Jenni Rivera

Dolores Janney Rivera was born and raised in Long Beach, California,{{Cite web |date=2024-06-28 |title=Long Beach-born singing legend Jenni Rivera honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2024/06/28/long-beach-born-singing-legend-jenni-rivera-honored-with-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Daily News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-02 |title=In the Cemetery Where Jenni Rivera Is Buried |url=https://www.altaonline.com/california-book-club/a60926439/myriam-gurba-long-beach-california-queer-scene-all-souls-cemetery/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Alta Online |language=en-US}} to Rosa Saavedra and Pedro Rivera, both from Mexico.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/jenni-rivera-biography-life-obituary_n_2272062.html|title=Jenni Rivera: Mexican-American Singer's Tragic End Echoes Life Of Hardship On Journey To Stardom|work=The Huffington Post|date=December 10, 2012|access-date=January 3, 2013|last=Fridmann|first=Mandy}}{{cite web|last=Henderson|first=Alex|title=Jenni Rivera - Biography|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jenni-rivera-female-voice-of-a-musical-family-dynasty-1481486/|access-date=December 14, 2012|work=Allmusic|date=December 11, 2012|publisher=Rovi Corporation}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-jenni-rivera-plane-crash-20121209,0,7164923.story|title=Jenni Rivera, Mexican American music star, feared dead in plane crash|last=James|first=Meg|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 9, 2012|access-date=December 14, 2012}} Rivera 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.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Opinion/jenni-rivera-selena-quintanilla-mexican-american-singers/story?id=17924316|title=Opinion: Why Jenni Rivera's Death Will Be Bigger Than Selena's|work=ABC News|publisher=American Broadcasting Corporation|date=December 10, 2012|access-date=December 14, 2012|last=Romero|first=Angie}} She supported the two of them by selling CDs at flea markets,{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/showbiz/jenni-rivera-profile/index.html|title=Jenni Rivera is mourned, but still inspires|last=Rodriguez|first=Cindy Y.|work=CNN|date=December 11, 2012|access-date=December 14, 2012}} while working toward her GED at a continuation school and graduating as class valedictorian. Speaking in 2003 of her experiences as a teenage mother, Rivera explained:

{{cquote|Usually, when a young girl is pregnant, she drops out of school and concentrates on being a mother. I thought that's what I had to do, but my counselors told me there was no way they would let me drop out. I had too much promise.}}

She attended Long Beach City College,{{cite web|title=Jenni Rivera - Singer/Businesswoman - Long Beach City College|url=http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/Newsroom/NotableAlumni/JenniRivera.aspx|website=California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office|access-date=December 9, 2014|archive-date=September 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930222649/http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/Newsroom/NotableAlumni/JenniRivera.aspx|url-status=dead}} and obtained a degree in business administration and worked in real estate before going to work for her father's record label.{{cite news|last1=James|first1=Meg|title=Jenni Rivera, Mexican American music star, feared dead in plane crash|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-dec-09-la-et-ct-jenni-rivera-plane-crash-20121209-story.html|access-date=February 12, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 9, 2012}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jenni-rivera-career-20121211,0,2837537.story|title=Jenni Rivera was poised for multicultural stardom|author1=James, Meg |author2=Villarreal, Yvonne|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 11, 2012|access-date=December 14, 2012}}

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, "Somos Rivera" ("We Are Rivera"), was released in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1698593/jenni-rivera-death.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211001533/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1698593/jenni-rivera-death.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 11, 2012|title=Jenni Rivera Dies In Plane Crash At Age 45|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=December 10, 2012|access-date=December 14, 2012|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom}}

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.{{cite magazine|title=Jenni Rivera Reflects on Her Struggles & Triumphs in 2011 Billboard Interview|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1483996/jenni-rivera-reflects-on-her-struggles-triumphs-in-2011-billboard|access-date=January 31, 2015|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=December 10, 2012}} She then released the albums La Maestra, Poco a Poco, Por Un Amor, La Chacalosa, and Adios a Selena independently, the latter a tribute album to Tejano music singer Selena, who was murdered in 1995.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/10/jenni-rivera-dies-plane-crash|title=Jenni Rivera, Mexican music star, dies in plane crash|work=The Guardian|date=December 10, 2012|access-date=December 14, 2012}}

She signed to Balboa Records in 1993, 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". Rivera 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 a 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-23-et-latgramlist23-story.html|title=The nominees are ...|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 28, 2011|date=July 23, 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.{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jenni rivera|chart=Latin Albums}}|title=Jenni Rivera: Chart History|publisher=billboard.com|access-date=January 31, 2015}}

She began to attain more substantial success with the record Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida, released in 2005, which peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. Since its release it has been certified double-platinum in the Latin field by the Recording Industry Association of America.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ShYEAAAAMBAJ&q=jenni+rivera&pg=PA59|title=Rivera Delivers 'Cool Factor' to Regional Mexican|last=Cobo|first=Leila|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=June 17, 2006|access-date=December 23, 2012}} The second single released from the album, "De Contrabando", became her first and only number-one song to hit the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay in the United States.{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|title=Jenni Rivera Dead in Plane Crash, Father Confirms|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/1481508/jenni-rivera-dead-in-plane-crash-father-confirms|access-date=January 31, 2015|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=December 9, 2012}} It is also said to be one of her most known songs.{{cite news|title=Wreckage of Jenni Rivera's plane found in Mexico|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/12/09/jenni-rivera-plane-missing/1756953/|access-date=January 31, 2015|work=USA Today|date=December 9, 2012}}{{cite news|title=Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera dies at 43 in plane crash|url=http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/09/15798133-mexican-american-singer-jenni-rivera-dies-at-43-in-plane-crash|access-date=January 31, 2015|work=NBC News|date=December 9, 2012}}

In 2007, she released Mi Vida Loca, which debuted at number 1 on the Regional Mexican Albums chart and number 2 on the Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. The album garnered an award for Regional Mexican Album of the Year at the 2008 Latin Billboard Music Awards.{{cite magazine|title=2008 Billboard Latin Music Awards Winners|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045893/2008-billboard-latin-music-awards-winners|access-date=December 29, 2014|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=April 11, 2008}} In a 2011 interview with Billboard magazine she stated, "That was more of Jenni telling her story through music. My life has been so put out there by the media that I figured I might as well put it out there myself, in my own words and through my music. I wanted to clear up speculations about my private life." The album also garnered Rivera her first Lo Nuestro Award for Regional Mexican Female Artist of the Year, an award she would dominate for the rest of her life.{{cite news|title=Los momentos inolvidables de Jenni Rivera en Premio Lo Nuestro|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag5WiLjACa8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/Ag5WiLjACa8| archive-date=November 13, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=January 31, 2015|work=Univision|publisher=Univision Communications Inc.|date=February 14, 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|title=Paulina Rubio se culpa de la muerte de Jenni Rivera|url=https://www.laneta.com/paulina-rubio-se-culpa-de-la-muerte-de-jenni-rivera-1550680437741/token/scroll|access-date=January 31, 2019|website=www.laneta.com|date=February 21, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The same year she released La Diva en Vivo, a live album that consisted of songs recorded with a mariachi band, which garnered her her second Latin Grammy nomination for Best Ranchero Album. That year she was the only female singer nominated in that category. The album was recorded at The Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California. Rivera sold out the concert, the first female banda singer to do so.{{cite news|last1=Waxman|first1=Olivia|title=Jenni Rivera Remembered: Everything You Need to Know About the Mexican-American Singer|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/10/jenni-rivera-remembered-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-mexican-american-singer/|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=Time Magazine|publisher=Time Inc.|date=December 10, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Mexican-American Singing Star Jenni Rivera Dies In Plane Crash|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/mexican-american-singing-star-jenni-rivera-dies-in-plane-crash_3412066|website=Contact Music|date=December 10, 2012|publisher=contactMusic.com|access-date=December 9, 2014}} Her tenth studio album, Jenni, released in 2008, became her first No. 1 record on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the United States.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1421425|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review] The album won Rivera her second Lo Nuestro Award for Banda Artist of the Year, the first (and, to date, only) female act to win the accolade.{{cite web|url=http://entretenimiento.terra.com.co/musica/lista-de-nominados-al-premio-lo-nuestro-a-la-musica-latina,d2713eba1abf3310VgnVCM10000098f154d0RCRD.html|title=Lista de nominados al Premio Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina|date=May 19, 2014|work=Terra|access-date=December 8, 2014}}

