R.I.P. Jenni Rivera, Banda singer and reality TV star

Mexican-American singer and reality TV star Jenni Rivera has died in a plane crash at the age of 43. Rivera was traveling from a show she'd performed in Monterrey to Mexico City to tape an episode of the Mexican version of The Voice, where she was a coach.
Known to her fans as “the Diva of Banda,” the Los Angeles-based Rivera sold more than 15 million records, was nominated for three Latin Grammys, and was one of the biggest stars in Banda music, a rollicking, brass-based form of pop. Rivera began recording in 1992, but didn’t hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart until 2008’s Jenni, her tenth studio album. She was revered for her brassy, uncompromising lyrics, first breaking through with “Las Malandrinas,” about women who like to party and won’t take any crap from men.