These artists were all born in Spanish-speaking countries and they got huge Spanish albums during the 90s before being given a chance in English in 1999-2001. We tend to put Lopez among the likes Shakira, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin, the huge Latin superstars. Then came Como Ama una Mujer, her first Spanish LP. It also failed to sell the copies that were shipped upon release, concluding on large returns. 2001’s J.Lo remains her peak record pure sales wise with over 8,3 million copies sold. She was actually fairly big with her first 3 efforts, each of which sold 6-8 million units. With more than 26 million album sales after 8 LPs, Lopez is definitely a strong selling music artist. Now let’s get into the artist’s sales figures in detail in order to apply this concept and define the act’s true popularity! Jennifer Lopez’s Album Sales If you are a mathematical person, and want to know the full method as well as formulas, you can read the full introduction article. If you are unaware of the CSPC method, you will get the full idea within just a pair of minutes. In the first place, there is this Scribe video posted below. There are two ways to understand this revolutionary concept. The Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept (CSPC) Of course, if you are a regular visitor feel free to skip the video and get into the numbers directly. I fully recommend watching it before getting into the sales figures. If you are not yet familiar with the CSPC method, below is a nice and short video of explanations. In fact, it will also determine their true popularity. This concept will not only bring you sales information for all Lopez‘ albums, physical and download singles, as well as audio and video streaming.

It’s time to look for answers!Īs usual, I’ll be using the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept in order to relevantly gauge her results. We are left wondering if she could have sold less records than expected because of this cross-industries visibility. She issued more than 60 singles, but also 32 movies on theaters, participated on various popular TV series and of course, she was a judge on American Idol during 5 seasons. In that case, it was due to her all-around presence, from TV Shows to movies to music.

We have already met several artists with sales kind of disappointing in comparison to the popularity of their name, like Cher. While no new album came out for 4 years, the Latin star remains busy releasing singles, movies and side projects.

During that time frame, she went through various ups and downs. Let’s get loud! It has been 20 years since Jennifer Lopez recorded her debut hit single If You Had My Love.

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