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Selena was born to a Mexican father named Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and a mother named Marcella Ofelia Samora who was half Cherokee Native American.
Even though she was born in the United States, she is still Mexican and Cherokee by blood.
Selena Quintanilla-Perez was born on April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson, Texas. Her parents were Abraham Jr. and Marcella Quintanilla. Her father had led a band in the 1950s and 1960s that played early rock and roll songs mixed with traditional Mexican music. This music, later called Tejano music, would become very popular throughout the southwest United States and Mexico. Abraham eventually gave up his music career to start a family
In 1987, Selena became a spokesperson for Coca-Cola.
•Selena won the Tejano Music Award for Best Female Vocalist running every through 1986 to 1996.
•Was known as "The Queen of Tejano"
•First female Latin American to make it as a singer
•Received 8 awards at Lo Nuestro Awards, 34 Tejano Music Awards, Kuno's People's Choice award, and first Tejano artist to win a Grammy.
•Selena has sold approximately 20,000,000 albums in 6 years.
•"Dreaming Of You" and "Amor Prohibido" have each sold over 5,000,000 copies.
•Selena's album "Ven Conmigo" was the first Tejano album to get gold status.
The following year, her next album "Entre a Mi Mundo" also got gold status.
•In 1993, Selena won a Grammy for the Best Mexican-American Performance for her album, Selena Live.
•That same year, she came out with her own clothing line
•1994 became a big year for Selena as she landed on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks.
•In 1995, Selena became the first Latin artist to sign to SBK, the people who promoted her upcoming English album.
•On February 26th, 1995, Selena played in front of 61,041 fans at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in the Houston Astrodome.