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Latina who inspired other women to be strong. She was so resilient.”To date, there have been 24 printings of the book totaling nearly 400,000 copies. Of those, more than 200,000 have been sold in the three months since the release, Castillo says, adding that the book is still No. 1 in Amazon’s Spanish store. The simultaneous release of the hardcover and trade paperback in English and Spanish also coincided with a Walmart edition, a first for a Latin artist. Other projects have also been published including “We Love Jenni: An Unauthorized Biography of Jenni Rivera” by Marc Shapiro and Charlie Vazquez and “Jenni Rivera: The Incredible Story of a Warrior Butterfly” by Billboard’s Leila Cobo.The day Rivera died she was traveling to Mexico City, where she was to tape the final episode of the third season of the country’s version of “The Voice,” a gig she was originally thinking of turning down. But Rivera-sometimes known for her public feuds with celebrities as much as for her music — sparkled as the gentle, intelligent and endearing coach nurturing young talent. (One of her contestants ultimately won the competition.)“Jenni was heading toward something big and people wanted more,” says Gonzalez, whom Rivera often called for advice. “We realized that no [Latin] celebrity in recent times, not even a politician, has received that kind of coverage. The interest in Jenni illustrates that there was this momentum, a major force. People will continue looking for her in one form or another.”The Rivera estate is being administered by her sister Rosie, who consults Jenni’s children regarding pending business. Daughter Chiquis, brother Lupillo and father Pedro all continue to honor their famous relative with songs, tributes and appearances.CAA is handling the development of a film about Rivera. Chiquis, who this summer was a guest host on “The View” with Barbara Walters, is said to be interested in playing her mother. Lupillo has dedicated many of his performances to his sister, and Rivera’s singer/songwriter father earlier this year was in Mexico promoting his daughter’s role as a drug-addicted mother in the independent film “Filly Brown.”Rosie, who promised

When he was writing for Billboard. Jenni Rivera's posthumous fameRivera’s fame grew in the months after she died.“She sold more records in the year [after she died] compared to 20 years of a trajectory in music,” Aguila said.He described her as bold, sassy, and not afraid to speak her mind. Even though there were those struggles for Jenni Rivera, she always stayed focused on making sure her family was OK, and making sure she had a way to keep it all together financially and in many other areas. — Justino Aguila, Billboard In the years before she died, Rivera founded Divina Realty, Divina Cosmetics, Jenni Rivera Fragrance, Jenni Jeans, Divine Music and The Jenni Rivera Love Foundation, and starred in television and film.“Even though there were those struggles for Jenni Rivera, she always stayed focused on making sure her family was OK, and making sure she had a way to keep it all together financially and in many other areas,” Aguila said. He’s reported that there are English songs Rivera recorded that are yet to be released.Fans at the Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling said they felt a sense of fullness and absence at the same time.“The only thing is, we wish she was here. She was taken too young,” said fan Marcia Estrada.

Resonate with her fans.“She speaks in those songs a lot about what other women don’t talk about,” Estrada said. 15 gold records, 15 platinum, five double platinumOne of those songs is "La Gran Señora," which sounds like a traditional mariachi ranchera song. But listen to the Spanish lyrics and you’ll hear Rivera’s talk about her partner's lover. She tells that lover that she worked hard for the relationship and that the love triangle isn’t working. The lover will understand this through words or “a madrazos,” in other words, by getting beaten up. The message of the song is that she’s the grand lady in the relationship and will be respected as such. Flor Rivera from Ontario brought a Jenni Rivera blanket to the Jenni Rivera Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling.(Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/ LAist) “Going through a lot of heartbreak, going through different situations is something that not only do I relate with it myself, but I see around the women that I love as well, my mother, my family members,” Velasco said, connecting Rivera’s lyrics to his own life experience.Rivera’s success is deeply rooted in urban, working class, Mexican American culture. She was born in Long Beach to immigrant parents. She went on to sell 15 million records in an era before streaming became the dominant way of listening to music. Bakatra's Jenni Rivera tattoo(Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/ LAist) “Jenni Rivera was the most successful regional Mexican act in the business,” Justino Aguila told LAist. He interviewed Rivera about a dozen times

