Selena Quintanilla Fans Remember Tejano Star

CORAL GABLES (LALATE) – Worldwide fans of Selena remember the life of the Queen of Tejano Music today. Selena Quintanilla Perez was murdered at age 23 on March 31, 1995 by her fan club president Yolanda Saldivar. Selena was the queen of Tejano music, a traditionally male dominated genre.

While fans have long missed Selena’s impact on their lives, many of today’s top music acts credit their careers to this Latin sensation that broke music, ethnic, and gender barriers. In the years following her death, a Latin explosion in English language pop charts would include Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, and Enrique Iglesias.

After Selena’s death, “Dreaming of You”, her English language crossover, went on to sell 300,000 copies in its first week. Chris Perez years later would eventually remarry.

Selena was dubbed the top Latin artist of the ’90s. She became the best selling Latin artist of the decade by Billboard Magazine. At the time, there wasn’t a Latin Grammys and many of today’s Latin charts were not even in existence. Fourteen top ten singles and seven number ones earned Selena Quintanilla the title of Queen of Tejano music.

Worldwide remembrances of Selena are scheduled for Thursday.