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Jennifer Lynn López (also known as J. Lo, born
July 24, 1969ref|age) is a well-known Puerto Rican
United States|American actress, singer, fashion
design|fashion designer, dancer and all-around
cultural icon (uation)|icon. 

==Early years==

Jennifer Lopez was born and raised in the Castle
Hill, Bronx, New York|Castle Hill section of The
Bronx, New York City, New York. Lopez has two
sisters, Leslie Lopez|Leslie (a music teacher) and
Lynda Lopez|Lynda, a well-known television news
reader|news anchor at WCBS-TV in NY. Lopez is a
notable graduate of Preston High School. After
graduation, Lopez matriculated at Baruch College
in Manhattan. She later dropped out to pursue her
dreams as an entertainer.

Lopez started off as a backup dancer. She later
took up acting, saying that she always knew she
wanted to do this.

==Television==

Lopez started in television as a 'fly girl'
(dancer) on the television comedy program In
Living Color. She also played a small role in a
short-lived television program South Central (TV
show)|South Central. Later, she starred in Second
Chances and Hotel Malibu.

==Movies==

Lopez started her acting career in the early 1990s
with films such as Mi Familia (1995), Money Train
(1995), and U Turn (1997), but her real
breakthrough would not come until she took up the
part of Selena Quintanilla in the movie Selena
(movie)|Selena (1997), for which she was nominated
a Golden Globe for her starring role. Lopez
followed this with a well-received performance in
Out Of Sight (1998) with George Clooney. 

She has also appeared in Anaconda (movie)|Anaconda
(1997), Antz (voice) (1998), The Cell (2000),
Angel Eyes (2001), The Wedding Planner (2001),
Enough (2002), Maid in Manhattan (2002), Gigli
(movie)|Gigli (2003), Jersey Girl (2004
movie)|Jersey Girl (2004), Shall We Dance (2004
movie)|Shall We Dance (2004), and Monster-in-Law
(2005), among other movies and television shows.

She is considered especially adept at romantic
comedy|romantic comedies, with The Wedding Planner
and Maid in Manhattan being two of her more
commercially and critically successful vehicles.
Many people consider Lopez to be stronger and more
talented as an actress than as a singer (regarding
the latter, some criticize her lack of real vocal
range and her producers' heavy use of background
vocalists). On the other hand, a few of her film
performances have been heavily criticized, most
notably in the overall disaster Gigli, which
seemed to have a negative effect on her
popularity, something she has only recently been
regaining with the back-to-back #1 box office
hits, Shall We Dance and Monster-in-Law,

Upcoming movies

*An Unfinished Life (2005)
*Bordertown (2005 movie)|Bordertown (2005)
*American Darlings (2005)

==Music==

Lopez's debut album, On the 6, a reference to the
6 (New York City Subway service)|subway line she
used to take growing up in Castle Hill, was
released on June 1, 1999 and reached the top ten
of the Billboard 200. The album featured the
multi-week #1 lead single, "If You Had My Love",
as well as the top ten hit "Waiting for Tonight".
It also contained the Spanish language,
Latin-flavored duet "No me Ames" with Marc
Anthony, which was an international hit, though
the song was never released as a single in the US.
Despite this, the video received moderate airplay
on the US music channels VH1 and The Box (TV
channel)|The Box as a novelty.
The album also spawned another international hit
in "Feelin' So Good", a hip-hop track which
contained guest raps by Big Pun and Fat Joe;
despite the cross-genre technique pioneered by
Mariah Carey being used on this particuliar song,
it was a relative flop in the US, as it failed to
make the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. "Let's
Get Loud" was also released as a single, and
became a minor dance hit.


