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Selena Quintanilla

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Third generation mexican-american, raised in Texas. She becomes a pop star in her late teens among mexicans and mexican-americans. She had begun to successfully cross over into american pop, but was tragically shot to death at the age of 23, in 1995.

  • key figure in american acceptance of latino culture as a part american culture
  • top-selling Latin artist of the 90s, worldwide
  • to date, #15 top-selling Latin artist, worldwide
  • released first spanish-language album to be the #1 US Album
    • 3 months before this happened she was shot to death by an employee
    • motive still unknown

her accomplishments were ground-breaking in latino pop culture. she was a quickly-rising star on the world stage, which is why her violent and unexpected death was such a shock to latinos.

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influence on american, latin and latin-american culture

music

her innovative genre-blending across both cultural and generational barriers:

  • new wave
  • rock
  • salsa/merengue
  • r&b
  • adult contemporary
  • disco
  • Mexican cumbia
  • norteño
  • ranchero/mariachi
  • flamenco
  • bolero
  • reggae
  • new jack swing

paved the way for the largest presence of latin music in US pop culture, occurring in the early 2000s

  • jLo
  • Ricky Martin
  • Christina Aguilera
  • Shakira
  • Marc Anthony

tv

every year, the major latino-american tv networks pay tribute to selena with dedicated programming, including full concerts and documentaries.

film

  • jLo portrayed Selena in a biopic released two years after death
  • jLo becomes first Latina actress to earn over $1 million for one film
  • $60 million at box office
    • highest-earning latino film, to date
    • debuted at #2 in US
  • jLo becomes encouraged to launch a music career of her own
    • her first single debuts at #1

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technology

jLo's outfit to the 2000 Grammys becomes google's most-searched query ever. google decides to develop Google Images because of this

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