Selena (Quintanilla) Pérez (1971 - 1995)

Born 16 Apr 1971 in Lake Jackson, Brazoria, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 31 Mar 1995 at age 23 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States

Biography

Selena (Quintanilla) Pérez is Notable.

Selena (Quintanilla) Pérez was a Texan.

Selena (Quintanilla) Pérez has Mexican ancestry.

Selena, known as the Queen of Tejano Music, was a Grammy Award-winning singer, actress, and fashion designer.

Selena Quintanilla was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, on 16 April 1971. She was mostly of Mexican ancestry, with some Cherokee heritage on her mother's side. She was a Jehovah's Witness.

Selena began her career as a singer around 1982. As her popularity as a singer grew, she was taken out of school by her father. Regardless, Selena earned a high school diploma from the American School of Correspondence in Chicago, and was accepted at Louisiana State University. She majored in business administration at Pacific Western University.

Selena's first record, Selena y los Dinos, was released in 1984. She then released other records by 1988. Her first album, Selena, was released on October 7, 1989. The lead single of this album, "Contigo Quiero Estar," was Selena's first single to make the charts.

Selena's second album, Ven Conmigo, was released on 6 October 1990. One of the biggest singles from the album was "Baila Esta Cumbia," which was more popular in Mexico. In 1991, Selena released a duet with Alvaro Torres, "Buenos Amigos." The song was her first number one single, having been aired by Mexican and Tejano radio stations.

Despite her father disapproving of her relationship with the band's guitarist, Selena still eloped with him on 2 April 1992. They never had any children.

On 6 May, one month after her elopement, Selena released her third studio album, Entre a Mi Mundo, which sold 600,000 copies. After recording her live album, Live!, at a concert in Corpus Christi, she released the album, which sold 750,000.

Aside from being a singer, Selena was also a fashion designer and actress. After releasing Amor Prohibido on 13 March 1994, she made a cameo appearance in the 1995 film Don Juan DeMarco.

On 31 March 1995, 23-year old Selena had a meeting with her fan club president at the hotel in Corpus Christi. Selena demanded the financial papers, but the club president said that she had been raped in Mexico. Selena took the club president to the hospital, where the doctors found no evidence of rape. At 11:48 a.m. CST, Selena was shot once on the right lower shoulder, and she suffered massive loss of blood. She died upon arrival at the hospital. Her funeral was held on 3 April, and she is buried at the Seaside Memorial Park in Corpus Christi.

Selena's posthumous album, Dreaming of You, debuted at number one on the national charts, the first to do so.

In 2011, the US Postal Service issued a forever stamp in her honor as part of their Latin Legends series. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Latin Legends series, Smithsonian National Postal Museum.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #1460

See also:

• Wikipedia: Selena
• Wikidata: Item Q23543, en:Wikipedia
• https://www.discogs.com/artist/129237-Selena