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In 2009, she changed course and recorded her first full mariachi studio album titled La Gran Señora, which garnered a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Ranchero Album. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. In an interview Rivera said that releasing the album was very daring and marked her career in a positive way. She said she wanted to grow as an artist and the people that listen to banda will listen to mariachi if they find a good album that they feel is worth buying. She went on to say there are certain nationalities that will listen to mariachi and not banda. Those were the people that she was going after. She also stated, "Commercializing a ranchera album is much harder. There had not been a successful female mariachi artist in a long time. It was a big risk, but it was a risk that I was willing to take. La Gran Señora ended up being the biggest-selling [regional Mexican] album of 2010."{{cite news|last1=Ben-Yehuda|first1=Ayala|title=Jenni Rivera changes course with mariachi album|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rivera-idUSTRE5B40C220091205|access-date=December 30, 2014|work=Reuters|date=December 4, 2009}}[http://www.grammy.com/news/11th-latin-grammy-awards-nominees-announced 11th Latin GRAMMY Awards Nominees Announced], Grammy.com; accessed August 26, 2016.

In 2010, she announced she would be going on tour to promote her latest album, La Gran Señora. At the end of the tour, she released La Gran Señora en Vivo, a live album that consisted of hits in banda and mariachi. It debuted at No. 8 on the Top Latin Albums chart in the United States.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/304433/jenni-rivera/chart?f=330|title=Top Latin Albums|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|year=2013|access-date=October 29, 2014}} She recorded the album and became the first Latin artist to sell out two back-to-back nights at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, on August 6–7, 2010.

She also became the first Latin artist to sell out the Nokia Theatre on July 9, 2009.{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|title=Jenni Rivera, Big-Voiced Queen of Banda, Dead at 43|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/1481505/jenni-rivera-big-voiced-queen-of-banda-dead-at-43|access-date=May 9, 2015|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=December 9, 2012}} The tour proved to be a success. La Gran Señora and La Gran Señora en Vivo both garnered Latin Grammy nominations in the Regional Mexican category and went platinum in Mexico and the United States.

On August 23, 2011, she renewed her contract with Universal Music Latin Entertainment/Fonovisa Records.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/latin/jenni-rivera-the-diva-of-banda-renews-contract-1005325682.story|title=Jenni Rivera, The 'Diva of Banda,' Renews Contract With Universal Music Latin/Fonovisa|last=Aguila|first=Justino|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=August 23, 2011|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-date=October 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030044030/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/latin/jenni-rivera-the-diva-of-banda-renews-contract-1005325682.story|url-status=dead}}

To celebrate this event, she performed at and sold out the Staples Center in Los Angeles, becoming the first female Regional Mexican singer to do so.{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegored.com/noticias/17604/Jenni-Rivera-renueva-contrato-con-su-discografica-y-lo-celebra-con-un-concierto-en-los-Angeles|title=Jenni Rivera renueva contrato con su discográfica y lo celebra con un concierto en los Ángeles|work=SanDiegoRed |language=es|date=August 11, 2011|publisher=San Diego Red}}

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At the concert, she announced she would be recording Joyas Prestadas, which consists of eleven cover versions, with the first album being recorded in Latin pop, while the second was recorded in banda. Both albums were produced by Enrique Martinez. According to Rivera, the songs she chose to cover were those she was enamored with while working as a cashier in a record store. It was her first production to include ballad recordings.{{cite news|last1=Quintana|first1=Carlos|title=Top Songs by Jenni Rivera|url=http://latinmusic.about.com/od/jeeni_rivera/a/Top-Songs-By-Jenni-Rivera.htm|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=aboutEntertainment|publisher=About.com|archive-date=November 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103034419/http://latinmusic.about.com/od/jeeni_rivera/a/Top-Songs-By-Jenni-Rivera.htm|url-status=dead}} She has also sold out Mexico's National Auditorium, a feat few female singers in her genre ever achieve.{{cite news|title=Jenni Rivera: Carson Daly Remembers The Iconic Mexican Singer|url=http://amp.cbslocal.com/2012/12/10/jenni-rivera-carson-daly-remembers-the-iconic-mexican-singer|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=97.1 Amp|publisher=CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc|date=December 10, 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Preciado|first1=Marty|title=The Legacy of Jenni Rivera: A Year After Her Death|url=http://remezcla.com/music/the-legacy-of-jenni-rivera-a-year-after-her-death|access-date=August 26, 2016|work=Remezcla|date=December 9, 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Cano|first1=Natalia|title=Obit: Jenni Rivera, known as 'Diva de la Banda' was at peak of career|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/55437225-223/rivera-mexico-fans-music.html.csp|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|publisher=Associated Press|date=December 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026065229/http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/55437225-223/rivera-mexico-fans-music.html.csp|archive-date=October 26, 2014|url-status=dead}}

Rivera was a producer on the Mun2 reality TV show Chiquis & Raq-C, featuring her oldest daughter Chiquis. She then appeared in the spin-off show I Love Jenni. Rivera worked as coach in the second season of the Mexican talent show La Voz... México,{{cite web|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2012/423133/6/se-va-jenni-rivera-en-el-esplendor-de-su-carrera.htm|title=Se va Jenni Rivera en el esplendor de su carrera|publisher=El Informador. Unión Editorialista|access-date=December 9, 2012|language=es|archive-date=December 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213035707/http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2012/423133/6/se-va-jenni-rivera-en-el-esplendor-de-su-carrera.htm|url-status=dead}} based upon The Voice franchise. In October 2012, People en Español named her one of the Top 25 most powerful women.{{cite news|title=Jenni Rivera Dies in Plane Crash|url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/12/09/jenni-rivera-dead-plane-crash|work=TMZ|access-date=October 20, 2014}}{{cite magazine|last=Coughlan|first=Maggie|title=Jenni Rivera Killed in Plane Crash|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20655129,00.html|magazine=People|access-date=October 20, 2014|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016021247/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20655129,00.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Shoichet|first=Catherine|title=Singer, reality TV star Jenni Rivera dies in plane crash|date=December 10, 2012|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/showbiz/mexico-singer-plane|publisher=Cable News Network|access-date=October 20, 2014}}