Her sophmore effort, J. Lo (album)|J. Lo, was
released on July 24, 2001 and debuted at #1 on the
Billboard 200. The lead single, "Love Don't Cost a
Thing", and its follow-up, "Play" (which was
written by rising teen star, Christina Milian)
both became top five hits during the year the
album was released. The album's next two singles,
"I'm Real" and "Ain't it Funny", ended up becoming
her biggest ever hits, with both spending several
weeks at #1. However, to capitalize on this, Lopez
asked Murder Inc. Records|Murder Inc. to remix
both songs, completely changing the lyrics and
melodies and adding raps from Ja Rule in both
songs, and from Caddillac Tah to "Ain't it Funny
(Remix)". The "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny"
remixes were two of the biggest Pop music|pop and
rap hits in late 2001 and early 2002,
respectively, and their more hip-hop sound gave J.
Lo street credibility and brought her music to a
whole new group of fans.

Following the successes of the remix (again, a
technique pioneered by Mariah Carey), Lopez
decided to devote an entire album to the effort;
the result, J to tha L-O: The Remixes, appeared on
February 5, 2002. This album, too, debuted at #1
on the Billboard 200, marking the first remix
album in history to debut (or even reach) #1 on
the chart. This time around, she got 50 Cent and
Nas (rapper)|Nas to write rhymes for two remixes
of her next single, "I'm Gonna Be Alright", which
ended up becoming another top ten hit. The album
also included rarer dance and hip-hop remixes of
her past singles, and a new song, a ballad called
"Alive", which was included in Lopez's movie
Enough.


On November 26, 2002, Lopez released her third
studio album, This Is Me... Then, which reached #2
on the Billboard 200 and spawned three very
popular singles; the top 5 "Jenny from the Block",
(based on the song "Watch Out Now" by the
Beatnuts, and including raps from Jadakiss and
Styles P), the multi-week #1 "All I Have" duet
with LL Cool J and the top 10 "Baby I Love You!"
(which also was the musical theme to Gigli
(movie)|Gigli). Another single, "I'm Glad", was
also released, but only managed to go top forty, a
rather low result considering Lopez's usual chart
success. The last single released from the album,
"The One", failed to make any impact on charts
whatsoever.

In 2004, Lopez once again participated in duets
with Marc Anthony, this time on his albums Amar
Sin Mentiras and Valio La Pena.


After a considerable amount of time away from the
music scene, Lopez finally released her fourth
studio album, Rebirth (album)|Rebirth, on March 1,
2005. Debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200 to
initially decent sales success, the album quickly
fell off the charts and remains to be Lopez's
biggest commercial (not to mention critical)
failure yet. Despite this, the album has so-far
spawned one hit in "Get Right", which reached the
top twenty; still, compared to her previous
high-charting singles, even this can be seen as
somewhat of a flop. The second single, "Hold You
Down", which featured Fat Joe, only barely made it
into the top 75, peaking at #64. It has recently
been confirmed that J. Lo's next single will be
"Whatever You Wanna Do".

It has been rumored that Lopez has two albums in
production; first, there is the much-hyped
Spanish, collaborative album with current husband,
Marc Anthony, as well as a supposed new remix
album, encompassing hits from This Is Me... Then
and Rebirth.

==Fashion==

Lopez owns a clothing line called "J. Lo by
Jennifer Lopez". Her line is the most successful
of any artists' in history. Furthermore, she is
planning to launch a jewelry line, hats, gloves
and a scarves line. She also has a perfume line
out called "Glow", and she was in question before,
because the name came from another patented
perfume.

In October 2003, Lopez introduced a perfume called
"Still". During November of the same year, she
launched a new clothing line called "Sweetface".

Lopez's frequent use of fur in her clothing lines
and personal wardrobe has brought the scorn of
people concerned with animal rights. More than one
hundred protestors from People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals held a demonstration at the
Los Angeles premiere of Monster-in-Law.  Also,
they have attacked J.Lo for including animal fur
in her fashion line.  For her part, Jennifer told
a radio DJ she was open to being educated on the
topic-and the DJ promptly told her animals are
routinely skinned alive to make trendy furs.

She has also done a photoshoot to represent the
Louis Vuitton Winter 2003 campaign, in which the
pictures would be seen all over the world through
TV commercials, billboards, ads, newspapers,
magazines and more. 

Other merchandise includes a clothing and cologne
line for men due for release either in late 2005
or sometime in 2006.

