Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez’s new pop album Brave is set for release on October 9th on Epic Records. This is Jennifer’s sixth studio album and her second release this year. Her first all-Spanish album Como Ama Una Mujer was released in March; it zoomed straight to #1 on Billboard's Latin Album chart (where it stayed for 4 weeks) while also making a remarkable #10 debut on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart. This made history as the highest sales of a Spanish album debut. Como Ama Una Mujer has already sold 800,000 copies worldwide.

For the hotly anticipated new album Brave, Jennifer collaborated with producers like J.R. Rotem, Ryan Tedder, Middi Mafia and Bloodshy. The first single “Do It Well” is already heating up airwaves on all radio formats including Z-100 in New York City and KIIS and Power 106 in Los Angeles.

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony recently announced their tour ING PRESENTS JENNIFER LOPEZ & MARC ANTHONY EN CONCIERTO which kicks off September 29 in Atlantic City. The tour will make its way to fourteen major markets and some of the hottest venues in the U.S. and Canada, including New York’s Madison Square Garden, the Los Angeles Staples Center and the Miami American Airlines Arena. $1.00 from every ticket sold on the tour will benefit the ING Run for Something Better, a free school based running program which benefits Latino kids.

Jennifer has been busy promoting the film El Cantante in which she stars as Puchi, the wife of tragic salsa legend Hector Lavoe. Produced by Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, El Cantante opened last week to rave reviews. Newsday wrote, “…the haunting beauty of the movie is the way it dramatizes the central figure of salsa music, the singer, who is burdened with carrying the hopes and dreams of his audience…”

Few artists have traveled so effortlessly from one artistic medium to another as Jennifer Lopez with her incredible array of talent as an acclaimed movie actress, a chart-topping musical artist and a fashion industry entrepreneur. Her trailblazing career boasts major box office hits, prestigious film nominations, the successful fashion line Sweetface by J.Lo, best-selling fragrances, and over 35 million albums sold worldwide.




Biography
Jennifer Lopez was born in New York City, on July 24, 1970. The daughter of David, a computer programmer, and Guadalupe, a kindergarten teacher, the young Lopez always dreamed of becoming a performer.

With talents in singing and dancing, Jennifer began performing in stage musicals, dancing in a European tour of Golden Musicals of Broadway, a Japanese tour of Synchronicity and local productions of Oklahoma and Jesus Christ Superstar.

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The young girl from the Bronx finally became more recognized when she was cast as one of the Fly Girl dancers on FOX's In Living Color in 1993. What Lopez was really itching to do was act, but she stuck around on In Living Color for a short while, following producer Keenan Ivory Wayans' advice.

Jennifer's Fly Girl role led to more roles on the small screen. She landed a recurring role on FOX's short-lived series South Central (1994) and the TV series Second Chances (1993). Her portrayal of the part was so impressive that big-league producer Aaron Spelling wanted to continue the role on another one of his series, Malibu Shores. After appearing in a few episodes, Jennifer refused to develop the deal further (the show was axed anyway) with the hopes of taking her talents to the silver screen.

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One more TV role can be seen on Jennifer's resume: Rosie the nurse in 1993's Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7. Her role in the 1995 film Mi Familia was the role that showed filmmakers that this Latin beauty was serious about acting.

One year later, Jennifer costarred with Robin Williams in the box-office disaster Jack, beating out Ashley Judd for the role. In her next film role, riding the Money Train with Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes, she was the only one to receive positive reviews in a film that may have well tipped off the tracks.

Having already worked with Jennifer in the critically acclaimed Mi Familia, Gregory Nava asked Lopez to audition for his 1997 biopic on the slain Tejano singer, Selena. After an intense auditioning process, Jennifer won the role that would make her a star.

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That same year, Ojani Noa (her boyfriend at the time) publicly proposed to Jennifer at the wrap party for Selena, and she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the film. She didn't end up winning the Golden Globe and her marriage to Ojani lasted less than a year.

Meanwhile, 1997 marked a full year for Jennifer, with film roles in U Turn, Anaconda and Blood and Wine. The following year, she costarred with George Clooney in Out of Sight playing U.S. Marshall Karen Sisco. This was the role that made Jennifer an A-list actress, beating out other A-list actresses for the role in the process. Her next project was as an animated ant in the DreamWorks feature Antz, also with Sharon Stone.

