Lopez performing at the Pop Music Festival in June 2012, as part of her Dance Again tour
American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez has been featured in forty-six music videos and has released three video albums. Lopez's first music video was for "Baila", from the soundtrack of the movie Music of the Heart. She later ventured into a musical career, and her first video was for "If You Had My Love" from her debut album On the 6. Directed by Paul Hunter, the video was known for its theme of voyeurism. The third single's video for "Waiting for Tonight" was famed for its theme of counting down to the new year with this case being the new millennium. Lopez's videos are well known for having dance breaks, including her music videos for "If You Had My Love" (1999) and "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (2000)—she brought back dance breaks in her later music videos for "I'm Into You" and "Papi" (2011). Lopez's music video for "I'm Glad" (from her third studio album This Is Me... Then) was described as one of the more "complicated" videos which recreated scenes from a 1983 film Flashdance. "I'm Into You" was praised, Kyle Anderson from Entertainment Weekly applauded her natural beauty and said "that time-out at the three-quarters mark is as sharp as any diva dance break you’ll see." In her music video for "Papi", Lopez consumes a chocolate chip cookie which will allow her "love" to come back, given to her by her apartment mail attendant; she takes too large a bite, resulting in the magic of the cookie to become effective—groups of men chase her around town until her true love finds her.
Lopez was ranked at number twenty-one on VH1's "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era" list. Throughout her music videos, she has worked with several directors and choreographers, including working with Paul Hunter, Francis Lawrence and Dave Meyers several times. She is considered a sex symbol through her music videos. The music video for "I'm Glad" briefly led to a lawsuit for copyright infringement for re-creating scenes from the 1983 film, Flashdance, which was later dismissed.
Music videos[]
David LaChapelle (pictured), director of "I'm Glad" (2003) and "Do It Well" (2007).
| Title | Other performer(s) | Director(s) | Originating album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Baila" | Template:N/a | Jim Gable | Music of the Heart / On the 6 | 1998 |
| "If You Had My Love" | Template:N/a | Paul Hunter | On the 6 | 1999 |
| "No Me Ames" | Marc Anthony | Kevin Bray | On the 6 | 1999 |
| "Waiting for Tonight" | Template:N/a | Francis Lawrence | On the 6 | 1999 |
| "Feelin' So Good" | Big Pun Fat Joe |
Paul Hunter | On the 6 | 2000 |
| "Let's Get Loud" | Template:N/a | Jeffrey Doe | On the 6 | 2000 |
| "Love Don't Cost a Thing" | Template:N/a | Paul Hunter | J.Lo | 2000 |
| "Play" | Template:N/a | Francis Lawrence | J.Lo | 2001 |
| "Ain't It Funny" | Template:N/a | Herb Ritts | J.Lo | 2001 |
| "I'm Real" | Template:N/a | Dave Meyers | J.Lo | 2001 |
| "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" | Ja Rule | Dave Meyers | J to tha L–O! The Remixes | 2001 |
| "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" | Ja Rule Caddillac Tah |
Cris Judd | J to tha L–O! The Remixes | 2002 |
| "I'm Gonna Be Alright (Track Masters Remix)" | Nas | Dave Meyers | J to tha L–O! The Remixes | 2002 |
| "Alive" | Template:N/a | Jim Gable | J to tha L–O! The Remixes | 2002 |
| "Jenny from the Block" | Styles P Jadakiss |
Francis Lawrence | This Is Me... Then | 2002 |
| "All I Have" | LL Cool J | Dave Meyers | This Is Me... Then | 2002 |
| "I'm Glad" | Template:N/a | David LaChapelle | This Is Me... Then | 2003 |
| "Baby I Love U!" | Template:N/a | Meiert Avis | This Is Me... Then | 2003 |
| "Get Right" | Template:N/a | Francis Lawrence | Rebirth | 2004 |
| "Hold You Down" | Fat Joe | Diane Martel | Rebirth | 2005 |
| "Control Myself" | LL Cool J | Hype Williams | Todd Smith | 2006 |
| "Qué Hiciste" | Template:N/a | Michael Haussman | Como Ama una Mujer | 2007 |
| "Me Haces Falta" | Template:N/a | Sanji | Como Ama una Mujer | 2007 |
| "Do It Well" | Template:N/a | David LaChapelle | Brave | 2007 |
| "Hold It Don't Drop It" | Template:N/a | Melina Matsoukas | Brave | 2007 |
| "Fresh Out the Oven" | Pitbull | Jonas Åkerlund | Template:N/a | 2009 |
| "Good Hit" | Template:N/a | Alex Moors | Love? | 2011 |
| "On the Floor" | Pitbull | TAJ Stansberry | Love? | 2011 |
| "I'm Into You" | Lil Wayne | Melina Matsoukas | Love? | 2011 |
| "Papi" | Template:N/a | Paul Hunter | Love? | 2011 |
| "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" | will.i.am Mick Jagger |
Rich Lee | Template:N/a | 2011 |
| "Dance Again" | Pitbull | Paul Hunter | Dance Again... the Hits | 2012 |
| "Follow the Leader" | Wisin & Yandel | Jessy Terrero | Líderes | 2012 |
