dedicated to her then fiancé, actor Ben Affleck.[86] The songs from the album, in particular the fifth track, "Dear Ben" detailed her romantic relationship with Affleck.[86] The album debuted at number six (her lowest debut as of that time); however, it contained her highest first-week sales of over 310,000 copies, more than double to that of J to tha Lo: The Remixes.[87] It moved to 2 on the chart later on, where it peaked, and spent 40 weeks on the chart.[88] By February 2003 (5 months following its initial release) it remained in the Top 10, managing to average around 80,000 copies per week.[89] The album's lead single, Jenny from the Block" (featuring Jadakiss and Styles P) was released and reached the third spot on the Hot 100. The song "intones her (Lopez) modest childhood roots vowing she wishes to remain simple despite her diamonds."[86] Its accommodating music video featured Lopez and her then fiancé, Ben Affleck under the scrutiny of the paparazzi.[90] This Is Me ... Then spawned three other singles, "All I Have" (featuring LL Cool J) being the second, reached number one on the Hot 100, and[71] "I'm Glad" and "Baby I Love U!" were the final two singles released from the album, peaking at 32 and 72 on the Hot 100 respectively.[71] The video for "I'm Glad" recreated scenes from the 1983 film Flashdance, leading to a lawsuit over copyright infringement, which was later dismissed.[91][92] In addition, This Is Me Then included a cover of Carly Simon's 1978 "You Belong to Me". The album has sold 2.5 million copies in the United States, lower than her previous studio albums.[77]
2003–06: Focus on film and Rebirth
Following her third studio effort, Lopez took a musical hiatus to focus on her film career. She appeared alongside Ralph Fiennes in the romantic comedy film Maid in Manhattan, released on December 13, 2002. Her character, Marisa Ventura, is a struggling single mother who lives in the Bronx and makes her living cleaning rooms in a super-luxurious Manhattan hotel, and gets mistaken for a socialite by a princely politician.[93] Maid in Manhattan was a box-office hit, opening at number one. The New York Times compared the film's storyline to her 2002 song, "Jenny from the Block", commenting, "In her new single, 'Jenny From the Block', Jennifer Lopez declares that despite her enormous wealth and global fame, she has not lost touch with her roots."[94] Gigli a film which Lopez starred as a Lesbian, across her then-lover Ben Affleck was released on August 1, 2003, and was a box office flub, and is often considered one of the worst films ever made.[95][96] In 2004, once again she starred in another movie with Ben Affleck, Jersey Girl, but only grossed $36 million at the box office and received poor reviews. In August 2003, (after the international flub of "Gigli") it was announced that Lopez was star in Shall We Dance?.[95] The move was released in 2004, in which Lopez starred as Paulina alongside Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon; it reached the third spot at the Box Office.Shall We Dance?, grossed $112,238,000, at the international box office. Domestically, Shall We Dance? grossed $57,890,460 and a total of $170,128,460 worldwide.[97] By this time, Lopez was well established as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and the highest-paid Latin actress in Hollywood history, though she's never had a film grossing over $100 million in the USA. She was on The Hollywood Reporter's list of the top ten actress salaries in 2002, 2003, and 2004.[9]
In 2006, Lopez was featured in LL Cool J's single "Control Myself", which was released on February 1, 2006. It reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart, Lopez's first collaborative Top 10 Hit in the U.S. since 2003. Also that year, she was in the movie Bodertown; The movie is based on a series of unsolved murders in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, a maquiladora border city across the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) from El Paso, Texas. Estimates of the murders conflict, yet, conservatively speaking over four hundred women, maybe many more, have been kidnapped, tortured and murdered since 1993 in and around Ciudad Juárez.[107] Lopez garnered a few awards and recognition for this part. The film was not a large success, though. Jennifer was one of the recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Award, after her appearance in Bordertown.[108]
2007–08: Como ama una Mujer, Brave and career break
From early 2006, it was reported that Lopez was to release a full Spanish language album.[109] Contactmusic.com said that Lopez would "prove critics wrong" and prove that she actually has a voice, through this new project.[109] Upon the eve of the album's release, Lopez explained that she had previously aimed to sing in Spanish, however her career took a different path.[110] Lopez officially released her first full Spanish-language album, Como ama una Mujer, on March 23, 2007. It was one of few Latin albums to debut within the top 10 of the Billboard 200, debuting at number 10.[111] The album was a natural and large success within the Latin community, reaching number one on Billboard Top Latin Albums.[111] The record enjoyed moderate international success, reaching the top 10 in countries such as Italy, Germany, Greece, Poland and Austria, however was her first album to fail on the U.K. charts, charting briefly somewhere under the Top 100 mark.
