Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (April 16 1971 – March 31 1995), best known as Selena, was a Mexican American singer who has been called "the queen of Tejano music".Mitchell, Rick. http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/selena/95/05/21/legend.html "Selena". Houston Chronicle, May 21 1995. Retrieved on May 14 2006.
Selena is a 1997 biopic about the life and career of Tejana singer Selena Quintanilla Perez (1971-1995). Selena was a Grammy Award-winning recording artist who was well known in the United States Mexican-American and other Latino communities, and Mexico.
Selena is the debut album by Selena Y Los Dinos under the EMI Latin label. At the time of its release, Selena was already a star on the Tejano market, being the recipient of several Tejano Music Awards. This album, presented to a larger audience, the direction that Selena would take, as a performer and trendsetter.