her albums , like lopez was done . while she has n’t stormed silicon valley just yet , jennifer lopez is a state - of - the - art celebrity success story . now to be considered a real success , he or she needs to sell clothes , hawk fragrances -- maybe even invest in technology startups . the celebrity 100 is based on entertainment - related earnings plus media visibility ( exposure in print , television , radio and online ) . her movies , like el cantante , flopped . print media mentions come from factiva , and we use lexis nexis to find out how many times each star was mentioned on television and on the radio . then in 2010 the singer landed a judge 's chair on american idol .