Facts & Tidbits
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01:: Her full name is Jennifer Lynn Lopez.
02:: Her birthday is July 24, 1969. She was born in the Bronx, New York.
03:: She is a middle child (has an older sister Leslie, and a younger sister Lynda).
04:: You may have noticed Jennifer has a tiny scar on her left cheek. It is a scar from chicken pox.
05:: Jennifer Lopez is the first latina actress ever to earn over $1,000,000 for a role (for “Selena”).
06:: She is still the highest paid latina actress in the world.
07:: She is the first Latina actress to star in a leading role in film since Rita Hayworth retired in the 1970s.
08:: Jen’s first album “On The 6″ was 8 times platinum (sold 8 million copies).
09:: The single “If You Had My Love” was #1 for 5 weeks.
10:: The single “I’m Real ” was #1 for 5 weeks.
11:: Her second album “J.Lo” was 5 times platinum (sold 5 million copies).
12:: Jennifer Lopez’s single “All I Have” made the highest debut in 2003 on the Billboard Charts at #25.
13:: Jen is the1st female artist ever to have a #1 album (J.Lo) and a #1 movie (The Wedding Planner) in the same week.
14:: She is the first female artist to have a remix album debut at number #1 (holds the Guinness world record).
15:: Her perfume entitled “Glow” made history in 2001, by being the #1 perfume in more than 9 countries for more than 4 months.
16:: She is estimated to be worth $255 million.
17:: Jennifer owns a home in Miami and Beverly Hills.
18:: Jennifer knew 50 Cent before he became really famous. They knew each other back when she was recording “On The 6.”
19:: Puffy’s last verse in the song “I Need A Girl (Part 1)” is about Jennifer. The song’s full name is “I Need A Girl (For Bella)” which was Puff’s nickname for Jennifer.
20:: In the “I Need A Girl (Part 2)” video, Puffy ‘responds’ to Jennifer’s “Ain’t It Funny (remix)” video. There is a scene in her video in which Jennifer does a karate kick at the end of her 3rd verse. In his video after the 1st verse, he does the same exact kick. Coincidence?:
21:: There is a line in “I Need A Girl (Part 2)” that says “go ahead mami, breathe again” which is said to be a reply to Jennifer’s line in “I’m Real (remix)” “now I can breathe again, baby now I can breathe again.”
22:: Jennifer Lopez was the first to be #1 in FHM’s (For Him Magazine’s) 100 “Sexiest Women in the World” list three times in a row.
23:: The song “On The Floor” that leaked on the internet in the summer of 2004 was a left over track from “On The 6″ that didn’t make the final cut.
24:: Jen is the first Latina actress to get the cover of Vogue magazine.
25:: Jennifer’s bodyguard B.O.B used to be Madonna’s bodyguard.
26:: Jen loves to wear an anklet! You can often see her wearing an anklet, almost always on her left ankle.
27:: Speaking of ankles, Jen hates hers! She thinks they’re too skinny.
28:: “No Me Ames” was #1 on the Latin Billboard charts for 7 weeks.
29:: Jennifer’s video for “If You Had My Love” was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, and Best New Artist.
30:: Jennifer was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist and Favorite Latin Artist.
31:: At the Billboard Latin Awards, Jennifer won for Hot Latin Track of the Year, Vocal Duo (”No Me Ames” with Marc Anthony).
32:: The video for “Love Don’t Cost A Thing” topped the TRL Countdown for 8 weeks in 2000.
33:: Jennifer was nominated for 2 Grammy awards, one in 1999 for “Best Dance Recording” for “Waiting For Tonight,” and again in 2001 in the same category for “Let’s Get Loud.”
34:: In 2001, Jennifer won 2 Teen Choice Awards for Choice Dance Track (”Play”) and Choice Female Hottie.
35:: She donated 25 thousand dollars for the World Trade Center Victims.
36:: Jennifer & Puff Daddy officially split on Valentines day (Feb 14, 2000). Puffy had a tribute to Jennifer at his Sean John fashion show which showed a clip of Jennifer on a big screen.
37:: In 1992, she was a backup dancer at the American Music Awards for the boy band New Kids on The Block.
38:: The original title for “On The 6″ was “Feelin’ So Good.” Jennifer even wanted the song “Feelin’ So Good” to be the first single instead of “If You Had My Love.”
39:: She was born on a Thursday.
40:: She ran track in High School.
