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Topics: Jennifer Lopez, Celebrity, Fashion, Social Media, Technology, Music, News, Grammys
Rhiannon Ingle
Topics: Jennifer Lopez, Celebrity, Fashion, Social Media, Technology, Music, News, Grammys
Jennifer Lopez is a jack of all trades.
Not only does she have a countless list of bangers under her belt including smash-hits like 'Jenny from the Block' and 'On The Floor' but she's also starred in a bunch of box-office favourites including The Wedding Planner and Maid in Manhattan plus she can put on a top-tier dance performance like no one else.
But did you know she's also got another pretty cool accolade attached to her name?
It's actually nothing to do with the showbiz industry at all, it's more to do with a technological revolution.
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Back in 2000, Lopez effectively 'broke the internet' before it was even a real thing after rocking up to the Grammys in her iconic green, silk chiffon plunging Versace dress.
Ever since, she's famously been credited with prompting the creation of Google Images due to the massive, unprecedented search volume for photos of the look.
Many rushed to social media to share their thoughts after clocking the fascinating origin story behind the popular search function which is still used to this day,
One X user penned: "Did you know J.Lo started Google Images? Yes, Jennifer Lopez.
"In 2000, millions of people Googled 'J.Lo Versace green dress'. But there was no Google Images yet..."
"The fact Google Images (kinda) exists because of JLo is always so interesting to me," chirped a second. "People were searching for pictures of her in THAT green Versace dress at the 2000 Grammy’s & it pushed the team at Google to create image search."
A third piped up: "QUICK REMINDER THAT JLO'S 2000 GRAMMYS DRESS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH!"
"JLo literally started Google images because of a look, she broke the internet before the internet existed," gushed another.
And a final X user echoed: "JLo knowing she’s the reason google images was invented."
And this isn't just some retro internet lore as Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt himself confirmed the news.
Writing for Project Syndicate back in 2015, Schmidt explained: "So our co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin – like all other successful inventors – kept iterating. They started with images. After all, people wanted more than just text.
"This first became apparent after the 2000 Grammy Awards, where Jennifer Lopez wore a green dress that, well, caught the world’s attention.
"At the time, it was the most popular search query we had ever seen. But we had no surefire way of getting users exactly what they wanted: JLo wearing that dress.
"Google Image Search was born."
And the maddest thing of all?
Lopez almost didn't even wear the Versace number.
Speaking to W Magazine back in 2013, she recalled: "We had looked at a few dresses, and nothing was right...My stylist said, there's this one dress, but other people have worn it. I tried on the Versace and decided to wear it anyway."
But, after rocking up to the Grammys, it soon became clear she had made fashion history.
"This loud sound started from the back of the room - it was kind of like a roar, over me in the dress," she added.