Artist Playlists
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Jennifer Lopez's journey from New York's 6 Line train to megastardom was guided in part by her ability to transform the Latin freestyle of her youth into massive tracks featuring hip-hop heavyweights. Her silvery voice, Bronx-born sass, and chemistry with big-name collaborators like Ja Rule helped tracks such as the buoyant “I'm Real” become radio staples, while her teaming up with Pitbull created an unstoppable Latin pop powerhouse. But she can hold her own solo, too, as evidenced by dance-floor anthems like “Do It Well” and “Waiting for Tonight.” - Jennifer Lopez isn't afraid to throw down. Whether she's at a laser-flecked jungle party (“Waiting for Tonight”) or getting seductive in cyberspace with “If You Had My Love,” the Bronx native has been captivating audiences with her sizzling, blade-sharp moves and high-energy choreography since the late ‘90s. And while “Jenny from the Block” assures us she remembers her roots, “Love Don't Cost a Thing” offers a saturated snapshot into a charmed life.
- Zane sits down with Jennifer Lopez to discuss the 20th anniversary of her album This Is Me…Then.
- Before she was the movie star, pop star, and otherwise indomitable cultural force that she's become, Jennifer Lopez started out dancing as a Fly Girl on the sketch comedy TV show In Living Color—in other words, keeping fit is in her DNA. Since then, she's taken her natural sense of rhythm and gift for choreography and blended it with pop, R&B, and hip-hop to create some of the biggest high-energy dance-floor anthems of the last few decades. This selection of her best workout tracks, chosen by Apple Music editors and Apple Fitness+ trainers, is designed to get your heart rate up and keep your body moving. "I love the way she lives out loud, with so much pride for her Latin roots," says Fitness+ Strength trainer Sam Sanchez. "It showed me as a young girl to be proud of where I come from and the things that make me different. She is why representation matters to me."
- As a Bronx-bred Boricua, Jennifer Lopez soaked up a variety of styles from her richly diverse upbringing. Her biculturalism shines through in border-breaking cumbia that channels Tejano queen Selena. Jenny from the Block reps New York City swag, echoing homegrown fusions like that of Fulanito's hip-hop merengue, but she also expresses fierce mainstream dance pop à la Janet Jackson.
- Jennifer Lopez embodies female empowerment via her fiery pop repertoire—and she paved the way for a generation of budding artists repping their biculturalism. Chicana MC Becky G heralds the next wave of sassy-yet-fierce with her debut single, “Becky from the Block”; like J.Lo, Cuban Miami wordsmith Kat Dahlia exudes charming confidence in the piano-laced “I Think I'm in Love.”
- The most romantic late-night tunes.
- Latin music was a big part of Jennifer Lopez’s upbringing, although it wasn’t until she got older that she began to appreciate what her parents and grandparents liked. “At Christmastime, all we listened to was salsa and merengue. When you're young, you're like, ‘Ah, I hate this music. I want to hear hip-hop, I want to hear pop music,” Lopez tells Apple Music. “They always instilled that in us. I didn't realize how much of it has seeped into my blood and that it would be a part of me.” The singer and actor likes to keep up with what’s new and refuses to stay stuck in the past. Her recent collaborations with Colombian superstar Maluma, “Pa' Ti” and “Lonely,” featured right at the top of this exclusive Apple Music playlist, are testament to her continued evolution as an artist. Other artists she curated herself for this playlist of songs keeping her inspired include Pop Smoke, Zoe Wees, and her ideal embodiment of the perfect pop star, Dua Lipa, highlighted here with her J Balvin/Tainy collaboration “UN DIA (ONE DAY).” “There's something about her, like I know she has the bigger-picture vision,” she says. “She's killing the game right now. I'm a fan.”
- Apple Music’s live series continues with Jennifer Lopez in Los Angeles.