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 ...

had released 22

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s and 12

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s during her career. Her first music video was " Buenos Amigos", which is a duet 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 ...

. It was released in summer 1991 and featured an

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performing behind Selena and Torres. Selena's first music video as a solo artist, " La Carcacha", was released four months after "Buenos Amigos". In the video, Selena dances in front of a

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(which shows a busy highway) and videos of people walking down the streets. " La Llamada" was released in spring 1993; it features Selena and a couple of people dancing the

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dance in a

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. " Donde Quiera Que Estés" was filmed in New York City and was released in December 1993. The video features Selena and the Barrio Boyzz' dancing in the styles of

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. " Amor Prohibido" was released on Valentine's Day in 1994 and was filmed in Joshua Tree national park in

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. " Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was filmed at the

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, while " No Me Queda Más" was filmed at the

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station, becoming Selena's final music video to be released while she was alive. " No Debes Jugar" was released in July 1995 by

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and featured live performances of Selena singing the song in their television show ''Padrisimo''. " Fotos y Recuerdos", which was also released by Telemundo in July, featured home videos of Selena. In August 1995, " I Could Fall in Love" was released, it featured videos and pictures of Selena. The music video for " Dreaming of You" featured an actress playing the role as a lonely and depressed girl packing her clothes to run away with her boyfriend. Before the girl leaves, the video shows her mother (who is tired of cleaning) heading to the back of the house and looking at the sky at night, while her husband is sleeping. The video's message is telling viewers that they should be with their loved ones because life is too short. " Techno Cumbia" features unreleased scenes of the "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" music video and a group of dancers who danced along with the music. " Tú Sólo Tú", being released in September 1995, featured videos and pictures of Selena. Mariachi Sol de México were featured in the video, they also were the backup singers in the song. " I'm Getting Used to You", which became the final music video to be released from '' Dreaming of You'', featured "Selena wannabe's" auditioning for the role of "Selena", while the other scene featured two young adults who are in love. " Siempre Hace Frio" was released to promote the

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'' Siempre Selena''.

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is featured in the video as "Selena", though her entire body was covered with charoma key. " No Quiero Saber (Remix)" was released in December 1996 and featured Selena performing the song in various concerts. "Viviras Selena", which is a tribute song, was released in March 1997. The video was filmed in Q-Productions recording studio, where Tejano singers such as Pete Astudillo, Bobby Pulido, Emilio Navaria, Jennifer Peña, Graciela Beltran and the Barrio Boyzz' recording the song live. " A Boy Like That" was released in summer 1997 and was directed by

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. The video features backup dancers wearing shirts that are covered in radioluminescence paint. " Missing My Baby" was a promotional video that was filmed and created by

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producers. The video was promoting the box-set ''

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'' (1998) and was released in fall 1998. " Disco Medley" music video features Selena's performance of the song at the Houston Astrodome on February 26, 1995. In 2001, Los Tres Reyes released their duet-version of "No Me Queda Más"; Selena was only featured in two scenes of the music video. During Selena's tenth death anniversary her brother's band Kumbia Kings released a remix video of " Baila Esta Cumbia" in March 2005.

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Lists of performances by American artists in media

Music videos

Posthumous music videos

Video/Live albums

See also

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