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Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera Saavedra (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012) was an American singer known for her work within the
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music genre, specifically in the styles of
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,
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and Norteño. In life and death, several media outlets including
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, ''Billboard'',
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, and ''
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'' have labeled her the most important female figure and top-selling female artist in
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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, and relationships. Rivera released her first major label studio album, ''
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'', in the late 1990s, failing to attain commercial success; however, she rose to prominence in the United States and Mexico with her 2005 album, ''
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''. In the mid to late 1990s, she was often criticized and was refused bookings at venues across California for performing
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music—a male-dominated music genre. However, her popularity grew after she released her song "Las Malandrinas", which became on the radio. She gained more popularity when she won the
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in 2007, which she won nine consecutive times. Her tenth studio album, ''
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'' (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 ''
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'' starting in 2011 through 2013 and ''Chiquis 'n Control'' in 2012. Her acting debut was in the film ''
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'', which was released in 2013. Over the course of her career, Rivera was awarded two Oye! Awards (Mexico's equivalent to the United States'
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), two ''Billboard'' Music Awards, twenty-two ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards, eleven ''Billboard'' Mexican Music Awards and eighteen
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. She received four
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nominations. She has a star on the
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, and she is one of the best-selling regional Mexican artists of all time, having sold more than 20 million records worldwide, 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
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appointed her its spokesperson in the United States. A proclamation was given officially naming August 6 “Jenni Rivera Day” by the
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for all her charity work and community involvement. Rivera, along with six others, died in a plane crash near
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, 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.


Life and career


1969–1991: Childhood

Rivera was born on July 2, 1969, and raised in
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, to Rosa Saavedra and Pedro Rivera, both from Mexico. Her parents raised Rivera and her sister and four brothers in a tight-knit, musical household; her brother Lupillo is also a regional Mexican musician. Rivera spoke both English and Spanish fluently. Her family introduced her to traditional Mexican music, including the genres of
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, norteña, and
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. Rivera earned straight A's in school until her sophomore year, when at 15 she became pregnant with the first of her five children, Janney "Chiquis" Marín-Rivera. She supported the two of them by selling CDs at
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, while working toward her
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at a continuation school and graduating as class
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. Speaking in 2003 of her experiences as a teenage mother, Rivera explained: She attended
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, and obtained a degree in business administration and worked in real estate before going to work for her father's record label. Her father was a bartender and businessman who created the record label Cintas Acuario in 1987, which launched the career of Mexican singer and songwriter
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.


1992–2004: Beginnings in music

Rivera was introduced to music in 1992 when she recorded as a
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present to her father; she made more recordings and signed to
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's Latin division. Her first album, "Somos Rivera" ("We Are Rivera"), was released in 1992. At the onset of her musical career, she was told many times she would not make it. At that time and still today, the genre known as regional Mexican music was and is dominated by men. In a 2011 interview with ''Billboard'' magazine, she stated, "It was hard knocking on those doors to get my music played. One radio programmer in L.A., the meanest son of a bitch in the world, threw my CD in the trash right in my face." Those were the kind of issues Rivera faced as a female trying to crack the regional Mexican genre. She then released the albums ''La Maestra,'' ''Poco a Poco'', ''Por Un Amor'', ''La Chacalosa,'' and ''Adios a Selena'' independently, the latter a tribute album to
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singer
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, who was murdered in 1995. She signed to Balboa Records in 1993, Sony Music in the late 1990s, and then with
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in 1999; in the same year, Rivera released her first commercial album with Fonovisa, titled ''
Que Me Entierren Con la Banda ''Que Me Entierren Con la Banda'' ( Eng.: "Bury Me With The Band") is the third major label studio album by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera Saavedra (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012) was an American sin ...
'', featuring local hit "Las Malandrinas". Rivera stated that she wrote "Las Malandrinas" to pay homage to her female fans. She also said, "The song blew up. People became interested. That's when Jenni Rivera the artist was actually born." In 2001, she released the records '' Dejate Amar'' and ''
Se las Voy a Dar a Otro ''Se las Voy a Dar a Otro'' is the fifth major label studio album by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released by Fonovisa on December 5, 2001. ''Se las Voy a Dar a Otro'' earned Rivera a nomination for Best Banda Album at the 3rd Annual L ...
'', which garnered her her first Latin Grammy nomination for Best Banda Album. She became the first American-born artist to be nominated for the award in 2003. Her 2003 release ''
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'' (in English "Homage to the Great Ones") was a tribute album to female Mexican singers. In 2004, she released her first compilation disc, titled '' Simplemente... La Mejor'', which became her first record to detonate a chart in the United States.


