Artist : Selena
Album : Through The Years / A Traves De Los Anos
Label : EMI
Genre : Latin
Bitrate : 182 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 00:57:09 (79.4MB)
Rls date : 2007-04-03
Store date : 2007-04-03
[Track List]
1. Feelings 2:35
2. Como Te Quiero Yo A Ti 3:42
3. Tu Solamente Tu 2:37
4. Tu No Sabes 3:19
5. Que 3:38
6. Sukiyaki 3:02
7. Amame, Quiereme 2:54
8. Yo Te Amo 3:43
9. Ya Ves 3:17
10.Yo Te Sigo Queriendo 3:10
11.Amame 3:39
12.No Debes Jugar 2:51
13.La Llamada 3:14
14.Fotos Y Recuerdos 2:37
15.Ya No 3:55
16.Dreaming Of You 5:16
17.Puede Ser 3:40
Best of album.
The tragic shooting death of Tejano singer Selena spawned
a reaction within the Latino community that can be
compared to the reactions to the deaths of Elvis Presley
and John Lennon. An enormously popular singer in Latino
communities across North America, her music crossed
cultural boundaries to touch the lives of young and old
alike. A flamboyant, sexy stage performer, sometimes
hailed as the Latina Madonna, Selena was nonetheless
considered a role model for off-stage she was family
oriented, active in anti-drug campaigns and AIDS awareness
programs.
She was born Selena Quintanilla to Mexican-American
parents in Lake Jackson, TX. Before her birth, her father
Abraham had been a member of Los Dinos. When Selena began
performing at the age of ten, her father became her
manager and Los Dinos became her backing band. In 1983,
she made her recording debut in 1983 after appearing on
popular the radio show of L.A. deejay Johnnie Canales.
While Selena grew up understanding Spanish, English was
her first language. Her first records were recorded in
Spanish and she sang the words phonetically. After her
music began to catch on, she began learning Spanish
formally and by the time of her death, she was fluent in
the language.
In 1987, she was named Female Vocalist of the Year and
Performer of the Year at the Tejano Music Awards. Two
years later she signed with EMI Latin and in 1990, she and
Los Dinos released their eponymous debut album. Later that
year she released a singles compilation, Personal Best,
and she also released Ven Conmigo. In 1991 the title track
of the latter became the first Tejano record to go gold.
Selena also released two more albums, including one of
Cumbia music, Baila Esta Cumbia that year. Selena married
Los Dinos' lead guitarist Chris Perez in April of 1992.
Other group members included her brother, Abraham
Quintanilla, III, who played bass and penned many of her
songs, and her sister Suzette, the drummer. She won her
first Grammy in 1993 for Best Mexican American Performance
for her album Selena Live. That same year, she released an
album of love songs, Quiero, and she also opened Selena
Etc, a clothing manufacturing business. In 1994, she made
her feature-film debut in Don Juan DeMarco, in which she
played a singer. Later that year, she and her band
embarked upon a tour of New York, LA, Argentina, and
Puerto Rico. Amor Prohibido was released in 1994; the
record's title track won a Grammy and went gold. In 1995,
Selena began preparing to make her breakthrough into the
American pop mainstream.
In the spring of that year she was working on her first
English-language album, when she went to a motel room in
Corpus Christi, TX, to fire 34-year-old Yolanda Saldivar,
the woman who managed Selena's boutique in San Antonio,
and the founder of the Selena fan club. A few days before
the confrontation Selena's father had unearthed paperwork
proving that Saldivar had been embezzling from the fan
club. Saldivar and Selena argued and as the singer left,
she was shot in the back. Selena didn't die right away and
managed to stagger into the lobby where she named Saldivar
as the killer. An hour later, Selena died in a local
hospital.
It was a death that rocked the entire Latino music
industry. Saldivar was convicted for the murder of Selena
in November, 1995 and sentenced to at least 30 years in
prison.
A special service was held in the Los Angeles Colliseum
where she was to give a concert. Less than a month later,
Texas governor George W. Bush declared April 16, "Selena
Day," in her honor. Dreaming of You, her final album, was
released posthumously in the early summer. It became the
first Tejano album to reach number one in America and was
double platinum by the end of the year.