===J. Lo Inc.===

Lopez owns a production company, Nuyorican
Productions, in which she is expected to produce
some of her upcoming movies. Some of the projects
for the company include Carmen, Dirty Girls Social
Club and The Hector Lavoe Project. This company
was founded together with her manager, Benny
Medina, whom she filed a lawsuit against because
of alleged fraud in July 2003.

The company produced the commercially-successful
movies The Cell, The Wedding Planner and Maid in
Manhattan. These three movies put together made
more than $350 million at the box office
worldwide.

==Relationships==

Lopez has been in two short-lived marriages. The
first one, which was with Ojani Onoa, ended in
divorce in 1998 after 21 months, and the second,
during 2001 and 2002, was with Chris Judd
(dancer)|Chris Judd, her former backup dancer.
Between marriages, from 1999 to 2000, she dated
singer and producer Puff Daddy, breaking up after
a shooting incident in a New York night club.
Lopez has also been engaged to Ben Affleck, but
the marriage planned for September 13, 2003 was
called off a few days before the event.  In
January 2004 the couple split.

Lopez has been married to singer Marc Anthony
since June 5, 2004, a move that surprised most of
the public.

==Derriere==

No discussion of Jennifer Lopez could be honestly
considered complete without discussion of her
famously large and shapely buttocks|rear end.  It
has been the subject of much attention and many
jokes, as when Chris Rock wisecracked that
Jennifer Lopez, in a speech after winning an
award, "should have thanked  her ass".  Lopez
herself joked that it's so large and upstanding
that it could be used as a tray to serve drinks at
parties.

==Discography==

===Albums===

#1999: On the 6 #8 US, US Certification: 3x
Platinum (WW Sales: 10 Million)
#2001: J. Lo (album)|J. Lo #1 (Debut) US (1 week),
US Certification: 4x Platinum (WW Sales: 8
Million)
#2002: J to tha L-O!: The Remixes #1 (Debut) US (2
weeks), US Certification: Platinum (WW Sales: 3
Million)
#2002: This Is Me... Then #2 US, US Certification:
2x Platinum (WW Sales: 7 Million)
#2005: Rebirth (album)|Rebirth #2 US, US
Certification: Platinum (WW Sales: 2 Million)

===Singles===

#1999: "If You Had My Love" #1 US (5 weeks), #4
UK, US Certification: Platinum
#1999: "Waiting for Tonight" #8 US, #5 UK
#2000: "Feelin' So Good" (feat. Big Pun and Fat
Joe) #51 US, #7 UK
#2001: "Love Don't Cost a Thing" #3 US, #1 UK
#2001: "Play" #5 US, #3 UK
#2001: "Ain't it Funny" #3 UK
#2001: "I'm Real" #1 UK
#2001: "I'm Real (Remix)" (feat. Ja Rule)  #1 US
(5 weeks), #1 UK
#2002: "Ain't it Funny (Remix)" (feat. Ja Rule and
Caddillac Tah)  #1 US (6 weeks), #4 UK
#2002: "I'm Gonna Be Alright" #10 US, #3 UK
#2002: "Jenny from the Block" (feat. Jadakiss and
Styles P) #3 US, #3 UK
#2003: "All I Have" (feat. LL Cool J) #1 US (4
weeks), #2 UK
#2003: "I'm Glad" #32 US, #6 UK
#2004: "Baby I Love You!" #7 US, #3 UK
#2005: "Get Right" #12 US, #1 UK, US
Certification: Platinum
#2005: "Hold You Down" (feat. Fat Joe) #64 US, #4
UK
#2005: "Whatever You Wanna Do"

===DVDs===

#1999: Feelin' So Good US Certification: Gold
#2001: Let's Get Loud US Certification: Gold
#2003: The Reel Me #69 US, US Certification: 3x
Platinum

