Global superstar signs new recording & publishing partnership with BMG
Multi-platinum singer-songwriter, award-winning actress and global superstar Jennifer Lopez has signed a new global recording and publishing partnership with BMG to release her upcoming ninth studio album, This is Me…Now.
Lopez’s first studio album in nine years and the sequel to 2002’s This Is Me…Then, will be released by Nuyorican/BMG. This Is Me…Now is an exciting musical trilogy showcasing the triple-threat’s extraordinary talents.
Written and recorded at her converted home studio in Los Angeles during 2022 and 2023, This Is Me…Now is produced by Rogét Chahayed (Doja Cat, Travis Scott), Jennifer Lopez, Angel Lopez (Jack Harlow), and Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman (H.E.R). Additional songwriter-producers include Hitboy (Drake), Ink (Beyonce), Tay Keith (Nicki Minaj), Yeti Beats (Doja Cat), Carter Lang (SZA), Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk (Ariana Grande), with BMG’s Brandon Riester serving as the album’s A&R.
Further album details are forthcoming.
To date, Lopez has sold over 80 million records worldwide, with 15 billion global streams, and more than 18 billion views of her music videos from her previous albums.
In this age of streaming Jennifer Lopez, in 2023, cemented her status as a global film star on streaming platforms. Her latest film, The Mother is Netflix’s most successful movie of 2023 so far, with over 239 million hours watched globally. Her film has also become a Top 7 movie of all time on Netflix. Shotgun Wedding released in January was the No. 1 movie on Amazon Prime Video.
Lopez is the only female artist to ever have a No. 1 album and No. 1 film simultaneously and she has a cumulative worldwide box-office gross of over $3 billion. In 2019, her movie Hustlers which she produced and starred in was Lopez’s highest opening weekend of her career, topping $32 million and grossing over $100 million worldwide.
