Jenifer Pena

Official Myspace Site Jennifer Marcella Peña (born September 17, 1983 in San Antonio, Texas), is an American Latin Pop/Tejano singer and actress who has sold over 3.5 million records internationally. Peña is the third and youngest daughter of Jaime and Mary Peña with other siblings Janet and Jackie. Peña is of Mexican descent native to the state of Texas raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. Peña has also ventured into film, appearing in MTV’s All You’ve Got with Ciara in 2006 and Amexicano in 2007 which was released at the Tribeca Film Festival is awaiting a release date. On February 27, 2007, Dicen que el tiempo was released which debuted at #16 on Billboard Top Latin Album, with “Como Entender” being promoted as the first single, followed by “Tuya” in late April. Since the release both the album and single has garnered lukewarm reception cracking the Top 25 positions on Billboard and selling out the initial shipment of 80,000 units. Jennifer is on hiatus after promoting the album all across the US and Puerto Rico with TV slots on MTV Tr3s as the artist of the month and extensive radio promotion. The second single “Tuya”, reached its peak position at #5 on Billboard charts as of September 2007.” Dicen Que El Tiempo” did not fare well in sales in comparison to previous efforts but won Jennifer critical acclaim and was well received by fans the album although a departure from both her Pop Ballads and Tejano Sound was produced by Jennifer and Sebastian Kyrs and also included additional songwriting and production by Obie Bermúdez. On December ’06, 2007 “Dicen Que El Tiempo” was nominated for a Grammy. In April 2007, Peña announced on her official message board that she was engaged to Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Obie Bermúdez, and that they were expecting their first child. They shared their good news again during an appearance on the April 26, 2007, edition of “Mi TRL” on MTV Tr3s. The couple was married in a private ceremony in her home state of Texas on June 3, 2007. The couple welcomed their first child, son Jobien, on November 6, 2007.   The baby was a week late. Currently Peña resides in Texas along with her husband. After the merger of Univision into Universal Latin Music, Peña’s next album was in the works but she is currently in litigation with Universal Latin Music. Under contract she is unable to record or contribute to any future recordings. Currently Jennifer is not recording any music is now part of GLO organization .