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Selena

Selena was the "Queen of Tejano Music," the Mexican-American star whose warmth and charisma carried a regional genre into the mainstream before her life was cut tragically short at 23.

Origens

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, and grew up performing in her family band, Selena y Los Dinos, singing in Spanish she learned phonetically. Through the late 1980s and early 1990s she became Tejano's biggest star in a male-dominated scene.

O som

She fused Tejano and cumbia with pop, R&B, and dance influences, delivered with a bright, agile voice and a magnetic stage presence. Her look and fashion—she designed her own outfits—were as influential as her music.

Legado

Credited with catapulting Tejano into the mainstream and ranked among the most influential Latin artists of all time, she was poised for an English-language crossover when she was murdered in 1995. Her posthumous album topped the charts and a hit biopic made her an enduring cultural icon.