"I thought that my career was going to be in Spanish music, honestly.
My life took a different turn, which was great for me. But my heart was
always kind of on the Spanish side."
— Jennifer Lopez, on her Spanish music career[110]
Lopez won an American Music Award for Favorite Latin Artist in 2007, which she won again four years later in 2011. Lopez performed "Qué Hiciste" on Reality singing competition American Idol, in the same week she was a mentor; she is the first person to perform a Latin (non-English) song on the hit show.[112] On July 24, 2007 (Lopez's birthday) Billboard magazine reported that Lopez and husband Marc Anthony would "co-headline" a worldwide tour called "Juntos en Concierto" starting in New Jersey on September 29.[116] The tour launched September 28, 2007 at the Mark G. Etess Arena and ended on November 7, 2007 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. In August 2007, Lopez collaborated on the feature film, El Cantante, with her husband – singer-actor Marc Anthony. Ms. Lopez, who's also a producer of the film, "does enough acting for the two of them in her role as Puchi, Héctor's wife" while creating a very interesting and edgy performance.[117] The film is in English, with creative use of subtitles for songs with Spanish lyrics.
On August 15, 2007, it was confirmed that Lopez had begun working on her fifth English language album, and sixth studio album overall, that was confirmed for a release on October 9, 2007.[118][119] The title was announced as Brave.[119] The lead single was announced as "Do It Well", which was serviced to radio stations and released in August.[118] It debuted at 12 on the Billboard 200, selling only 53,000 copies in its opening week. Commercially, it was her least successful album.[120] "Do It Well" managed to reach 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but remained on the chart only for a mere nine weeks.[71] It earned mixed to negative reviews, Rashod D. Ollison from The Sun said that "Brave – was not to daring".[121] However, there were a few positive reviews. The York Press compared Brave to Britney Spears' album due for release around the same time.[113] Praising Lopez for not needing digital enhancement of her voice in "Brave" compared to Spears, they turned their favor to Brave instead of Blackout despite praising Spears' for delivering a "decent album".[113] Aside from this, Brave garnered negative or mixed reviews, who complained that despite the title, there was nothing brave about it.[121] She collaborated with producers Midi Mafia, J. R. Rotem, Lynn and Wade and Ryan Tedder, with Rotem working on some tracks with writing partner Evan "Kidd" Bogart.[122] Earlier, on August 26, 2007, ABC premiered a promo for the fourth season of Desperate Housewives, featuring a snippet of the song "Mile in These Shoes". "Do It Well" was released as the lead single and reached the top 20 in many countries. "Hold It, Don't Drop It" was released as the second single in certain European territories only. The third single was set to be the title track "Brave", and it was even posted on director Michael Haussman's official website that filming of the music video for the song had completed, however, the release of "Brave" as a single was eventually scrapped, most likely due to low album sales. Brave has sold over 160,000 copies only (which sales are comparable to that of Lopez' previous first week sales of her first five albums).[77] Following Brave, Lopez took a break from her career in 2008.
2009–11: American Idol and comeback with Love?
While pregnant with twins Max and Emme, Lopez had been writing material for her seventh studio album Love?, with a planned release for the summer of 2010.[123] A song titled "Fresh Out the Oven" featuring Miami rapper Pitbull surfaced online in October 2009 but her record label said that it was simply a buzz single.[124] It topped the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The project's official lead single, "Louboutins", had its radio debut on November 23, 2009, following the song's premiere and performance at the 2009 American Music Awards. The song only managed to enter the Hot Dance Club Play chart six weeks after release and reaching number 1, however, it failed to enter any other chart, including the Billboard Hot 100.
