Jennifer Lopez - "On The 6" (1999)
Jun 5, 2019 13:58:51 GMT -5
Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 5, 2019 13:58:51 GMT -5
June 1 marked 20 years since Jennifer Lopez – the former ‘In Living Color‘ “fly girl”-turned-actress – flew up the Billboard charts with her debut album, ‘On the 6.’ Preceded by its chart-topping lead single, ‘If You Had My Love,’ the project – helmed by then-boyfriend Sean “Puffy” Combs, serial hitmaker Rodney Jerkins, and more music industry heavy hitters – peaked at #8 on the Billboard charts and was later certified triple platinum.
Launching Lopez into the stratosphere of entertainment and laying the groundwork for her ultimate flexes of ‘triple threat status’ over the two decades that followed, the 49-year-old took to social media over the weekend to pay tribute to the birthday of the album that started it all for her.
On the 6 produced five singles, most of which were commercially successful. "If You Had My Love" peaked at number one in the United States, while "Waiting for Tonight" peaked in the top ten. "No Me Ames", a ballad with Lopez and future husband Marc Anthony, was a hit on Billboard's Latin charts, while "Let's Get Loud" has become one of the entertainer's signature hits. The music video for "If You Had My Love" became a fixture on MTV, VH1 and BET, with "Waiting for Tonight" and "Feelin' So Good" receiving a similar response. At the time of the album's release several other Latin recording artists (including Ricky Martin and Marc Anthony) were achieving success in the mainstream music market, considered a Latin "explosion" and "ethnic boom" led by Martin and Lopez. On the 6's success allowed Lopez to evolve into an icon of pop culture in the years after its release.
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For the week ending June 19, 1999 it debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200, selling 112,000 units during the same week "If You Had My Love" spent its second week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[80][81] The next week the album dropped to number 12, although its lead single remained atop the Hot 100.[82] Its third week saw the album remain at this position.[83] According to Nielsen SoundScan, On the 6 sold almost 400,000 copies during its first four weeks.[59] Throughout July the album performed steadily, remaining in the Billboard 200's top twenty.[84] By August 21 the album had spent ten weeks on the top twenty, while "If You Had My Love" had been in the top ten of the Hot 100 for twelve weeks.[85] By October, On the 6 had sold 1.6 million copies in the United States.[86] After a one-year run on the chart the album fell off by the week of June 3, 2000 after charting at number 173.[87] It re-entered two weeks later at number 179, before dropping to number 186 and falling off the chart the following week. Overall, On the 6 experienced a 53-week run on the Billboard 200.[88] The album also peaked at number eight on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over three million units.[89] By October 2010 Billboard's Gary Trust reported that the album had sold 2.81 million copies in the United States, making it Lopez's second-bestseller overall.
The album's title refers to the 6 subway line in New York City, which Lopez used to ride to and from work in Manhattan as well as her home in the Bronx during her early career.
What are your favorite tracks from the album? Besides the singles, I love the ballads on the album.
If You Had My Love: #1 Hot 100, #5 Dance, #6 R&B, #14 Latin Pop, #2 Top 40
No Me Ames ft. Marc Anthony: #1 Latin, #2 Latin Pop, #1 Tropical
Waiting For Tonight: #8 Hot 100, #1 Dance, #3 Top 40
Let's Get Loud: #39 Dance
Feelin' So Good ft. Big Pun and Fat Joe: #51 Hot 100, #1 Dance, #44 R&B, #27 Top 40
