Selena's biography

Selena is 24 years old singer born at Lake Jackson. She was born on Friday 16th of April 1971. She is often nicknamed as PreciosaSelThe Queen of TejanoBuffyLa Reina de Tex-MexQueen of Latin MusicTejano MadonnaQueen of Cumbia. According to year of birth 1971 she belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 16th of April means she is Aries. Aries is the most active sign of Zodiac, one born with this sign is a very quick learner, aggressive and passionate.

She is native american english speaker. She is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be singer. You can know her also as songwriter, spokesperson, model, actor, television actor, film actor. She is recently known as fashion designer. She received Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album Selena Live! in 1994

Selena's dad

Selena's father's name is Abraham Quintanilla. He is known as singer. Her father was born on Monday 20th of February 1939 in Corpus Christi.

Selena's family

Selena's ex spouse

Chris Pérez

Selena and Chris Pérez have been together. He is known as writer. Her ex spouse was born on Thursday 14th of August 1969 in San Antonio.

Selena's schools

We found 2 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: California Miramar University, American School of Correspondence.

Detailed informations about her schools

Attended Oran M. Roberts Elementary School.
Took correspondence classes at American School in Chicago. Graduated with a GED.

Selena's career

Her main focus is to be singer and composing. She is famous thanks to Como la Flor. She focuses on pop music.

How did Selena die

She died on on Friday 31st of March 1995 when he was only 24 years old at Corpus Christi. Selenas death was caused by homicide by gunshot.

Awards and competitions

Selena's Awards

Was the first Tejano artist ever to receive a Grammy Award (1994).
Was named "Female Artist of the Year" for 9 years in a row, at the Tejano Music Awards.
Was nominated for a second Grammy Award for her album "Amor Prohibido".
She was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1750 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on November 3, 2017.
Was the only female Latina to receive a Golden Eagle Award in 2001, to honor her positive impact on millions of Latinos. Others to receive it that night were Tito Puente and Anthony Quinn.
She was planned to perform at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards (1995) in August 1995.

Selena's Nominations

She was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album for work Amor prohibido (Selena album) in 1995

What Selena has done for a first time

Was the first Tejano artist ever to receive a Grammy Award (1994).
She was working on her first English album at the time she was killed. She was due in the studio the day of the murder.
Was the first Tejano artist to make Billboard's Latin Top 200 List of All Time Best Selling Records.
Yolanda Saldivar, her murderer, always maintained the shooting was accidental. Nevertheless on October 23, 1995, she was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Her first car, a BMW, was stolen and dumped into the ocean.
"Ven Conmigo" was the first Tejano album ever to go Gold.
Was the first recording artist to place five Spanish language albums simultaneously on the Billboard 200.
Before she began recording her first LP in 1984 her father and manager, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr., discouraged her from singing in "Donna Summer's style" and believed that his children should record the music of their heritage.

Selena's Donations

In 1993, she gave a free concert for Texas students who drastically improved on their grades, and donated $2,500 to School Programs.

Selena's quotes

Stay in school, don't drink, don't do drugs, stay chaste, live good, and go to church.
The impossible is possible.
Although my Spanish is a little weak, I feel that I am Mexican and I'm proud of my roots.
I was six and a half when I started singing. I recorded my first record when I was eight and started traveling when I was nine.
If we got a hundred dollars a gig, we were like, whoa this is cool...but you have to take what you can get when you're first starting out. -on the early years of her career
I miss going to school and having friends; that's normal for anyone my age. I had a very boring childhood because I never had the opportunity to associate with anybody my own age due to my career. I miss being around kids my own age.
Tejano music is a combination or should I say fusion of a lot of different types of music all rolled into one package. It's country music, it's jazz, it has roots of German polka, it also has Mexican music in it. - on Tejano music
They're putting more powder on me because I have very oily skin. That's why we're coming out with the Selena line of makeup. - on filming the "No Me Queda Mas" video
As for dancing, I only dance with people I know. I don't dance with strangers unless they ask my dad for permission. I also enjoy seeing other people dance. Then I go backstage and practice the steps I saw. on dancing
The reason I'm so appreciative of everything that's going on around me is cause I never expected it. Never dreamed...never in my wildest dreams thought I would come this far and I plan to keep that attitude.
The life of an artist isn't all glamorous. It's a lot of work. A lot of people think it's very easy. They think you always stay in good hotels, you buy good things, but it's not like that. You have to work hard like everybody else.
I'm spoiled in the sense that now I get what I want but it's because I work for it.
I lost a lot out of my teenage hood but I gained a lot too. I can't really say that I lost because I got ahead of everyone as far as career and being more mature about business, even though I didn't know what the heck was going on.
Tejano music is a very relaxing style and it reminds me of home.
We're a very unified family. Within the family we have aggressive and dominating personalities, but we believe the family is the most important thing of all.
We were friends. I never thought I'd wanna marry a musician. - on Chris
What I do on stage, you won't catch me doing off stage. I mean, I think deep down I'm still kind of, like, timid and modest about a lot of things. But on stage, I release all that; I let it go.
The family that plays together stays together.
What's cool about our family is that we don't hold grudges and I think that's sort of been the key to the success. Ya know we have our disagreements but whether we're right or wrong we'll just go and apologize. That's just the way we are.
We had these monkey bars in the back of my house and we used to get my mother's sheets and tie them to the bars and make little cocoons and just hang in there all day.
Well, I think that's cause of my dad and his belt, (imitates her father) 'You're gonna sing little girl!'. Boy, I was very shy but when a person grows up you change and those things do too. - on overcoming shyness
I'm in charge of the uniforms and outfits. I design clothes and jewelry on the side. So we make our own things, which I love to do. I love shiny things and clothing. - on fashion business
I think the public plays an important role in supporting an artist in their career. - the 1989 Tejano Music Awards
My philosophy could be resumed as: Life would be very boring if people don't try to do new things.
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