Jennifer Lopez Parts Ways With Sony Records
[artist id="508574"]Jennifer Lopez[/artist] is scheduled to be the host and musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, but unlike most host/guests, at the moment Jenny from the Block doesn't seem to have much to promote during her appearance. That's because, according to Entertainment Weekly, the singer has split with longtime record label Sony Music's Epic Records, which was slated to release her delayed seventh album, Love?, in April.
Jennifer Lopez
After taking time off to become a mother of twins with husband Marc Anthony, Lopez was working on her comeback album, releasing the shoe fetish song "Louboutins" last year. She famously wiped out while lip-synching that tune at November's [article id="1626850"]American Music Awards[/article], but when the song fizzled on the charts, failing to crack the top 10 on the singles tally, the heat on the project apparently cooled off.
"Jennifer had a wonderful relationship with the Sony Music Group, and they have shared many successes together, but the time was right to make a change that best serves the direction of her career as an actress and recording artist. She is grateful and appreciative to everyone at Sony for all that they accomplished together," the singer's manager, Benny Medina, said in a statement to Deadline Hollywood. Her rep told EW that Lopez is already negotiating with another record label. A Sony spokesperson could not be reached for comment at press time.
Deadline Hollywood first broke the story on Monday, when it was reported that Lopez's contract had ended and that she'd fulfilled it with "Louboutins" and another recent single, "Fresh Out the Oven," which leaked online in October. The report also stated that it's unclear if Lopez was finished with the album, which reportedly features the Neptunes, Danja, Jim Jonsin and Rodney Jerkins.
Unnamed Lopez "insiders" said the album was "by no means done" and that she had only finished a few songs for it. Lopez is slated to return to the big screen in late April in the romantic comedy "The Back-Up Plan."
