When she was six years old, her father saw her talent. The children formed a family band. They practiced almost every day. In Selena's father opened a restaurant. The family band, called Selena y Los Dinos, would play there on weekends and at weddings and parties.
Her father began to write original Spanish-language songs for the band to perform. Since Selena's first language was English, she had to learn the words to the Spanish-language songs syllable by syllable. They had many local fans, but the family restaurant failed and closed down. Her father moved the family to his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas, to start over again. Traveling all over the state, the band continued to perform their music.
The concert touring paid off when the band opened for a popular Tejano act called Mazz. At age eleven, Selena took the stage by storm and the crowd loved her. At this time, Selena focused on her music but often missed classes and stopped going to school for good when she was in the eighth grade.
To keep up with her schooling, she took courses through the American School in Chicago. Selena took some time out from touring to record music. Freddie was one of the oldest and most established Spanish-language record companies in Texas. The album and its only single, "Ya Se Va," did not sell well. Switching to Cara and Manny record labels, Selena's albums did not sell much better.
Living in a van, the band continued to tour by opening for larger Tejano acts in the southwest United States. For larger and larger audiences, the band learned to play many different styles of music. They played rhythm-and-blues-based music in larger cities. They played more traditional Tejano music in small Texas towns.
In Selena was popular enough that she was voted the female artist of the year at the Tejano Music Awards. She would win this Selena. Her popularity increased every year. She suddenly had a major record company supporting her. In her song with Alvaro Torres, called "Buenos Amigos," became a hit. The song went to number one on Billboard 's Latin chart and introduced her to audiences throughout the United States. With her next hit song, "Donde Quiero Que Estes," Selena continued to grow in popularity and reach wider and wider markets for her music.
Her father formed a band in which she was a lead vocalist. They began performing at various venues and as her popularity as a singer grew, it began interfering with her education. When her teachers, especially Marilyn Greer, disapproved of her musical career as there was a lot of pressure on her being a child.
Marilyn even threatened her father that she would report her father to the Texas Board of Education. When she was in class 8, her father took her out of school. At the age of seventeen, she completed her schooling at the American School of Correspondence in Chicago. She was accepted at Louisiana State University and enrolled at Pacific Western University from where she did her majors in Business Administration in correspondence. Her father is a Mexican American and her mother had Cherokee ancestry.
Her father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr. At a Pizza Hut restaurant, they both confessed their feelings for each other and came into a relationship sooner. However, they hid their relationship, fearing that her father would try to break it up.
Their relationship was exposed by her sister and her father declared that they were no longer dating. Her mother was in the favour of their relationship.
They dated each other in secret and on April 2, , Selena and Chris decided to elope in a belief that their relationship will never be approved by her father, and once married, he her father would have to accept them. Her marriage took place at Nueces County Courthouse in Within a few hours of their marriage, the news about their elopement circulated. Selena and Chris lived in an apartment in Corpus Christi until her father accepted them both.
In , her father, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. Her father became the manager of the band and began promoting it. When the restaurant was shut down, her family moved to Corpus Christi, where they began performing on the streets and at events.
The band specialized in Tejano music compositions, a Spanish-language genre with German influence, which was male dominant. After its release, Freddie Records told them that they were not yet ready to have the professional release of their albums.
Her father chose EMI Label because of the potential for a crossover album. The peak of her career was the beginning of the s when Selena released her best songs and the best albums like Entre a Mi Mundo.
That is the time when Selena became a fashion and beauty icon, as well as a socially active person. In she got married to Chris Perz, a guitarist of her band. However, in March Selena was murdered by her assistant Yolanda Saldivar who was later on sentenced with a life long imprisonment.
Selena is in the hearts of her loyal fans and is considered to be among the best selling Latino music singers of all times. Age Calculator ». Unfortunately, she did not live to see its success. The album hit number one on the Billboard Top the week of August 5, That made it the first predominantly Spanish-language album to top the chart. Selena saw seven songs hit No. Selena was very popular with Tejano music fans.
They were married for nearly three years before Selena was killed in Selena was shot and killed in Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 31, She was just 23 years old. Selena's murder sent shockwaves through the Latino community, and her fans around the world mourned the singer's passing.
Yolanda Saldivar, the founder of the Selena fan club, killed Selena. Saldivar had been managing Selena's boutique in San Antonio. Saldivar claimed the shot was accidental.
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