In January 2011 Lopez's new single, "On the Floor", featuring American rapper Pitbull surfaced online.[148] Behind the single was producer RedOne, who predicted that it was going to be a "big hit".[149] The song samples Kaoma's 1989 hit "Lambada".[148] On March 3, 2011 "On The Floor" debuted at nine on the Billboard Hot 100 after selling 170,000 copies, the highest debut of her career, and her highest-charting of any sort since "All I Have".[150] Later that night, the video for "On The Floor" debuted on American Idol. The song peaked at three on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at number one in over fifteen different countries, and over twenty different charts. Worldwide, it was the fourth best selling digital single of 2011 with sales of 8.4 million copies.[151] The video for "On The Floor" as a result of its American Idol premiere has received 503 million views on Lopez's VEVO channel on YouTube, the second most watched video of all time.[152] Love?'s second single written by Taio Cruz, "I'm Into You" was released on April 1, 2011 and features rapper Lil Wayne it debuted at 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and peaked at 41 in August 2011.[153] In addition, the song was a dance club hit, peaking at number one on Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs, and number nine in the United Kingdom.[153] The video for "I'm Into You" was released, co-starring William Levy as her lover in the video.
Love? was released on May 3,[154] 2011, and opened at five on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 83,000 copies.[155][156] It was a moderate success, and viewed as a humble comeback from Lopez, as many had considered her recording career well over.[120] Lopez has been selected for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012, in the "Recording" category, along with Boyz II Men.[6] "Papi" was released on September 13, 2011 and charted at 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became her 11th number one hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.[71][157] The following month, she was named "Women of the year" by Glamour Magazine.[158] Lopez was then featured on will.i.am's song from his upcoming album, #willpower, "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" and she was also featured in the music video. On December 13, 2011, Lopez was named the "World's greatest musical comeback act" by Los Angeles Times, a ranking from an accuracast, a digital search that analyzed over a billion Google searches since 2004.[159] Lopez ranked ahead of comebacks from artists such as Mariah Carey and Ricky Martin.[159] On December 25, 2011 Lopez was named "Best Comeback" act by Billboard.com Reader's Poll, leading with 47% of votes for the title, beating out Kelly Clarkson (17%) and Evanescence (12%).[160] She was also ranked 43rd most successful artist of 2011.[161]
2012: Upcoming projects
In late 2011, it was confirmed that Lopez would be releasing a greatest hits album in 2012, in which her vocal producer and The-Dream were on board.[162][163][164] The former head of Island Def Jam, L.A. Reid, later announced via Twitter this on twitter.[165] She said that the basis for the album was again "Love" and jokingly said in an interview "Maybe I’ll call it Love, exclamation point, this time."[166]Lopez worked with ex-husband Marc Anthony and director-choeographer Jamie King in late 2011 on a Latin talent series created by Simon Fuller, called ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen. It follows Lopez and Anthony as they travel across 21 countries to find new talent.[167] It premiered on January 28, 2012 on Univision and was a ratings hit, scoring 2.2 million viewers.[168][169][170] ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen will premiere in English on Fox.[171] During an interview with Extra TV Lopez confirmed that she had been working on new music and a possible tour,[172] Lopez had also previously talked about the possibility of a tour after the release of Love? around June 2011, which never materialized, as it could have jeapordised her position as a judge on American Idol.[173] Lopez's film, What to Expect When You're Expecting, in which she will play Holly.[174] The film will be released to theaters on May 11, 2012.[175] Another film which Lopez has shot her parts for, Parker will be released in 2012.[176][177] Lopez will portray Leslie.[176][177] Lopez voices Shira in the upcoming animated film, Ice Age: Continental Drift which is the fourth movie in the Ice Age series.[178]
Other projects
Fashion lines
See also: J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez
Lopez launched a lifestyle brand in 2001. Entitled J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez,
the line included different types of clothing for young women,
including jeans, T-shirts, coats, belts, purses, and lingerie, a jewelry
line,[179] and an accessory line that includes hats, gloves, and scarves.[180] Lopez participated in the Louis Vuitton Winter 2003 campaign. In February 2005, Lopez unveiled her fashion line entitled "Sweetface" at New York Fashion Week.[181] She worked on the line with Andy Hilfiger.[182] The launch at New York Fashion Week received mixed reviews, mainly positive, Metanoya Webb, from InStyle Magazine
reviewed: "It's a step up from her teen-age, pop line. It's definitely
