Jenni Rivera is a Mexican-American singer-songwriter. Known for her works in the genre of banda and norteña. During her career, the singer has recorded 15 platinum, 15 gold and 5 double records.
Sold over 1 million copies. Included in the Latin Music Hall of Fame. Rivera participated in reality shows, successfully ran a business, and was a political activist.
The early years of Jenni Rivera
Jenny was born July 2, 1969 in the American town of Long Beach in the family of Mexican immigrants Rosa Saavedra and Pedro Rivera.
The family lived in poverty, the future star was not very successful at school. At 15, Jenny became pregnant. The parents did not want the shame and asked her to move out of their house.
A few days later, she married the father of her child, Trino Martin. The couple had two more children, but the union broke up. The marriage lasted 8 years. During this time, Jenny graduated from elementary school and college with grief in half.
Later, reporters learned that during the marriage, Rivera tried to commit suicide twice. The ex-husband beat the singer and oppressed psychologically.
In order not to completely destroy her life, Jenny divorced, returned to her parents and began to study music. Moreover, during this time her father managed to earn money and created his own label Cintas Acuario.
Jenny Rivera did not intend to practice singing, but discovered her talent after returning to her father's house. Working with her father at the studio, she tried to play music in the evenings. The father saw this and began to help his daughter. After all, the talent was on the face.
The musical career of artist Jenni Rivera
Jenny Rivera's first performances were in bars. After one of the concerts, the future star met Juan Lopez. The couple got married, and soon Rivera had two more children.
Lopez smuggled illegal immigrants from Mexico to the US. On one of these missions, he was arrested and charged. Jenny Rivera's husband received 6 months in prison.
After his release, Lopez often disappeared with friends. Rivera found out that he cheated on her with other women. They divorced, but Rivera did not have time to become depressed. After all, her musical career developed.
The first record of Que Me Entierren Con La Banda immediately became popular and commercially successful. Jennie signed a record deal with Fonovisa. Her music was a resounding success in all Spanish-speaking countries.
Family scandals
But even after her divorce from Juan Lopez, Jenny did not receive peace of mind. Her first husband tried to rape Rivera's daughter and sister.
The singer applied for Trino Marina. He was arrested only after 9 years of searching. The court sentenced Trino to 30 years in prison.
Rivera's second husband was Lopez. After being released from prison (for smuggling immigrants across the border), he dealt in drugs. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Lopez died in prison in 2009.
Family scandals did not affect the recording of the singer's albums. They continued to include hits that propelled Rivera to the top of the charts. Soon, Jenny Rivera received her first award - the Latin Grammy Award.
Singer career
Jenny Rivera has been through a lot in her life. Music critics attribute this to the way the singer manages to put her soul into music.
In 2010, the popular singer became the representative of the National Committee against Domestic Violence. She then founded the Love Foundation. He has been involved in helping women who have been sexually abused and children with cancer.
The third husband of the singer was the famous baseball player Esteban Loaiza.
The victory of the singer in a popular project
Representatives of a popular television channel invited the family to participate in a reality show, for which Rivera received a significant amount of money. She managed to properly dispose of it and opened several lines of clothing, perfumes and cosmetics.
Professional and business success accompanied Jenny Rivera and beyond. But family life failed again. She filed for divorce again.
The album Mi Vida Loca, released in 2007, again took the lead in the charts. The disc came out almost autobiographical. Many emotional songs, as well as several covered hits from the past made the record platinum.
The funds invested in the recording of this disc paid off many times over and the name of Jenny Rivera again became on a par with other stars of Latin music.
But the next year passed with a series of ups and downs. First, one of the "fans" sued the singer for hitting him with a microphone during the concert.
Rivera's lawyers were able to settle this issue, but before the Mexican tabloids had forgotten about the singer, a new scandal erupted. Homemade sex tape with the star was stolen from Rivera's house. The further fate of this recording was unknown.
Death of Jenny Rivera
On December 9, 2012, Jenny Rivera passed away. The 43-year-old star died in a plane crash. The plane, on which the singer was returning from Monterrey to Toluca, crashed.
Two pilots and five passengers were killed. Thus ended the career of one of the most successful Mexican singers.
Her legacy was 15 albums, many of which went platinum or gold. On the day of farewell to the star, radio companies specializing in Latin music broadcast her songs non-stop for several hours.
