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"Obstacles That Selena Overcame" http://www.umich.edu/~ac213/student_projects05/sa/page9.htm


 * Selena Quintanilla was Tejano, which is a Mexican from Texas. She gained fame by including her Hispanic and American background. A lot of people loved her. Selena lived in poverty and since she was a women, there wasn't many spots for her to sing because "supposedly male singers are better than girl singers in Tejano music." Her success dominated the male- population in Tejano music. When Tejano music became more popular, Selena was the only woman singer in that category that was stumped by male singers.

The "My Hero" Project By Ayla http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=selena_fredericksberg_ul


 * When she was at the age of eight, she sang to her father. He realized that she had a beautiful voice. So, she sang at the family's restaurant with the band that played there. When the restaurant went out of business, and the family went bankrupt, the family moved up to Corpus Christi while Selena still played with the band. She met a man by the name of Chris Perez and secretly married him at the age 20. In 1990 a girl by the name of Yolanda Saldivar started a fan club for Selena. She started stealing money form it and soon after Selena fired her. One day, Selena went to collect the money from Yolanda and they went into a HUGE argument. When Selena went to leave, Yolanda pulled out a gun and shot her. She was declared dead on March 31, 1995.

"Selena Forever" - T.J Webmaster http://www.selenaforever.com/
 * When the Quintanillas went bankrupt, Selena recorded her first album on the Freddie Label. When the Ya Se Va album, recorded with the Freddie Label, did not sell well, she moved to the Cara Records before they went to the Manny Label. She was discovered by two huge people in the Tejano Music Industry Rick Trevi and Johnny Canales. An EMI president found Selena, at the Tejano Music awards, saw her perform and win, he then found the star he was looking for and then signed her to EMI latin. In 1989, when her first album listed as Selena and not with her band. That same year, she was a spokesperson for Coca-Cola. When Selena released her song, //**Entre a Mi Mundo,**//went gold and it contained what became her biggest song. She married her guitarist, of her band, Chris Perez on April 2nd 1992. In 1993, she won a Grammy and began designed a clothing line. In 1994, her album, //**Amor Prohibido**//, was nomintaed for a grammy and she made appearences in Latin soap operas. She became the first female Latin artist to be signed with SBK. She played, on Feburary 26th, to 61,041 fans. The death of Selena devastated everyone who had come to love her. She loved to talk to students about pursing their goals and getting a high school diploma. When she went to students in middle schools, she'll talk about not doing drugs and alcohol and pursing their goals. She gave a free performance to students who drastically changed their grades in schools. She then gave $2,500 to school programs.

"Selena Biography" http://www.notablebiographies.com/Sc-St/Selena.html
 * Selena was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. The band, //Selena Y Los Dinos,// played rock and roll songs with Mexican music. When she began to focus on her music rather than her school work, Selena stop going to school by the eighth grade. Though, she took courses through the American School in Chicago. She earned her GED in 1989. While living in a van, the band continued touring throughout the southwest United States. In 1988, Selena was voted the female artist of the year at the Tejano Music Awards. Her popularity increased every year. In 1994, her album //Selena Live// won a Grammy and a Best Mexican American award. At the Houston Astrodome, there was a memorial concert in Selena's honor. A movie, about her life, starring Jennifer Lopez, was released a year later.