more mature, and it's more of a replica of what Jennifer does. It was a
reflection of her, and I liked that."[181] Some also noted that the launch of "Sweetface" focused more on the show and arrangement rather than the clothes, themselves.[183] Lopez has a lingerie line with Victoria Beckham.[184]Lopez's frequent use of animal fur in her clothing lines has brought the scorn of people concerned with animal rights.[185] At the Los Angeles premiere of Monster-in-Law, more than 100 protesters from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) held a demonstration to highlight their concerns.[186] Director of marketing, Charlie Ross said "Jennifer Lopez is a great lover of fur. She is always photographed wearing fur and it was a material she loves and wanted to use. Sweetface is a luxury label and Jennifer wanted her furs. She told me her favourite piece in the collection is a fabulous bleached silver fox coat with strips of the fox stitched onto a chiffon back."[187]
In late 2007, Lopez retired JLO by Jennifer Lopez and launched a new juniors' line called JustSweet.[188] In June 2009, it was announced that "Sweetface" was put on hiatus,[189] and later announced that it was closed down.[190] In 2011, Lopez and her ex-husband, Marc Anthony launched a joint fashion line at Kohls; Anthony would work on the menswear and Lopez on the female clothing line. The lines were described as "high-quality contemporary."[182] Lopez labelled her personal line as "affordable and completely her style." The line was released in October, 2011.[191][192] Anthony's line, too was released around the same time.[193] They both worked with Tommy Hilfiger for the fashion lines.[182] Anthony, at the grand opening of the line at a Jersey department store, said that they collaborated on the work, and noted how hard Lopez had worked on her line, he said he was "very proud of her."[194]
Nuyorican Productions
Lopez owns the film and television production company Nuyorican Productions, which was launched as early as 2001.[195][196] It was co-founded with her manager Benny Medina, who was supposed to receive half the producing revenue from the company.[197] Lopez split with Medina shortly after the company was founded, but they later restored their business relationship.[198]El Cantante, a film which Lopez starred alongside her then-husband Marc Anthony with, was Nuyorican Production's first ever production, which Lopez has shelved years previously.[199] Nuyorican Productions produced mini-series broadcast on Univisión, which Jennifer was a co-executive producer of; the show was name after her CD Como Ama Una Mujer, it ran in five episodes from October 30 to November 27, 2007, and starred Adriana Cruz.[200][201] Another show that came from her production company, "Brethren" which FOX gave script commitment, and it later aired on the channel.[202][203] The production company, which has produced "Taming Ben Taylor", "Nannyland" and "Amigas Sweet 15 Club" has signed deals with FOX for films to be made.[204] In November 2011, it was announced that Nuyorican Productions will produce "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?", a film adaption of educational children's game; in which Lopez was rumored to potentially star in.[205][206]
Endorsements and products
Lopez is credited for bringing back celebrity perfume endorsements, which was "dead" since the late 1980s.[166] She ventured in the perfume industry with her debut Glow by J.Lo, which can be purchased anywhere including every-day shopping outlets like Macy's and pharmacy chains.[207] Lopez said that she wanted Glow to be "Sexy and sensual."[208] Glow by J.Lo has a scent of orange, grapefruit, jasmine, orris, Irises, vanilla and musk.[209] Still by Jennifer Lopez was released as the third major fragrance in October 2003;[210] it is described as "the scent of a woman," and "A scent that captures the way a woman feels when she has discovered herself. Real and true. Serene and sensual."[211] Glow by J.Lo and Still were very successful in the fragrance market.[212]In 2005, Lopez launched three new fragrances: Miami Glow, Love at First Glow and Live.[213] In 2006, she released another fragrance, Glow After Dark, a perfume suited to night theme.[213] In 2008, she released her Deseo fragrance line, which featured Deseo, Deseo Forever and Deseo For Men, her first male fragrance.[213] Live Platinum was released in 2008 as well.[213] Sunkissed Glow and My Glow were released in 2009; My Glow was inspired by the birth of her twins, and the top was an angel/baby.[213][214] TLC, a division of Discovery Communications Inc, had signed Lopez to an unscripted reality series about the launching of her new fragrance,[215] but the series never materialized. Her next fragrance, Blue Glow By J.Lo which was a refreshing "watery feel" fragrance.[213]
Her 15th fragrance is Love and Glamour, which was launched in June and released to counters in October 2010.[216][217] Her 16th fragrance is L.A Glow, inspired by L.A. Nightlife.[213][218][219] Lopez launched her 17th fragrance, Love & Light In July 2011.[220][221] She launched it on HSN[222][223] where she appeared for six hours, and the perfume sold 51,000 bottles in that amount of time, her most successful fragrance launch to date.[224][225] Her 18th fragrance, Glowing has been announced.[166][226] Apart from Fragrances, Lopez has endorsed several other products.
