March 31st.
Today isn’t a day of sadness. It’s a day of remembrance. Listen to her music with a smile. Don’t be sad that shes gone, be happy with what she left behind.
Saturday Mar 3 @ 02:20pm
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*I do not own any of the pictures on this site. I'm just a dedicated fan spreading her memory.
Selena was born on April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson, Texas. At around the age of ten, she was the lead singer in her family's band, Selena Y Los Dinos. The band featured her brother on bass guitar and her sister on the drums. Her father Abraham managed and produced the group.
Selena became very popular with Tejano music fans and won Best Female Vocalist of the Year and Performer of the Year at the 1987 Tejano Music Awards. Her album Ven Conmigo (1990) was the first Tejano record to achieve gold record status, meaning it sold more than 500,000 copies. In 1992, Selena took enough of a break from her hectic schedule to marry Chris Perez, the band's lead guitarist in April.
She won the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Album in 1993 for her album Live. In 1994, she and the band played numerous tour dates in New York, California, Puerto Rico, and Argentina. Amor Prohibido was released that same year and went gold.
Selena went to work on an English-language album that she hoped would put her on the top of the U.S. pop music charts. Unfortunately, she did not live to see its success. Selena died on March 31, 1995, in Corpus Christi, Texas, after being shot by Yolanda Saldivar, the founder of the Selena fan club. Selena's murder sent shockwaves through the Latino community and her fans around the world mourned the singer's passing.
