A Brief Biography Of Selena Y Los Dinos

Selena was born to Mexican parents, Abraham Quintanilla and Marcella Ofelia Samora, on April 16th, 1971 in Lake Jackson, TX. She was the youngest of 3. Her older brother was called Abraham and her older sister was called Suzette. Selena started singing at 3 years old, she started singing in both English and Spanish when she was 6, even though she didn’t know how to speak Spanish at the time. Her father started a family group called “Selena Y Los Dinos”. Suzette played drums and AB played bass and produce and write many of Selena’s songs. Selena Y Los Dinos first performance was in 1980 at her father’s restaurant “Papa Gayos”. Papa Gayos soon then went bankrupt. The Quintanilla family packed up and moved to Corpus Christi. Selena recorded her first album called “Selena Y Los Dinos” in 1984. In 1986, Selena Y Los Dinos released an album called Alpha. Also in 1986, Selena was discovered by two huge names in the Tejano music industry. Rick Trevi founder of the Tejano Music Awards and Johnny Canales the host of one of the top Spanish television shows. Selena Y Los Dinos released three more albums in 1987 and 1988. In 1989, Selena performed and won an award at the Tejano Music Awards. That

In 1991, her duet with Salvadoran singer Alvaro Torres “Buenos Amigos” became her first hit. The next year, she released an album called “Entre a Mi Mundo” which also went gold. “Entre a Mi Mundo” contained one of her biggest songs “Como La Flor”. Selena married Chris Perez, the lead guitarist of Los Dinos, on April 2nd, 1992. In 1993, she won a Grammy for Best Mexican-American performance for her album “Selena Live”. Her album “Amor Prohibido” was nominated for another Grammy. On February 26th, 1995 she performed to 61,041 fans at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in the Houston Astrodome, that was her last performance which was later released on