Selena Quintanilla-Pérez: Photos of the Late Latin Music Legend

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Selena Quintanilla is a legendary singer, misplaced too quickly. Keep in mind the late Latin legend with pictures.

A legend misplaced far too quickly. Selena Quintanilla, born April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas, was the “Queen Of Tejano Music”, so well-known she turned recognized by simply “Selena”. The Texas-born expertise first rose to prominence within the late 80s earlier than being signed to a serious Latin label within the late 80s. From there, hits started to pour out of her. Songs like “Como la Flor”, “Amor Prohibido”, and “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” nonetheless play on the radio as we speak.

In 1994 she gained Finest Mexican/American Album on the Grammy Awards, turning into the primary recording by a feminine Tejano artist to take action. Tragedy adopted not lengthy after, nevertheless. Selena was shot and killed by her good friend and former worker Yolanda Saldívar in 1995, at age 23. Her posthumous English crossover album ‘Dreaming of You’ (1995), debuted atop the Billboard 200. At the moment Selena is remembered by followers across the globe.

At the moment, Selena’s music, type, and legacy proceed to encourage generations — and her story is being launched to a completely new viewers by way of the upcoming Netflix documentary Selena y Los Dinos, which options uncommon, never-before-seen footage of her formative years and rise to stardom.

To see pictures of Selena, try the gallery.

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