The Queen of Tejano – Selena

I want to tell something about Selena Quintanilla, who was a very promising singer of tejano/ latin pop music. She was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, her parents are Americans with Mexican descent. She was singing in Spanish, although her first language was English. It was an idea of her father Abraham Quintanilla to sing in Spanish, A.B Quintanilla brother of Selena, member of the band was a main writer and composer of Selena’s songs. In the beginning she was almost unable to make an interview in Spanish, but her father convinced her to learn more the language of her ancestors, because he knew that it wasn’t enough to sing in Spanish, she had to speak it well. In early 90’s she became a superstar in the U.S and Mexico particularly, also she was touring in all Latin America. She was to make a crossover to  “Anglo market” (she recorded only a few English songs preparing her first English-language album) when she was killed at a motel in Corpus Cristi, Texas on March 31, 1995 by her friend and president of her fan club Yolanda Saldivar at the age of 23. This March 31 is 20^th anniversary of her death. Her life was very interesting, if you want to know something more find more information on the Internet or watch a movie based on her life “Selena” where Jennifer Lopez plays main role. I strongly recommend this movie.

Here’s her last recorded concert, about one month after her death, which took place in Houston, Texas. She sang her hits and some of the classics like Donna Summer or Tina Turner. :D

And here one of her songs prepared for the English album.