Selena Quintanilla Perez
Background information
Birth name	Selena Quintanilla[1]
Born	April 16, 1971(1971-04-16)
Origin	Lake Jackson, Texas, U.S.
Died	March 31, 1995 (aged 23) Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Genre(s)	Tejano, Latin pop, pop
Years active	1984–1995
Label(s)	EMI, Capitol
Associated acts	Selena y Los Dinos, A.B. Quintanilla, Chris Perez
Website	www.q-productions.com

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), best known as Selena, was a Mexican American singer who has been called "the queen of Tejano music".^[2] The youngest child of a Mexican-American couple, Selena released her first album at the age of twelve. She won Female Vocalist of the Year at the 1987 Tejano Music Awards and landed a recording contract with EMI a few years later. Her fame grew throughout the early 1990s, especially in Spanish-speaking countries. Her album Selena Live! won Best Mexican-American Album at the 36th Grammy Awards and her 1994 album Amor Prohibido, which was nominated for another Grammy, produced four number one Spanish hits.

Selena attained further notability in North America after she was murdered at the age of 23 by Yolanda Saldívar, the president of her fan club. On April 12, 1995, two weeks after her death, George W. Bush, then the governor of Texas, declared her birthday "Selena Day" in Texas.^[3] Warner Brothers made a film based on her life starring Jennifer Lopez in 1997. As of June 2006, Selena was commemorated with a museum and a bronze life-sized statue (Mirador de la Flor in Corpus Christi, Texas), which are visited by hundreds of fans each week.