In December 2012, Rivera was only the third singer to place three albums on the entire top three on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart with her albums No.1 La Misma Gran Señora, No. 2 Joyas Prestadas: Pop, and No. 3 Joyas Prestadas: Banda. She joins two other leading singers, who also achieved the feat only in death: Celia Cruz and Selena Quintanilla.{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|title=Jenni Rivera's Album Sales Gain 1,014% After Death, Has Top Three on Latin Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/1481314/jenni-riveras-album-sales-gain-1014-after-death-has-top-three|magazine=Billboard|date=December 19, 2012|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=October 20, 2014}} In life and death, several media outlets including CNN, Billboard, Fox News, and The New York Times have labeled Rivera the most important female figure and top-selling female artist in the regional Mexican music genre.{{cite news|title=Jenni Rivera, la mujer que conquistó al público como 'la diva de la banda'|url=http://mexico.cnn.com/entretenimiento/2012/12/09/jenni-rivera-la-mujer-que-conquisto-al-publico-como-la-diva-de-la-banda|access-date=January 24, 2015|work=CNN Mexico|publisher=Cable News Network|date=December 9, 2012|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215015312/http://mexico.cnn.com/entretenimiento/2012/12/09/jenni-rivera-la-mujer-que-conquisto-al-publico-como-la-diva-de-la-banda|archive-date=December 15, 2014}}{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|title=Jenni Rivera, Big-Voiced Queen of Banda, Dead at 43|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/1481505/jenni-rivera-big-voiced-queen-of-banda-dead-at-43|access-date=January 24, 2015|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=December 9, 2012}}{{cite magazine|last1=Aguila|first1=Justino|title=Jenni Rivera's Second Life: The Billboard Cover Story|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/5748049/jenni-riveras-second-life-the-billboard-cover-story|access-date=January 24, 2015|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=October 4, 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Rohter|first1=Larry|title=Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American Singer, Dies at 43|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/arts/music/jenni-rivera-43-mexican-american-singer-and-tv-star-is-dead.html?_r=0|access-date=January 24, 2015|work=New York Times|date=December 10, 2012}}{{cite news|title=Mexican singer Jenni Rivera feared dead in plane crash|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-singer-jenni-rivera-feared-dead-in-plane-crash/|access-date=January 24, 2015|work=Fox News|date=December 9, 2012}}

By early 2013 Rivera had sold some 15 million albums worldwide. On December 11, 2012, two days after her death, Fonovisa Records released La Misma Gran Señora. The album debuted at No.1 on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart, No.1 on Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart and No.1 on Mexico's Top 100 chart.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jenni rivera|chart=all}} Jenni Rivera Album & Song Chart History | Billboard] Billboard{{cite web|url=http://www.centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofon3/Top100.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220173451/http://www.centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofon3/Top100.pdf |archive-date=December 20, 2012 |title=Top 100 México |language=es |access-date=December 17, 2012 |publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas |url-status=dead }} Since its release, it has been awarded one Billboard Music Award, three Latin Billboard Music Awards, and two Mexican Billboard Music Awards. At the 2013 Billboard Music Awards it was awarded the Top Latin Album accolade.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbma|title=Music Awards 2013 - Official Music Awards (BBMA)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 18, 2014}}

Since her death in 2012, she has earned a spot on the Forbes Top Earning Dead Celebrities of 2013, making an estimated 7 million dollars.{{cite web|title=Top-Earning Dead Celebrities 2013|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ehfld/jenni-rivera|website=Forbes|access-date=December 9, 2014}} Posthumously, Rivera has been awarded two Oye! Awards (Mexico's equivalent to the Grammy Awards).{{cite web|title=Ganadores (in spanish)|url=http://www.premiosoye.com.mx/ganadores.php|publisher=Academia Nacional de la Música en México|access-date=November 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120190505/http://www.premiosoye.com.mx/ganadores.php|archive-date=November 20, 2011}} Posthumously, Billboard magazine named her the "Top Latin Artist of 2013".{{cite magazine|last=Cobo|first=Leila|title=The Year In Latin 2013: Prince Royce and Marc Anthony Join Jenni Rivera Atop Charts|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/5820094/the-year-in-latin-2013-prince-royce-and-marc-anthony-join-jenni|magazine=Billboard|date=December 13, 2013|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=September 10, 2014}}

Her long career included such honors as 20 million albums sold worldwide, making her the highest-earning banda singer of all time.{{cite news|title=Long Beach Dedicates Park To Memory Of Legendary Banda Singer Jenni Rivera|url=http://947thewave.cbslocal.com/2015/07/02/long-beach-dedicates-park-to-memory-of-legendary-banda-singer-jenni-rivera|access-date=July 9, 2015|work=CBS Local Media Los Angeles|date=July 2, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Public Invited to Grand Opening of Jenni Rivera Memorial Park on July 2|url=http://www.longbeach.gov/Press-Releases/Press-Releases/Public-Invited-to-Grand-Opening-of-Jenni-Rivera-Memorial-Park-on-July-2|website=City of Long Beach|publisher=City of Long Beach Public Information Office|access-date=July 9, 2015|format=Press Release}}

On April 19, 2013, her debut film, Filly Brown, was released. Rivera played a drug-addicted mother in prison. Oscar-nominated actor Edward James Olmos, who served as executive producer on the film, called Rivera's performance "Oscar-worthy".{{cite web|last=Romero|first=Angie|title=Was Jenni Rivera's Feature Film Debut Oscar-Worthy?|url=https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Entertainment/jenni-rivera-made-acting-debut-movie-filly-brown/story?id=17939524#.UMu71eRsiuI|work=ABC News|access-date=December 14, 2012}}

On July 2, 2013, Unbreakable/Inquebrantable, Rivera's official autobiography, arrived. Rivera had been working on it for years, and after her death her family put it together and turned it into a full book that became an instant New York Times bestseller. The total sales from Jenni Rivera's autobiography's different editions (including English and Spanish) made it the top-selling book in the United States the week of its release, Univision reported.[http://www.latinospost.com/articles/23712/20130716/jenni-riveras-autobiography-becomes-highest-selling-book-united-states.htm "Jenni Rivera's Autobiography Becomes Highest Selling Book in the United States"], LatinosPost.com, July 16, 2013.{{cite news|title=Best Sellers|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-07-28/overview.html|access-date=December 9, 2014}}

Rivera's family has released two parts of her last concert in Monterrey, titled 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 1 and 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 2. Both albums have been commercially successful, in the United States and Mexico. Both albums peaked at No. 1 on Billboard{{'}}s Top Latin Albums chart, No. 1 on the Regional Mexican Albums chart, and No. 2 on Mexico's Top 100 chart.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Amprofon/status/419151592416219136|title=Puesto #2 del #Top100MX del...|language=es|publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Twitter|date=January 3, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/1969-siempre-en-vivo-desde-monterrey-pt1-mw0002595570/awards|title=1969: Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Pt.1|publisher=Rovi Corporation|last=Henderson|first=Alex|access-date=November 13, 2014}}{{cite web|author=Jenni Rivera|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/1969-siempre-en-vivo-desde-monterrey-pt-2-mw0002680743|title=1969: Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Pt. 2 - Jenni Rivera|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 24, 2014}}