In 2003, Lopez was in a pepsi commercial featuring Beyoncé Knowles and David Beckham entitled "Samurai".[227] She endorses several L'Oréal products, and was named "L'Oréal Paris Global Brand Ambassador" In December 2010.[228][229][230] She has shot several adds for the endorsement deal.[230] Lopez's recent L'Oreal EverSleek campaign made its debut during the Golden Globes ad break, kicking it off in a big way.[231] Products that Lopez has endorsed for L'Oreal recently include El Vive Triple Resist, True Match, Color Riche, GlamShine, and Voluminous Lashes commercials, the EverSleek commercial and print ads, and the Infallible Lip Color and ElVive Triple Resist print ads. In 2011, Lopez endorsed and promoted a variety of products. In addition to L'Oréal, lopez endorses Gillette women's products, such as the "Get Your Goddess Showing" project.[232] She was named the first ever "Gillette-Venus Global Ambassador" In 2011, too.[233][234] She recorded a cover of "Venus" by Shocking Blue for her Gillette-Venus advertisement.[235] Lopez is a spokesperson for Harmon Kardon home surround sound system.[236][237] Lopez is the face of TOUS Jewelry.[238][239] Lopez is a spokesperson for Lux shampoo in Japan, appearing in the product's television commercials. As of late 2011, she promotes FIAT cats in the United States.[240] Her advertisements for the brand have garnered negative reviews, and in January 2012 a United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) group told Lopez to end her endorsement for problems with the FIAT brand which "freely does business with a regime that is developing an illegal nuclear weapons program."[241]
Philanthropy
Lopez is an avid supporter of Children's Hospital Los Angeles and was presented with the Children's Humanitarian Award at the hospital's inaugural Noche de Niños gala in September 2004. Lopez continues to attend the annual red carpet event and is a regular visitor to the hospital. The singer participated in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon benefiting the hospital in 2008. In May 2009, Lopez formed The Maribel Foundation, with the goal of supporting Children's Hospital Los Angeles and improving health care internationally. On February 14, 2007, Lopez received the Artists for Amnesty International award "in recognition of her work as producer and star of Bordertown, a film exposing the ongoing murders of hundreds of women in the border city of Juárez, Mexico". Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta presented the award to Lopez at the Berlin International Film Festival. She also received special recognition and thanks from Norma Andrade, co-founder of Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa A.C. ("May Our Daughters Return Home, Civil Association"), an organization consisting of mothers and families of the murdered women of Juárez. Lopez has also been involved in promoting vaccination for whooping cough.[242] Lopez is working with Sounds of Pertussis and March of Dimes to promote awareness about the disease and encourage vaccination of adults to prevent spread of disease to infants.[243]Lopez owns a foundation with her sister, Lynda Lopez, entitled The Maribel Foundation.[244] The foundation was publicly launched In June 2010.[244] The foundation's purpose is to bring wellbeing to mothers and children from under-privileged communities, in particular people who cannot afford medical services; and give people information about critical child and health care topics.[245] The Maribel Foundation worked with Telemedicine clinics abroad and near to increase healthcare for serious cases.[246] "Telemedicine" is a delivery system that uses technology (telecommunications) to conduct medical diagnoses, consultations, treatments, transfers of data, education of physicians, and dissemination of public health alerts and/or emergency updates.[246]
Lopez had previously announced the foundation in 2008 at the Woman's Conference.[247] The foundation's slogan is "Where children are concerned, there is no time to lose."[248] Lopez has stated that inspiration came to her to build The Maribel Foundation after she discovered a bump on her daughter's head days after her birth; Emme turned out to be fine however Lopez felt that there are mothers out there and children, who don't have adequate access to medical information and she felt that she had to help in some way.[249] For her foundation, Lopez recording a song, "One Step At a Time", dedicated to her twins. It was included on an album for the foundation, Every Mother Counts a CD which was released exclusively to Starbucks.[250][251] The album was devoted fully to mothers. Lopez was one of the recipients of Love Our Children USA's "Mothers Who Make A Difference" awards in 2009.[252] On October 25, 2011, The Maribel Foundation received a $500,000 dollar donation pledge from Samsung and Best Buy.[253][254] An advertisement featuring Lopez promoting Samsung products for The Maribel Foundation has aired.[255]
