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Selena's Life And Accomplishments

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The awards Selena won
Not double spaced -1 Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a Mexican American (Tex-Mex) singer and dancer. Her life was filled with success. Selena was a very successful person, and won many awards. Unfortunately, she was shot and killed on March 31st, 1995, by her fan club manager because of financial problems.

Even though Selena died fairly young, during her career she won 67 awards out of the 86 she was nominated for. Selena won 1/1 ASCAP Awards, 5/5 BMI Awards, 14/16 Billboard Latin Music Awards, ⅓ Grammy Awards, 10/12 Lo Nuestro Awards, and 36/48 Tejano Music Awards. She won all 67 awards in the matter of 26 years. Some of these awards were even won after she died. Selena was very popular in not only Mexico,

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