Jenni Rivera

Jenni Rivera
Rivera in 2009
Born	Dolores Janney Rivera (1969-07-02)July 2, 1969 Long Beach, California, U.S.
Died	December 9, 2012(2012-12-09) (aged 43) Iturbide, Nuevo León, Mexico
Cause of death	Plane crash
Resting place	All Souls Cemetery, Long Beach, California, U.S.
Monuments	En Memoria de la Diva de la Banda Jenni Rivera Memorial Park
Other names	La Diva de la Banda (The Diva of Band) La Primera Dama del Corrido (The First Lady of Corrido) La Gran Señora (The Great Lady)
Alma mater	California State University, Long Beach
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1992–2012
Spouses	José Trinidad Marín ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 1992)​ Juan López ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2003)​ Esteban Loaiza ​ ​ (m. 2010; sep. 2012)​
Children	5, including Chiquis
Family	Lupillo Rivera (brother) Juan Rivera (brother) Rosie Rivera (sister)
Awards	List of awards and nominations
Musical career
Genres	Regional Mexican
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	Sony Music Latin[1]
Musical artist
Website	jennirivera.com
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Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera^[2][3] (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012) was a Mexican-American singer known for her work within the regional Mexican music genre, specifically in the styles of banda, mariachi and norteño. In life and death, several media outlets including CNN, Billboard, Fox News, and The New York Times have labeled her the most important female figure and top-selling female artist in regional Mexican music. Billboard magazine named her the "top Latin artist of 2013", and the "best selling Latin artist of 2013".

Rivera began recording music in 1992. Her recordings often had themes of social issues, infidelity, tax evasion and inflation. Rivera released her first studio album, Poco a Poco, in the mid 1990s, failing to attain commercial success; however, she rose to prominence in the United States and Mexico with her 2005 album, Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida. In the mid to late 1990s, she was often criticized and was refused bookings at venues across California for performing Banda music—a male-dominated music genre. However, her popularity grew after she released her song "Las Malandrinas", which received airtime on the radio.^[4] She gained more popularity when she won the Lo Nuestro Award for Regional Mexican Female Artist of the Year in 2007, which she won nine consecutive times. Her tenth studio album, Jenni (2008), became her first No.1 record on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. In 2010, she appeared in and produced the reality TV show Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis & Raq-C. She also appeared in and produced I Love Jenni starting in 2011 through 2013 and Chiquis 'n Control in 2012. Her acting debut was in the film Filly Brown, which was released in 2013.

Over the course of her career, Rivera was awarded two Oye! Awards (Mexico's equivalent to the United States' Grammy Awards), two Billboard Music Awards, twenty-two Billboard Latin Music Awards, eleven Billboard Mexican Music Awards and eighteen Lo Nuestro Awards. She received four Latin Grammy nominations. She has a star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars, and she is one of the best-selling regional Mexican artists of all time, having sold more than 15 million records worldwide,^[5] also making her the highest-earning banda singer of all time.

Aside from music, she was active in her community and donated her time to civic causes. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence appointed her its spokesperson in the United States. A proclamation was given officially naming August 6 “Jenni Rivera Day” by the Los Angeles City Council for all her charity work and community involvement.

Rivera, along with six others, died in a plane crash near Monterrey, on December 9, 2012. An investigation was unable to determine the causes of the accident. Lawsuits involving the owners of the plane, Rivera's estate, and family members of those on board with Rivera were filed.