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My Take
Jenni Rivera is someone I write about with reverence. A Mexican-American from Long Beach, she broke into the male-dominated world of regional Mexican music, banda, mariachi, norteño, and became a fearless voice for women who rarely heard themselves in song. Sweeping Lo Nuestro and Billboard Latin honors, she sat at the genre's summit as singer, actress, and businesswoman alike. Then came the plane crash of December 2012, taking her at just 43, a brutal, abrupt ending that only deepened her legend. To me her whole life reads like a single defiant masterpiece, and her voice is one I believe deserves to keep being heard.
Overview
Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera (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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jenni Rivera
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェニー・リヴェラ
- Reading
- じぇにー・りゔぇら
- Born
- July 2, 1969 – December 9, 2012
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rooster
- Origin
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / composer / actor / singer / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Long Beach Polytechnic High School
- University
- California State University
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year
- 2013 Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year
- 2014 Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year
- 2012 Billboard Latin Music Award for Regional Mexican Song of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.