Some of the fans waiting outside the Capitol Records building on Thursday for Jenni Rivera’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star to be unveiled remember her in the early 1990s before she was a big star.“A lot of people don’t know this, when she used to play at… El Parral in South Gate,” said Los Angeles resident Marcia Estrada.“I’m from South Central. That’s where I met her, I must have been 14, 15 [years old],” Estrada added. She showed off tattoos of five butterflies on her leg with the words “Mariposa de Barrio,” the title of a song by Rivera.Others standing in the midday sun next to the iconic building never got to see Rivera perform live. Victoria Bakatra from Yorba Linda with a photo of Jenni Rivera from an April, 2012 concert she attended, months before Rivera died.(Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/ LAist) “In 2012 when she passed away, I was still in high school and I cried so much because I wanted to go to a concert… I couldn't afford a concert ticket, my parents could never afford to take me to a concert,” said Sebastian Velasco.Along with other fans, Velasco belted out Rivera’s song “Mirame,” about rejecting a lover who was disrespectful and comes back. Irene Stokes showed off her Jenni Rivera nails.(Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/ LAist) So many of Rivera’s songs are about standing tall and asserting dignity in the face of physical or emotional abuse. Twelve years after Rivera’s death, those songs and what she did as an entrepreneur continue to

Sitcom would have stared Rivera as a strong, single, middle-class Latina woman juggling a business and family.Born to Mexican immigrants in Long Beach, CA, Rivera was bilingual. Her songs resonated with fans on both sides of the border. Focused on this duality, the Los Angeles Times said it best:In a witty and sometimes baffling stew of Spanish and English, she sang about her three husbands, about drug traffickers, in tribute to her father, in tribute to her gynecologist.She spoke to women, for women, about women. And she took shots of tequila on stage, between songs. As Angie Romero opined for A­­­BC News Univision, Rivera was a rule breaker from the very beginning:In these early recordings, Rivera manifested herself as neither La Malinche (the whore) nor La Virgen de Guadalupe (the virgin)–the two main cultural archetypes for Mexican women. She was just Jenni. And although male artists had been singing corridos since the early 1900s, no woman had ever been as fearless in her lyrics and delivery.Romero lovingly compared Rivera’s life to a telenovela–with good reason. She divorced three times, most recently from former major league pitcher Esteban Loaiza.But the singer’s most tragic relationship was her first.By 16, Rivera was married, a mother, and all too familiar with domestic violence. Rivera was open about her relationship with José Trinidad Marín. As CNN explained:Rivera spoke about how Marín physically abused her because while she wanted to attend college he wanted her to quit school and be at home ‘cooking and cleaning.’ She said she grew up with four brothers so she knew how to fight back.Their marriage ended in 1992. The couple divorced when Rivera discovered Marín molested their daughter and Rivera’s younger sister. Her ex-husband is serving a 30-year sentence.In 2010, she launched the Jenni Rivera Love Foundation, dedicated to assisting

Last year, Jenni Rivera made a vow to herself: 2013 was going to be her breakthrough moment. She was 43 and already a multimillionaire. As the biggest female artist in regional Mexican, she’d placed 26 songs on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart, including “De Contrabando” (Of Contraband) at No. 1. Her edgy and romantic songs catapulted her to icon status for a devoted audience of women who saw their own struggles reflected in her work. But she had something more in her sights. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This was the year she was going to star in her own sitcom, part of a plan to capture the mainstream success that would take her beyond her Spanish-language hits. Not that she would leave behind her loyal fan base. A Las Vegas residency at one of the MGM properties would give her a chance to keep in touch with her audience, and it would cut down on the rigors of touring.She had signed with Creative Artists Agency in hopes of expanding her brand, and was preparing to release a tequila line that she thought her fans would make a strong seller. “Being signed by CAA, knowing that such a huge company would even be interested in me, makes me proud of myself,” Rivera said backstage at the Billboard Latin Music Conference in April 2012. “I’m kind of in disbelief that they would want a Jenni Rivera, but I guess now I see the world in a different way.” Trending on Billboard Eight months later, in the early morning hours of Dec. 9, after a concert for 17,000 in Monterrey, Mexico, a small private jet carrying Rivera and six others disappeared. The news spread quickly, lighting up social media. Two million-plus followers on Rivera’s Twitter account received the nine messages she’d sent before takeoff, including a final note to let them know her tablet’s battery was about to die.Later that day, 1,500 miles away in Los Angeles, panic was setting in behind the scenes as family and friends grappled with the news that