Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera[2][3] (July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and producer known for her work within the regional Mexican music genre, specifically in the styles of banda, mariachi and norteño.

In the mid to late 1990s, she was often criticized and was refused bookings at venues across California for performing Banda music—a male-dominated music genre.

A proclamation was given officially naming August 6 "Jenni Rivera Day" by the Los Angeles City Council for all her charity work and community involvement.

[11] She supported the two of them by selling CDs at flea markets,[12][13] while working toward her GED at a continuation school and graduating as class valedictorian.

[15] 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.

"[17] 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.

[19][22] 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.

[31] 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.

At the end of the tour, she released La Gran Señora en Vivo, a live album that consisted of hits in banda and mariachi.

[35] She recorded the album and became the first Latin[36] artist to sell out two back-to-back nights at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, on August 6–7, 2010.

Rivera worked as coach in the second season of the Mexican talent show La Voz... México,[44] based upon The Voice franchise.

[59] Her long career included such honors as 20 million albums sold worldwide, making her the highest-earning banda singer of all time.

Oscar-nominated actor Edward James Olmos, who served as executive producer on the film, called Rivera's performance "Oscar-worthy".

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.

[69] Billboard magazine named Rivera the highest-ranked woman on the year-end Top Latin Artists chart of 2014, ranking at No.

[75] 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

[106] 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.

"[107][108] 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.

[115] 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.

[122] 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.

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.

Performers included Rivera's family and friends, such as Larry Hernandez, Tito El Bambino, Diana Reyes and La Original Banda Limon.

Rivera's Tequila has appeared in music videos from her daughter, Chiquis,[139][140] to fellow celebrities such as Mario "El Cachorro" Delgado, Snow The Product, and more.

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.