Rivera was ranked in at number 1 on Billboard{{'}}s "Top 10 Regional Mexican Musicians 2009-2014" list.{{cite magazine|last1=Aguila|first1=Justino|last2=Cantor-Navas|first2=Judy|last3=Cobo|first3=Leila|title=Top 10 Regional Mexican Musicians 2009-2014: A Cinco De Mayo Celebration|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/6077472/top-10-regional-mexican-musicians-2009-2014-cinco-de-mayo-list|access-date=January 3, 2015|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=May 5, 2014}}

On July 1, 2014, Rivera's album 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 2 went on sale and sold over 10,000 in the week ending July 6, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Since the album's release, Rivera has tied with Selena Quintanilla for most no. 1s by a female on the Regional Mexican Albums chart.{{cite magazine|last1=Mendizabal|first1=Amaya|title=Siblings Jenni and Lupillo Rivera Make Top 10 Debuts With New Albums|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/6157472/jenni-rivera-lupillo-rivera-romeo-santos-latin-chart|access-date=January 3, 2015|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=July 11, 2014}} Billboard magazine named Rivera the highest-ranked woman on the year-end Top Latin Artists chart of 2014, ranking at No. 5. The next-highest female artist is Shakira, at No. 32.{{cite news|last1=Mendizabal|first1=Amaya|title=J. Balvin & Jenni Rivera Collect New No. 1s|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6405579/j-balvin-jenni-rivera-collect-new-no-1s|access-date=December 12, 2014|work=Billboard Magazine|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=December 11, 2014}}

At the 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards Rivera was awarded Top Latin Albums Female Artist of the Year and Regional Mexican Artist of the Year.{{cite news|title=Lista de los ganadores de los Premios Billboard de la Música Latina 2015|url=http://www.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/2015/04/29/lista-de-los-ganadores-de-los-premios-billboard-de-la-musica-latina-2015|access-date=May 1, 2015|work=Telemundo|publisher=Telemundo Communications Group, Inc.|date=April 30, 2015|archive-date=May 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502025534/http://www.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/2015/04/29/lista-de-los-ganadores-de-los-premios-billboard-de-la-musica-latina-2015|url-status=dead}}

In November 2018, Jenni Rivera Enterprises signed a music distribution deal with Sony Music Entertainment (through its Sony Music Latin and The Orchard labels).{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8485026/jenni-rivera-enterprises-sony-latin-orchard-distribution|title=Jenni Rivera Enterprises Signs With Sony Latin, The Orchard for Global Catalog Distribution|magazine=Billboard}}

In June 2023, Rivera's family released Misión Cumplida which is her first, and posthumous, studio album in eleven years since the release of Joyas Prestadas. {{Cite magazine |last=Flores |first=Griselda |date=June 30, 2023 |title=Jenni Rivera's Children Talk Posthumous Album 'Mision Cumplida' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/jenni-rivera-mision-cumplida-posthumous-album-children-interview-1235364780/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}

Rivera's musical style was classified as Banda, a form of traditional Mexican music popular in Mexico and parts of the United States with large Hispanic populations. Banda music originated in the state of Sinaloa and the music sound is primarily instruments such as tuba, clarinets and trumpets, exemplified by bands such as Banda El Recodo and Banda La Costena.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-dec-19-la-me-jenni-rivera-memorial-20121220-story.html|title=Family, fans say goodbye to Jenni Rivera|author1=Vives, Ruben|author2=Flores, Adolfo|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 19, 2012|access-date=December 23, 2012}} However, according to Leila Cobo of Billboard, her music contained a "contemporary, outspoken flair". She sang in both Spanish and English and often addressed personal themes such as her struggles with domestic violence, divorce, and her weight.

Rivera described speaking openly with her fans about her personal issues as a "primary part" of her career.{{cite magazine|last=Yehuda|first=Ayala-Ben|date=June 21, 2008|title=Southern Hospitality|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=120|issue=25|page=12|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12}} Discussing her unconventional approach and her single "Las Malandrinas", Rivera explained, "It was the late 1990s and the early 2000s and the female singers were singing ballads and romantic fare. So I figured, I'm not typical at all in any way, so I'm going to do what the guys do but in a different voice."{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vetwOz3_OF4C&q=jenni+rivera&pg=PA50|title=All in the Family|last=Cobo|first=Leila|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=October 10, 2009|access-date=December 23, 2012}}

She was given names such as "La Diva de la Banda" and "La Primera Dama del Corrido" for her work in the banda and corrido genre.{{cite news|last1=Moreno|first1=Carolina|title=Jenni Rivera Dies: Fans Mourn 'La Diva De La Banda' (VIDEO)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/jenni-rivera-dies-fans-mourn_n_2271524.html|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=HuffPost Latino|publisher=TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.|date=December 10, 2012}}

Although banda was her main focus, she also released albums in norteño and mariachi.{{cite web|title=Jenni Rivera Reflects on Her Struggles & Triumphs in 2011 Billboard Interview|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1483996/jenni-rivera-reflects-on-her-struggles-triumphs-in-2011-billboard|publisher=Billboard Prometheus Global Media.|access-date=November 4, 2014}}{{cite news|last=Rother|first=Larry|title=Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American Singer, Dies at 43|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/arts/music/jenni-rivera-43-mexican-american-singer-and-tv-star-is-dead.html?_r=1&|newspaper=New York Times|date=December 10, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Jenni Rivera Dead: Mexican-American Singer Dies In Plane Crash|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/09/jenni-rivera-dead-mexican-american-singer-dies-plane-crash_n_2268528.html|website=Huffington Post|date=December 10, 2012|access-date=September 14, 2014}}{{cite web|last=Sierra|first=Miguel|title=Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera dies at 43 in plane crash|url=http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/09/15798133-mexican-american-singer-jenni-rivera-dies-at-43-in-plane-crash?lite|work=NBC News|access-date=September 14, 2014}}

Rivera 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/showbiz/jenni-rivera-profile|title=Jenni Rivera is mourned, but still inspires|last=Rodriguez|first=Cindy Y.|date=December 11, 2012|publisher=cnn.com|access-date=June 16, 2013}} In 1997 her younger sister Rosie confessed that Jenni's ex-husband (Marín) used to sexually abuse her, and was now doing the same to Chiquis. Physical examination showed he had 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.{{cite web|last=Ilich|first=Tijana|url=http://latinmusic.about.com/od/artistsoz/p/PROJENNIR.htm|title=Jenni Rivera - Biography of Banda's Diva|work=About.com|access-date=August 12, 2013|archive-date=November 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101155943/http://latinmusic.about.com/od/artistsoz/p/PROJENNIR.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://entretenimiento.aollatino.com/2010/08/10/jenni-rivera-daughter-father-sexual-abuse|title=Jenni Rivera's Daughter: I Survived Sexual Abuse|work=AOL Latino|date=August 10, 2010|access-date=April 17, 2013}}

Rivera married her second husband, Juan López, in 1997. They had daughter Jenicka in 1997 and son Juan Angel in 2001 before they divorced in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/showbiz/jenni-rivera-profile|title=Jenni Rivera is mourned, but still inspires|last=Rodriguez|first=Cindy Y.|date=December 11, 2012|publisher=cnn.com|access-date=August 12, 2013}} In 2007, López was convicted of selling drugs. He died from complications of pneumonia while in prison in 2009.{{cite web|last=Fridmann|first=Mandy|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/jenni-rivera-biography-life-obituary_n_2272062.html|title=Jenni Rivera: Mexican-American Singer's Tragic End Echoes Life Of Hardship On Journey To Stardom|work=Huff Post Latino Voices|date=December 10, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2013}}