Not only was Jennifer the only Latin actress in history to demand a $1 million salary, but she also released an album entitled On the 6 in 1999, which went platinum and spawned such hits as "If You Had My Love" and "Waiting For Tonight."

After a role in the 2000 sci-fi flick The Cell, Jennifer Lopez returned to the music scene with her mega-successful sophomore album, J.Lo, in February 2001. While the album title (and probably P. Diddy's pet name for Jennifer) stuck, the album itself claimed the No. 1 spot on the charts on the strength of the first single, "Love Don't Cost A Thing."

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Jennifer also made history as the first female artist to have a No. 1 album and movie in the same week when The Wedding Planner debuted at No. 1 and had audiences rushing to see her in the starring role.

While her relationship with P. Diddy fizzled, J. Lo was seen in the arms of an unknown new man, Cris Judd. The couple met in January on the set of her "Love Don't Cost A Thing" video when Judd was one of the featured dancers in the video.

Jennifer also enjoyed the success of the singles "Play" and "I'm Real" (both an original and remix version with Ja Rule) off J.Lo. And, as if she hadn't dominated enough fields, she also started two fashion companies -- JLO by Jennifer Lopez and Sweetface -- in 2001 and 2005 respectively, and she has fragrances attached to her name: Glow, Still and Live.

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In 2001, after dating her backup dancer Cris Judd for less than eight months, the couple married in September 2001 -- only to divorce less than a year later. The settlement cost her $15 million.

In 2002, Jennifer won a World Music Award for World's Best-Selling Latin Female Artist, an MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video ("I'm Real" featuring Ja Rule), a VH1/Vogue Fashion Award for Most Influential Artist, and an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female.

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2002 was also the year when the term "Bennifer" was coined. Actor Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, who met on the set of the 2003 movie Gigli, began dating.

Unfortunately, although Jennifer won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist in 2003, all the celebrations came to a halt when Gigli hit theaters worldwide and received unanimous negative reviews.

After a highly publicized romance (Affleck is even featured in her "Jenny From The Block" video off her 2002 This Is Me... Then album) that made the cover of every tabloid on a weekly basis, the couple ended their engagement in February 2004.

On the film front, Jennifer appeared in a small role in Kevin Smith's Jersey Girl (2004), starring Affleck, as well as in Shall We Dance (2004) with Richard Gere. In 2005, she added An Unfinished Life and Monster-in-Law to her resume.

jennifer lopez and marc anthony
On June 5, 2004, Jennifer Lopez made headlines again -- this time because she and Latin pop singer Marc Anthony exchanged vows in a surprise wedding. Although rumors of the nuptials were circulating, fans were still stunned to hear that J. Lo was on her third marriage.

At the 2005 Grammy Awards, Jennifer and Marc performed together for the first time as husband and wife. It was perfect timing, as J. Lo's fourth studio album, Rebirth, hit stores on March 1, 2005. The first single, "Get Right," climbed its way up the U.S. charts.

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Since marrying Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez has still stayed in the public eye. She appeared in and produced a number of films in 2006 and 2007, including The Singer and Bordertown.

Jennifer's status as a powerful celebrity hit its peak in 2007 as she ranked at No. 9 on Forbes magazine's list of The Richest 20 Women In Entertainment with an estimated wealth of $110 million. She was also listed by the 2007 Guinness World Records as the most powerful actress.

jennifer lopez releases como ama una mujer and brave

Jennifer Lopez officially released her first full Spanish-language album, called Como Ama una Mujer, in 2007, which was produced by husband Marc Anthony. She also came out with her fifth English album, Brave, in October of the same year. The track "Do It Well" quickly soared on the charts.

In 2007, Jennifer Lopez entered talks to appear in Austin Powers 4, Bordertown, and Love and other Impossible Pursuits.

At the 2007 American Music Awards Jennifer Lopez won Favorite Female Artist in the Latin Music category.

Jennifer Lopez also came in at No. 75 on AskMen.com's annual Top 99 Most Desirable Women.

In late 2007 she officially announced her pregnancy after much speculation.

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