Artist: Selena
Genre(s):
Rock
Blues
Latin
Dance
Pop
Soundtrack
Pop: Latin
Discography:
Selena Vive!
Year: 2005
Tracks: 13
Selena Mix
Year: 2005
Tracks: 1
Remembered
Year: 2005
Tracks: 14
Greatest Hits
Year: 2003
Tracks: 16
All My Hits - Todos Mis Exitos, Vol. 2
Year: 2000
Tracks: 16
All My Hits - Todos Mis Exitos
Year: 1999
Tracks: 16
Anthology
Year: 1998
Tracks: 2
Selena
Year: 1997
Tracks: 12
Siempre Selena
Year: 1996
Tracks: 10
Dreaming of You
Year: 1995
Tracks: 13
Amor Prohibido
Year: 1994
Tracks: 10
12 Super Exitos
Year: 1994
Tracks: 12
Selena Live
Year: 1993
Tracks: 11
Quiero...
Year: 1993
Tracks: 10
Mis Mejores Canciones: 17 Super Exitos
Year: 1993
Tracks: 17
Entra En Mi Mundo
Year: 1992
Tracks: 10
Baila Esta Cumbia
Year: 1992
Tracks: 12
The tragic shot death of Tejano isaac Bashevis Singer Selena spawned a reaction within the Latino biotic community that tin be compared to the reactions to the deaths of Elvis Presley and John Lennon. An tremendously popular isaac Bashevis Singer in Latino communities crosswise North America, her music crossed cultural boundaries to refer the lives of young and old alike. A florid, sexy stage performing artist, sometimes hailed as the Latina Madonna, Selena was nevertheless considered a office model for offstage she was class oriented, active in anti-drug campaigns and AIDS sentience programs.
She was born Selena Quintanilla to Mexican-American parents in Lake Jackson, TX. Before her birth, her beginner Abraham had been a fellow member of Los Dinos. When Selena began playing at the age of tenner, her father became her coach and Los Dinos became her support band. In 1983, she made her recording debut in 1983 afterward appearance on democratic the radio render of L.A. deejay Johnnie Canales. While Selena grew up understanding Spanish, English was her first linguistic communication. Her first records were recorded in Spanish and she sang the words phonetically. After her music began to catch on, she began acquisition Spanish formally and by the clip of her death, she was smooth in the oral communication.
In 1987, she was named Female Vocalist of the Year and Performer of the Year at the Tejano Music Awards. Two years later she signed with EMI Latin and in 1990, she and Los Dinos released their eponymic debut record album. Later that year she released a singles digest, Personal Best, and she also released Ven Conmigo. In 1991 the title track of the latter became the low gear Tejano record to go amber. Selena also released two more albums, including i of Cumbia music, Baila Esta Cumbia that twelvemonth. Selena married Los Dinos' lead guitarist Chris Perez in April of 1992. Other grouping members included her brother, Abraham Quintanilla, III, wHO played sea bass and penned many of her songs, and her sister Suzette, the drummer. She won her first Grammy in 1993 for Best Mexican American Performance for her record album Selena Live. That same yr, she released an album of making love songs, Quiero, and she also opened Selena Etc, a article of clothing manufacturing stage business. In 1994, she made her feature debut in Don Juan DeMarco, in which she played a isaac Merrit Singer. Later that twelvemonth, she and her band embarked upon a duty tour of New York, LA, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. Amor Prohibido was released in 1994; the record's title track north Korean won a Grammy and went au. In 1995, Selena began preparing to score her breakthrough into the American pop mainstream.
In the bound of that class she was working on her first English-language record album, when she went to a motel room in Corpus Christi, TX, to fire 34-year-old Yolanda Saldivar, the adult female world Health Organization managed Selena's dress shop in San Antonio, and the flop of the Selena fan club. A few days in front the confrontation Selena's male parent had unearthed paperwork proving that Saldivar had been embezzling from the fan club. Saldivar and Selena argued and as the vocaliser left, she was shot in the back. Selena didn't die ripe off and managed to stagger into the lobby where she named Saldivar as the slayer. An hr by and by, Selena died in a local hospital.
It was a dying that rocked the entire Latino music industry. Saldivar was convicted for the remove of Selena in November, 1995 and sentenced to at least 30 years in prison.
A peculiar service was held in the Los Angeles Colliseum where she was to give a concert. Less than a month by and by, Texas governor George W. Bush declared April 16, "Selena Day," in her honor. Dream of You, her terminal album, was released posthumously in the early summer. It became the number one Tejano record album to reach numeral i in America and was double atomic number 78 by the goal of the class.
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