Latin superstar Jennifer Lopez was born in 1970 in the New York borough of The Bronx. Her breakthrough as an actress was the title role in the film Selena (1997) about a Mexican singer who was murdered by her biggest fan. A year later she released her debut album On The 6. This included the hits If You Had My Love, Waiting For Tonight and Let's Get Loud. Along with Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias,
… Jennifer Lopez has been seen as the vanguard of a new generation of Latin stars. However, the music on her second album J.Lo (2001) was less Latin oriented and sounded more like regular pop music with influences from rap and R&B. Despite this, the album was a huge success all over the world, as was the remix album J To Tha LO! that appeared in early 2002. Few risks are taken on the new album This Is Me ... Then. It contains strong singles like All I Have (with LL Cool J), I'm Gonna Be Alright (with Nas) and of course the super infectious Jenny From The Block. Unfortunately, these songs are interspersed with some silly little things, but the same also applied to On The 6 and J.Lo ... In short: once again success guaranteed! (MvP)more
