Jennifer Lopez Snags $30M Deal To Perform "Live"
Jennifer Lopez is joining Britney Spears in the lip synch hall of fame. Planet Hollywood figured they were already paying one performer almost $30M to walk around the stage pretending to sing, so why not make it two. Jennifer Lopez is set to earn about $350K per show which is slightly more than Britney Spears, but it all evens out in the end and each get about $30M for a two year contract. I can understand paying Britney Spears that much money. People love her and will travel across the country or the world to see her walk around the stage pretending to sing. She has a lot of songs people love and they just want to see Britney and remember the old Britney, and I get that. I don't get the whole Jennifer Lopez thing. I don't want to go see Jennifer in concert. I don't want to sing along to songs I barely remember or know. To be a performer who has a residency, you need to have a lot of hits. A lot of them. This is not a hey I'm going on tour and I want to be like U2 and Madonna and not sing any of my old songs because I want you to sit through my entire new record because I am too good to sing my hits. Nope, a residency is hey, I know you paid a kazillion bucks and are being forced to drink several drinks and I want you to be happy because this is easy money so let me just play every top 40 song I ever had. Britney can do that, but Jennifer can't.