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Vol. 2, No.25

Actress Jennifer Lopez ‘blows up’ as vocalist

Single goes No. 1 on chart

by B.J. Chaplin

Jennifer Lopez, an actress who has starred in such films as Out of Sight, Anaconda, and Selena, has become a singer as well with brand new hit album out titled On the 6, which includes the hit single "If You Had My Love." Lopez is one of many celebrities who are actors/actresses turned singers, or vice verca. Will Smith (Independence Day, Enemy of the State), Brandy (I Still Know What You did Last Summer), Usher (The Faculty, She's All That), TLC's T-Boz (Belly), Whitney Houston (Waiting to Exhale, The Bodyguard), and Janet Jackson (Poetic Justice), are among countless others who have extended their music careers into acting.

Some of the above were much more successful in one field than in another, while Lopez is one of the elite who is finding success in both acting and singing.

Born on July 24, 1970 in the Bronx, Lopez was a former fly girl on In Living Color. She now currently holds the #1 position on Billboard's Hot 100® chart, with "If You Had My Love."


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