==Claims to fame==

*Became the first Latina actress to get paid $1
million (for her role in Selena).
*By 2003, Lopez had become the highest-paid Latina
actress in Hollywood. She still holds the record,
earning $15 Million a film.
*Lopez is the first actress and singer to have a
movie (The Wedding Planner) and an album (J. Lo
(album)|J. Lo) at #1 in the same week.
*Lopez's album J to tha L-O! The Remixes was the
first album of remixes to hit #1.
*Lopez's perfume "Glow" made history in 2001, by
being the #1 perfume in more than nine countries
in more than four months.
*Lopez is the only woman who has been #1 three
years in a row in the FHM list of the 100 Sexiest
Females in the world.
*Lopez made the 2004 Fortune (magazine)|Fortune
list of the wealthiest entertainers under the age
of 40. Her wealth is estimated at $255 million.
*Lopez's butt is often an object of admiration as
well as the brunt of many jokes in popular
culture.
*Lopez made the highest debut of 2003 on the US
charts with "All I Have" debuting at #25.
*Lopez has sold over 35 million records worldwide.
*Was satirized in the show South Park in the
episode "Fat Butt and Pancake Head".

==Nicknames==

*J.Lo or "Jaylo"
*Jen
*Jenny
*Jenny from The Block
*"La Guitarra" because of the shape of her body

==See also==
*List of famous Puerto Ricans
*List of best selling music artists
*List of number-one hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the Hot
100 (US)
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US
Dance chart

==Notes==

*note|ageMany sources incorrectly list Lopez's
birth year as 1970. See the article on age fudging
for details.

==External links==
*http://www.jenniferlopez.com Official website of
Jennifer Lopez
*http://www.jlo.net Unofficial Jennifer Lopez Fan
Site
*http://www.jlzone.com Jennifer Lopez Zone
*imdb name | id=0000182 | name=Jennifer Lopez

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Jennifer Lynn López (also known as J. Lo, born
July 24, 1969ref|age) is a well-known Puerto Rican
United States|American actress, singer, fashion
design|fashion designer, dancer and all-around
cultural icon (uation)|icon. 

==Early years==

Jennifer Lopez was born and raised in the Castle
Hill, Bronx, New York|Castle Hill section of The
Bronx, New York City, New York. It was from this
neighborhood that she took the local "6" train to
get to her auditions in Manhattan, as well as the
inspiration of her debut album "On the 6." She
grew up on Blackrock Avenue. Jennifer's father,
David, is a computer specialist at Guardian
Insurance in NYC. Her mother, Guadalupe, taught
kindergarten in Westchester County, New York.
Jennifer is the middle of three daughters. Her
elder sister, Leslie Lopez|Leslie is a housewife
who sings opera. Her younger sister, Lynda
Lopez|Lynda, a well-known television news
reader|news anchor at WCBS-TV in NY., and is also
a DJ on New York's WKTU and a VH1 VJ. Jennifer's
parents were both born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, the
second largest Puerto Rican city. The two were
then brought to the United States in their
childhoods, and eventually met while living in New
York City. She says that it was her parents' work
ethic that made a difference in her life. 

Jennifer took singing and dancing lessons from age
5, including classes at the Kips Bay Boys & Girls
Club. She attended 12 years of Catholic school,
including an all-female high school called Holy
Family, in the Bronx. She played softball and
tennis in high school and was a gymnast. Lopez is
a notable graduate of Preston High School. After
graduation, Lopez matriculated at Baruch College
in Manhattan. She later dropped out to pursue her
dreams as an entertainer. She briefly worked in a
law office. During this time, she continued dance
classes at night. At 18, she left home because her
mother was scared by her decision to pursue show
business. 

Lopez started off as a backup dancer. She later
took up acting, saying that she always knew she
wanted to do this. With casting on "In Living
Color" in 1990, she moved to L.A., but initially
hated it. Finally her boy friend, David Cruz,
moved to be with her there and she learned to
accept her new environment.

Lopez worked with Janet Jackson in her videos and
on her tours, and can be seen in the 1993 video
for "That's The Way Love Goes." 

