JENNIFER Lopez has endured another split — this time from her record label.
It is the latest setback for the megastar singer after her divorce from Ben Affleck in January.
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J.Lo, who turned 56 yesterday, is now an independent artist and put out her new single Birthday via a small company.
Top label BMG, also home to Kylie Minogue and Rita Ora, released her 2024 album This Is Me… Now – her first full project in a decade.
But The Sun understands it was only a one-album deal and they called it a day following disappointing sales.
A music insider said: “Jennifer is obviously massively successful and talented but it’s been hard for her to find a label who she is on the same page with.
“After her last album came out, it was decided she wouldn’t continue with BMG as it wasn’t the success she wanted.
“It only went to No55 in the UK. But her team want to push forward with new music. She has spent a lot of time in the studio this year.”
The Jenny from the Block star, who has sold more than 80million records worldwide, is believed to be looking for a new label to put out an album inspired by her split with actor Ben, 52.
Her current European tour has seen her debut several songs with cutting lyrics.
They include Wreckage Of You, on which she sings: “Thank you for the scars you left on my heart. I won’t fall apart because of who you are and all your broken parts.”
On Up All Night, which the tour is named after, she sings: “I’m up all night, dancing on somebody, living my best life. I bet you wish that you were by my side. I got tired of you breaking me down.”
Mum-of-two J.Lo was engaged to Ben in 2002 before they split two years later.
They then reconciled in 2021 before the actor became J.Lo’s fourth hubby the following year.
She threw herself a lavish birthday party on Wednesday evening following her latest show in Antalya, Turkey.
In clips shared on Instagram, she danced in front of a three-tier cake at a venue decked out with images of the star.
She plays Polish capital Warsaw tonight before dates in UAE, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Turkey and Uzbekistan.
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck relationship timeline
JLo and Ben were first linked together in 2002 and became engaged later that year. However, they called off the wedding just two years later. They rekindled their romance in 2021 and finally got hitched in 2022 before filing for divorce this year. Here is a timeline of their love story:
- June 2002 – Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck met on the set of Gigli and JLo divorced from her second husband Cris Judd
- November 2002 – Ben proposed to JLo with a six-carat pink diamond ring
- September 2003 – JLo and Ben called off their wedding and blamed it on ‘excessive media attention’
- January 2004 – The celebrity couple announce they are heading separate ways
- July 2021 – JLo posts an intimate photo of herself beside Ben and they begin dating again
- April 2022 – Ben proposes to JLo for a second time
- July 2022 – The celebrity couple officially celebrated their nuptials in a Las Vegas, Nevada, ceremony
- August 2022 – Ben and JLo have a second A-list wedding at their $8.9million George estate
- February 2023 – Ben and JLo go viral after she is seen appearing to scold him at the Grammy Awards as the camera swung by their table, while photos often showed him looking exhausted and miserable on outings with his wife.
- May 2024 – Divorce rumors began to swirl with sources alleging they were not compatible and Ben was sick of marriage.
- July 2024 – The pair publicly listed their new marital home for $68 million and it was reported they were living separately in new properties.
- August 2024 – JLo finally filed for divorce on their second wedding anniversary on August 20.