2005–2010: ''Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida'', ''Mi Vida Loca'', ''Jenni'' and ''La Gran Señora''

She began to attain more substantial success with the record ''
Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida ''Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida'' is the seventh major label studio album by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released on September 20, 2005 by Fonovisa Records. The album was produced by Rivera's father, Pedro Rivera. ''Parrandera, Rebeld ...
'', released in 2005, which peaked at No. 10 on the ''
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'' Top Latin Albums chart. Since its release it has been certified double-platinum in the Latin field by the
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. The second single released from the album, "
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", became her first and only number-one song to hit the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay in the United States. It is also said to be one of her most known songs. In 2007, she released ''
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'', which debuted at number 1 on the Regional Mexican Albums chart and number 2 on the Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. The album garnered an award for Regional Mexican Album of the Year at the 2008 Latin ''Billboard'' Music Awards. In a 2011 interview with ''Billboard'' magazine she stated, "That was more of Jenni telling her story through music. My life has been so put out there by the media that I figured I might as well put it out there myself, in my own words and through my music. I wanted to clear up speculations about my private life." The album also garnered Rivera her first Lo Nuestro Award for Regional Mexican Female Artist of the Year, an award she would dominate for the rest of her life. The same year she released '' La Diva en Vivo'', a live album that consisted of songs recorded with a mariachi band, which garnered her her second Latin Grammy nomination for Best Ranchero Album. That year she was the only female singer nominated in that category. The album was recorded at The
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in Universal City, California. Rivera sold out the concert, the first female banda singer to do so. Her tenth studio album, ''
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'', released in 2008, became her first No. 1 record on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart in the United States.
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/ref> The album won Rivera her second Lo Nuestro Award for Banda Artist of the Year, the first (and, to date, only) female act to win the accolade. In 2009, she changed course and recorded her first full mariachi studio album titled ''
La Gran Señora ''La Gran Señora'' () is the eleventh major label studio album by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released on December 1, 2009, by Fonovisa Records. It has sold 112,000 copies in the United States as of November 2011. It was named the best- ...
'', which garnered a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Ranchero Album. It peaked at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. In an interview Rivera said that releasing the album was very daring and marked her career in a positive way. She said she wanted to grow as an artist and the people that listen to banda will listen to mariachi if they find a good album that they feel is worth buying. She went on to say there are certain nationalities that will listen to mariachi and not banda. Those were the people that she was going after. She also stated, "Commercializing a ranchera album is much harder. There had not been a successful female mariachi artist in a long time. It was a big risk, but it was a risk that I was willing to take. ''La Gran Señora'' ended up being the biggest-selling egional Mexicanalbum of 2010."


