Ten years after singer Jenni Rivera died in a plane crash, her family announced they would release never-before-heard music.
In a recent interview with Billboard News, Jacqie Rivera, the daughter who is in charge of her mother’s business, announced that there’s an LP on the way made up of songs previously unreleased to the public.
“It’s definitely music in Spanish, it’s more than one song, and it’s regional Mexican,” Jacqie Rivera told Billboard. “I think it’s very important that we tie in how she started, what [music] put her up there, and share that.”
In the interview, Jacqie hinted at a possible future release of English music and a biopic in the early planning stages.
The new songs will be part of a project to be released before the end of the year and some of the tracks would be produced by Banda MS’ Sergio Lizárraga.
The Rivera family is also set to host a concert to commemorate the 10th anniversary of her 2012 death with performances by her children, including Chiquis Rivera.
Jacqie also told Billboard that there is a movie in the works based on her mother’s life.
“I think that’s a big deal… I remember watching ‘Selena,’ I remember watching the Ritchie Valen’s one [‘La Bamba’], and we were always like, ‘One day she’ll be able to have this,’” she said.
While Rivera’s story has already been brought to television, this is the first feature film about the regional Mexican singer’s life. the idea of bringing a movie to the public has been ongoing for many years.
The late singer’s sister Rosie Rivera told Billboard in 2019, “My sister dreamt of a biopic of her life for many years, we are thrilled it will come to fruition… It’s taken time to get here because we had to trust Jenni’s story in the right hands.”
