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1* AwardSnub: She won critics' awards for ''Film/{{Hustlers}}'' but was not nominated at the 2020 Oscars.
2* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
3** "On the Floor". Don't deny it.
4** "Love Don't Cost A Thing" is also insanely catchy. The Spanish language version is even better.
5* BestKnownForTheFanservice:
6** Her big rear tends to be always brought up whenever she's mentioned. There were even wild rumors that she had it insured -- to which she responded, "Who would do that?"
7** Her famous NavelDeepNeckline dress is another one. Google's image search engine was created because of it.
8* CaptainObviousAesop: The moral of "Jenny from the Block" seems to be that rich people still have day-to-day lives that are simply flashier than yours.
9* FandomRivalry: Her fans do ''not'' get along with Music/MariahCarey fans (see Overshadowed by Controversy below).
10* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Her appearance on ''Carpool Karaoke'' with James Corden. He decides to scroll through her phone and send a text to Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio - saying "Hey, baby, I feel like I need to cut loose. Any suggestions?" - and he signs it 'J-Lo'. It gets a reply, to which Jennifer collapses laughing.
11* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Her duet with Creator/LinManuelMiranda after the Pulse nightclub shootings, Love Make the World Go Round.
12** Her and Creator/BenAffleck getting back together after having been broken up for almost two decades.
13* MemeticMutation: The practice of referring to celebrities named Jennifer as J-[first syllable of last name], such as J.Hud for Music/JenniferHudson and J-Law for Creator/JenniferLawrence, began with J.Lo. It's even extended to people who aren't named "Jennifer", including ''men''; for example, Creator/KristenStewart and Creator/RobertPattinson were frequently called "[=K-Stew=]" and "[=R-Pattz=]" when they were dating, and ''Series/DoctorWho'' fans occasionally call Creator/PeterCapaldi "P-Caps".
14* OnceOriginalNowCommon: While her music has remained consistently popular for decades, it can be difficult for modern audiences to appreciate why J.Lo was considered an important and influential sex symbol in her heyday--and it can be ''really'' hard for some people to believe that she was once known for having a big butt. Lopez has been physically fit throughout most of her life, and she's fairly skinny by modern standards--but she had a noticeably curvaceous figure compared to most celebrities in the 1990s, when the so-called [[HollywoodThin "heroin chic"]] trend was still prominent. In the 2010s, wide hips and round buttocks came back into prominence as a "mainstream" female beauty standard, and the pressure to be skinny was largely supplanted by pressure to be curvy. Compared to more recent sex symbols like Music/NickiMinaj, Music/MeganTheeStallion, and Creator/KimKardashian, her figure might not strike some people as particularly remarkable.
15* OvershadowedByControversy: Though it was a No. 1 hit in the US, "I'm Real" doesn't go discussed without bringing up the dispute with Music/MariahCarey over the rights to a sample of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra's [[Music/YellowMagicOrchestraAlbum 1978 cover]] of the Martin Denny song "Firecracker", thanks to an ugly divorce between Carey and Creator/SonyMusic executive Tony Mottola that resulted in the latter giving Lopez the "Firecracker" sample instead as revenge. As a result of just how ugly the whole situation with the sample was, discussion of "I'm Real" is typically eclipsed by the "Firecracker" spat. Said incident also tends to define talk about [[Film/{{Glitter}} "Loverboy"]] (the song Carey meant to use the sample for) as well, but "I'm Real" tends to be hit harder as a result of it being released with the YMO sample first.
16* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]]: Was noted as a terrific and versatile actress pre-''J.Lo'' days; Creator/RogerEbert remarked several times during that period that she was among his favorite actresses. During the 2000s she starred mostly in romantic comedies, putting her into [[GirlShowGhetto two]] [[ComedyGhetto ghettos]] with audiences, in addition to the HypeBacklash against her A-list fame. Her performance in the movie ''Film/{{Hustlers}}'' got her almost universal praise.
17* SignatureSong: Mixed reception aside, "Jenny from the Block" is arguably J. Lo's most recognizable song; the song's title became a second nickname for her and numerous pop culture references were made towards the song since. Helps that it is also an ear worm.
18* TearJerker: During one of her performances, J.Lo announced that her daughter Emme was officially coming out as non-binary and invited them to sing with her. It's safe to say some fans got really emotional over this moment.

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