Posted February 9, 20241 yr Jennifer Lopez's Official biggest songs in the UK revealed Don't be fooled by the bops that she's got – she's still Jenny from the Block. And since she made her Official Charts debut in 1999 with If You Had My Love, Jennifer Lopez has sent a lot of those bops into the upper echelons. In fact, the singer, actress and one-woman cottage industry now has 17 Top 10 singles to her name including three Number 1s. And she's still real (even on Oprah). J-Lo never does anything by halves, though. So later this month, when she releases her ninth studio album This Is Me... Now, she'll also be premiering a semi-autobiographical musical film of the same name. Ahead of their release on February 16 2024, here's an appetite-whetting guide to her official Top 20 biggest songs in the UK. 5. Love Don't Cost a Thing Released: 2001 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1 Total UK chart units: 497,000 When it was released as the lead single from her second studio album, 2001's J Lo, this gleaming pop-R&B track became her first UK Number 1. From the glossy video featuring an iconic dance break to the no-nonsense lyrics ("Think I wanna drive your Benz? I don't"), Love Don't Cost a Thing still sounds like quintessential Jennifer Lynn Lopez. 4. Get Right Released: 2005 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1 Total UK chart units: 587,000 Four years after Love Don't Cost a Thing, J-Lo scored her second Number 1 with this sax-driven banger. Co-written by Usher (yes, really), it's a effortlessly funky club tune that taps into Jennifer's strength, empowerment and feminine energy. When she sings "can't a woman take advantage of what she wants?" on the second verse, only a fool would answer back. 3. If You Had My Love Released: 1999 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 4 Total UK chart units: 614,000 J-Lo's debut single is a top-tier R&B song of the Y2K era. Which is no surprise, really, because she co-wrote it with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, a producer who also crafted era-defining hits for Destiny's Child (Say My Name), Beyoncé (Déja Vu) and Pussycat Dolls (When I Grow Up). Jennifer uses the lyrics to outline her relationship rules, telling potential suitors in no uncertain terms: "First of all, I won't take you cheatin' on me." A solid policy, in fairness. 2. Jenny from the Block Released: 2002 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 3 Total UK chart units: 656,000 Thanks to this self-referential smash, we all know exactly where J-Lo came from: "South side Bronx!" Co-written by Jennifer, it's not just one of her most infectious bops, but also one of her most quotable. "Used to have a little, now I have a lot," she sings on the chorus. "No matter where I go I know where I came from." No one but J-Lo can pull off 'glamorous yet grounded' in quite such a compelling way. 1. On the Floor feat. Pitbull Released: 2011 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1 Total UK chart units: 1.71 million "It's a new generation of party people," J-Lo tells us at the beginning of her third (and to date, most recent) Number 1. Twelve years after she launched her recording career, she was still filling dance floors from, well, "Brazil, Morocco, London to Ibiza". On the Floor was such a huge hit that J-Lo re-teamed with producer RedOne and rapper Pitbull a year later for the equally infectious follow-up hit, Dance Again, which peaked at Number 11. Jennifer Lopez's Official biggest songs ever in the UK 01 ON THE FLOOR JENNIFER LOPEZ FT PITBULL 02 JENNY FROM THE BLOCK 03 IF YOU HAD MY LOVE 04 GET RIGHT 05 LOVE DON'T COST A THING 06 WAITING FOR TONIGHT 07 I'M REAL 08 AIN'T IT FUNNY 09 ALL I HAVE JENNIFER LOPEZ FT LL COOL J 10 I'M INTO YOU JENNIFER LOPEZ FT LIL WAYNE 11 LET'S GET LOUD 12 AIN'T YOUR MAMA 13 PLAY 14 I'M GONNA BE ALRIGHT 15 CONTROL MYSELF LL COOL J FT JENNIFER LOPEZ 16 DANCE AGAIN JENNIFER LOPEZ FT PITBULL 17 BOOTY JENNIFER LOPEZ FT IGGY AZALEA 18 BABY I LOVE U 19 AIN'T IT FUNNY (MURDER INC REMIX) JENNIFER LOPEZ FT JA RULE 20 PAPI https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/j...he-uk-revealed/ Get Right should hopefully hit Platinum this year and Love Don't Cost A Thing 500K this year.
February 9, 20241 yr Those sales seem across the board lower than I'd have expected (except 'On The Floor') - I guess she must not do particularly amazingly with catalogue streams.
February 9, 20241 yr Love to see Ain’t Your Mama above some more established hits. Deserved better at the time it came out.
February 9, 20241 yr The disparity between the sales of her early 00's hits and now is colossal. Anyone know how this compares to the most recent sales update we had for her? I thought trickle sales/streams would have been stronger over the years...