Legacy and image
Lopez has been described as "the best all-rounded entertainer of our generation."[256] In her 1999 Unauthorized biography, Patricia J. Duncan said "L'Oreal model, burgeoning recording artist, and mega-talented actress with a smashing lineup of new movies in the works, Jennifer Lopez is a force to be reckoned with." Lopez is well known for being the first Latina actress (or singer, for that matter) to hit the limelight and be commercially successful; growing up Lopez was inspired by Puerto-Rican born Rita Moreno, as she stated that there were "Zero Latinos on TV, so Rita Moreno was the only one I identified to."[24] Lopez is the wealthiest Hispanic in Hollywood, and is described as the most influential Hispanic performer in the United States.[257] Ray Martin from 60 Minutes said "She's a rarity. One of the few Hollywood stars you can actually admire [...] when you meet her she's just as gorgeous, just as likeable, as she is on screen. I'm talking about J-Lo. Or for the uninitiated, Jennifer Lopez, a showbiz phenomenon who's up there with Madonna. J-Lo's sold over 40 million albums, she's been in more than 25 movies with leading men like George Clooney, Robert Redford and Jack Nicholson. And, she's a merchandising marvel."[258] As of 2010, Lopez has sold an estimated 55 million records worldwide, making her one of the best selling musical artists of all time.[1] In addition to this, Billboard ranked her as the 27th Artist of the 2000–2010 decade.[4] VH1 ranked her 16 on their list of "100 Greatest Women In Music" In 2012.[259]
Through her entertainment career, fashion, and "beauty" several cited Lopez has an inspiration, and have also praised her. Fellow Latin music artist Kat DeLuna, who is relatively new, said "Jennifer helped pave the way for Latinas like myself. I love her."[265] Actress Kerry Washington also cites Lopez as the actual reason for her career, during an interview with Essence in 2012, she said "I grew up blocks away from Jennifer Lopez. She and I went to the same Boys & Girls Club. She was like the dancer who made it big and moved to Hollywood. I don't know if I would've taken a risk in my career if it weren't for you (Jennifer)."[266] Pop culture superstar Britney Spears says Lopez has become a major "beauty" icon and Idol for herself; Spears said "Jennifer Lopez is my idol - she's so beautiful and even though she's gotten older, she hasn't aged at all. She looks more amazing than ever and I really admire and respect that."[267] Kelly Osbourne also said she admires the "beautiful" Jennifer Lopez, stating "Last week Jennifer Lopez was voted The Most Beautiful Woman in the World by People magazine. I couldn't agree more. I've met her and she's stunning."[268][269] Co-star and singer Cheryl Cole has stated that she wants to have a body like Jennifer Lopez.[270] In fact, Lopez body has had such an impact on the world (in particularly women) that in a 2011 survey by Nutrisystem Diet Index, it was proved that most American women would have Lopez's "lean legs and bubble butt".[271][272] Reality Television star Kim Kardashian has named Lopez a style icon,[273] Kardashian branded Lopez's personal fashion sense/style as "fun and flirty and sexy, just feminine. I love her!", and said she is a major style inspiration for her.[273] Raquel Castro, her co-star from Jersey Girl (Now 17 years old and was a contestant on The Voice), had stated she had a strong bond with her on-screen mother from the film, and that Lopez had been her main role model for her career from the start;[274] "Jennifer Lopez has been my role model from the start. I wore out my VCR tape of the movie Selena, probably watching it a million times; when I found out I had been chosen to play her daughter in a feature-film, OMG I was screaming like crazy."[274] Australian R&B singer Jessica Mauboy has said stated that she is a big fan of Lopez.[275] Singer-songwriter Michael Doughty said that Lopez was a key inspiration for reviving his music career as a solo artist after leaving his band, Soul Coughing "One of the key moments was seeing a Jennifer Lopez video (around 1999) [...] She's a year older than me and she's in this video and she's in the Bronx and going out clubbing and going to the beauty salon. I'd thought, well I'm 29, my life's over, I'm elderly. And I looked at her and thought, she's 30, how is she walking? [...] the revelation came watching a Jennifer Lopez video."