2010–2012: Reality shows, Las Vegas Star, ''Joyas Prestadas'', and ''La Voz Mėxico''

In 2010, she announced she would be going on tour to promote her latest album, ''La Gran Señora''. At the end of the tour, she released ''
La Gran Señora en Vivo ''La Gran Señora en Vivo'' is a live album released by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera. It was recorded at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California and released on November 22, 2010. ''La Gran Señora en Vivo'' earned Rivera a nomination ...
'', a live album that consisted of hits in banda and mariachi. It debuted at No. 8 on the Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. She recorded the album and became the first artist to sell out two back-to-back nights at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, on August 6–7, 2010. She also became the first Latin artist to sell out the Nokia Theatre on July 9, 2009. The tour proved to be a success. ''La Gran Señora'' and ''La Gran Señora en Vivo'' both garnered Latin Grammy nominations in the Regional Mexican category and went platinum in Mexico and the United States. On August 23, 2011, she renewed her contract with
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/
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. To celebrate this event, she performed at and sold out the
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in Los Angeles, becoming the first female Regional Mexican singer to do so. At the concert, she announced she would be recording ''
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'', which consists of eleven
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, with the first album being recorded in
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, while the second was recorded in
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. Both albums were produced by Enrique Martinez. According to Rivera, the songs she chose to cover were those she was enamored with while working as a cashier in a record store. It was her first production to include ballad recordings. She has also sold out Mexico's National Auditorium, a feat few female singers in her genre ever achieve. Rivera was a producer on the
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reality TV show '' Chiquis & Raq-C'', featuring her oldest daughter
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. She then appeared in the spin-off show ''
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''. Rivera worked as coach in the second season of the Mexican talent show '' La Voz... México'', based upon ''The Voice'' franchise. In October 2012, ''
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'' named her one of the Top 25 most powerful women. In December 2012, Rivera was only the third singer to place three albums on the entire top three on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart with her albums No.1 ''
La Misma Gran Señora ''La Misma Gran Señora'' (''The Same Great Lady'') is a compilation album by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released by Fonovisa in the United States on December 11, 2012, just two days after the fatal plane crash that claimed her life ...
'', No. 2 '' Joyas Prestadas: Pop'', and No. 3 '' Joyas Prestadas: Banda''. She joins two other leading singers, who also achieved the feat only in death:
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and
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. In life and death, several media outlets including
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, ''Billboard'',
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, and ''
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'' have labeled Rivera the most important female figure and top-selling female artist in the regional Mexican music genre.


2013–2015: Posthumous movie, book, and album releases

By early 2013 Rivera had sold some 20 million albums worldwide. On December 11, 2012, two days after her death,
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released ''
La Misma Gran Señora ''La Misma Gran Señora'' (''The Same Great Lady'') is a compilation album by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released by Fonovisa in the United States on December 11, 2012, just two days after the fatal plane crash that claimed her life ...
''. The album debuted at No.1 on ''Billboard's'' Top Latin Albums chart, No.1 on ''Billboard'' Regional Mexican Albums chart and No.1 on Mexico's Top 100 chart. BillboardBillboard Since its release, it has been awarded one ''Billboard'' Music Award, three Latin ''Billboard'' Music Awards, and two Mexican ''Billboard'' Music Awards. At the 2013 ''Billboard'' Music Awards it was awarded the Top Latin Album accolade. Since her death in 2012, she has earned a spot on the Forbes Top Earning Dead Celebrities of 2013, making an estimated 7 million dollars. Posthumously, Rivera has been awarded two Oye! Awards (Mexico's equivalent to the
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). Posthumously, ''Billboard'' magazine named her the "Top Latin Artist of 2013". Her long career included such honors as 20 million albums sold worldwide, making her the highest-earning banda singer of all time. On April 19, 2013, her debut film, ''
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'', was released. Rivera played a drug-addicted mother in prison.
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-nominated actor
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, who served as executive producer on the film, called Rivera's performance "Oscar-worthy". On July 2, 2013, '' Unbreakable/Inquebrantable'', Rivera's official autobiography, arrived. Rivera had been working on it for years, and after her death her family put it together and turned it into a full book that became an instant ''New York Times'' bestseller. The total sales from Jenni Rivera's autobiography's different editions (including English and Spanish) made it the top-selling book in the United States the week of its release, Univision reported. Rivera's family has released two parts of her last concert in Monterrey, titled '' 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 1'' and '' 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 2''. Both albums have been commercially successful, in the United States and Mexico. Both albums peaked at No. 1 on ''Billboard''s Top Latin Albums chart, No. 1 on the Regional Mexican Albums chart, and No. 2 on Mexico's Top 100 chart. Rivera was ranked in at number 1 on ''Billboard''s "Top 10 Regional Mexican Musicians 2009-2014" list. On July 1, 2014 Rivera's album '' 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 2'' went on sale and sold over 10,000 in the week ending July 6, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Since the album's release, Rivera has tied with Selena Quintanilla for most no. 1s by a female on the
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chart. ''Billboard'' magazine named Rivera the highest-ranked woman on the year-end Top Latin Artists chart of 2014, ranking at No. 5. The next-highest female artist is Shakira, at No. 32. At the 2015 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards Rivera was awarded Top Latin Albums Female Artist of the Year and Regional Mexican Artist of the Year. In November 2018, Jenni Rivera Enterprises signed a music distribution deal with
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(through its
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and
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labels).


