Selena Quintanilla Perez, also know as the queen of tejano music was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson Texas. She was the youngest child of Marcell and Abraham Quintanilla. Selena grew up in Corpus Cristi which has a population of 442,600 making it the eighth most popular city in Texas. Corpus Cristi has a total area of 460.2 square miles which 305.6 square miles is covered in water, its a humid subtropical climate. Growing up there she started her singing career at the age of 9 Selena's dad started a band called Selena Y Los Dinos which was her brothers, sister and selena"s band. Their first album was released in 1984. Selena was 15 in 1986 that year she also won Female vocalist of the year. When Selena first started singing a lot of people didn't think she would make it in the music world because she was a girl. I believe that's what motivated Selena to try harder and become a better singer. She went through a lot and she had to learn how to talk Spanish because her dad wanted her to sing music related to her heritage. The band was actually turned down a lot because she was the lead singer of the band and Tejano bands are usually led my male singer. Selena released five studio albums, 3 live albums she was very successful. The song "Como La Flor" was one of Selena's most popular songs. That song helped her launched her singing career. She got married in April 1992 to Chris Perez. She died on March 31, 1995 she was killed by her best friend . She was a very successful singer and till this day people still listen to her music.
Yesi, This is an interesting note about the gender discrimination she faced in the beginning of her career. That note alone offers us a lens to view her music critically. Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteSelana was my girlfriend before passed, I miss her dearly.
ReplyDelete