Source: Internet Movie Database entry for Jennifer
Lopez (I), http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000182/bio

==Television==

Lopez started in television as a 'fly girl'
(dancer) on the television comedy program In
Living Color. She also played a small role in a
short-lived television program South Central (TV
show)|South Central. Later, she starred in Second
Chances and Hotel Malibu.

==Movies==

Lopez started her acting career in the early 1990s
with films such as My Family (1995), Money Train
(1995), and U Turn (1997), but her real
breakthrough would not come until she played the
starring role of the late Selena Quintanilla in
the movie Selena (movie)|Selena (1997), , for
which she earned a Golden Globe nomination. Lopez
followed this with a well-received performance in
Out Of Sight (1998) with George Clooney.

She is considered especially adept at romantic
comedy|romantic comedies, with The Wedding Planner
and Maid in Manhattan being two of her more
commercially and critically successful vehicles.
Many people consider Lopez to be stronger and more
talented as an actress than as a singer (regarding
the latter, some criticize her lack of real vocal
range and her producers' heavy use of background
vocalists). On the other hand, a few of her film
performances have been heavily criticized, most
notably in the overall disaster and Bennifer the
press' nickname for the Ben Affleck and Jennifer
Lopez relationship vehicle, Gigli (movie)|Gigli,
which seemed to have a negative effect on her
popularity, something she has only recently been
regaining with the back-to-back #1 box office
hits, Shall We Dance (2004 movie)|Shall We Dance
(2004) and Monster-in-Law (2005). 

==Music==

Lopez's debut album, On the 6, a reference to the
6 (New York City Subway service)|subway line she
used to take growing up in Castle Hill, was
released on June 1, 1999 and reached the top ten
of the Billboard 200. The album featured the
multi-week #1 lead single, "If You Had My Love",
as well as the top ten hit "Waiting for Tonight".
It also contained the Spanish language,
Latin-flavored duet "No me Ames" with Marc
Anthony, which was an international hit, though
the song was never released as a single in the US.
Despite this, the video received moderate airplay
on the US music channels VH1 and The Box (TV
channel)|The Box as a novelty.
The album also spawned another international hit
in "Feelin' So Good", a hip-hop track which
contained guest raps by Big Pun and Fat Joe;
despite the cross-genre technique pioneered by
Mariah Carey being used on this particuliar song,
it was a relative flop in the US, as it failed to
make the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. "Let's
Get Loud" was also released as a single, and
became a minor dance hit. 


Her sophomore effort, J. Lo (album)|J. Lo, was
released in January 2001 and debuted at #1 on the
Billboard 200. The lead single, "Love Don't Cost a
Thing", and its follow-up, "Play" (which was
written by rising teen star, Christina Milian)
both became top five hits during the year the
album was released. The album's next two singles,
"I'm Real" and "Ain't it Funny", ended up becoming
her biggest ever hits, with both spending several
weeks at #1. However, to capitalize on this, Lopez
asked Murder Inc. Records|Murder Inc. to remix
both songs, completely changing the lyrics and
melodies and adding raps from Ja Rule in both
songs, and from Caddillac Tah to "Ain't it Funny
(Remix)". The "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny"
remixes were two of the biggest Pop music|pop and
rap hits in late 2001 and early 2002,
respectively, and their more hip-hop sound gave J.
Lo street credibility and brought her music to a
whole new group of fans. She re-released the CD on
her 32nd birthday, July 24, 2001, including Ja
Rule's remixed version of "I'm Real". 

Following the successes of the remix (again, a
technique pioneered by Mariah Carey), Lopez
decided to devote an entire album to the effort;
the result, J to tha L-O: The Remixes, appeared on
February 5, 2002. This album, too, debuted at #1
on the Billboard 200, marking the first remix
album in history to debut (or even reach) #1 on
the chart. This time around, she got 50 Cent and
Nas (rapper)|Nas to write rhymes for two remixes
of her next single, "I'm Gonna Be Alright", which
ended up becoming another top ten hit. The album
also included rarer dance and hip-hop remixes of
her past singles, and a new song, a ballad called
"Alive", which was included in Lopez's movie
Enough.