Style

Rivera's musical style was classified as banda, a form of traditional
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popular in Mexico and parts of the United States with large Hispanic populations. Banda music originated in the state of Sinaloa and the music sound is primarily instruments such as tuba, clarinets and trumpets, exemplified by bands such as
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and Banda La Costena. However, according to Leila Cobo of ''Billboard'', her music contained a "contemporary, outspoken flair". She sang in both Spanish and English and often addressed personal themes such as her struggles with domestic violence, divorce, and her weight. Rivera described speaking openly with her fans about her personal issues as a "primary part" of her career. Discussing her unconventional approach and her single "Las Malandrinas", Rivera explained, "It was the late 1990s and the early 2000s and the female singers were singing ballads and romantic fare. So I figured, I'm not typical at all in any way, so I'm going to do what the guys do but in a different voice." She was given names such as "La Diva de la Banda" and "La Primera Dama del Corrido" for her work in the banda and corrido genre. Although banda was her main focus, she also released albums in norteño and
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.


Personal life


Marriages and children

Rivera was married three times and had five children. She gave birth to her first child, Janney, better known as
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, (born 1985), while still in high school. She later married the baby's father, José Trinidad Marín, and they had two more children: Jacqueline (born 1989) and Michael (born 1991), but she ended the marriage in 1992 citing physical and emotional abuse. In 1997 her younger sister Rosie confessed that Jenni's ex-husband (Marín) used to sexually molest her, and was now doing the same to Chiquis. Physical examination showed he had done the same with Jacqie. The molestation case was opened in 1997 and Marín spent 9 years as a fugitive before he was apprehended in April 2006, convicted of sexual assault and rape and sentenced to more than 31 years in prison without parole. Rivera married her second husband, Juan López, in 1997. They had daughter Jenicka in 1997 and son Juan Angel in 2001 before they divorced in 2003. In 2007, López was convicted of selling drugs. He died from complications of pneumonia while in prison in 2009. Rivera married baseball player
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in 2010. They filed for divorce in 2012 just months before her death, but it was never finalized.


Charity work

On August 6, 2010 Rivera was named spokeswoman for the
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. A proclamation was given "officially naming" August 6 “Jenni Rivera Day” by the
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for all her charity work and community involvement. Rivera was a Roman Catholic. However, her brother Pedro Rivera Jr. is the pastor of the Primer Amor Church in
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.


