Jennifer Lopez has released a statement regarding her move to part ways with Sony Epic Records ahead of the release of her seventh studio album ‘Love?’. The 40-year-old singer/actress stated:

I am making this statement to put an end to any confusion in regards to my next album, titled Love. I have belonged to the Sony family since the beginning of my career as a singer and together we’ve had great success. I have fulfilled my contractual responsibilities with Sony/Epic up to this point, and we have both reached friendly terms about my departure from the label. I’m also happy to say that we’ve found a new home for my album ‘Love?’ and that it is slated for release in the summer of 2010.

A spokeswoman for Sony Music told the Wall Street Journal that they are still on “extremely amicable terms” with J.Lo.

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony held hands as they prepared to depart from Nice Airport on Saturday (February 20) in France. Along the way, J.Lo, wearing giant glasses, stopped for a photograph with two young fans.

Lopez is suddenly without a record label, parting with Sony Music ahead of the scheduled release of ‘Love?’ in April, which now appears in doubt.

“Jennifer had a wonderful relationship with the Sony Music group, and they have shared many successes together, but the time was right to make a change that best serves the direction her career as an actress and recording artist,” her manager Benny Medina told Deadline.com. “She is grateful and appreciative to everyone Sony for all that they accomplished together.”

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