Jennifer Lopez videography

Lopez performing at the Pop Music Festival in June 2012, as part of her Dance Again tour

American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez has been featured in forty-six music videos and has released three video albums. Lopez's first music video was for "Baila", from the soundtrack of the movie Music of the Heart. She later ventured into a musical career, and her first video was for "If You Had My Love" from her debut album On the 6. Directed by Paul Hunter, the video was known for its theme of voyeurism. The third single's video for "Waiting for Tonight" was famed for its theme of counting down to the new year with this case being the new millennium. Lopez's videos are well known for having dance breaks, including her music videos for "If You Had My Love" (1999) and "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (2000)—she brought back dance breaks in her later music videos for "I'm Into You" and "Papi" (2011).[1] Lopez's music video for "I'm Glad" (from her third studio album This Is Me... Then) was described as one of the more "complicated" videos which recreated scenes from a 1983 film Flashdance.[2] "I'm Into You" was praised, Kyle Anderson from Entertainment Weekly applauded her natural beauty and said "that time-out at the three-quarters mark is as sharp as any diva dance break you’ll see."[3] In her music video for "Papi", Lopez consumes a chocolate chip cookie which will allow her "love" to come back, given to her by her apartment mail attendant; she takes too large a bite, resulting in the magic of the cookie to become effective—groups of men chase her around town until her true love finds her.[4]

Lopez was ranked at number twenty-one on VH1's "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era" list.[5] Throughout her music videos, she has worked with several directors and choreographers, including working with Paul Hunter, Francis Lawrence and Dave Meyers several times.[6][7][8] She is considered a sex symbol through her music videos.[9] The music video for "I'm Glad" briefly led to a lawsuit for copyright infringement for re-creating scenes from the 1983 film, Flashdance, which was later dismissed.[10][11]

  1. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Unveils 'Papi', Brings Back Dance-Break". Zomgtalk.com. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  2. ^ Devenish, Colin (November 14, 2003). "Lopez Sued Over "I'm Glad"". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 3, 2006. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
  3. ^ "Jennifer Lopez unveils new 'I'm into You' video, but where's Wayne? Watch it here".
  4. ^ Dinh, James (September 19, 2011). "Jennifer Lopez Causes Man Frenzy In 'Papi' Video". MTV. MTV Networks. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  5. ^ "Ep. 071 │ 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era │ The Greatest". VH1. MTV Networks. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Dances in the Streets in "Papi" Video". Rap-Up. October 18, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  7. ^ Rebirth (Dual Disc Edition) (Booklet). Jennifer Lopez. New York City, NY: Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ The Reel Me (Booklet). Jennifer Lopez. New York City, NY: Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Galkin, Alexandra (March 4, 2011). "Jennifer Lopez's 'On the Floor' music video premieres on 'American Idol' - New York Daily News". Articles.nydailynews.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  10. ^ Neil J. Rosini and Michael I Rudell (October 27, 2006). "Life Story Releases: "Flashdance" & "Chorus Line"". New York Law Journal. Archived from the original on February 9, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2007.
  11. ^ Leslie Simmons (June 12, 2006). "9th Circuit Upholds Win for Lopez, Studios in 'Flashdance' Case". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 5, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2007.