Jennifer Lopez was the first Latina actor to earn over $1 million for a film. She was paid $1 million for starring in the 1997 film Selena, a film about Selena Quintanilla Pérez, the Queen of Tejano Music.
J.Lo is the first woman to have a number-one album and film in the same week. Her second studio album J.Lo and her hit movie, The Wedding Planner in 2001, debuted in the same week and immediately went to the top of the charts and box office.
According to Forbes, J.Lo made $42 million in 2019 alone through a wide range of business investments and income earned from her many popular movies and albums.