At this time last year, Jennifer Lopez ** was still licking her wounds from a rough 2010. She kicked off the year with a poorly received performance of single "Louboutins," got dropped by Epic Records and failed to relaunch her film career with the underperforming romantic comedy "The Back-Up Plan."

Cut to this month, and Lopez is everywhere. She performed a medley of her hits on the American Music Awards (AMAs); she's in virtually every commercial break on broadcast TV, working with Fiat, Venus, Kohl's and L'Oreal EverSleek; she's in print ads for Gucci and Tous jewelry; and she's back on the Billboard charts with singles like "On the Floor" and "I'm Into You" from "Love?", her first Island Records album. And Monday (Dec. 12), she appeared in an all-new TV spot for Harman Kardon's home theater systems. And it's all thanks to her gig as a judge on a little juggernaut called "American Idol," which helped successfully reposition Lopez as a multifaceted entertainer for the masses.

Lopez helped the show emerge from a ratings slump (along with fellow new judge Steven Tyler) and propped up her own career in the process. The video for " On the Floor" premiered to much fanfare during "American Idol" and quickly racked up hundreds of millions of views on YouTube and Vevo, enough to rank as the third-most-watched music video of all time (as of November). The single also peaked at No. 3 and became her highest-charting hit since 2002's "Jenny From the Block." Even her film career has been revived, with Lopez set to appear in three movies next year. Also on the horizon is another music competition series (in partnership with "Idol" founder Simon Fuller and Marc Anthony), "Q'Viva!," set to air on Univision and other networks in early 2012.

But with her newfound ubiquity comes some backlash. The much-delayed "Love?" received poor reviews and dropped off the Billboard 200 in September. An early commercial for Fiat featuring a trailer for her "Papi" video was dubbed by auto-marketing expert Peter DeLorenzo as "quite possibly the worst automotive spot of the last decade, hands down," while Fiat's onstage appearance during Lopez's AMAs performance drew ire from critics as "shameless" and "embarrassing.

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well obviously AI put her right back up there on the radar. But besides On the floor she hasnt had huge music sales. Plus the new boytoy thing is a bit unsavoury especially involving her kids so soon. Bad judgement. Possible mid-life crisis or rebound thing. Its like she needs to feel young and sexy again.

you know what?

One huge single and one moderate single equating to 1 million album sales is good.

Considering she has been underperforming musically since 2005, yeah!

JLo has been big since the 90s. The fact that she went from complete flop to one of the biggest hits this year, a decent album and another decent single at 40 is great!

Considering how big Loubitons flopped and how she came back with one of the biggest hits of the year, their's no doubt she had a huge comeback.

She had a great come back and I'm glad she did

Now why is Billboard forgetting about "All I Have"???
"All I Have" reached #1 after "Jenny From The Block"'s #3

Commercially, her comeback was average. But as far as visibility and media coverage, she had a pretty nice comeback.

She is back!!!

she had a pretty good year!

but she's still not got back the huge music and film status she once enjoyed. Her success now is more TV media based. Sure it makes her household famous and current but its a lower level of prestige. Like when a big movie star becomes a big TV star.

You couldn't turn on your TV this year without seeing JLo every so often.

in terms of celebrity she made a huge comeback - people are talking about her and taking notice again

but in terms of music only On The Floor has smashed whilst everything else has under performed or straight up flopped