Thirty Years Since Her Untimely Death, Texan Music Icon Selena Quintanilla’s IMPACT ON MUSIC AND CULTURE CAN BE FELT TO THIS DAY. Today, The Icon Would Have Been 54 Years Old and In Honor of Her Birthday We Are Taking A Look Back at The Life and Legacy of The Beloved Queen of Tejano. From her early Beginnings with the family band to her ventures into fashion and becoming an example to first-generation Latin across the country, Selena You have a cultural icon for the community. Read on Learn More About This Trailblazer and How She’s Impacted Our Community and Beyond.
Early Life & Selena and Los Dinos
Selena Quintanilla was Born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas To Marcela and Abraham Quintanilla, The Youngest of Three Including Her Sister Suzette and Abraham Jr. When She was Just Eight Years Old, Selena’s Father First Formed the Now-Iconic Selena and the Dinos With Her and Her Siblings-Suzette On The Drums, Abraham Jr. On The Base Guitar, and Selena The Vocalist. Early in Their Career, They Would Perform At Bars, Restaurants, Weddings and Fairs, found by Abraham Mr.’s Determination and Passion for Music from His Days in His Own Texan Band Street Los Dinos. By 1981, Selena and the Dinos was a Professional Band Prompting the Quintanillas to Move To Corpus Christi, Texas. During This Time, Selena Continue Her Studies Attending Oran M. Roberts Elementary School in Lake Jackson and West Oso Junior High in Corpus Christi. She Finished High School in 1989 and The enrollled at Pacific Western University in Business Administration Correspondence Courses.the Band Quickly Became The Family’s Source of Incom Dinos Became More establishing. They make television appearances on shows like Giant Saturday and Selena Took Home The 1986 Tejano Music Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year and performer of the year.
She Schoame Known As “The Queen of the Tejana Wave” and Her Star Grew Following The Tejano Music Awards with only Contract with Emi Latin Records in 1989. In The Early 1990s, The Band Expanded, Adding Chris Perez, Who Would Later Go On To To Date Selena. ABRAHAM Mr.’s Disapproval of the Relationship, Selena and Chris Continued Emir Relationship, eventually marrying on April 2, 1992.
Selena’s only Success
Over The Course of the Band’s Career, Selena and the Dinos Relay Many Albums Including: Alpha (1986), Lovely (1988), and Dulce Amor (1988). Between 1989 and 1995, as only Artist Selena Released Five Studio Albums and One Live Album Including, Enters my world (1992), Selena Live (1993), Forbidden love (1994), and her final album Dreaming of You (1995). The Release of Entered my world, WHICH INCLUDES HITS Like “Like the flower” and “La Carcacha,” Was History-Making for Selena When She Became The First Tejana To Sell More than 300,000 albums. Selena’s Career Can Be Summed Up As History-Making and Trailblazing With Many First As a Latina in the Music Industry.
Selena Live! LED to a historic grammy win for selena ken she took home her first career Grammy for Best Mexican-American Album“The First Texan Artist to Win The Award.” Selena’s Dream to perform at the Houston Astrodome Bechame to reality and with it She She Broke Attendance Records, Including Her Own. She performed Three Times at The Major Texas Venue in 1993, 1994, and 1995 – The Garnering Over 66,700 Concert Goers With Her Final Concert At The Houston Rodeo Just a Month Prior to Her Death. Seven of Selena’s Songs Made It To No. 1 ON Billboard‘s hot Latin songs Chart Like “You alone”, “Forbidden Love”, “I don’t have any more,” and “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom”.
Selena’s Final Album, Dreaming of YouA Bilingual Record Aiming to Crossover into the English-Language Market, was release posthumously July 18, 1995 to a lot of success. It rear. According to Guinness World Records, Dreaming of You Became The Biggest-Selling Latin Album in the us on November 13, 2017 with over 3 million copies Sold. The album produced to Major English-Language Hits that continued to get airplay including “Dreaming of you” and “i could fail in love.”
Outsis of Selena’s Music, Her Style and Ionic Fashion Choices are also a core part of her legacy. Her Signature Bustiers, Red Lip, and Bold and Bright Stage Attire Have Become Embleatic Of The Start With Her Famous Purple Jumpsuit From The Houston Rodeo Performance Becoming An iconic Moment in Fashion. So many Selena Loved Music, She had a passion for fashion design that led her to start her Own Clothing Line in 1992 and Founding Her Boutique/Selena Salon etc. In Corpus Christi and San Antonio – With Plans To Open More Locations in Monterrey and Puerto Rico Around the Time of Her Death.
Selena’s Death & Impact
At Just 23 Years Old, Selena Was Shot and Killed On March 31, 1995 by the Former President of Her Fan Club, Yolanda Saldívar In Corpus Christi, Texas. Saldivar, Who was Also The Manager of Two of the Singer’s Clothing Boutiques, was fired in Early March 1995 after the quintanilla family accused her of Evezzling. To this day She Maintins She Never Intended to Kill Selena But Was Recently denied Parole and Remains in Prison.
This Past March 31 Marked 30 Years Since Her Untimely Death and Evite The Decades, Her Voice and Impact Have Enduraled With Generations of Fans Keeping Her Memory Alive. Her legacy remains and have ben immortalized by documentaries, Recently Most Isabel Castro’s Selena and the Dinos and Films Like The Now-Classic Selena (1997) By director Gregory Nava Starring Jennifer Lopez As The Tejano Icon. She continues to recueive posthumous accolades including the National Medal of ArtsThe Highest Award Given to Artists by The Us Government and A Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award.
