Selena

 Selena Quintanilla Perez (Spanish pronunciation"se'lena Kinta'nija Peres -- April 16, 1971 until March 31, 1995), known mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano singer. The name was coined for her as"the "Queen of Tejano music" Her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most renowned Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. In 2020, Billboard magazine put her in third place in their ranking of "Greatest Latino Artists of All Time", based on both Latin albums and Latin charts for songs. Media outlets called her the "Tejano Madonna" for her clothing choices. Her fashion choices makes her one of the most prominent Latin artists. Quintanilla and Suzette Quintanilla. They were frequently criticised in the 1980s , and was barred from performances at Texas venues for her performance of Tejano music, a predominantly male-dominated genre. After receiving the Tejano Music Award in 1987 for Female Vocalist, she began to gain popularity. In 1989, she signed with EMI Latin and released her debut album, Entre a Mi Mundo (1992). Her brother was her main music producer and writer. Entre a Mi Mundo reached the top spot in the US Billboard Regional Mexican Albums charts for eight consecutive weeks. The critics of the music called it the "breakthrough record" of her career because of its commercial record-breaking success. "Como la Flor" One of the album's singles, became her most loved hero song. Live! (1993) won the award for Best American/Mexican Album at the 1994 Grammy Awards, becoming the first recording by a female Tejano artist to receive this honor. Amor Prohibido became one the most sought-after Latin albums in the United States in 1994. It was praised by critics as the first Tejano music album that was commercially viable, and it quickly became one the most popular Latin subgenres of Latin music in the early days of.