Legal issues

In June 2008,
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reported that Rivera was arrested after a concert in
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, for allegedly hitting a fan. Media reports state the incident occurred after Rivera was hit on her right leg with a beer can that was thrown by someone in the crowd. Rivera made the culprit climb up on stage, and allegedly started assaulting him physically and verbally. After the altercation, the fan called the police, and Rivera was arrested after wrapping up the concert. Rivera was detained for a few hours, but released shortly after paying $3,000 bail. In October 2008, a sex video featuring Rivera began circulating. Rivera was arrested on May 18, 2009 by customs authorities at the international airport in Mexico City. She failed to declare $52,467 cash in her purse. Rivera later paid a fine of $8,400 and was released. According to ''New York Daily News'', Rivera worked as a performer for drug cartel parties in 2009. In late 2014, controversy and accusations continued to surround the circumstances of her death. Her widower,
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, has sued Starwood for wrongful death. A request by his attorneys to dismiss the case was granted in late October, court records show. Loiaza's suit contended the pilots flying Rivera. Rivera's estate has launched a copyright lawsuit against her former manager Laura Lucio. The plaintiffs are asking a judge to instruct law enforcement officials to confiscate Rivera's writings and interviews from Lucio so she cannot use them for a book project. In January 2014, Lucio filed a lawsuit claiming Rivera's estate published a biography of Rivera using the writings and interviews that she helped put together before Rivera passed. Lucio alleged her book project, Mi Vida Loca, which she claimed to have written with Rivera, was shelved following Rivera's death but was later published under a new title, '' Unbreakable: My Story, My Way'', without her permission. Rivera's estate subsequently had the lawsuit moved out of a state court and into federal court, but in September 2014, U.S. District Judge George Wu granted Lucio's request to have the case moved back to state court. She then published the materials and Rivera's estate are now claiming they are the rightful owners of them. The lawsuit reads, "Defendant even falsely listed herself as the author of these copyrighted works, created by Jenni Rivera and/or owned by Jenni Rivera Enterprises, in a registration of a manuscript titled Jenni Rivera, Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) as told to Laura Lucio; with the Writer's Guild of America's Intellectual Property Registry. Rivera's Estate and Lucio settled the case out of court in September 2015. The terms of the settlement are confidential. On December 9, 2014, the estate of Rivera sued the owners of the plane that was carrying her. The negligence case is against Starwood Management Inc., which owned the Learjet 25 jet that crashed in northern Mexico, after plunging more than . The case is also against the companies that serviced the aircraft, Bombardier Inc. and Learjet Inc. Rivera's parents and five of her children are plaintiffs in the case. The suit seeks unspecified damages on their behalf. Rivera's estate has also been sued along with Starwood by relatives of those killed in the crash, including her attorney, hairstylist, publicist and makeup artist and one of the plane's pilots.


Death

Rivera died in an aircraft accident in the early hours of December 9, 2012, when the
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she was travelling in with six other passengers crashed near
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, Mexico. She was in the city to perform at
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the previous evening. After holding a press conference at the end of the show, she and four other staff and two pilots departed from Monterrey Airport at around 3:20am
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on December 9 to fly to
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, Mexico, for an appearance on '' La Voz... México''. Around 15 minutes later, contact with the jet was lost, and later in the day its wreckage was found near
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. There were no survivors among the five passengers and two crewmembers on board.Associated Press (December 9, 2012)
Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American singer, killed in plane crash in northern Mexico; she was 43 years old.
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Rivera was buried on December 31, 2012, at All Souls Cemetery in
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, California. Her father told
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that legal issues had caused this delay. Her death made international headlines for weeks. The investigation by the Mexican authorities, assisted by the U.S.
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, (as per normal protocol when either a U.S. Aircraft or U.S. citizen/s are on board such aircraft) was closed in December 2014, without being able to determine the cause of the accident. The aircraft had completely disintegrated after hitting the ground in a nosedive at speeds of approximately , and both
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s were destroyed in the impact. The probable cause was stated as "loss of control of the aircraft for undetermined reasons."


Reactions

Stories of Rivera's disappearance and death appeared on Telemundo and Univisión, the United States' leading Spanish-language networks, as well as CNN, MSNBC, ABC and near the top of ''The New York Times'' website. Shortly after her death,
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reported that Rivera started to become more known internationally, with her name trending on
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worldwide and a surge of sales in her albums being bought from people outside of Mexico and the United States. Universal Music Group (Fonovisa's Parent Company) also released a statement, saying: "The entire Universal Music Group family is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend Jenni Rivera. The world rarely sees someone who has had such a profound impact on so many. From her incredibly versatile talent to the way she embraced her fans around the world, Jenni was simply incomparable. Her talent will be missed; but her gift of music will be with us always." United States Senator
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made a statement about Rivera's life and death on the Senate floor, where he said Rivera was "a real American success story". Celebrities such as
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and
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tweeted their condolences to Rivera's family.


