Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera Saavedra was an 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".
Top Latin Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all Billboard album charts, the chart is based on sales. Nielsen SoundScan compiles the sales data from merchants representing more than 90 percent of the U.S. music retail market. The sample includes sales at music stores, the music departments of electronics and department stores, direct-to-consumer transactions, and Internet sales of physical albums or digital downloads. A limited array of verifiable sales from concert venues is also tabulated. To rank on this chart, an album must have 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish. Listings of Top Latin Albums are also shown on Telemundo's music page through a partnership between the two companies.
Jenni is the ninth major label studio album by regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released on September 9, 2008, by Universal Music Latin Entertainment. The album features the hit banda song "Chuper Amigos" and the hit single "Culpable o Inocente".
"El Amor" is a song by Puerto Rican singer Tito El Bambino. It was composed by Tito and Joan Ortiz and released on February 9, 2009, as the second single from his third studio album, El Patrón (2009). The song blends the sounds of Latin pop with cumbia and merengue. A regional Mexican and a salsa version were recorded and included on the special edition of the album.
La Gran Señora is the tenth 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-selling Regional Mexican Album of 2010 by Billboard.
"¡Basta Ya!" is a song by Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañón from her fourth studio album, Nuevos Senderos (1996). The song was written and produced by Marco Antonio Solís. It was released as the lead single from the album in 1996. "A ballad, the song is about unrequited love and marked a musical departure from Tañón's merengue recordings. The song was nominated for Pop Song of the Year at the 1997 Lo Nuestro Awards. Commercially, it topped both the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Airplay charts in the United States. A music video for the song was filmed and features a couple's failing relationship.
"Cosas del Amor" is a song by American recording artist Vikki Carr and Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel. It was released as the lead single from Carr's studio album Cosas del Amor (1991). Written by Roberto Livi and Rudy Pérez, the song portrays the relationship between two friends and confidences between both due to marital problems of one of them.
Georgel Julio Arevalo Reyes-Rosas, known professionally as Julio Reyes, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, musician, actor, voice coach and vocal producer. A graduate of Berklee College with a degree in vocal performance and composition, he is currently based in Los Angeles. After making it to the finals in the 2012 competition Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento on Estrella TV, later that year he released his debut album No Inventes on Sony Music Latin. The lead single "No Inventes" peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard Regional Mexican Songs Chart.
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.
Joyas Prestadas: Pop and Joyas Prestadas: Banda are the eleventh and final studio albums by recording artist Jenni Rivera, released on November 21, 2011, by Fonovisa Records. Joyas Prestadas consists of a double album with eleven cover songs, each recorded with two distinct styles of music. The first half being recorded in pop, while the second was recorded in the Regional Mexican subgenre of banda. The album was 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.
La Misma Gran Señora 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 along with six others.
1969 – Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 1 is a live album released by regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released on December 3, 2013. It is Part 1 of a trilogy recorded live in her final concert in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, just three hours before her death. The second part, 1969 – Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 2 was released on July 2, 2014.
The discography of American singer Jenni Rivera consists of thirteen studio albums, two reissues, fourteen live albums, six compilation albums, one soundtrack album, and 42 singles. Rivera has been said to be the top-selling Regional Mexican female star of her generation by Billboard with more than 20 million albums sold.
1969 – Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 2 is a live album by regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released in 2014. It is Part 2 of a trilogy recording of her final concert in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, just three hours before her death.
Janney Marín "Chiquis" Rivera is an American singer and television personality. She is the eldest daughter of singer Jenni Rivera. She began her singing career in early 2014, releasing her first single "Paloma Blanca" as a tribute to her mother. At Premios Juventud, she made her musical debut on international television with her performance of "Esa No Soy Yo".
"De Contrabando" ("Smuggled") is a song written by Joan Sebastian. It was first performed by Mexican singer Imelda, and included on her album Aparentemente, released in 1991. Six years later, was performed by fellow Mexican singer Zayda Y Los Culpables and released by Musart Records as the second single from her self-titled album in 1997. Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera recorded a cover version for her studio album Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida. "De Contrabando" was released as the second single from the album in 2006. In the United States, the song peaked at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and number one on the Billboard Regional Mexican Songs chart. The song was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Regional Mexican Song of the Year at the 2007 Lo Nuestro Awards. Rivera was also recognized for Regional Mexican Female Artist of the Year. Rivera was also awarded Regional Mexican Airplay Song of the Year for at the 2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards.
Paloma Negra Desde Monterrey is a posthumous live album by regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released on October 28, 2016 by Universal Music Latin Entertainment. It is the third and final part of a live recording trilogy of her final concert in Monterrey, Nuevo León, just three hours before her death. The album was produced by Rivera's brother, singer Juan Rivera.
Homenaje a La Gran Señora is the third studio album released by Spanish singer Natalia Jiménez on December 9, 2016, by Sony Music Latin.
Me Dejé Llevar is the debut studio album by Mexican musician and singer-songwriter Christian Nodal, released on August 25, 2017. Produced by Jaime González, it sees Nodal experiment with "mariacheño", a fusion of mariachi and norteño.
Misión Cumplida is the first posthumous studio album by regional Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, released by Sony Music Latin on June 30, 2023. It is Rivera's first studio album, posthumously, in eleven years since Joyas Prestadas.