On November 26, 2002, Lopez released her third
studio album, This Is Me... Then, which reached #2
on the Billboard 200 and spawned three very
popular singles; the top 5 "Jenny from the Block",
(sampling the track from the song "Watch Out Now"
by the Beatnuts, and including raps from Jadakiss
and Styles P), the multi-week #1 "All I Have" duet
with LL Cool J and the top 10 "Baby I Love You!"
(which also was the musical theme to Gigli
(movie)|Gigli). Another single, "I'm Glad", was
also released, but only managed to go top forty, a
rather low result considering Lopez's usual chart
success. The last single released from the album,
"The One", failed to make any impact on charts
whatsoever. Another song from the album was a
cover of Carly Simon's "You Belong to Me."

In 2004, Lopez once again participated in duets
with Marc Anthony, this time on his albums Amar
Sin Mentiras and Valio La Pena.


After a considerable amount of time away from the
music scene, Lopez finally released her fourth
studio album, Rebirth (album)|Rebirth, on March 1,
2005. Debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200 to
initially decent sales success, the album quickly
fell off the charts and remains to be Lopez's
biggest commercial (not to mention critical)
failure yet. Despite this, the album has so-far
spawned one hit in "Get Right", which reached the
top twenty; still, compared to her previous
high-charting singles, even this can be seen as
somewhat of a flop. The second single, "Hold You
Down", which featured Fat Joe, only barely made it
into the top 75, peaking at #64. It has recently
been confirmed that J. Lo's next single will be
"Whatever You Wanna Do".

It has been rumored that Lopez has two albums in
production; first, there is the much-hyped
Spanish, collaborative album with current husband,
Marc Anthony, as well as a supposed new remix
album, encompassing hits from This Is Me... Then
and Rebirth.

==Fashion==

Lopez owns a clothing line called "J. Lo by
Jennifer Lopez". Her line is the most successful
of any artists' in history. Furthermore, she is
planning to launch a jewelry line, hats, gloves
and a scarves line. She also has a perfume line
out called "Glow", and she was in question before,
because the name came from another patented
perfume.

In October 2003, Lopez introduced a perfume called
"Still". During November of the same year, she
launched a new clothing line called "Sweetface".

Lopez's frequent use of fur in her clothing lines
and personal wardrobe has brought the scorn of
people concerned with animal rights. More than one
hundred protestors from People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals held a demonstration at the
Los Angeles premiere of Monster-in-Law.  Also,
they have attacked J.Lo for including animal fur
in her fashion line.  For her part, Jennifer told
a radio DJ she was open to being educated on the
topic-and the DJ promptly told her animals are
routinely skinned alive to make trendy furs.

She has also done a photoshoot to represent the
Louis Vuitton Winter 2003 campaign, in which the
pictures would be seen all over the world through
TV commercials, billboards, ads, newspapers,
magazines and more. 

Other merchandise includes a clothing and cologne
line for men due for release either in late 2005
or sometime in 2006.

===J. Lo Inc.===

Lopez owns a production company, Nuyorican
Productions, in which she is expected to produce
some of her upcoming movies. Some of the projects
for the company include Carmen, Dirty Girls Social
Club and The Hector Lavoe Project. This company
was founded together with her former manager,
Benny Medina, whom she filed a lawsuit against
because of alleged fraud in July 2003.

The company produced the commercially-successful
movies The Cell, The Wedding Planner and Maid in
Manhattan. These three movies put together made
more than $350 million at the box office
worldwide.

