Selena quintanilla was born on april 16, 1971 in Lake jackson, Texas. Her parents were Marcella ofelia quintanilla and Abraham quintanilla,Jr. Her father Abraham quintanilla was a former mexican american musician who formed a band called selena y los dinos.Selena used to be the lead vocal and her two siblings played guitar and drums. Selena graduated from the american school of correspondence and got enrolled at the pacific western university, at the age 17. In 1984, she recorded her first LP record which was the name of the band. The compositions belonged to the Tejano music which was a male dominated genre. In 1987 she was discovered by the founder of ‘Tejano music awards’,Rick trevi. Selena had already recorded 5 more LP records for …show more content…
The album was recorded at AMEN studios in Texas and produced by EMI Latin Records. The song ‘Sukiyaki’ and the album debuted on the US Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart.The same year , she became spokesperson for coca-cola . The first two jingles that she sang were composed by her brother Quintanilla III and Chris Pérez, the new guitarist of the band.In 1990, Selena released her second studio album, ‘Ven Conmigo’. One of its singles ‘Baila Esta Cumbia’ became one of Selena’s most popular songs. Her 1991 album ‘Nada Se Compara Contigo’ featured a duet, ‘Buenos Amigos’ by Selena and Álvaro Torres. This song was not only her first number one single on the U.S. Billboard Top Latin Songs chart, but also increased her airplay on popular radio …show more content…
Selena also became the first Hispanic singer to have an album sung mostly in Spanish to reach number one. She also became the first female to place five albums at the same time on the Billboard 200 chart. The only other artists to have done this were Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Garth Brooks. Billboard wrote that the release of Dreaming of You was "a historic day in Latin music history". The album helped Selena to become the second-fastest selling female artist that year, behind Janet Jackson. Dreaming of You became the second-highest debut that year, behind Michael
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Selena’s music meant a great deal to her fans, as well as herself. Her music was an irreplaceable part of her life. Her music meant more than anything to herself, it was a part of her. Making it big-time in music was her lifelong dream, and she didn’t want to quit it no matter what. Her music meant large deal to her fan’s too.
Selena Quintanilla was a young, beautiful, and well-loved singer, that became the Queen of Tejano and I want to know how she got her success and the honor of becoming the Queen of Tejano and how she was murdered. The Queen of Tejano was born on April 16, 1917, she was a Texas girl. She matured into a young adult with her father. Her father had a band and at age 10 she was the leader of the band. Selena was a talented young woman.
Selena recorded her first album called “Selena Y Los Dinos” in 1984. In 1986, Selena Y Los Dinos released an album called Alpha. Also in 1986, Selena was discovered by two huge names in the Tejano music industry. Rick Trevi founder of the Tejano Music Awards and Johnny Canales the host of one of the top Spanish television shows. Selena Y Los Dinos released three more albums in 1987 and 1988.
Me siento muy…. EXCITED” (Nava, 1997) and I feel that to many people that showed a humanness to her. She was also donated her time to various causes such as D.A.R.E. and planned fundraising concerts to help AIDS patients (Orozco, 2016). “To Hispanics, Selena’s cultural legacy is much more important than her musical one, especially to Mexican-Americans” (Selena) represents a young, Hispanic girl — equal parts Mexican and American — who was successful and unabashedly living her dream, but never abandoning her identity," said Cortina. "There was a great amount of pride when she was on stage because she was representing who we are.
Selena's Musical Career Selena Quintanilla Pérez was a famous Mexican-American singer. Selena had an amazing career in the making. Selena sang Disco, Tejano, and Technocumbia music whenever ever she performed. Selena had it rough growing up as a singer because she was a girl.
Selena Quintanilla Perez best known as Selena was the queen of tejano music( a type of Mexican music that incorporated other styles, such as country).Selena was born on April 16,1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. She began to perform as a child. At only 10 years of age she was lead in her family’s band where they began performing for weddings and clubs in Texas. She grew up speaking english but was taught to sing in spanish so she could resonate to the spanish community. The group was managed by her father a former musician.
Selena Quintanilla was a very successful “Tex-Mex” singer, who, from the beginning of her life to the end of it, had an extraordinary life. After one time of singing to her father, a band was created and she was put into the singing world. Since that day, many journeys occurred. She has performed in many places like Mexico and Texas. She even got married and won a Grammy.
She eventually earned her GED in 1989. Selena was recognized by freddie label and her career went uphill from there. She has won over 60 awards from 1983-1995 and she gave much of her money to charities. She was a spokesperson for battered women and also made a shelter for battered women, she also supported the D.A.R.E association, and raised awareness for HIV/AIDS to finance research.
Selena Quintanilla Perez was a Mexican American singer who was born in Lake Jackson Texas. Selena’s life was filled with music and dancing along with the love from her friends and family. Unfortunately Selena was killed by her fan club manager at the age of 23. Although Selena has died, she still lives on and has impacted people's lives throughout the years. Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971.
She made six albums between 1987 and 1994. She won a Grammy award for her album, Selena Live, in 1993. Her album, Ven Conmigo, was the first Tejano record to achieve gold status. It sold more than 500,000 copies. At the Tejano Music Awards, she obtained the award for “Best Female Vocalist of the Year and “Performer of the Year”.
But, that all changed when she started to become popular among Tejano music fans. Leading her to win “best female vocalist of the year” and “performer of the year” at the Tejano Music Awards. In the 90s her album named “Ven Conmigo” was the first Tejano album to reached gold selling over five hundred thousand copies. In, 1993 when went on to win a Grammy for “best Mexican American album”. The following year she released another album which was called “Amor Prohibido” that also went gold.
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Selena was an active philanthropist that did many things to help the community. She would visit schools and talked to the students about the importance of education and obtaining a high school diploma, avoiding drugs and alcohol, and the importance of pursuing one’s dreams. In 1993, she gave a free concert to those that improved their grades enormously. In addition, she donated $2,500 to School Programs. She also did a public service video titled “Mi Musica” that was sponsored by Agree Shampoo.
She did well in school with straight A’s until she became pregnant at the age of fifteen with her first child Janney 'Chiquis' Marin Rivera which she supported by selling CDs at flea markets. Her parents booted her out of their house when she was pregnant with her first child and she later Married José Trinidad Marín following the birth of their first child Chiquis in 1985 and have two further children named Jacqueline and Michael before divorcing in 1992 due to domestic abuse. Re-married in 1997 to Juan López, with whom she had two children named Jenicka and Johnny, which she divorced in 2003 and married baseball star Esteban Loaiza in 2010, but they were going through divorce proceedings at the time of Jenni's death in 2012. Throughout her marriages she continued her career, by the time of her death she had produced 15 gold, 15 platinum and 5 double-platinum records but put her family above her