Cultural impact

Jenni Rivera was one of the early women in the industry to sing
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s. Her music centered on testimonies of gender nonconformity. She was also one of the few women, at the time, who openly sang about “non-traditional” behaviors among women. Rivera's music was a source of empowerment for young Latinas and Chicanas who saw their stories reflected in her music. Additionally, Rivera's fans, as reported by Arlen Davila in Contemporary Latina/o Media: Production, Circulation, Politics, “played her music to transmit undisciplined desires, endorse immigrants civil rights, and protest women’s abuse.”


Posthumous honors


Books

On July 2, 2013, Rivera's family released '' Unbreakable: My Story, My Way'' by Rivera. A ''New York Times'' bestseller, the Spanish-language paperback sold over 9,000 copies in its first week with the English-language hardcover and paperback editions selling over 10,000 copies combined.


Award ceremonies

On the 25th anniversary of
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,
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dedicated the awards ceremony to her. She received a tribute by various artists singing the songs that she performed. She was awarded five awards, including
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. At the 2013 Latin ''Billboard'' Music Awards she was posthumously awarded seven awards, including Artist of the Year. Her brother, Juan Rivera, performed one of her songs titled "No Llega el Olvido" at the ceremony.


The Grammy Museum

On May 12, 2013,
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opened new exhibits dedicated to her. On display were a broad array of items including stage costumes she had worn, her personal bible, her driver's license, credit cards, rare photographs of her both on and off stage, handwritten notes, award trophies, ticket stubs, concert posters, tour books, fan memorabilia, and video footage from live performances and television appearances. A spokesman from The Grammy Museum told ''
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'' that the exhibit had become one of the most popular attractions in the museum's five-year history. The spokesman also stated that this was the first exhibition that the museum has devoted entirely to a Latino or
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artist. The exhibit was closed on May 11, 2014.


Jenni Rivera Memorial Park

On October 8, 2014,
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Councilman Dee Andrews pushed to name a park in memorial of Rivera. Andrews proposed to name a public right of way park in central Long Beach at Walnut Avenue and 20th Street the “Jenni Rivera Memorial Park.” The request was heard at the following City Council's meeting. The agenda item was cosponsored by Councilwoman Suzie Price and Councilman Roberto Uranga. Councilman Andrews said, "Jenni was an inspiration to us all. By honoring Jenni Rivera with a Memorial Park, the City of Long Beach will be paying tribute to a great citizen of our city who was a remarkable entertainer, inspirational leader and an amazing ambassador of all of Long Beach.” Andrews’ office released a written statement from the Rivera family in regard to the park name proposal, stating, “We are honored and humbled to have a great community asset named after our mother, daughter and sister in the greatest City of the world. Jenni always considered herself a chic from Long Beach with pride, no matter how many millions of albums she sold. She always knew she’d return to her hometown, but this exceeded her dreams. We are forever grateful.” On October 17, 2014 The Long Beach City Council voted 8–0 in favor of moving forward with 6th District Councilmember Dee Andrews's item requesting the Council consider naming a park in the 6th District in honor of Rivera. On July 2, 2016, Long Beach city officials hosted a grand opening ceremony of the park. The ceremony featured a mural of Rivera.


Legacy


Love Foundation

Rivera was known for giving back to the community. She used her Love Foundation to help women and children that went through domestic violence, sexual, physical, or emotional abuse. In 2012, Rivera was honored at
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with a spot on the "wall of fame" for her continued support and donations to the hospital. After her death, the foundation continues to help women and children in need through refuge centers, fundraisers, and more.


