Selena quintanilla was born on april 16, 1971 in Lake jackson, Texas. Her parents were Marcella ofelia quintanilla and Abraham quintanilla,Jr. Her father Abraham quintanilla was a former mexican american musician who formed a band called selena y los dinos.Selena used to be the lead vocal and her two siblings played guitar and drums. Selena graduated from the american school of correspondence and got enrolled at the pacific western university, at the age 17. In 1984, she recorded her first LP record which was the name of the band. The compositions belonged to the Tejano music which was a male dominated genre. In 1987 she was discovered by the founder of ‘Tejano music awards’,Rick trevi. Selena had already recorded 5 more LP records for …show more content…
The album was recorded at AMEN studios in Texas and produced by EMI Latin Records. The song ‘Sukiyaki’ and the album debuted on the US Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart.The same year , she became spokesperson for coca-cola . The first two jingles that she sang were composed by her brother Quintanilla III and Chris Pérez, the new guitarist of the band.In 1990, Selena released her second studio album, ‘Ven Conmigo’. One of its singles ‘Baila Esta Cumbia’ became one of Selena’s most popular songs. Her 1991 album ‘Nada Se Compara Contigo’ featured a duet, ‘Buenos Amigos’ by Selena and Álvaro Torres. This song was not only her first number one single on the U.S. Billboard Top Latin Songs chart, but also increased her airplay on popular radio …show more content…
Selena also became the first Hispanic singer to have an album sung mostly in Spanish to reach number one. She also became the first female to place five albums at the same time on the Billboard 200 chart. The only other artists to have done this were Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Garth Brooks. Billboard wrote that the release of Dreaming of You was "a historic day in Latin music history". The album helped Selena to become the second-fastest selling female artist that year, behind Janet Jackson. Dreaming of You became the second-highest debut that year, behind Michael