==Relationships==

Lopez has been in two short-lived marriages. The
first one, to Ojani Noa, ended in divorce in 1998.
At the movie wrap party for Selena (1997), on
October 28, 1996 in San Antonio, Noa grabbed a
microphone and proposed to her in the middle of
the dance floor, presenting her with a large
marquis-cut diamond ring. She said, "Yes." They
were married on February 22, 1997. He was later
named the manager of Jennifer's restaurant,
Madre's. Her second marriage, during 2001 and
2002, was to Chris Judd (dancer)|Chris Judd, her
former backup dancer. Met Judd while filming the
music video for her single "Love Don't Cost A
Thing". The two were married in a small ceremony
(about 170 guests) at a home in a Los Angeles
suburb officiated by attorney Barry Hirsch. The
marriage also ended in divorce

Between marriages, from 1999 to 2001, she dated
singer and producer Diddy real name: Sean Combs,
breaking up after a shooting incident in a New
York night club. Both were arrested in connection
with a nightclub shooting in December 1999. Police
found them with a stolen gun. The charges against
Lopez were dropped, but the charges against Combs
stayed. He was eventually tried and acquitted.
Their breakup was announced on February 14, 2001. 

Lopez became engaged to Ben Affleck and confirmed
this in November 2002, after Affleck gave her a
reported $3.5 million ring. But the marriage
planned for September 14, 2003 in Santa Barbara,
California was called off a few days before the
event. Stated in interviews during her engagement
to Affleck that once married, she would go by the
name Jennifer Affleck both privately and
professionally. This never came to be as she and
Affleck broke off their engagement and split for
good in January 2004.

Lopez has been married to singer Marc Anthony
since a secret wedding on June 5, 2004, a move
that surprised most of the public. All the guests
were invited to a "afternoon party", and they were
never told that they were going to a wedding.
Years before they married (or even became a
couple), she and Marc Anthony sang a song together
called "No Me Ames" which appeared on her album
"On the 6."

News media reported that on June 5, 2004, Lopez
married singer Marc Anthony, less than a week
after his divorce was finalized from former Miss
Universe Dayanara Torres. Almost immediately,
rumors began swirling that the wedding was of the
"shotgun" variety and that Lopez was pregnant. A
devoted Roman Catholic, Lopez has said in the past
that she would never have a baby without being
married. Complicating the situation is Anthony's
refusal to confirm his marriage to Lopez and the
fact that his divorce took place in the Dominican
Republic less than a week before his reported
marriage to Lopez, making it potentially invalid
in the United States.

==Derriere==

No discussion of Jennifer Lopez could be
considered complete without discussion of her
famously large and shapely buttocks|rear end.  It
has been the subject of much attention and many
jokes, as when Chris Rock wisecracked that
Jennifer Lopez, in a speech after winning an
award, "should have thanked  her ass".  Lopez
herself joked that it's so large and upstanding
that it could be used as a tray to serve drinks at
parties.

In a skit at the MTV Video Music Awards, Triumph,
the Comic Insult Dog begged her to be able to
sniff her rear end, claiming that it was the
equivalent of climbing Mount Everest for a dog.

==Claims to Fame==
===Professional Accomplisments===
*Became the first Latina actress to get paid $1
million (for her role in Selena).
*By 2003, Lopez had become the highest-paid Latina
actress in Hollywood. She still holds the record,
earning $15,000,000 for her performance in
Monster-in-Law (2005).
*Lopez is the first actress and singer to have a
movie (The Wedding Planner) and an album (J. Lo
(album)|J. Lo) at #1 in the same week.
*Lopez's album J to tha L-O! The Remixes was the
first album of remixes to hit #1.
*Lopez's perfume "Glow" made history in 2001, by
being the #1 perfume in more than nine countries
in more than four months.
*Lopez is the only woman who has been #1 three
years in a row in FHM magazine's list of the 100
Sexiest Females in the World. 
*Lopez made the 2004 Fortune (magazine)|Fortune
list of the wealthiest entertainers under the age
of 40. Her wealth is estimated at $255 million.
*Lopez made the highest debut of 2003 on the US
charts with "All I Have" debuting at #25.
*Lopez has sold over 35 million records worldwide.


===Trivia===
*Does not drink alcohol. 
*Wears a size 6 shoe.
*Is 5'6" tall.
*Struggles to converse in Spanish, even though she
was raised by Puerto Rican immigrants.
*Lopez's rear end is often an object of admiration
as well as the brunt of many jokes in popular
culture.
*Was satirized in the show South Park in the
episode "Fat Butt and Pancake Head".
*She once hosted Saturday Night Live and appeared
in a sketch as a singer for the USO who performs
for soldiers during WWII. After the terrorist
attacks of 9/11/01, she did this for real,
performing in a USO concert at an American Air
Force base in Germany.

