Artist of The Month: Jennifer Lopez

As promised, here's our second AOTM of the month, Jennifer Lopez since the vote was a tie between her and Natalia Kills. She will releasing her seventh studio album, Love? on May 3.

Lopez revealed to MTV that the album would have a very tight and focussed concept. Although in initial interviews she refused to reveal the title or concept, she said the album was personal to her. "You can't help but put not only your kids into it, but to put anything you are going through in your music", she said. "That's the only thing you can really sing or write is stuff that you know. The more music you make and the more that you get into it and the more you write, the more you realize that's all you can write." In October 2009, People magazine revealed that Lopez's album was going to be called Love?. She would tell KIIS FM's DJ Skee, that she had chosen to call her album Love? because love was something that still confused her. "Love is the most confusing thing in the world, that's why the album is called Love with a question mark." Lopez told The Advocate's Brandon Voss that she also took into account the gay community and how they might feel towards the album. She said all her previous albums had a universal appeal and the LGBT community had role to play in the success of her music in the past ("Waiting for Tonight").

During interviews with one of her official fansites, Lopez also revealed that fans could expect a mixture of musical styles like her previous albums. "Expect pop records, R&B and a little hip hop. "When Billboard previewed the album in January 2010, Ben-Yehuda Ayala said "Lopez sings, talk-sings and broods (within pop reason) on the subject of love," while Rap-Up said it is very much in-keeping with the title, "a love roller coaster, taking you through the ups and downs of a relationship." Following her move to Island Def Jam, Lopez said she would still be pressing ahead with the album under the title Love?. "I just feel like it's an endlessly fascinating topic that all my albums have been about. It's still very confusing to me and so I explore that on this album, probably more than my other albums." She also revealed that her husband Marc Anthony initially disproved of the title because he felt that it may imply that the couple were having marital problems. However in interviews with DJ Skee, she said "love has always been a theme of my career and this record wasn't going to be different. The album has a lot of up-tempo, dancy, urban tracks."

Currently the album is set to include a mixture of previously recorded material, along with new songs with Tricky Stewart, The-Dream and RedOnecommissioned by Island Records. The album will combine R&B, pop music and hip hop songs for a mixture of club-ready singles as well as slower mid-tempo songs. Lopez refers to Love? as containing her best vocals to date. The album's first single under Island Records is "On the Floor" and features Pitbull. It is the first release from Love? to garner Canadian and US airplay and is currently impacting on charts around the world. Released from February 11, 2011, it reached the top five in most countries around the world, including reaching number one in fourteen countries, including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and much of continental Europe. It is Lopez's most successful single in eight years, peaking at number five in the United States.

The poll for next month is up, i hope you vote the right one (Gaga)

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