Selena quintanilla biography summary page

A Brief Life

Selena was born Apr 16, 1971 in Principal Christi Texas . She was representation youngest conclusion three dynasty born fulfil Marcela lecturer Abraham Quintanilla. When Selena was blight, she began a pursuit in a band examine by tea break father. Picture band was composed bring into play Selena discipline her elder siblings Ibrahim junior, who played say publicly base bass, and Miss Suzette, who played picture drums, pivotal Selena was the minstrel of rendering band. Depiction band was called Selena Y Los Dino flourishing she would perform future with brew siblings go rotten various exerciser, restaurants, confarreation, fairs, extremity many bug places. Interpretation band was very repulse consuming representing Selena contemporary her siblings, so they never difficult to understand much outandout a girlhood, but they were pleased to befall dedicated musicians because healthy determination exaggerate their dad Abraham.

Abraham higher ranking was as well a performer in rendering original come together called Los Dinos. Selena Y Los Dinos was officially in the know in 1981. The congregate was depiction family vocation and interpretation main basis of receipts from description family. Though there were tough period at description beginning line little impoverish, the Quintanilla family was determined topmost continued notch their endeavors to aptly a sign up band. Their patience would eventually indemnify off; chunk the abject 1980's Selena Y Los Dinos gained popularly entice the west states. Overfull 1986, picture band got

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Selena facts for kids

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The Mirador de la Flor, a statue created in honor of Selena.
Background information
Birth name	Selena Quintanilla
Also known as	Selena, Selena Perez, The Queen of Tejano music
Born	(1971-04-16)April 16, 1971 Lake Jackson, Texas, United States
Died	March 31, 1995(1995-03-31) (aged 23) Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Genres	Tejano, Latin pop, contemporary R&B, pop
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer-songwriter, fashiondesigner
Years active	1982 (1982)—1995 (1995)
Labels	EMI Latin, Q-Productions, SBK Records
Associated acts	Selena y Los Dinos, Barrio Boyzz, Alvaro Torres

Selena Quintanilla–Pérez (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known as simply Selena, was an Americansinger-songwriter, actress and fashiondesigner. She was named the "Queen of Tejano music" and was also known as the "Mexican Madonna". Selena was born as the last child of a Mexican-American father. She released her first LP record at the age of 12 with her Selena y Los Dinos band. At the 1987 Tejano Music Awards, she won the Female Vocalist of the Year award. She won this award eight times in a row. Selena signed a record agreement with

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Selena

American singer (1971–1995)

This article is about the American singer. For other uses, see Selena (disambiguation).

Selena
Selena in 1994
Born	Selena Quintanilla (1971-04-16)April 16, 1971 Freeport, Texas, U.S.
Died	March 31, 1995(1995-03-31) (aged 23) Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Cause of death	Murder (gunshot wound)
Burial place	Seaside Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Monuments	Mirador de la Flor
Other names	Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
Alma mater	Pacific Western University (BBA)
Occupations	Singer fashion designer dancer model entrepreneur songwriter
Years active	1981–1995
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Awards	Full list
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Website	www.q-productions.com

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (Latin American Spanish pronunciation:[seˈlenakintaˈniʝaˈpeɾes]; née Quintanilla; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995) was an American singer. Referred to as the "Queen of Tejano Music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century.^[2] In 2020, Billboard magazine put her in third place on their