--- description: The 'American Idol' judge could rake in millions with a steady gig in Vegas title: Jennifer Lopez Las Vegas Residency: Why the Singer Should Do It image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt865ba8afb5f1b2e7/69876241e20a87a9b5a829da/jennifer-lopez1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Yes, Jennifer Lopez Should Do a Las Vegas Residency  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Oct 22, 2014 4:40 PM CUT  BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 10: Actress Jennifer Lopez arrives at Variety's 2014 Power Of Women Event In LA Presented By Lifetime at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on October 10, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 10: Actress Jennifer Lopez arrives at Variety's 2014 Power Of Women Event In LA Presented By Lifetime at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on October 10, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Oct 22, 2014 4:40 PM CUT Jenny from the Block may soon be Jenny on the Strip. TMZ [reports](http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/22/jennifer-lopez-britney-spears-las-vegas-planet-hollywood-contract-money/ "undefined") that the flygirl-cum-actress-cum-diva was spotted over the weekend with her manager at Britney Spears’ _Piece of Me_ show and Shania Twain’s _Still the One_ performance — possibly doing research for her own iteration of the Vegas residency. Though there’s no word yet from J.Lo herself, a stint in Sin City wouldn’t be an altogether surprising move at this stage in her career. Where a Las Vegas residency once spelled doom for fading musicians’ careers, today it’s a normal — not to mention enormously lucrative — gig in the rotation for megastars like Madonna, Elton John, and the ever-in-love Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. And while performers certainly skew middle-aged and older, Vegas dealmakers appear to be consciously appealing to younger crowds, opening up residencies to DJs like Deadmau5 and Tiesto. (Though Lopez is middle-aged herself at 45, her fan base tends to skew younger than that of the Dions and the Meatloafs and the Chers.) A sojourn in Las Vegas spells a few things for an artist like J.Lo: stability, breathing room, and major cash. Residencies are essentially like a tour, minus the grueling travel schedule. They often consist of a handful of shows each week for four or five months, which would leave time for the other projects in Lopez’s multi-hyphenate career: judging _American Idol_, managing her lifestyle brand, and overseeing the foundation she started with her sister Lydia to improve health care access in under-served communities. It would also allow Lopez some time to regroup from her 2014 album _A.K.A.,_ which disappointed with the lowest sales of her eight studio albums, selling just 60,000 copies in the U.S. She could — and likely _would_ — return to some of the more crowd-pleasing hits from her earlier career as she mulls over where to go next. And if none of these reasons is enough, then the six-figure nightly intake stands a solid chance at sealing the deal. Even after a tumultuous decade for Britney Spears and a rough run with her most recent album, _Britney Jean_, the onetime chart-topper is now raking in more than $300,000 per show, on track to gross more than $30 million over two years. Her love may not cost a thing, but J. 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