Selena Quintanilla Perez was born on April 16, 1971 and died on March 31, 1995. She was a Mexican-American singer who is marked as one of the biggest stars of the Tejano genre of music. She was born in Lake Jackson, Texas and grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she began her musical career. Her father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., was a singer with the original Los Dinos from 1957-1972, and instructed musical talent of his children. Selena, her brother Abe III, and their sister, Suzette, were a second generation of Los Dinos. Its' other two members who started in the band were Ricky Vela on keyboards and Roger Garcia on guitar.
Selena made her first public appearance at her father's Mexican restaurant in Lake Jackson at eight. At nine she recorded her first record. As a child Selena was constantly on tour. The singer signed with Capitol EMI in 1989, and released several albums with that label.
The greatest irony in Selena's musical career is that she became a star singing in her second language; Spanish.
Aside from singing, Selena was an enthusiatic clothing designer. Boutique shops with the Selena name opened in Corpus Christi and San Antonio.
These events helped Selena become successful because she stayed determined to make it big as a female singer. She not once gave up she kept at career and eventually broadened her expertise to fashion. Even 15 years after her death her legacy still lives on. Selena left a great impact on the lives of both the Latin and Latin American world.
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