Jennifer Lopez stars in another ad, this time for expensive stereos

While her album Love? wont be showing up on Entertainment Weeklys list of the 10 best albums of 2011 (you can see that list in the issue that hits newsstands this Friday, by the way), Jennifer Lopez has ultimately had more ups than downs this year.

Sure, her marriage ended and she got involved in this debacle with Mick Jagger and will.i.am, but Love? sold well, On the Floor shot her back up the charts, and she received consistently high marks for her run on American Idol.

She also cashed quite a few checks from the likes of car manufacturer Fiat, cosmetics companyLOreal, and now fancy home-theater masterminds Harman/Kardon. In the new commercial, Lopez presides over a symphony of destruction that somehow acts as a metaphor for sonic self-improvement and contemporary comfort. Or something.

Watch it for yourself below:

Heres the good news: That 30-second spot isnt anywhere near as embarrassing as the commercial for Fiat, which acted as sort of a backdoor video for the single Papi.

Lopez is free to do what she likes with her career, and you cant get mad at her for grabbing for lucrative advertising opportunities. (In 2011, there is no such thing as selling out.) But there are more artful ways to get your cheddar than this piece of goofballery.

! The twis t is that even though the Lopez spot made people who type things on the Internet uncomfortable, the star association is paying off handsomely for Fiat. According to Billboard, theyve received a 500 percent increase in traffic to their YouTube channel, and brand awareness is up 47 percent during the period when Lopezs commercial was in heavy rotation. (The fact that it aired in high-profile slots opposite the NFL couldnt have hurt, either.)

As far as Lopez goes, haters will just have to grin and bare it for a while; she wont be going away anytime soon. American Idol returns in the new year, she might be crossing the globe stealing ancient artifacts, and 2012 will also see the debut of her new show QViva! on Univision.

And since In Living Color is coming back, how long before Lopez makes a cameo on the show that kick-started her entire career?

What do you think of Lopezs commercial endeavors? Sell out with us in the comments.

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