| "Goin' In" | Flo Rida | Ace Norton | Step Up Revolution | 2012 |
| "Live It Up" | Pitbull | Jessy Terrero | Template:N/a | 2013 |
| "Same Girl" | Template:N/a | Gomillion & Leupold | A.K.A. | 2014 |
| "Adrenalina" | Wisin Ricky Martin |
Jessy Terrero | El Regreso del Sobreviviente | 2014 |
| "I Luh Ya Papi" | French Montana | Jessy Terrero | A.K.A. | 2014 |
| "We Are One (Ole Ola)" | Pitbull Claudia Leitte |
Ben Mor | One Love, One Rhythm | 2014 |
| "First Love" | Template:N/a | Anthony Mandler | A.K.A. | 2014 |
| "Emotions" | Template:N/a | Emil Nava | A.K.A. | 2014 |
| "Worry No More" | Rick Ross | Emil Nava | A.K.A. | 2014 |
| "Booty" | Pitbull | Emil Nava | A.K.A. | 2014 |
| "Booty" | Iggy Azalea | Hype Williams | A.K.A. | 2014 |
| "Stressin" | Fat Joe | Eif Rivera | Template:N/a | 2014 |
| "Feel the Light" | Template:N/a | Hype Williams | Home | 2015 |
| "Back It Up" | Prince Royce Pitbull |
Colin Tilley | Double Vision | 2015 |
| "Ain't Your Mama" | Template:N/a | Cameron Duddy | Template:N/a | 2016 |
| "Love Make The World Go Round" | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | 2016 |
| "Chegaste" | Roberto Carlos | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | 2016 |
| "Ni Tú Ni Yo" | Gente De Zona | Emil Nava | Template:N/a | 2017 |
| "Amor, Amor, Amor" | Wisin | Jessy Terrero | Template:N/a | 2017 |
| "Se Acabó el Amor" | Abraham Mateo Yandel |
Daniel Durán | Template:N/a | 2018 |
| "El Anillo" | Template:N/a | Santiago Salviche | Template:N/a | 2018 |
| "Dinero" | DJ Khaled Cardi B |
Joseph Kahn | Template:N/a | 2018 |
| "Te Guste" | Bad Bunny | Mike Ho | Template:N/a | 2018 |
| "Limitless" | Template:N/a | Jennifer Lopez | Template:N/a | 2018 |
| "Medicine" | French Montana | Jora Frantzis | Template:N/a | 2019 |
| "Pa' Ti + Lonely" | Maluma | Jessy Terrero | Template:N/a | 2020 |
| "It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" | Stevie Mackey The Eleven |
Santiago Salviche | Template:N/a | 2020 |
| "In the Morning" | Template:N/a | Jora Frantzis | Template:N/a | 2021 |
| "Cambia el Paso" | Rauw Alejandro | Jessy Terrero | Template:N/a | 2021 |
| "On My Way" | Template:N/a | Santiago Salviche | Marry Me | 2022 |
| "On My Way (TELYKast Remix)" | TELYKast | kennygfilms | Marry Me | 2022 |
| "Marry Me (Ballad)" | Maluma | Santiago Salviche | Marry Me | 2022 |
| "Marry Me (Kat & Bastian Duet)" | Maluma | Santiago Salviche | Marry Me | 2022 |
| "Can't Get Enough" | Template:N/a | Dave Meyers | This Is Me...Now | 2024 |
| "Can't Get Enough (Remix)" | Latto | Tanu Muiño | This Is Me...Now | 2024 |
Guest appearances[]
| Title | Performer(s) | Director(s) | Originating album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "That's the Way Love Goes" | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Janet | 1993 |
| "Been Around the World" | Puff Daddy The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase |
Template:Sortname | No Way Out | 1998 |
| "No Me Conoces" | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Contra la Corriente | 1998 |
| "It's So Hard" | Big Pun & Donell Jones | Template:Sortname | Yeeeah Baby | 2000 |
| "El Ultimo Adios (The Last Goodbye)" | Various Artists | Emilio Estefan | El Ultimo Adios (The Last Goodbye) | 2001 |
| "Becky from the Block" | Becky G | James Defina co-director: Chris Velona | 2013 | |
| "Stressin'" | Fat Joe | Eif Rivera | 2014 | |
| " El Mismo Sol (Under The Same Sun)[B-Case Remix] " | Alvaro Soler | Daniel Eceolaza | 2015 | |
| "Don't You Need Somebody" | RedOne ft. Enrique Iglesias, Shaggy, R. City and Serayah | Derek Pike | TBA | 2016 |
| "Almost Like Praying" | All Star - Artists for Puerto Rico | Cesar Camacho, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Luis A. Miranda Jr. | 2017 | |
| "Girls Like You" Template:Small |
Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B | David Dobkin | Red Pill Blues | 2018 |
| "Te Bote II" | Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Cosculluela and Wisin y Yandel | Fernando Lugo | 2018 | |
| "Jealous" | DJ Khaled ft. Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Big Sean | DJ Khaled & Eif Rivera | Father of Asahd | 2019 |
| "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" | Stevie Mackey & The Eleven | Santiago Salviche | The Most Wonderful Time | 2020 |
Video albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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| Jennifer Lopez: Feelin' So Good |
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| Jennifer Lopez: Let's Get Loud |
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| The Reel Me |
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69 | 84 |
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| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
See also[]
- Sex symbol