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Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16th of 1971 in Lake Jackson, texas. She attended Oran M. Roberts Elementary school. When she was 10 years old she became the leader of her dads band called Selena y Los Dinos.
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Here is the house where Selena lived in.
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Selena's dad started a band, "Selena y Los Dinos" which included Selena's siblings Suzette and Abraham.
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Selena was considered the "Mexican Madonna" when she made a debut in the 80s, and she was considered "Queen of Tejano"
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Selena became super popular with her Tejano fans. She went to the Tejano Music Awards and she won the "Best Female Vocalist of the Year"
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When Selena was a teenager she attended American School of Correspondence in 1989.
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In 1990 Selena released an album called Ven Conmigo that was her first Tejano album she ever released. She sold over 5000,000 copies.
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On April 2, 1992 Selena took a break from music career to marry Chris Perez. Chris Perez was the lead guitarist of her band.
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In 1993 Selena won a Grammy for being the best Mexican American artist when her album Live came out.
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In 1994 Selena went on tour in New York, Puerto Rico and Argentina. During that time another song called Amor Prohibido. Amor Prohibido also was another one of her songs that went golden.
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In 1994 Selena started her own line of clothing. "Selena Etc." which was opened at Corpus Christi and San Antonio
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In 1995 Selena was included into the "Billboard Latin music Hall of Fame"
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Selena was murdered by Yolanda Saldívar. She was Tragically shot on her shoulder and died on the way to the hospital due to loss of blood.
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In 1997 Selena Quintanilla's life has been the subject of the movie "Selena" starring Jennifer Lopez in the title role.
