Selena died on the operating table from her wounds. She named Saldivar as her shooter and collapsed. Selena badly wounded fled finding help in the motel lobby. Saldivar pulled a gun on Selena and shot her in the left shoulder as she attempted to flee. Selena Quintanilla went to collect the records from Saldivar in a motel in Corpus Christi, Texas. Quintanilla demanded that Saldivar hand over all financial records or he would involve the police. When Abraham Quintanilla found out, he confronted Saldivar, who by this time had become obsessive over Selena. At first, Selena did nothing as she had made Saldivar her agent. It was discovered that Saldivar had been stealing from both the fan club and the boutiques in 1995. Selena Quintanilla and her family were impressed and let Saldivar take over the management of Selena’s clothing boutiques in 1994. Under her presidency, the Selena fan club in San Antonio had reached over five thousand members. She then approached Selena’s father who gave her permission to start a Selena fan club. Saldivar had attempted to start an official fan club for Tejano singer Shelly Lares but was rebuffed. Saldivar was a nurse from San Antonio, Texas. Selena Quintanillawas shot by Yolanda Saldívar and died of her wounds on 31 March 1995. The success of the album convinced her label that it was time for an English-Spanish crossover album and Selena began work on Dreaming of You. It was one of the bestselling Latin albums of all time and is the bestselling Tejano album of all time. Selena released a fourth studio album in 1994.Īmor Prohibido reached number one on the Billboard Latin albums chart and stayed in the top five for nearly a year. The boutiques were a huge success earning Selena millions of dollars. She opened two boutiques in Texas which sold her clothing line and also had onsite beauty salons. Selena Quintanilla also became a fashion designer in 1994. She appeared in the 1995 film, Don Juan DeMarco, which featured Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp. She made her acting debut in a Mexican show, Dos Mujeres, Un Camino. As her fame grew, Selena began to branch into other works. She released a live album, Live!, which was both a commercial and critical success. Como la Flor, a single from the album peaked at number six in the Billboard Latin music charts. Selena’s fourth album, Entre a MiMundo, was released in 1992 and was certified platinum in America and was also her bestselling album in Mexico to date. The exposure from the song expanded Selena’s fame outside of Texas and Mexico, and she began touring the United States. Selena Quintanilla enjoyed her first major American chart success when she dueted with Álvaro Torres on the song Buenos Amigos, which reached number one on the Billboard Latin charts. Selena’s second album VenConmigo went platinum in Mexico. She also signed a deal with Coca-Cola in 1989 to be a spokesperson for the brand. Instead she released a self-titled album in 1989. Selena wanted to release English language tracks, but the record label did not feel she had the fan base to move away from Spanish tracks. Selena signed with EMI’s new Latin music label EMI Latin. Selena Quintanilla had been performing and recording at a young age, but her first record deal with a major label came in 1989.
She would win the Female Vocalist of the Year award every year for the rest of her life. She struggled to get major bookings due to her age, but became a big name in Tejano music and won Female Vocalist of the Year at the 1987 Tejano Music Awards. Before turning eighteen, Selena had released six LP records.
The family became dependent on Selena’s music for income after her father lost his restaurant and was bankrupted. Selena Quintanilla was not a native Spanish speaker and had to be thought by her father during recordings. Tejano was a style of music developed by Mexican-Americans in Texas. Her father pushed her to perform Spanish language songs and Tejano music. Although this Selena was able to gain a high school diploma and attend Louisiana State University. Her father withdrew Selena from school to push her to perform more.
Her father had been a musician, and he noticed Selena’s talent at an early age, and she would perform at his restaurant with her siblings. Selena was the youngest child of Marcella Ofelia Quintanilla and Abraham Quintanilla. Selena Quintanilla was born in Lake Jackson, Texas on 16 April 1971. Selena Quintanilla was an American singer who is best known for her Tejano and Latin music and her murder in 1995.
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