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Selena Quintanilla
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Selena Quintanilla
Her Death
March 31, 1995
She was 23 when she died
Texas has "Selena Day" each year on April 16 because of her influences and how people were so touched by her story. People are holding on to this because we can never know how far she could've gotten.
by Maribel Alvarez
She was shot by the president of her fan club Yolanda Saldivar at the Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Selena y Los Dinos
Works Cited
http://www.selenaforever.com/
http://www.biography.com/people/selena-189149
Started out as a family band
http://www.famousdead.com/selena-quintanilla/
Family and Early Life
Her brother Abraham, sister Suzette, husband Christopher,mother Marcella, and father Abraham
Her Career
She was a clothes designer as well as a singer
Her Accomplishments
Selena had seven No. 1 hit singles.
Her last conert was on March 19th, 1995
Childhood and Early Career
Birth- April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas
•Selena won the Tejano Music Award for Best Female Vocalist through 1986 to 1996.
•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 was the 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 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.
The movie Selena was made about her life played by Jennifer Lopez.
She grew up singing and never had voice lessons
Won a Grammy for best Mexican/American album.
She would perform at her family's restaurant.
She was the lead singer in her family band Selena y los Dinos.