Another milestone for J.Lo
JENNIFER Lopez says she’s overwhelmed that she’s honoured with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug 20.
“It is amazing,” she told MTV’s Sway. “Growing up on MTV, watching all my idols get this award, to be the recipient this year, I can’t even believe it. I’m so excited.”
Lopez, who was also nominated for two VMAs this year, also performed a 10-minute medley of hits from her 20-year music career at the Radio City Music Hall ceremony.
Of course, Lopez, who has sold more than 80 million records worldwide and has had four No. 1 singles and three No. 1 albums, is known for her Bronx roots and Nuyorican upbringing – even naming her company Nuyorican Productions.
In a career filled with highlights, Lopez told MTV that one of her most memorable was during the release of her 2011 Love? album.“Having a hit with On The Floor, after I had went away and had babies and then came back and had another No. 1 hit,” Lopez said, “that was an amazing moment.”
Lopez says receiving the Video Vanguard award is another milestone, made even sweeter by the fact that she is the first Latin artiste to receive the award.
“That’s always an amazing thing because you want everyone to know that they have a fair shot at anything in this life,” she told MTV.
“If I could be the first to do anything, it’s not about me, it’s about everybody else.”
Lopez, 49, continued: “I grew up in the MTV era. I was watching all the way back to Tina Turner and Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and Janet and Michael – all of them. They were my inspirations to even get into the music business, to do what I did. Their videos inspired me to do the videos that I did.
“And now, to be 20 years in, and be here and winning this award, it’s mind-blowing to me.” – Newsday/Tribune News Service