February 9, 20241 yr I’m rather surprised that Ain’t It Funny remix is that low down. It sold 158k in 2002 and it’s still not gone silver. It makes me wonder if downloads/streams of the remix have gone towards the original Ain’t It Funny in the digital age (which went Gold 400k+ in October 2023; it sold 114,000 in 2001). Just strikes me as being a bit suspicious. Even Baby I Love U is ahead now, and that only sold 80k in 2004. Ain’t Your Mama peaked at #182 and spent just 1 week in the Top 200. So it’s jarring to see it above Top 3 hits Play, I’m Gonna Be Alright, Control Myself… but streaming era gonna streaming era, I guess. Let’s Get Loud is also very high up considering that it wasn’t released as a single here! Love Don’t Cost a Thing only being on the verge of half a million surprised me too. I looked back on the EOY 2001 and it only sold 195,000. 26 singles which didn’t reach #1 sold more than it in that year! So maybe reaching #1 skews my perception of how big it actually was, maybe at other times of year it would have only been a Top 5.
February 9, 20241 yr Ain't Your Mama was quite a sizeable hit all across Europe - top five in Spain and Germany, it's weird that it did *that* badly here in terms of a peak, you'd think her fanbase alone downloading it could have got it low top 100, as iTunes still had more of a say then. I agree with Jay, it looks like the remix sales in the streaming era have gone to the originals - I'm Real remix has well over 10 times as many streams on Spotify as the original (granted many of these won't be UK streams, but the discrepancy won't be that high), yet isn't even listed here, and I'd be surprised if the original I'm Real had outsold something like I'm Into You, considering that was a top 10 in a higher sales era. Edited February 9, 20241 yr by gooddelta
February 9, 20241 yr I’m rather surprised that Ain’t It Funny remix is that low down. It sold 158k in 2002 and it’s still not gone silver. It makes me wonder if downloads/streams of the remix have gone towards the original Ain’t It Funny in the digital age (which went Gold 400k+ in October 2023; it sold 114,000 in 2001). That’s definitely what’s happening, which sucks because the Ain’t it Funny remix is NOT a remix! Nothing in common with the original song
February 9, 20241 yr Let’s Get Loud is also very high up considering that it wasn’t released as a single here! It's such a hugely well-known song, I wonder why they didn't give it a proper single release back in the day? It's her equivalent of 'Your Disco Needs You' in that respect.
February 9, 20241 yr Those sales seem across the board lower than I'd have expected (except 'On The Floor') - I guess she must not do particularly amazingly with catalogue streams. I feel like it’s often going to happen when you get sales for 00s artists that they look low across the board just because it was a different world and the majority of legacy hits don’t stream significant numbers. Same with Sophie - her 3rd biggest hit was on 277k or something which couldn’t happen now for anyone who’s a decent sized star.
February 9, 20241 yr I'm quite surprised T.H.E. has been outsold by Papi now. It hasn’t, T.H.E is silver. OCC can be remiss about remembering to include features in these lists!
February 9, 20241 yr I feel like it’s often going to happen when you get sales for 00s artists that they look low across the board just because it was a different world and the majority of legacy hits don’t stream significant numbers. Same with Sophie - her 3rd biggest hit was on 277k or something which couldn’t happen now for anyone who’s a decent sized star. I'd definitely say JLo has a lot more songs that feel like classics than Sophie though, I would have guessed at least a couple of her older hits would have streamed enough to be pushing 1 million units. Point taken in general though.
February 9, 20241 yr I'm happy to see 'Ain't Your Mama' so high up that list despite its low peak. I'm also delighted to see 'Papi' sneak in, that's hands down my favourite thing she's ever done, an absolute pop classic and I won't hear otherwise. It still baffles me that it only made #67.
February 11, 20241 yr Waiting For Tonight deserves Top 5!!! EDIT: Which it makes me think, why isn't Waiting For Tonight not streamed more during NYE parties!!! Edited February 11, 20241 yr by Addy!
February 11, 20241 yr I am a little shocked but some of her sales, I know she is obviously more from the physcials era and those sales would be very healthy back then but I am a little shocked songs like All I have and Love don't cost a thing haven't picked up streams ala Muder on the dancefloor
February 18, 20241 yr I am a little shocked but some of her sales, I know she is obviously more from the physcials era and those sales would be very healthy back then but I am a little shocked songs like All I have and Love don't cost a thing haven't picked up streams ala Muder on the dancefloor Agreed, I find it hard to believe she's appears to have picked up so little streaming sales.
February 18, 20241 yr Not surprised that On The Floor is #1. That was MASSIVE back in 2011. Would 2011 have been around the peak of digital sales for singles?
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