Six years later, the singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and fashion designer broke barriers in the Tejano music industry — a male-dominated music genre — after winning the Tejano Music Award for Female Vocalist of The Year in Selena Quintanilla later became the top-selling Latin artist of the s decade and one of the most influential Latin artists of all time.
Classic and current beauty icons that'll make you proud to be Latina. Her posthumous crossover album, Dreaming of You , made her the first Latin artist to debut atop on the Billboard Hot Property.
Times Events. Times Store. Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options. Selena, who died in , would have turned 50 today. By Angie Orellana Hernandez. View this post on Instagram. Angie Orellana Hernandez. There have also been many ways that her life has been honored over the years.
From artwork to cosmetics lines but possibly the most notable—and famous—is the now iconic biopic, in which Jennifer Lopez played Selena as one of her first acting roles. Now, Selena fans—both old and new—are able to watch the dramatized version of her life on Netflix, with the recently released part two of the show airing on the streaming service now.
Naturally, it has raised many questions about what happened to the singer, including how Selena Quintanilla died and who killed her. Selena was killed by a woman she actually knew. As those who have already binge-watched part two of Selena: The Series will know, Selena first met Yolanda in when she was a newly-qualified year-old nurse in San Antonio, Texas as well as being a super fan of the singer.
The club quickly amassed over 1, members and Yolanda was dedicated to promoting the star, always by her side whenever she would visit her own town in Texas. However, as we've yet to see on the show, the loving relationship between the two quickly became toxic as Yolanda grew obsessed with Selena, to the point where people around her and Selena's family were concerned about just how much she "loved" the singer.
Nevertheless, the two continued their friendship for years before Yolanda's fixation ultimately led to the death of Selena. The women met up the next day and ended up arguing over some financial documents the singer needed to file her taxes. The band featured her brother Abraham on bass guitar and her sister Suzette on the drums. Selena was considered the "Queen of Tejano," a type of Mexican music that incorporated other styles, such as country and western.
She was also sometimes referred to as the "Mexican Madonna " for her sexy outfits and dance moves. Her album Live! Amor Prohibido was released that same year and went gold. Soon after the release of Live! Unfortunately, she did not live to see its success.
The album hit number one on the Billboard Top the week of August 5, That made it the first predominantly Spanish-language album to top the chart. Selena saw seven songs hit No. Selena was very popular with Tejano music fans. They were married for nearly three years before Selena was killed in
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