Jenni Rivera Biography
Dolores Janney “Jenni” Rivera Saavedra was an American singer, songwriter, actress, television producer, spokesperson, philanthropist
and entrepreneur is known for her work within the Regional Mexican music genre, specifically in the styles of Banda and Mariachi.
In life and death, several media outlets including CNN, Billboard, Fox News, and The New York Times have labeled her as the most important female figure and top-selling female artist in Regional Mexican music. Billboard magazine named her the “top Latin artist of 2013”, and the “best selling Latin artist of 2013”.
Jenni Rivera Age
Dolores Janney “Jenni” Rivera Saavedra (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, television producer, spokesperson, philanthropist and entrepreneur known for her work within the Regional Mexican music genre, specifically in the styles of Banda and Mariachi.
Jenni Rivera Height
According to our research, she has a standing height of 5 feet 1 inch tall.
Jenni Rivera Marriages and children
She was married three times and had five children. She gave birth to her first child, Janney, better known as Chiquis, (born 1985), while still in high school. She later married the baby’s father, José Trinidad Marín, and they had two more children: Jacqueline (born 1989) and Michael (born 1991), but she ended the marriage in 1992 citing physical and emotional abuse.
In 1997 her younger sister Rosie confessed that Jenni’s ex-husband (Marín) used to sexually molest her, and was now doing the same to Chiquis, physical examination showed he’d done the same with Jacqie. The molestation case was opened in 1997 and Marín spent 9 years as a fugitive before he was apprehended in April 2006, convicted of sexual assault and rape and sentenced to more than 31 years in prison without parole.
Rivera married her second husband, Juan López, in 1997. They had daughter Jenica in 1997 and son Juan Angel in 2001 before they divorced in 2003. In 2007, López was convicted of selling drugs. He died from complications of pneumonia while in prison in 2009.
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Jenni Rivera’s third husband
Rivera’s third husband, baseball pitcher Esteban Loaiza
Rivera married baseball player Esteban Loaiza in 2010. They filed for divorce in 2012 just months before her death, but it was never finalized.
Jenni Rivera Family
She was born on July 2, 1969, and raised in Long Beach, California, to Rosa Saavedra and Pedro Rivera, who were from Mexico. Her parents raised Rivera and her sister and four brothers in a tight-knit, musical household; her brother Lupillo is also a regional Mexican musician. She spoke both English and Spanish fluently.Her family introduced her to traditional Mexican music, including the genres of banda, norteña, and ranchera.
Rivera earned straight A’s in school until her sophomore year when at 15 she became pregnant with the first of her five children, Janney “Chiquis” Marín-Rivera. She supported the two of them by selling CDs at flea markets while working toward her GED at a continuation school and graduating as class valedictorian. Speaking in 2003 of her experiences as a teenage mother, her father was a bartender and businessman who created the record label Cintas Acuario in 1987, which launched the career of Mexican singer and songwriter Chalino Sánchez
Jenni Rivera Education
She attended California State University, Long Beach, and obtained a college degree in business administration and worked in real estate before going to work for her father’s record label.
Jenni Rivera Career
Rivera was introduced to music in 1992 when she recorded as a Father’s Day present to her father; she made more recordings and signed to Capitol/EMI’s Latin division. Her first album, Chacalosa (slang for “party girl”), was released in 1995. At the onset of her musical career, she was told many times she would not make it. At that time and still today, the genre known as regional Mexican music was and is dominated by men. In a 2011 interview with Billboard magazine, she stated, “It was hard knocking on those doors to get my music played. One radio programmer in L.A., the meanest son of a bitch in the world, threw my CD in the trash right in my face.
” Those were the kind of issues Rivera faced as a female trying to crack the regional Mexican genre. She then released the albums We are Rivera and Farewell to Selena independently, the latter a tribute album to Tejano music singer Selena who was murdered in 1995. She signed to Sony Music in the late 1990s, and then with Fonovisa Records in 1999; in the same year, Rivera released her first commercial album with Fonovisa, titled Que Me Entierren Con la Banda, featuring local hit “Las Malandrinas”. She stated that she wrote “Las Malandrinas” to pay homage to her female fans. She also said, “The song blew up. People became interested. That’s when Jenni Rivera the artist was actually born.”
