Singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez

Selena Quintanilla-Perez (Selena Quintanilla-Perez) - a Latin American singer, one of the most famous performers in the genre of tehano and kumbia. A gifted girl, besides music, wrote poetry, created collections of clothes and played on stage. At the peak of popularity in 1995, she was shot dead by the president of her own fan club.

Biography

Selena Quintanilla-Peres was born on 04/16/1971 in the east of Texas in the city of Lake Leucson, located in the resort zone of the Gulf of Mexico. She was the youngest child in the family of Marcella Ophelia and Abraham Quintanilla. In her veins, the blood of the Spanish conquistadors and the Cherokee Indians was boiling.

His father was a musician by his youth, and later became the owner of a restaurant. For the entertainment of customers, he created an amateur band Selena y los Dinos, in which the 9-year-old Selena was a vocalist, middle sister Suzette drummed on the drum set, and Abie's elder brother famously controlled the guitar.

Hard times

After the recession caused by the oil crisis of the 1980s, the business was ruined, and the family was forced to move to Corpus Christi. Sharply in need of means for life, young musicians played on the streets of the city, performed at weddings, fairs, various events. Father became the producer of the collective.

Selena Quintanilla-Perez came to school exhausted, because of which her academic performance dropped. Teachers sounded the alarm and threatened to report the situation to the Education Council. In response, my father took my daughter from school. Later, Selena still finished her studies in absentia and entered the University of Louisiana. She also studied business administration at the University of California Miramar.

Carier start

Selena Quintanilla-Perez in 1984 recorded her first Long Play for the record company Freddie Records. Initially, the singer sang in English, but in the texano genre, Spanish was predominant. Father forced his daughter to learn the language of their ancestors, after which the popularity of the group increased. As part of the promotion, Selena became a frequent guest on the radio show Johnny Canales.

The rise in his career came after he met producer Rick Trevino, the founder of the Tejano Music Awards. Under his leadership, Selena Quintanilla-Peres won the Best Female Vocalist of the Year award in 1987 in the tehano genre. The next 9 years the singer invariably became the best in an honorary nomination. By 1988, Selena released five more records:

• Alpha (1986).
• Munequito de Trapo (1987).
• And the Winner is ... (1987).
• Preciosa (1988).
• Dulce Amor (1988).

At the peak of popularity

In 1989, Selena Quintanilla-Peres drew attention to the influential producer, director of Sony Latin Music Jose Béchar. Later, he admitted that he compared Selena with the legendary Gloria Estefan. In addition to cooperation with Bekhar, the girl signed an advertising contract with the Coca-Cola Corporation.

In 1990, the light saw the album Ven Conmigo, unexpectedly for many, gained incredible popularity. The record was the first in the genre of tehano, reached the "golden" status. And Selena became the regional star number 1. She had loyal fans, one of whom played a fatal role in the fate of a talented performer.

In 1988, guitarist Chris Perez was invited to the band. He experienced romantic feelings for the beautiful Selene. After a trip to Mexico, the young people became friends and in 1992 married secretly, fearing the father's negative reaction.

The next significant achievement of the singer was the plate Entre a mi Mundo, which also became gold. Gradually, the "handwriting" of the band Selena y los Dinos has changed. In the work began to prevail compositions in the fashionable style of kumbia. The new sound was pleasant to listeners, it became more modern, innovative. However, the most successful was the work of Amor Prohibido. The album, released in 1994, has now reached 22 times "platinum" status.

Selena was not just a popular singer. She was loved for her kind heart and for taking part in various charity events. Often the actress sang for free for needy families. Fans at the Texas favorite were so many that for one of the concerts in Houston about 65,000 spectators gathered. No one and never from the performers in the genre tehano has collected in one place such an impressive army of fans.

Tragedy

In 1990, a certain Yolanda Saldivar suggested creating an official fan club of the singer. Having received the consent of the head of the family, she also headed it. Later, the woman began to manage two boutiques, which sold clothes created by Selena.

As it turned out, the manager was unclean. More and more, fans began to make claims that they were not being paid for the goods, souvenirs and fan attributes. 03/31/1995 Selena decided to meet with Yolanda Saldivar to find out all the circumstances. During the conversation, the manager shot a singer in the shoulder. The bullet tore the carotid artery, and Selena Quintanilla-Perez died of blood loss, despite all the efforts of doctors.

The tragic death of her favorite performer stirred Texas. At parting with the singer in Corpus Christi arrived about 60,000 people. Most local radio stations suspended entertainment programs, devoting a considerable amount of airtime to the talented girl's work. George Bush, as governor of the state, decided on April 12 to celebrate Selena's Day.