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Rivera married baseball player Esteban Loaiza in 2010. They filed for divorce in 2012 just months before her death, but it was never finalized.{{cite web|url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/buzz/daily-chisme-jenni-rivera-files-divorce|title=Daily Chisme: Jenni Rivera Files for Divorce|work=Latina.com|date=October 4, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2013}}

On August 6, 2010, Rivera was named spokeswoman for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. A proclamation was given "officially naming" August 6 “Jenni Rivera Day” by the [Los Angeles City Council]. This was a tribute to her significant contributions to the community, particularly her advocacy for women and children affected by violence. In addition to her work with the NCADV, Rivera was deeply involved with Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where she supported the hospital’s mission and fundraising efforts, and was honored by being added to the hospitals wall of fame. Rivera was a Roman Catholic. However, her brother Pedro Rivera Jr. is the pastor of the Primer Amor Church in Whittier, California further cementing the family's ties to both faith and community service..{{cite news|last=Amador-Miranda|first=Lucero|title=Jenni Rivera está más que satisfecha con el nuevo rumbo de su vida|url=http://www.laopinion.com/Jenni_Rivera_esta_mas_que_satisfecha_con_el_nuevo_rumbo_de_su_vida|newspaper=La Opinión|access-date=December 15, 2012|archive-date=December 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215192148/http://www.laopinion.com/Jenni_Rivera_esta_mas_que_satisfecha_con_el_nuevo_rumbo_de_su_vida|url-status=dead}}

In June 2008, Univisión reported that Rivera was arrested after a concert in Raleigh, North Carolina, for allegedly hitting a fan. Media reports state the incident occurred after Rivera was hit on her right leg with a beer can that was thrown by someone in the crowd. Rivera made the culprit climb up on stage, and allegedly started assaulting him physically and verbally. After the altercation, the fan called the police, and Rivera was arrested after wrapping up the concert. Rivera was detained for a few hours, but released shortly after paying $3,000 bail.{{cite news|title=Jenni Rivera faces charges of assault|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/jenni-rivera-faces-charges-assault|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=People en Espaňol|publisher=Time Inc.|date=June 24, 2008}}{{cite news|title=Jenni Rivera batea a Esteban|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/117487.html|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=El Universal MX|date=October 4, 2012|language=es}}

In October 2008, a sex video featuring Rivera began circulating.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/le-roban-video-xxx-jenni-rivera|title=Le roban vídeo xxx a Jenni Rivera|date=October 3, 2008|access-date=January 3, 2013|magazine=People en Español}}

Rivera was arrested on May 18, 2009, by customs authorities at the international airport in Mexico City. She failed to declare $52,467 cash in her purse. Rivera later paid a fine of $8,400 and was released.{{cite news|url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=13003&ArticleId=335198|title=Singer Jenny Rivera Arrested at Mexico City Airport|publisher=Latin American Herald Tribune|access-date=December 20, 2012|archive-date=December 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204071320/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=13003&ArticleId=335198|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/598762.html|title=Detienen a Jenni Rivera en el aeropuerto del DF|newspaper=El Universal|date=May 18, 2009}} According to New York Daily News, Rivera worked as a performer for drug cartel parties in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/jenni-rivera-worked-drug-cartel-lawyer-article-1.1237253|title=Jenni Rivera worked as a performer for drug cartel before tragic plane crash death, lawyer claims|date=January 3, 2008|access-date=January 10, 2013|publisher=Daily News L.P|work=Daily News|last=Murray|first=Rheana}}

In late 2014, controversy and accusations continued to surround the circumstances of her death. Her widower, Esteban Loaiza, has sued Starwood for wrongful death. A request by his attorneys to dismiss the case was granted in late October, court records show. Loiaza's suit contended the pilots flying Rivera.{{cite news|last1=Martens|first1=Todd|title=Husband of Latina music star Jenni Rivera files wrongful-death suit|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-husband-late-latin-pop-star-jenni-rivera-20140215-story.html|access-date=January 3, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 15, 2014}}

Rivera's estate has launched a copyright lawsuit against her former manager Laura Lucio. The plaintiffs are asking a judge to instruct law enforcement officials to confiscate Rivera's writings and interviews from Lucio so she cannot use them for a book project. In January 2014, Lucio filed a lawsuit claiming Rivera's estate published a biography of Rivera using the writings and interviews that she helped put together before Rivera passed. Lucio alleged her book project, Mi Vida Loca, which she claimed to have written with Rivera, was shelved following Rivera's death but was later published under a new title, Unbreakable: My Story, My Way, without her permission. Rivera's estate subsequently had the lawsuit moved out of a state court and into federal court, but in September 2014, U.S. District Judge George Wu granted Lucio's request to have the case moved back to state court. She then published the materials and Rivera's estate are now claiming they are the rightful owners of them. The lawsuit reads, "Defendant even falsely listed herself as the author of these copyrighted works, created by Jenni Rivera and/or owned by Jenni Rivera Enterprises, in a registration of a manuscript titled Jenni Rivera, Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) as told to Laura Lucio; with the Writer's Guild of America's Intellectual Property Registry.{{cite web|last=Sheperd|first=Julianne|title=Jenni Rivera's Family and Friends Continue to Fight Over Her Legacy|url=http://jezebel.com/jenni-riveras-family-and-friends-continue-to-fight-over-1642878633|work=Jezebel|date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=October 8, 2014}} Rivera's Estate and Lucio settled the case out of court in September 2015. The terms of the settlement are confidential.{{Cite web|url=https://laopinion.com/2015/09/22/representantes-de-jenni-rivera-y-laura-lucio-finalizaron-su-litigio-quien-gano/|title=Representantes de Jenni Rivera y Laura Lucio finalizaron su litigio, ¿quién ganó?|date=September 22, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://laopinion.com/2015/09/24/chiquis-rivera-ahora-agradece-a-laura-lucio-tras-demandar-a-su-familia/|title=Chiquis Rivera ahora agradece a Laura Lucio tras demandar a su familia|date=September 24, 2015}}

On December 9, 2014, the estate of Rivera sued the owners of the plane that was carrying her. The negligence case is against Starwood Management Inc., which owned the Learjet 25 jet that crashed in northern Mexico, after plunging more than {{Convert|28,000|ft|m}}. The case is also against the companies that serviced the aircraft, Bombardier Inc. and Learjet Inc. Rivera's parents and her five children are plaintiffs in the case. The suit seeks unspecified damages on their behalf. Rivera's estate has also been sued along with Starwood by relatives of those killed in the crash, including her attorney, hairstylist, publicist and makeup artist and one of the plane's pilots.{{cite news|title=Two years after Jenni Rivera's death, estate sues airplane companies over fatal crash|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2014/12/09/two-years-after-jenni-rivera-death-estate-sues-airplane-companies-over-fatal/|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=Fox News Latino|publisher=FOX News Network, LLC}}{{cite news|title=Jenni Rivera's Estate Sues Plane Owners over Fatal Crash|url=http://www.people.com/article/jenni-rivera-estate-sues|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=People Magazine|publisher=Time Inc.}}