[276] In November 1998, Lopez was named "Sexiest Woman of the Year" by Details magazine.[277] Lopez appeared on FHM's 100 sexiest women list multiple times, notably being listed as #1 in 2000 and 2001, #4 in 2002, #6 in 2003, #7 in 2004. She is the first woman to top the list for two consecutive years.[278] In People en Español's list of "100 Most Influential Hispanics" addition in February 2007, Lopez was listed first; the Top 100 also included the likes of Shakira and Enrique Iglesias.[7] On The Hollywood Reporter's Annual Actress Salary List, Lopez has appeared in 2004, 2003 and 2002.[9] She is the only Latina actress to accomplish this, or even appear within the top ten of this list.[9] Her role in the 1998 film Out of Sight earned her a paycheck of over $1 million, making her the world's highest-paid Latin actress.[48] In 2001, Lopez became the first female to have a film and album both be number one at the same time in the United States.[23][66][68] In 2011, she was named "World's Most Beautiful Woman" by People's Choice magazine.[279]
Lopez also is well known for her fashion sense and style. Us Weekly named Lopez as Style Icon of the 2000–2010 decade.[280] Lopez's most memorable Fashion moment in her career was the Green Versace "Jungle Dress" that she wore at the 42nd Grammy Awards In 2000.[281] A poll by Debenhams, published in the Daily Telegraph, voted it the fifth most iconic dress of all time.[13] It has been cited along with the Elizabeth Hurley's black Versace dress as being the top dresses that made Versace a household name and the turning point in designer Donatella Versace's career after the death of her brother Gianni Versace. The dress is currently on display at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. For her Fashion sense, Lopez has earned several awards including a VH1 Award and Vogue Fashion Award in 1999 for "Most Fashionable Female Artist", achieving multiple other awards since for outstanding achievements and recognition. Lopez was complimented in an article for Elle, in which the author wrote – "She wears little visible makeup, and with her hair in a bun, huge hoop earrings, and a long halterdress on, she's squarely in casual-mother mode, a style Diane von Furstenberg describes as "exotic and earthy."[282] Lopez cites Urban, Edgy Bronx style as a contribution to her continuing fashion style.[283] Lopez says she is a fan of "Glamour" and "Old Hollywood Movie Stars" as a fashion sense.[284] Aside from her fashion sense in clothes, Lopez has changed her personal appearance multiple times, scoring several different hairstyles over the years.[285] Lopez's two-piece (eventually stripped down to a body-suit) "train dress highlighting her curves and flawless skin"[286] at the 2011 American Music Awards was both welcomed and praised but was received mixed and negatively, too.[287][288] Despite popularity and favoritism with her outfits, Lopez has also received negativity; the dress she wore in 2011 to the BAFTA Gala gave her the title of "Worst Dressed" of the evening along with others, most likely due to her open-abs section.[289] Apart from her image as a public fashion icon, Lopez has constantly displayed disappointment in a continuing rumor that states she is a demanding "diva",[290][291][292] however at the same time is considered a talented "diva" too.[293] Several others such as her 'American Idol co-worker Nigel Lythgoe has stated these rumors are wrong. The popularity of her personal life in the media has been a focus too, Jacqueline Springer reported in 2001, "'bling bling' to the fullest, she is high fashion's sole voluptuous mannequin and to the tabloids, well, she's more return value that an annual Travelcard."[294]
Musical style and themes
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an 18-second sample of "Jenny From The Block", in which Lopez insists that she's still "Jenny From The Block", and that fame has not changed her[295]
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Lopez has also stated that newer artists have also more "inspired" her rather than influenced her as an artist, such as Lady GaGa. Lopez told MTV News that "I'm always motivated by other artists and inspired by them. They inspire me because when i see other people doing great things, it makes me want to do great things too. I never am one to look at other people and try to do what they do. I always feel like a true artist does what they do and it is very very individual to who they are. I love her [Gaga] sense of lyric and melody, I feel like she’s very interesting. It’s just not something you’re gonna hear everyday. I really love the records she worked on and was glad to be able to take those and make them my own and actually have that collaboration with her. I feel very lucky to have done that."[308]
