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| subject_name=Selena ] | | |||
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| years_that year <ref name="Coca-Cola">{{cite web|url=http://www.selenaforever.com/Coca_Cola/Coca_Cola.html|title=Selena and Coca-Cola|accessdate=2006-05-18}}</ref> and her concerts were drawing thousands of people. | |||
| In 1988, Selena met a guitarist named ] who had his own band. The Quintanilla family hired him to play in Selena's band in 1990 and they quickly fell in love. At first her father didn't approve of the relationship between Perez and Selena even firing him from the band. He eventually came to accept the relationship, telling Selena that Perez can come back only if they married and moved next door to the family home.<ref name="Married">{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/96/04/01.html|title=from ''Selena: Como la Flor'' by Joe Nick Patoski|accessdate=2006-06-05}}</ref> Selena accepted and on ], ], Selena and Perez married in ], and Quintanilla added her new husband's surname to her own. | |||
| In 1990, Selena releasedshe was in growing demand. The duet with Salvadorian singer ] "Buenos Amigos" was also a hit. | |||
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| By fall of 1994, ''Amor Prohibido'' was a commercial success in Mexico and made four number one Latin hits. Knocking ]'s "Mi Tierra" from the number one spot on the charts, it sold over 400,000 copies by March of 1995 and reached gold status.<ref name="Gale" /> At this point, Quintanilla developed plans to record an English-language album. She continued touring for ''Amor Prohibido'', while beginning preparations for this album. | |||
| In 1995, Selena made a ] appearance in the romantic comedy ], which starred ], ], and ]. She appeared as a background ] singer during the first scene. Also in February 1995, Selena made a concert at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in the ] which attracted over 60,000 fans more than country stars such as ], ], and ] <ref name="rolemodel">{{cite web|url=http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/QQ/fquxg.html|title=The Handbook of Texas Quintanilla Perez, on scene to escort Selena to the hospital, but she died from loss of blood at a local hospital at 1:05 P.M., at the age of 23, sixteen days shy of her 24th birthday.<ref name="Death">{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/95/04/01/killed.html|title=Singer Selena shot to death. Armando Villafranca, Houston Chronicle April 1, 1995|accessdate=2006-05-18}}</ref> The gun used to kill Selena was later destroyed and its remains were thrown into ].<ref name="Gun">{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/selena|title=Selena Biography|accessdate=2006-06-06}}</ref> | |||
| Jackson]] ].<ref name="Gale" /> On its release date, the album sold over 175,000 copies, a record for a female pop singer, and sold two million copies in its first year.<ref name="Copies">{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/96/03/31d.html|title=In the spirit of Selena, Tributes, a book and an impending film testify to the Tejano singer's enduring , Houston Chronicle, March 31, 1996|accessdate=2006-05-20}}</ref> Songs such as "I Could Fall In Love" and "Dreaming Of You" were widely played on mainstream English language radio, with the latter reaching #25 on the ]. "I Could Fall In Love", meanwhile, while ineligible for the Hot 100 at the time, since it was not released as a commercial single, did reach #12 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, and the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. To date, "Dreaming of You" has sold approximately four million copies in the USA. | |||
| In October of 1995 a ] jury convicted Saldívar of first degree murder and sentenced her to life in prison, with the possibility of parole in thirty years.<ref name="convicted">{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/95/10/26/sentence.html|title=Selena's killer gets life Associated Press, October 26, 1995|accessdate=2006-05-20}}</ref> | |||
| as the Best Selling Latin Artist of the Decade for the 1990s, selling approximately 18,000,000 albums. Selena is both the only Latin and the only female artist ever to place five consecutive albums in Billboard 200 Top Selling Albums in the U.S., an accomplishment shared by ], ], and ]. Billboard Magazine declared the release and success of "Dreaming of You" a historic day in Latin music history. The ] Tribute Issue to Selena sold 1,000,000 copies its day of release, spawning ]. Selena was the only female Latina to receive a ] in 2001, to honor her positive impact on millions of Latinos. In 1998, ] chose Selena as one of "The Most Intriguing People Of The Century". | |||
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