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Rivera died in an aircraft accident in the early hours of December 9, 2012, when the Learjet 25 she was traveling in with six others crashed near Monterrey, Mexico.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20661098|title=Jenni Rivera, Latin music star, dies in plane crash|work=BBC News|date=December 10, 2012|access-date=January 24, 2019}}{{cite news|title=Plane of missing singer likely found in Mexico|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/09/world/americas/mexico-singer-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|work=CNN|date=December 9, 2012|access-date=January 24, 2019}} She was in the city to perform at Monterrey Arena the previous evening. After holding a press conference at the end of the show, she and four other staff and two pilots departed from Monterrey Airport at around 3:20am local time on December 9 to fly to Toluca, Mexico, for an appearance on La Voz... México. Around 15 minutes later, contact with the jet was lost, and later in the day its wreckage was found near Iturbide, Nuevo León. There were no survivors.Associated Press (December 9, 2012). [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/jenni-rivera-mexican-american-singer-missing-plane-crashes-northern-mexico-article-1.1216494 Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American singer, killed in plane crash in northern Mexico; she was 43 years old.] New York Daily News; accessed August 26, 2016.[https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Entertainment/banda-supestar-jenni-rivera-dies-plane-crash/story?id=17919621#.UMVlBXeWnMI Regional Mexican Star Jenni Rivera Dies in Plane Crash] ABC News; accessed August 26, 2016.

Rivera was buried on December 31, 2012, at All Souls Cemetery in Long Beach, California. Her father told Telemundo that legal issues had caused this delay.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/jenni-rivera-fue-finalmente-sepultada-en-long-beach|title=Jenni Rivera fue finalmente sepultada en Long Beach|date=December 31, 2012|access-date=January 3, 2013|magazine=People en Español}} Her death made international headlines for weeks.{{cite news|title=Nearly 1 Year After Superstar Jenni Rivera's Death, Family Members Share Private Memories|url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/11/04/nearly-1-year-after-superstar-jenni-riveras-death-family-share-private-memories|access-date=December 9, 2014|work=CBS Los Angeles|publisher=CBS Local Media}}

The investigation by the Mexican authorities, assisted by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, (normal protocol when a U.S. aircraft or U.S. citizen is affected) was closed in December 2014, without determining the cause of the crash. The aircraft had completely disintegrated after hitting the ground in a nosedive at speeds of approximately {{Convert|1,000|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, and the flight recorder was destroyed in the impact, while the cockpit voice recorder was never found. The probable cause was stated to be "loss of control of the aircraft for undetermined reasons."{{cite news|last1=Simon|first1=Yara|title=Jenni Rivera Death Update 2014: Investigation Is Over, But Questions Remain|url=http://www.latinpost.com/articles/28323/20141223/jenni-rivera-death-update-2014-investigation-over-questions-remain.htm|access-date=March 22, 2015|work=Latin Post|publisher=The Latin Post Company|date=December 23, 2014}}{{cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Learjet 25 N345MC Iturbide |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20121209-0 |website=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=January 24, 2019}}

Stories of Rivera's disappearance and death appeared on Telemundo and Univisión, the United States' leading Spanish-language networks, as well as CNN, MSNBC, ABC and near the top of The New York Times website. Shortly after her death, CNN en Español reported that Rivera started to become more known internationally, with her name trending on Twitter worldwide and a surge of sales in her albums being bought from people outside of Mexico and the United States.{{cite news|title=El mundo artístico llora la muerte de Jenni Rivera|url=http://mexico.cnn.com/videos/2012/12/10/el-mundo-artistico-llora-la-muerte-de-jenni-rivera|access-date=January 3, 2015|work=CNN Mexico|publisher=Cable News Network|date=December 10, 2012|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215015233/http://mexico.cnn.com/videos/2012/12/10/el-mundo-artistico-llora-la-muerte-de-jenni-rivera|archive-date=December 15, 2014}}

Universal Music Group (Fonovisa's Parent Company) also released a statement, saying: "The entire Universal Music Group family is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend Jenni Rivera. The world rarely sees someone who has had such a profound impact on so many. From her incredibly versatile talent to the way she embraced her fans around the world, Jenni was simply incomparable. Her talent will be missed; but her gift of music will be with us always."{{cite news|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Cindy|last2=Hurtado|first2=Jaqueline|last3=Shoichet|first3=Catherine|last4=Romo|first4=Rafael|title=Jenni Rivera is mourned, but still inspires|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/showbiz/jenni-rivera-profile/|access-date=January 3, 2015|work=Cable New Network|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.|date=December 11, 2012}} United States Senator Marco Rubio made a statement about Rivera's life and death on the Senate floor, where he said Rivera was "a real American success story".{{cite news|last1=Ross|first1=Jannell|title=Jenni Rivera Death Draws U.S. Attention, Highlights Mexican Cultural Influence|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/jenni-rivera-death_n_2278439.html|access-date=December 30, 2014|work=HuffPost Latino|publisher=TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.|date=December 12, 2012}} Celebrities such as Mario Lopez and Gloria Estefan tweeted their condolences to Rivera's family.{{cite news|last1=Nessif|first1=Bruna|title=Jenni Rivera Death: Celebs Say Goodbye to Mexican-American Superstar on Twitter|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/369853/jenni-rivera-death-celebs-say-goodbye-to-mexican-american-superstar-on-twitter|access-date=December 30, 2014|work=E! Online|date=December 9, 2012}}{{cite news|title=Jenni Rivera's Death: Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull and Eva Longoria React|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2012/12/10/jenni-riveras-death-jennifer-lopez-pitbull-and-eva-longoria-react|access-date=December 30, 2014|work=Fox News Latino|publisher=FOX News Network, LLC.|date=December 10, 2012}}

Jenni Rivera was one of the early women in the industry to sing narcocorridos. Her music centered on testimonies of gender nonconformity.Hess, Carol A. “Experiencing Latin American Music And Politics.” Experiencing Latin American Music, 1st ed., University of California Press, 2018, pp. 236–66. JSTOR, JSTO She was also one of the few women, at the time, who openly sang about “non-traditional” behaviors among women. Feminist media scholar, Yessica Garcia Hernandez, describes the way Latinas party, celebrate, sing, undress, and mourn Jenni’s music are ways they are rejecting the “obedient womanhood”. Hernandez further argues how Jenni's music allows Latina women express a different way of love and pleasure for themselves.{{Cite web |title=Intoxication as Feminist Pleasure: Drinking, Dancing, and Un-Dressing with/for Jenni Rivera by Yessica Garcia Hernandez |url=https://www.nanocrit.com/issues/issue9/intoxication-feminist-pleasure-drinking-dancing-and-un-dressing-jenni-rivera |access-date=February 19, 2023 |website=www.nanocrit.com}}

For instance, her song “La Chacalosa” led to a rise in popular online social groups for women who self-identified as behaving in non-traditional modes.Vargas, Deborah R. “Ruminations on Lo Sucio as a Latino Queer Analytic.” American Quarterly 66, no. 3 (2014): 715–26. {{doi|10.1353/aq.2014.0046}}. This gave women a space to express their anti-patriarchal forms of femininity through a more progressive lens. In another example, Jenni said in an interview that her song “Las Malandrinas” “...paid homage to her female fans… The type of girls that go clubbing, drink lots of tequila and stand up for themselves.”{{Cite journal |last=Vargas |first=Deborah R. |date=2018 |title=The J/Jota in Jenni |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/article/705625 |journal=Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture |volume=22 |pages=26–43 |doi=10.1353/wam.2018.0003 |s2cid=194906704 |issn=1553-0612}}

Rivera's music was a source of empowerment for young Latinas and Chicanas who saw their stories reflected in her music.Garcia-Hernandez, Yessica. “Sonic Pedagogies: Latina Girls, Mother-Daughter Relationships, and Learning Feminisms through the Consumption of Jenni Rivera: Hernandez.” Journal of Popular Music Studies, vol. 28, no. 4, Dec. 2016, pp. 427–42. DOI.org (Crossref), {{doi|10.1111/jpms.12192}} Through songs such as “La Gran Senora” girls can reflect on their relationships with their mothers who may have gone through relationship problems such as infidelity, single parenthood, social stigma.