==Discography==

===Albums===

#1999: On the 6 #8 US, US Certification: 3x
Platinum (WW Sales: 10 Million)
#2001: J. Lo (album)|J. Lo #1 (Debut) US (1 week),
US Certification: 4x Platinum (WW Sales: 8
Million)
#2002: J to tha L-O!: The Remixes #1 (Debut) US (2
weeks), US Certification: Platinum (WW Sales: 3
Million)
#2002: This Is Me... Then #2 US, US Certification:
2x Platinum (WW Sales: 7 Million)
#2005: Rebirth (album)|Rebirth #2 US, US
Certification: Platinum (WW Sales: 2 Million)

===Singles===

#1999: "If You Had My Love" #1 US (5 weeks), #4
UK, US Certification: Platinum
#1999: "Waiting for Tonight" #8 US, #5 UK
#2000: "Feelin' So Good" (feat. Big Pun and Fat
Joe) #51 US, #7 UK
#2001: "Love Don't Cost a Thing" #3 US, #1 UK
#2001: "Play" #5 US, #3 UK
#2001: "Ain't it Funny" #3 UK
#2001: "I'm Real" #1 UK
#2001: "I'm Real (Remix)" (feat. Ja Rule)  #1 US
(5 weeks), #1 UK
#2002: "Ain't it Funny (Remix)" (feat. Ja Rule and
Caddillac Tah)  #1 US (6 weeks), #4 UK
#2002: "I'm Gonna Be Alright" #10 US, #3 UK
#2002: "Jenny from the Block" (feat. Jadakiss and
Styles P) #3 US, #3 UK
#2003: "All I Have" (feat. LL Cool J) #1 US (4
weeks), #2 UK
#2003: "I'm Glad" #32 US, #6 UK
#2004: "Baby I Love You!" #7 US, #3 UK
#2005: "Get Right" #12 US, #1 UK, US
Certification: Platinum
#2005: "Hold You Down" (feat. Fat Joe) #64 US, #4
UK
#2005: "Whatever You Wanna Do"

===DVDs===

#1999: Feelin' So Good US Certification: Gold
#2001: Let's Get Loud US Certification: Gold
#2003: The Reel Me #69 US, US Certification: 3x
Platinum

==Nicknames==

*J.Lo or "Jaylo"
*Jen
*Jenny
*Jenny from The Block
*"La Guitarra" because of the shape of her body
*La Lopez

==Filmography==
*My Little Girl (1986)
*Lambada (1990)
*My Family (1995)
*Money Train (1995)
*Jack (1996)
*Blood and Wine (1996)
*Selena (1997)
*Anaconda (1997)
*U Turn (1997)
*Out of Sight (1998)
*Antz (1998) (voice)
*The Cell (2000)
*The Wedding Planner (2001)
*Angel Eyes (2001)
*Enough (2002)
*Maid in Manhattan (2002)
*Gigli (2003)
*Jersey Girl (2004)
*Shall We Dance (2004)
*Monster-in-Law (2005)
*An Unfinished Life (2005)
*Bordertown (2006) (currently filming) (also
producer)
*American Darlings (2006) (currently in
pre-production) (also producer)
*Tick-Tock (2006) (currently in pre-production)

==See also==
*List of famous Puerto Ricans
*List of best selling music artists
*List of number-one hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the Hot
100 (US)
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US
Dance chart

==Notes==

*note|ageMany sources incorrectly list Lopez's
birth year as 1970. See the article on age fudging
for details.

==External links==
*http://www.jenniferlopez.com Official website of
Jennifer Lopez
*http://www.jlo.net Unofficial Jennifer Lopez Fan
Site
*http://www.jlzone.com Jennifer Lopez Zone
*imdb name | id=0000182 | name=Jennifer Lopez