Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. Referred to as the \”Queen of Tejano music\”, her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. Billboard magazine named her the top-selling Latin artist of the 1990s decade. Her posthumous collaboration with MAC cosmetics became the best-selling celebrity collection in cosmetics history.
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Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. Referred to as the \”Queen of Tejano music\”, her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. Billboard magazine named her the top-selling Latin artist of the 1990s decade. She was shot and killed on March 31, 1995, 16 days before her 24th birthday, by Yolanda Saldívar, her friend and the former manager of her Selena Etc. boutiques. Her posthumous collaboration with MAC cosmetics became the best-selling celebrity collection in cosmetics history. In 1997, Warner Bros. released Selena, a film about her life and career, which starred Jennifer Lopez as Selena and Lupe Ontiveros as Saldísvar. Selena has sold around 30 million records worldwide, making her one thebest-selling female artists in Latin music. She is credited for catapulting a music genre into the mainstream market. She also ranks among the most influential Latin artists of all time and is credited with catapulting the genre to the mainstream. She died of a gunshot wound to the head at the age of 24. Her funeral was held in Dallas, Texas, on April 16, 1995. Her brother became her principal music producer and songwriter. She won nine consecutive awards for Female Vocalist of The Year in 1987.
She signed with EMI Latin in 1989 and released her self-titled debut album the same year. In 1994, she released Amor Prohibido, which was critically acclaimed as being responsible for TeJano music’s first marketable era. One of its singles, \”Como la Flor\”, became one of her most popular signature songs. Her album Live! won Best MexicanAmerican Album at the 1994 Grammy Awards, becoming the first recording by a female Tejooner artist to do so. She had a daughter with singer-songwriter-producer-actress Yolandra Saldisvar, who died in a car crash in 2007. She has a son with singer/songwriter/actor/producer/director/actor David Bautista. Her son, A. B. Quintanillas Jr., is also a musician. She started recording professionally in 1981 and released Entre a Mi Mundo in 1989. In 1981 in Lake Jackson, Texas she opened his first TexMex restaurant, Papa Gayo’s, where she and her siblings would often perform. The following year, the family were forced to close after a recession caused by the 1980s oil glut. They settled in Corpus Christi, Texas; Asña quincea, quinceas and quinceaneras, and played on street corners. In 1987, she became manager of the newly formed band Selena y Los Dinos. She began recording professionally for the first time. In 1989, she recorded her debut album, while her brother was her principalMusic producer andsongwriter.
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