Jenni Rivera

Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera Saavedra † (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012 [aged 43]), known professionally as Jenni Rivera, 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, Mariachi and Norteño.
==Early Life==
Jenni Rivera was born on July 2, 1969, to Mexican parents Rosa Saavedra and Pedro Rivera, and was raised in Long Beach, California, where she learned to speak Spanish and English fluently. Her brother, Guadalupe Rivera Saavedra, is also a famous singer who is known publicly as Lupillo.
==Career==
===Music career===
In 1992, Rivera was introduced to music when she recorded a song as a Father's Day present to her father, and released more recordings and signed to Capitol/EMI's Latin division afterwards. That same year, she released her first album, Somos Rivera (spanish for "We Are Rivera").
In the following years, Rivera then released more albums titled La Maestra ("The Teacher"), Poco a Poco ("Little by Little"), Por Un Amor ("For A Love"), La Chacalosa ("The Jackal"), and Adios a Selena ("Goodbye To Selena") indepedently, the latter which was a tribute for the late Tejano singer Selena, who was murdered in 1995.
===Television career===
Rivera has also had a career outside of the music industry. She worked as a producer on the Mun2 reality TV show Chiquis & Raq-C, which featured her eldest daughter Chiquis (born as Janney Marín Rivera). She then starred in the spin-off show I Love Jenni, which documented her personal and professional life, and also worked as a coach in the second season of the Mexican talent show La Voz... Mexico, which is based off of The Voice franchise.
==Death==
On December 9, 2012, at age 43, Rivera died in an aircraft accident when the Learjet 25 business jet she was boarding (along with 6 other passengers) crashed near Monterrey, Mexico. After her death, stories about her disappearance and death began to trend and appeared on Spanish-language television networks Telemundo and Univisión.
Before and after Rivera's death, several media outlets including CNN, Billboard, Fox News, and The New York Times have labeled her 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".
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