In 1994, she became the first Tejano artist to win Best Mexican-American Album at the GRAMMY Awards for Selena Live!, and she logged eight Top 10 hits on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart during her lifetime. Selena's success was transcending genre as she was becoming an all-around Latin pop star. Throughout the '90s, Selena's colorful style of Tejano music helped the local genre go international with hits like "Como La Flor," "Amor Prohibido" and "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom." As fourth generation Mexican-Americans in Texas, their pop-leaning, Top-40-influenced spin on regional Mexican music created a fresh kind of Tejano music. She was a beautiful person that people fell in love with and they still love her 27 years later."īorn Selena Quintanilla Pérez, she started out in a family band in the '80s with her sister Suzette on drums and brother A.B. tells of why her music continues to connect with people around the world. "We've always said it has to do a lot with her personality - not just the music alone," Selena's father, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr.
The release marks a special moment for those who loved the late star - who was tragically killed in 1995 at just 23 years old - and continues a legacy that lives on long after her passing. 26, the family of the Tejano music queen unveiled Moonchild Mixes, a new remix album that features remastered versions of 13 songs (10 unreleased tracks and three new variations of previous releases) that she recorded as a teen. Seven years since Selena 's last posthumous album, her music is getting re-imagined in a new way.
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