Selena quintanilla

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez 
(April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best sellingLatin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits.[1] The singer had the most successful singles of 1994 and 1995,"Amor Prohibido" and "No Me Queda Más".[2] She was called "The Queen of Tejano music"[3] and the Mexican equivalent of Madonna.[4] Selena released her first album,Selena y Los Dinos, at the age oftwelve. She won Female Vocalist of the Year at the 1987Tejano Music Awards and landed a recording contract with EMI a few years later. Her fame grew throughout the early 1990s, especially inSpanish-speaking countries.
Selena was murdered at the age of 23 by Yolanda Saldívar, the president of her fan club. On April 12, 1995, two weeks after her death, George W. Bush, governor of Texas at thetime, declared her birthday "Selena Day" in Texas.[5] Warner Bros. produced Selena, a film based on her life starring Jennifer Lopez, in 1997. Selena's life was also the basis of the musical SelenaForever starring Veronica Vazquez as Selena. In June 2006 Selena was commemorated with a life-sized bronze statue (Mirador de la Flor in Corpus Christi, Texas) and a Selena museum opened there. She hassold over 60 million albums worldwide
impact
Selena's death had widespread impacts. Major networks interrupted their regular programming to break the news; Tom Brokaw referred to Selena as "TheMexican Madonna".[27] It was front page news on The New York Times for two days after her death.[28] Numerous vigils and memorials were held in her honor, and radio stations in Texas played her musicnon-stop.[29] Her funeral drew 60,000 mourners, many of whom traveled from outside the United States.[29] Among the celebrities who were reported to have phoned the Quintanilla family to express their...