Why Jennifer Lopez is so popular
Jennifer Lopez is an American singer, actress, and dancer. Late 1980s movie actress and singer from the United States quickly rose to become one of the highest-paid Latina actresses in Hollywood history. With a string of pop albums, she later experienced crossover success in the music business.
First Hispanic actress to make over $1 million
She made history by becoming the first Hispanic actress to make over $1 million for a movie for her debut leading role in Selena (1997). She then became the highest-paid Hispanic actress in Hollywood after appearing in Anaconda (1997) and Out of Sight (1998).
With her debut studio album on the 6 (1999), Lopez entered the music industry and contributed to the growth of the Latin pop genre in American music. She then starred in the psychological horror film The Cell (2000).
The first woman to have a number-one album and movie in the same week
She made history by becoming the first woman to have a number-one album and movie in the same week in 2001 with the simultaneous release of her second studio album J.Lo and the romantic comedy The Wedding Planner. J to tha L-O! The Remixes, her 2002 release, made history as the first remix album to enter number one on the US Billboard 200. Later that year, she issued This Is Me, her third studio album. and later appeared in the movie Maid in Manhattan.
After starring in the critically and commercially unsuccessful film Gigli (2003), Lopez went on to star in the popular romantic comedy Shall We Dance? (2004) and Monster-in-Law (2005). The biggest first-week sales for a debut Spanish album in the US were achieved by her fifth studio album, Como Ama Una Mujer (2007).
She experienced a period of relative obscurity before making a comeback in 2011 with the release of her eighth studio album, Love?, and her participation as a judge on American Idol. She appeared in the police procedural Shades of Blue from 2016 to 2018 and gave a residency performance at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas called Jennifer Lopez: All I Have. She was a judge on World of Dance as well as its producer (2017–2020). She won praise from critics in 2019 for her portrayal of a stripper in the murder drama Hustlers.
The most significant Hispanic artist in North America
The term “triple threat entertainer” is frequently used to describe Lopez, who is regarded as a pop culture figure. She is regarded as the most significant Hispanic artist in North America, with cumulative film earnings of US$3.1 billion and estimated record sales of 80 million worldwide. She was voted the 38th most powerful woman in the world and the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes in 2012. In 2018, Time magazine ranked her among the 100 most important people in the world.
She has had the most success with the tracks “If You Had My Love,” “I’m Real,” “Ain’t It Funny,” “All I Have,” and “On the Floor” on the US Billboard Hot 100. She has a famous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of her services to the music business, in addition to other awards including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and the Billboard Icon Award. Her other businesses include a production firm, a foundation for charity, apparel and cosmetics lines, and fragrances.
First Latina to earn $1 million as an actress
Jennifer Lopez received her first Golden Globe nomination when she was cast as the singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in the 1997 biopic Selena, making her the first Latina to earn $1 million as an actress.
Jennifer Lopez’s highest-grossing movie was the romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan (2002), in which she co-starred with Ralph Fiennes.
Jennifer Lopez in American Idol in 2011
When Lopez joined the panel of judges for the singing competition series American Idol in 2011, it was a “major turning point” in her professional life.
For the eleventh season, she returned as a judge, earning an estimated $20 million, and for the second time for the thirteenth season, earning an estimated $17.5 million. She established the Jennifer Lopez Collection, an apparel and homeware line with Tommy Hilfiger for Kohl’s, and she became a brand ambassador for L’Oréal, Venus, and Fiat.
Jennifer Lopez’s seventh studio album, Love?, was released at the beginning of 2011 following the signing of a new recording agreement with Island Records. The single “On the Floor” was one of the year’s most popular songs, despite the album’s modest commercial success. As a result, it became her highest-charting single as a lead artist since “All I Have” and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. To fulfill her obligations to her old label Epic Records, Lopez’s greatest hits collection, Dance Again… the Hits was released in the middle of 2012.
Lopez said that the album’s lone song, “Dance Again,” had come to her at the “right moment” while she was divorcing Anthony and dealing with the “breakup of a family”. On the US Billboard Hot 100, “Dance Again” peaked at number 17. In the middle of 2012, Jennifer Lopez began her first headlining concert tour, the Dance Again World Tour. Each performance brought in over $1 million. She also created the upscale T-shirt business Teeology that year.
Jennifer Lopez’s A.K.A., Lopez’s eighth studio album
A.K.A., Lopez’s eighth studio album, was released in the middle of 2014 by Capitol Records to middling sales. Three singles from the album were released: “I Luh Ya Papi” with French Montana, “First Love,” and “Booty” with Iggy Azalea. They each made it to positions 77, 87, and 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. Along with Pitbull and Claudia Leitte, Lopez also recorded “We Are One (Ole Ola),” the official song for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Jennifer Lopez collaborated with Endless Jewelry on a line of jewelry and published the best-selling novel, True Love.
In the sexual thriller The Boy Next Door, which Lopez co-produced and starred in as a high school teacher who develops a romantic relationship with a pupil and later develops a dangerous infatuation with her, was released in 2015. The critics gave the movie unfavorable reviews. In spite of this, it was her most lucrative opening weekend for a live-action movie since Monster-in-Law. In the animated film Home, Jennifer Lopez provided the voice of one of the characters, and she also contributed the song “Feel the Light” to the soundtrack. Alongside Viola Davis, Lopez featured in the independent drama movie Lila & Eve.
The commercial success of Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez performed a residency concert event called All I Have at Planet Hollywood’s Zappos Theater in Las Vegas from 2016 to 2018. Over the course of three years, she gave 120 performances and sold more than $100 million worth of tickets. In order to release standalone singles instead of an album, Lopez chose to sign a multi-album deal with her former record company Epic Records at the start of the residency. These singles included “Ain’t Your Mama,” “Ni T’ Ni Yo,” “Amor, Amor, Amor,” “El Anillo,” and “Dinero,” which featured DJ Khaled and Cardi B.
The two songs that did the best on the charts were “Ain’t Your Mama” and “Dinero,” which respectively peaked at 76 and 80 on the Billboard Hot 100. The former’s music video garnered over 800 million views on YouTube. Lopez created a limited-edition makeup line with Inglot Cosmetics and debuted a capsule collection of shoes and jewelry with Giuseppe Zanotti.
Lopez, who was listed among Time’s 100 most important people in the world in 2018, appeared in the Peter Segal-directed comedy film Second Act. She also produced the movie and contributed the song “Limitless” to the soundtrack. Although Second Act received unfavorable reviews from critics, it did well at the box office, earning $72.3 million while it was playing in theatres.
Jennifer Lopez’s Hustlers movie
The 2019 movie Hustlers, in which Lopez featured and also served as executive producer, brought in nearly US$100 million from North American box office receipts alone.
The movie also gave Lopez her highest opening weekend at the box office for a live-action movie (grossing $33.2 million) and earned her nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, and Independent Spirit Awards; however, Lopez was left out of the running for an Academy Award nomination. To commemorate her 50th birthday in 2019, Lopez set out on an international concert tour called It’s My Party, which brought in an estimated $54.7 million from thirty-eight performances.