In 2001, she released the records Dejate Amar and Se las Voy a Dar an Otro, which garnered her, her first Latin Grammy nomination for Best Banda Album. She became the first American—born artist to be nominated for the award in 2003. Her 2003 release Homenaje a Las Grandes (in English “Homage to the Great Ones”) was a tribute album to female Mexican singers. In 2004, she released her first compilation disc titled Simplemente… La Mejor, which became her first record to detonate a chart in the United States.
Jenni Rivera Net Worth
Jenni Rivera was a Mexican-American Latin singer/songwriter, actress, television producer and entrepreneur who had a net worth of $25 million. Jenni Rivera was born July 2, 1969, in Long Beach, California. She is best known for her work within the banda, norteña and mariachi music genres.
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Jenni Rivera biopic in the works with her family’s support
FILE – In this March 8, 2012, file photo, Mexican-American singer and reality TV star Jenni Rivera poses during an interview in Los Angeles. Jenni Rivera Enterprises said Tuesday, June 18, 2019, that it has partnered with production companies Mucho Mas Media and De Line Pictures to develop a film based on Rivera’s life. Rivera died in December 2012 in a plane crash, at age 43. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
LOS ANGELES – The late Mexican-American singer and activist Jenni Rivera always dreamed of a biopic about her turbulent and inspirational life. Now, seven years after her untimely death, that dream is coming true.
A feature film based on Rivera’s life is officially in the works from Jenni Rivera Enterprises, Mucho Mas Media and De Line Pictures, who announced the project in a joint statement Tuesday. The untitled film will endeavor to capture the essence of the superstar who was as admired for her soulful voice as she was for her openness about her experiences with abuse, sexual assault and finding success in a male-dominated industry.
“It’s been a long time coming,” her sister Rosie Rivera said in an interview Monday.
Although it’s in the early stages and no cast or director has been set, screenwriter Kate Lanier, known for the Tina Turner biopic “What’s Love Got To Do With It” and “Set It Off,” is working on a script.
Jenni Rivera died in December 2012 at the age of 43 in a plane crash that also killed six others. She left behind five children and two grandchildren.
Known as the “Diva de la Banda,” the California-born daughter of Mexican immigrants was at the height of her career when she died. She was one of the most successful female singers in grupero, a male-dominated regional style influenced by the norteño, banda and ranchero styles. She had sold some 15 million records and received multiple Latin Grammy nominations and two Billboard Mexican Music Awards.
Rosie Rivera remembers that people started asking about a biopic days after her sister’s death, but that it was too early than for the family and her children. She knew eventually it would become a reality through She and her sister used to talk about a movie and silly dream casting scenarios (Jenni wanted Costa Rican actress Maribel Guardia and Rosie picked Charlize Theron).
But beyond glamour casting, Jenni Rivera knew that her story on film might help other women. Rosie Rivera said she remembers her sister crying one day about the “love of her life” whose drug issues made it impossible for them to be together.
“She was crying like a normal girl and then a few minutes later wipes the tears from her face and says, ‘I know why, I know why: It’s because I can help other women who have drug addict husbands or lovers and my story will help them,’” Rosie Rivera recalled. “I loved her strength. No matter what she was going through, she always found a lesson in it.”
The film will likely be primarily in English with some Spanish since that’s the language they spoke with their father. It also will feature some unreleased Jenni Rivera music, Rosie Rivera said.
“Jenni’s story is universal in themes of love, loss, success, and cultural change,” said producer Donald De Line in a statement.
Mucho Mas Media partners Javier Chapa and Simon Wise added: “The film will honor her artistry and commitment to inspire and help people of all cultures to accomplish their dreams.”
There is also a documentary expected later this year from Emilio Estefan that will focus on the last six days of Rivera’s life, including her last concert, performed in Monterrey, Mexico, the night before she died.
The biopic, which does not have a planned release date yet, has become timelier too with the current political climate and the impact of the #MeToo movement.
“I think it is so very important, especially now, that she is a Latina born to immigrant parents,” Rosie Rivera said. “A woman, an underdog, daughter of immigrant parents who lived the American Dream.”
“I remember her tears, and I want her whole 43 years of what she went through to touch somebody,” Rivera said. “Every single tear, I want it to be worth it.”