Additionally, Rivera's fans, as reported by Arlen Davila in Contemporary Latina/o Media: Production, Circulation, Politics, “played her music to transmit undisciplined desires, endorse immigrants civil rights, and protest women’s abuse.”Davila, Arlen., et al. Contemporary Latina/o Media: Production, Circulation, Politics. NYU Press, 2014.

On July 2, 2013, Rivera's family released Unbreakable: My Story, My Way by Rivera. A New York Times bestseller, the Spanish-language paperback sold over 9,000 copies in its first week with the English-language hardcover and paperback editions selling over 10,000 copies combined.{{cite web | url=http://www.latinospost.com/articles/23712/20130716/jenni-riveras-autobiography-becomes-highest-selling-book-united-states.htm |title=Jenni Rivera's Autobiography Becomes Highest Selling Book in the United States |author= |date=July 16, 2013 |website= latinospost.com |publisher=Latinos Post |access-date=April 14, 2017}}

On the 25th anniversary of Premio Lo Nuestro, Univision dedicated the awards ceremony to her. She received a tribute by various artists singing the songs that she performed. She was awarded five awards, including Artist of the Year. At the 2013 Latin Billboard Music Awards she was posthumously awarded seven awards, including Artist of the Year. Her brother, Juan Rivera, performed one of her songs titled "No Llega el Olvido" at the ceremony.{{Cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/musica|title=Música|website=Univision}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/1559653/billboard-latin-music-awards-jenni-riveras-emotional-tribute|title=Billboard Latin Music Awards: Jenni Rivera's Emotional Tribute, Romeo Santos' Dream Project + More Backstage Highlights|magazine=Billboard}}

On May 12, 2013, The Grammy Museum opened new exhibits dedicated to her.{{cite web|title=JENNI RIVERA, LA GRAN SEÑORA|url=http://www.grammymuseum.org/on-display/special-exhibits/jenni-rivera-la-gran-senora|website=Grammy Museum|access-date=February 2, 2015|archive-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226090907/http://www.grammymuseum.org/on-display/special-exhibits/jenni-rivera-la-gran-senora|url-status=dead}} On display were a broad array of items including stage costumes she had worn, her personal bible, her driver's license, credit cards, rare photographs of her both on and off stage, handwritten notes, award trophies, ticket stubs, concert posters, tour books, fan memorabilia, and video footage from live performances and television appearances. A spokesman from The Grammy Museum told The Los Angeles Times that the exhibit had become one of the most popular attractions in the museum's five-year history. The spokesman also stated that this was the first exhibition that the museum has devoted entirely to a Latino or Latin American artist.{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Reed|title=Jenni Rivera, public and private, seen at the Grammy Museum|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jenni-rivera-grammy-museum-20130511-story.html#page=1|access-date=February 2, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 11, 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=Randy|title=Jenni Rivera 'La Gran Senora' exhibit attendance up on anniversary|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jenni-rivera-death-anniversary-grammy-museum-la-gran-senora-20131209-story.html|access-date=February 2, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 9, 2013}} The exhibit was closed on May 11, 2014.

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On October 8, 2014, Long Beach, California Councilman Dee Andrews pushed to name a park in memorial of Rivera. Andrews proposed to name a public right of way park in central Long Beach at Walnut Avenue and 20th Street the “Jenni Rivera Memorial Park.” The request was heard at the following City Council's meeting. The agenda item was cosponsored by Councilwoman Suzie Price and Councilman Roberto Uranga. Councilman Andrews said, "Jenni was an inspiration to us all. By honoring Jenni Rivera with a Memorial Park, the City of Long Beach will be paying tribute to a great citizen of our city who was a remarkable entertainer, inspirational leader and an amazing ambassador of all of Long Beach.”

Andrews’ office released a written statement from the Rivera family in regard to the park name proposal, stating, “We are honored and humbled to have a great community asset named after our mother, daughter and sister in the greatest City of the world. Jenni always considered herself a chic from Long Beach with pride, no matter how many millions of albums she sold. She always knew she’d return to her hometown, but this exceeded her dreams. We are forever grateful.”{{cite news|title=Long Beach Councilman calls for park to be named after Jenni Rivera|url=http://www.presstelegram.com/government-and-politics/20141008/long-beach-councilman-calls-for-park-to-be-named-after-jenni-rivera|newspaper=Long Beach Press Telegram|access-date=October 8, 2014}}

On October 17, 2014, The Long Beach City Council voted 8–0 in favor of moving forward with 6th District Councilmember Dee Andrews's item requesting the Council consider naming a park in the 6th District in honor of Rivera.{{cite web|last=Roiz|first=Jessica|title=Jenni Rivera gets her own park in California|url=http://voxxi.com/2014/10/15/jenni-rivera-long-beach-california-park/|publisher=Voxxi|access-date=September 17, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020072317/http://voxxi.com/2014/10/15/jenni-rivera-long-beach-california-park/|archive-date=October 20, 2014}}

On July 2, 2016, Long Beach city officials hosted a grand opening ceremony of the park. The ceremony featured a {{convert|125|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} mural of Rivera.{{cite news|last1=Bradley|first1=Eric|title=Jenni Rivera Park grand opening ceremony planned in Long Beach|url=http://www.presstelegram.com/lifestyle/20150624/jenni-rivera-park-grand-opening-ceremony-planned-in-long-beach|access-date=June 25, 2015|work=Long Beach Press Telegram|date=June 24, 2015}}{{cite news|title=Public invited to Gran Opening of Jenni Rivera Memorial Park on July 2|url=http://www.oc-breeze.com/2015/06/24/73207_public-invited-to-grand-opening-of-jenni-rivera-memorial-park-on-july-2/|access-date=June 25, 2015|work=Orange County Breeze|date=June 24, 2015|archive-date=June 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626152304/http://www.oc-breeze.com/2015/06/24/73207_public-invited-to-grand-opening-of-jenni-rivera-memorial-park-on-july-2/|url-status=dead}}

In 2024, Jenni Rivera received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://remezcla.com/music/jenni-rivera-receive-star-hollywood-walk-of-fame/|title= Jenni Rivera Will Receive A Star At The Hollywood Walk Of Fame|last= Hernandez|first=Jeanette|date=June 21, 2022|website=Remezcla|access-date=January 25, 2023}}

Rivera was known for giving back to the community. She used her Love Foundation to help women and children that went through domestic violence, sexual, physical, or emotional abuse.{{Cite web|url=http://nbclatino.com/2012/12/10/jenni-rivera-advocate-and-champion-of-women/|title=Jenni Rivera: advocate and champion of women|last=Terrero|first=Nina|date=December 10, 2012|website=NBC Latino|access-date=August 22, 2016|archive-date=September 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910145705/http://nbclatino.com/2012/12/10/jenni-rivera-advocate-and-champion-of-women/|url-status=dead}}

In 2012, Rivera was honored at Children's Hospital Los Angeles with a spot on the "wall of fame" for her continued support and donations to the hospital.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/546131892284004777/|title=JENNI RIVERA|website=Pinterest|access-date=August 22, 2016}} After her death, the foundation continues to help women and children in need through refuge centers, fundraisers, and more.

