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SELENA

Selena Quintanilla Perez was born on Aplil 16, 1971 Lake Jackson Taxes, she was the youngest daughter of Abraham Quintanilla and Marcela Ofelia Zamora, a couple of Mexican immigrants who setted in the USA.

Selena y los dinos

She began her career with only 9 years of age, formed the musical group "Selena y los Dinos" alongside her brothers Abraham who played bass and her sister Suzette on drums. His father Abraham, a former musician, produced and directed the group.

The band started out playing at his family's restaurant, but later they had to close the restaurant due to the economic crisis, so the family moved to Corpus Christi. This is how they began to play at weddings, dancing clubs, and birthday parties.

She finished his studies by correspondence

Selena Quintanilla life was normal like as other children, she assisted to shool, howeyer her singing career interfered with her studies, as resulting in her father taking her out when she was in 8 grade of hing school. At the age of 17 she completed her studies by correspondece and then, she entered to the University of MiramarCalifornia where she studied business administration.

Her first recorded

In 1985 Selena recorded her first album "Mis primeras grabaciones" with her band, containing songs in English and others like a Tex- mex genre. They were hired by a record company in their city although it did not have the expected success.

Her luck would start to change

Thanks to a presentation on de Johnny Canales show Selena Quintanilla was discovered by the founder of the Tejanos Music Awards, Rick Treviño. BY 1988 songs such as "precious" and "sweet love" making one of her songs win the revelation of the year Awards And she In the category ford best female vucalist.

And this is how 1989 came along and with it a great opportunity. Behar, the president of the recently founded record company EMI, goes out to incorporate intro his company and observes them in one of the presentations.

Jose Behar sees Selena talent and potential and offers her a job.

In that same year he released his first studio album Selena (1989); and from this moment on, the adolescent Selena took out new jobs in a row:

  • Ven Conmigo (1990)
  • Entre a mi mundo (1992)
  • Quiero (1993)
  • Amor prohibido (1994

Gorden disc

In 1990 Selena released her second album "Ven Conmigo" the single "Baila esta Cumbia" it was a great success in Mexico and it is considered one of her best songs. This was Selena first gold album selling more than 50,000 copies and it is certified triple latin with more than 180,000 copies sold, increasing the popularity of Selena.

Lover Life

Selena lived an unforgettable love story with Chris Perez. The couple met when the family of the queen of tex mex decided to hire Perez to be a guitarist for the band Selena y los dinos. The musicians decided to establish a romance but without the Selena's family finding out, because her father Mr Abraham Quintanilla was very jealous with her

Forbidden Love

Selena's father found out the secret relationship she had with Chris so he decided to kick him out of the band. Despite this, the young people continued seeing each other secretly. Until one day, they made the most important decision of their lives. On Aplil 2, 1992 Selena and Chris Perez secretly got married in Corpus Christi and even though.

Abraham didnt like the idea, he ended up accepting their marriage and joined Chris in the band again.

The queen of tex mex

Selena released her fourth album "Amor prohibido" which quickly became one of the best-selling latin albums in the USA making the genre find more audience and one much younger than before. She was called The Queen of Tejano Music.

Her own clothing

By 1994 Selena was already an icon among young hispanic women, so she capitalized on her fame by opening a boutique called "Selena ETC" and she began designing her own clothing line and the same year she started her own business venture.

Selena was also an actress

Selena had the opportunity to participate in the mexican telenovela Dos mujeres, un camino in 1994. The producer Emilio Larrosa invited the singer to make a special appearance in the story, and she immediately accepted, although she only participated in 2 chapters.

After that fugitive pass through the soap opere Selena received the invitation to act in the film Don Juan De Marco , along with the actors Johnny Depp and Marlon Brandon.

A sad ending

On March 31, 1995, Selena was assassinated by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, who, upon being discovered of a fraud, took the life of the queen of Tex mx.

Selena was at the peck of her carreer, she still had many dreams thet she wanted to realize, one of then was to be a mother and start a family with whom she was the great love of her life

25 years afeter her memory lives on in the minds of her family and her fans, Selena will be remembered forever as "The Queen of Tex-Mex"

Selena forever

Without a doubt, Selena marked a before and after with her music. Personally, I think she taught us that everything one dreams of can be achieved if we make an effort and do things with humility, always having a smile, as she did.

Without a doubt, Selena marked a before and after with her music, personally I think she taught us that dreams can come true, it is only a matter of effort and doing things with humility, always having a smile.

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