Jenni Vive

Jenni Vive is an annual fundraiser and tribute concert hosted by the Jenni Rivera Love Foundation. The first Jenni Vive event was held on December 9, 2013 in
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, the same arena Rivera had sold out in her last concert exactly a year before. Performers included Rivera's family and friends, such as
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,
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,
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and La Original Banda Limon. The second event was held on July 2, 2015 in Long Beach, California. Performers included the singer's daughters,
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and Jacqie, Latin pop artist
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,
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,
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,
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, and Regulo Caro. All earnings from Jenni Vive events go to the Jenni Rivera Love Foundation.


Jenni's Refuge

In May 2016, The Jenni Rivera Love Foundation, in partnership with New Life Beginnings, opened Jenni's Refuge, a women and children's refuge center in Long Beach, California. The refuge center is dedicated to helping women and children that have gone through domestic violence, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. Jenni's Refuge was built with earnings from Jenni Vive 2015.


Tequila La Gran Señora

In 2009, Rivera began work on her own tequila. Rivera partnered with 3 Crowns Distributors, planned, tasted, and approved the tequila from 2009 to 2012. The tequila was released in September 2013 as Tequila La Gran Señora. In 2014, Tequila La Gran Señora won Best in Class for its versions in Blanco and Reposado. It also took a Tequila Añejo Gold award for its Añejo form. It took the award from
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. Rivera's Tequila has appeared in music videos from her daughter,
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, to fellow celebrities such as Mario "El Cachorro" Delgado, Snow The Product, and more. In July 2016, at Noche de La Gran Señora, an event celebrating Rivera's birthday, Rivera's family presented a new bottle of Tequila La Gran Señora. The bottle was approved by Rivera herself. The new bottle is expected to go on sale in late 2016.


Discography


Studio albums

* ''
Si Quieres Verme Llorar ''Si Quieres Verme Llorar'' ( Eng.: "If You Want to See Me Cry") is the major label debut studio album released by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera on May 25, 1999, by Sony Music. It was re-released in 2008 by Cintas Acuario. Reception ...
'' (1999) * '' Reyna de Reynas'' (1999) * ''
Que Me Entierren Con la Banda ''Que Me Entierren Con la Banda'' ( Eng.: "Bury Me With The Band") is the third major label studio album by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera Saavedra (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012) was an American sin ...
'' (2000) * '' Déjate Amar'' (2001) * ''
Se las Voy a Dar a Otro ''Se las Voy a Dar a Otro'' is the fifth major label studio album by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released by Fonovisa on December 5, 2001. ''Se las Voy a Dar a Otro'' earned Rivera a nomination for Best Banda Album at the 3rd Annual L ...
'' (2001) * ''
Homenaje a Las Grandes ''Homenaje a Las Grandes'' is the sixth major label studio album by regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released by Fonovisa on April 1, 2003. It is a tribute album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc ...
'' (2003) * ''
Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida ''Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida'' is the seventh major label studio album by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released on September 20, 2005 by Fonovisa Records. The album was produced by Rivera's father, Pedro Rivera. ''Parrandera, Rebeld ...
'' (2005) * ''
Mi Vida Loca ''Mi Vida Loca'' (also known as ''My Crazy Life'') is a 1993 American drama film directed and written by Allison Anders. It centers on the plight of cholas (the female counterparts to cholos) growing up in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles, w ...
'' (2007) * ''
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'' (2008) * ''
La Gran Señora ''La Gran Señora'' () is the eleventh major label studio album by Regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released on December 1, 2009, by Fonovisa Records. It has sold 112,000 copies in the United States as of November 2011. It was named the best- ...
'' (2009) * '' Joyas Prestadas: Pop'' (2011) * '' Joyas Prestadas: Banda'' (2011)


Filmography


Film


Television


Appearances as self in life


Tribute concerts, concert films, and biographical programming


See also

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References


External links

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