American singer
Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter. Known as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Tejano Music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most cel ...
released twenty-four official
singles, seven
promotional singles. Her career began as the lead vocalist of
Los Dinos in 1980. Her albums with Los Dinos on indie labels failed to achieve any chart success. In 1987, her remake of
Ritchie Valens
Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died i ...
' "
La Bamba" peaked at number 19 on the United States
''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs
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chart, her first entry. She signed with
EMI Latin
Capitol Latin (formerly EMI Latin) is a brand of Universal Music Latin Entertainment, a division of Universal Music Group. Previously, it was a subsidiary of EMI.
History
In 1989, José Behar, the former head of CBS Discos, signed Selena t ...
nine years later as a solo artist though her band continued to tour with her.
Selena appeared on "
Buenos Amigos" with Salvadoran singer
Álvaro Torres
Álvaro Torres (born April 9, 1954) is a Salvadoran singer-songwriter.
Biography
Álvaro Torres was born on April 9, 1954, in Usulután, El Salvador. The first song he wrote was titled "Dulce amiga" at the age of 12, inspired by a childhoo ...
. The track peaked at number one on the U.S. Hot Latin Songs chart in 1991, the singer's first number one song. Subsequent singles, "
Baila Esta Cumbia" and "
Como la Flor", became popular songs on Mexican radio, with "Como la Flor" launching the singer's career in that country.
"Como la Flor" peaked at number six on the Hot Latin Songs chart, despite
popular culture
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or mass art, sometimes contraste ...
claims that it was the singer's first number one single. The track has charted on the U.S.
Regional Mexican Digital Songs list since its inception in 2010 and remains the singer's
signature number and most popular recording.
Selena's first live album, ''
Live
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'' (1993), contained three studio tracks and produced two top-five U.S. singles, "
No Debes Jugar" and "
La Llamada". After her collaboration with the
Barrio Boyzz on the single "
Donde Quiera Que Estés" peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart, Selena released her fourth
studio album
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, ''
Amor Prohibido'' (1994). The album continued the singer's streak of US number one singles with "
Amor Prohibido", "
Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", "
No Me Queda Más", and
The Pretenders
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' cover "
Fotos y Recuerdos". The latter peaked at number one posthumously following the
shooting death of Selena on March 31, 1995.
"Amor Prohibido" and "No Me Queda Más" became
the most successful U.S. Latin singles of 1994 and 1995, respectively.
[
] At the time of her death, Selena was in the process of
crossing over into the
American pop market. Recording labels
EMI Latin
Capitol Latin (formerly EMI Latin) is a brand of Universal Music Latin Entertainment, a division of Universal Music Group. Previously, it was a subsidiary of EMI.
History
In 1989, José Behar, the former head of CBS Discos, signed Selena t ...
and
EMI Records
EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a British multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded as a British flagship label by the music company EMI in 1972, and launched in January 1973 as the succes ...
jointly released ''
Dreaming of You'' several months after her death. Fearful that the song might cannibalize sales of the album in the U.S., EMI Records released "
I Could Fall in Love" as a promotional single. It became the highest charting English-language song on the Hot Latin Songs chart for two years and became her first number one single in Canada. The title track, "
Dreaming of You" became the highest charting
''Billboard'' Hot 100 song of the singer's career, peaking at number 22. Her cover of
Pedro Infante
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Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, and raised in nearby Guamúchil. He died on 15 Apri ...
's "
Tú Sólo Tú" peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Songs for ten consecutive weeks; the longest number-one single of her career. "
I'm Getting Used to You" peaked at number one on the U.S.
Dance/Electronic Singles Sales; her first number one on that chart.
Selena's last recorded song, "
A Boy Like That" (a song from the 1967 musical ''
West Side Story
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'') was part of the
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honoring the musical. The song was also a benefit recording for
AIDS Project Los Angeles. It peaked at number four on the U.S.
Dance Club Songs
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chart after its release in 1996. In 2002, Selena's brother and music producer
A.B. Quintanilla mashed "Como la Flor", "Amor Prohibido", and "
Si Una Vez
"Si Una Vez" () is a song recorded by American recording artist Selena for her fourth studio album, ''Amor Prohibido'' (1994). It was written by Pete Astudillo and produced by Selena's brother-producer A.B. Quintanilla. "Si Una Vez" is a mariach ...
" into a medley entitled "Con Tanto Amor Medley" to promote the album ''
Ones''. Since ''Billboard'' magazine began monitoring
music download
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s in 2010,
Selena's songs re-entered the U.S. charts including first time entries "La Carcacha" (1990), "Ya Ves" (1990), "
Enamorada de Ti" (1990), "Baila Esta Cumbia" (1992), and "
El Chico del Apartamento 512" (1994).
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Singles
Solo career
Selena y Los Dinos singles
Promotional singles and other charted songs
Other appearances
See also
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''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs Year-End Chart
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List of songs recorded by Selena
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Selena albums discography
American singer Selena released eleven studio albums, three live albums, three boxsets, three remix albums, two soundtrack albums, and twenty compilation albums. Credited for elevating a music genre into the mainstream market, Selena remains th ...
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Selena videography
American singer Selena had released 22 music videos and 12 video/live albums during her career. Her first music video was " Buenos Amigos", which is a duet with Salvadoran singer Álvaro Torres. It was released in summer 1991 and featured an orc ...
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