Jenni Vive is an annual fundraiser and tribute concert hosted by the Jenni Rivera Love Foundation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jennivive.info|title=Jenni Vive Pagina Oficial|website=Jenni Vive Pagina Oficial|access-date=August 22, 2016}} The first Jenni Vive event was held on December 9, 2013, in Arena Monterrey, the same arena Rivera had sold out in her last concert exactly a year before. Performers included Rivera's family and friends, such as Larry Hernandez, Tito El Bambino, Diana Reyes and La Original Banda Limon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.latinospost.com/articles/32348/20131211/jenni-vive-2013-homage-details-love-for-jenni-unites-the-rivera-family.htm|title='Jenni Vive 2013' Tribute Concert: Rivera Family and Fans Honor Diva de la Banda|work=Latinos Post |date=December 11, 2013|access-date=August 22, 2016 |last1=Post |first1=Latinos }} The second event was held on July 2, 2015, in Long Beach, California. Performers included the singer's daughters, Chiquis and Jacqie, Latin pop artist Becky G, Banda Los Recoditos, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Los Horóscopos de Durango, and Regulo Caro.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6620056/jenni-rivera-jenni-vive-concert-tribute-chiquis-becky-g-long-beach|title=Jenni Rivera Honored at 'Jenni Vive' Tribute Concert By Chiquis, Becky G & More|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 22, 2016}} All earnings from Jenni Vive events go to the Jenni Rivera Love Foundation.

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In May 2016, The Jenni Rivera Love Foundation, in partnership with New Life Beginnings, opened Jenni's Refuge, a women and children's refuge center in Long Beach, California. The refuge center is dedicated to helping women and children that have gone through domestic violence, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse.{{Cite web|url=http://abc7.com/news/family-of-late-singer-jenni-rivera-opens-womens-shelter-in-her-honor/1346756/|title=Family of late singer Jenni Rivera opens women's shelter in her honor|last=Gomez|first=Mayde Gomez, Mayde Gomez bio, about Mayde|date=May 19, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=August 22, 2016}} Jenni's Refuge was built with earnings from Jenni Vive 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.telemundo52.com/noticias/local/jenni-rivera-love-foundation-organizacion-new-life-beginnings-nlb-inauguran-jennis-refuge-refugio-para-mujeres-victimas-violencia-domestica-los-angeles-california-380147931.html|title=Inauguran refugio para mujeres en honor de Jenni Rivera|date=May 19, 2016 |access-date=August 22, 2016}}

In 2009, Rivera began work on her own tequila.{{Cite web|url=http://nbclatino.com/2013/07/12/jenni-rivera-remains-unforgettable-through-new-tequila-line|title=Jenni Rivera remains 'unforgettable' through new tequila line|last=Llamas|first=Liliana|date=July 12, 2013|website=NBC Latino|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-date=September 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916161430/http://nbclatino.com/2013/07/12/jenni-rivera-remains-unforgettable-through-new-tequila-line/|url-status=dead}} Rivera partnered with 3 Crowns Distributors, planned, tasted, and approved the tequila from 2009 to 2012. The tequila was released in September 2013 as Tequila La Gran Señora. In 2014, Tequila La Gran Señora won Best in Class for its versions in Blanco and Reposado. It also took a Tequila Añejo Gold award for its Añejo form.{{Cite web|url=http://tequilaaficionado.com/2014/09/28/2014-spirits-mexico-winners-announced|title=2014 Spirits of Mexico Winners Announced|date=September 28, 2014|website=Tequila Aficionado|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-date=September 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916033020/http://tequilaaficionado.com/2014/09/28/2014-spirits-mexico-winners-announced/|url-status=dead}} It took the award from Don Julio. Rivera's Tequila has appeared in music videos from her daughter, Chiquis,{{Cite web|url=http://www.eldiariony.com/chiquis-rinde-tributo-a-jenni-rivera-en-su-tema-completamente|title=Chiquis rinde tributo a Jenni Rivera en su tema "Completamente"|date=May 6, 2015|website=El Diario NY|language=es|access-date=August 26, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.telemundo47.com/entretenimiento/destacados/Chiquis-vierte-tequila-de-Jenni-en-nuevo-video-musical-tema-La-necia-grabado-en-Malibu-California-375489541.html|title=Chiquis muestra tequila de Jenni en nuevo video|date=April 13, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2016}} to fellow celebrities such as Mario "El Cachorro" Delgado, Snow The Product, and more.

In July 2016, at Noche de La Gran Señora, an event celebrating Rivera's birthday, Rivera's family presented a new bottle of Tequila La Gran Señora. The bottle was approved by Rivera herself.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TequilaLaGranSenora/photos/a.280823178774567.1073741828.263739430482942/509741755882707/?type=3&theater|title=Tequila La Gran Señora|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=August 26, 2016}} The new bottle is expected to go on sale in late 2016.

Rivera is the subject of an upcoming ViX biographical film, Jenni (2024) directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero and starring Annie Gonzalez in the title role, with J.R. Villarreal playing Juan 'Cinco' Lopez.{{cite web |last1=Cordero |first1=Rosy |title=Jenni Rivera Biopic Greenlit At Vix; Annie Gonzalez To Star & Executive Produce |date=March 8, 2023 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/jenni-rivera-biopic-vix-film-annie-gonzalez-cast-1235281872/ |publisher=Deadline |access-date=24 November 2024}} Gonzalez received approval from Rivera's children after singing to them on zoom.{{cite web |last1=Ratner-Arias |first1=Sigal |title=How Annie Gonzalez Got the Role of Jenni Rivera in New Biopic & Found Her Own Warrior Voice |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/annie-gonzalez-jenni-rivera-biopic-1235832993/ |publisher=Billboard |access-date=24 November 2024}}

{{main|Jenni Rivera discography}}

• Somos Rivera (1992)
• Por Un Amor (1994)
• Poco A Poco (1994)
• Adiós... A Selena (1995)
• La Maestra (1997)

• Si Quieres Verme Llorar (1999)
• Reyna de Reynas (1999)
• Que Me Entierren Con la Banda (2000)
• Déjate Amar (2001)
• Se las Voy a Dar a Otro (2001)
• Homenaje a Las Grandes (2003)
• Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida (2005)
• Mi Vida Loca (2007)
• Jenni (2008)
• La Gran Señora (2009)
• Joyas Prestadas: Pop (2011)
• Joyas Prestadas: Banda (2011)
• Misión Cumplida (2023; posthumously released)

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