After motherhood, Lopez also credited her twins as a huge influence in the direction of her music, "You can't help but put not only your kids into it, but to put anything you are going through in your music. That's the only thing you can really sing or write is stuff that you know. The more music you make and the more that you get into it and the more you write, the more you realize that's all you can write."[309] In her seventh studio album, entitled Love?, Lopez covers topics such as her past loves in her songs, "One Love" and "(What Is) Love?" which she goes into details through lyrics about her remaining an optimistic about love.[309] She has said that the basis for her music is always the subject of "Love", "I've been singing about Love since my first album. Its a really complex topic, and now that im at a really good place in my life, in a really good relationship [...] i can look at it in a different way."[310]
In late 2007, The York Press wrote "So far into her career, Lopez is at last making great records. Her voice now has greater depth and is infused with Latin passion, which frankly was missing on her earlier records. Her material is also far stronger," around the releases of Como Ama Una Mujer and Brave.[113] The York Press also complimented Lopez for not needing as much "digital enhancement" on her voice compared to Britney Spears.[113] They also said that "Lopez stunned many with [...] Como Ama una Mujer, which at last proved that she is a major musical force."[113] A writer from The Sun said "More to the point, "On the 6" makes it clear she can sing. [Jennifer] Lopez has no trouble handling the material presented to her [...] No doubt about it, as a singer, Lopez has a lot of talent and stylistic range. Instead, she ends up doing impressions, singing as other, more distinctive, performers might have. So when producer Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs fabricates a lush, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis-type groove, she responds by offering her best Janet Jackson imitation." He went on to say: "It isn't as if Lopez is merely a chameleon, without a sound to call her own. Her breathily romantic duet with Marc Anthony, the Spanish-language love song "No Me Ames," reveals depths and resonance unheard in other tracks. Likewise, there's a sassy confidence beneath the romantic dismissal of "It's Not That Serious" that suggests Lopez may yet attain the awesome power of diva-hood."[317] Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly commented on Lopez's vocals saying, "There's no way to know if Jennifer Lopez's voice is mechanically altered or not, but on the recorded evidence of her sophomore album, J.Lo, her singing seems to be in key".[318] In a review of her seventh studio album, Love?, Alex Macpherson from BBC Music complimented Lopez, "(She) possesses both a lightness of touch and the effortless confidence of one of nature's own divas, which means that whenever she hits the floor to essay up-tempo swagger tracks she convinces without being as overbearing. Love? seeks to showcase her vulnerability and depth of feeling."[319]
Personal life
Further information: Personal life of Jennifer Lopez
Lopez is equally known for her love life and personal life as well as her career.[320] Lopez dated David Cruz from 1984 to 1994.[321][322] Her first marriage was to Cuban-born Ojani Noa; they were married in 1997 and divorced in 1998.[320]
They have further had legal problems with him being fired from her
family restaurant, and a book he wanted to publish about her.[323][324] Lopez next dated rap mogul Sean Combs for 17 months; they split in January 2001 after his involvement in a nightclub shooting.[325][326] Following this, she married her back-up dancer, Cris Judd, whom she divorced in January 2003.[327] From 2002 to 2004, she dated and later became engaged to actor Ben Affleck; their relationship—dubbed "Bennifer"—ended after eighteen months, partly due to fervent media attention.[328][329] In 2004, Lopez married Latin pop star Marc Anthony. She gave birth to twins Emme Maribel Muñiz and Maximilian "Max" David Muñiz in February 2008.[330][331] She separated from Anthony in July 2011.[332][333] Recently, media has focused on her relationship with back-up dancer Casper Smart.[334][335][336]
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