Selena

Bio

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, known as Selena, was a Tejano singer born April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson, Texas. She led her family band Selena y Los Dinos, signed with EMI Latin in 1989, and released Entre a Mi Mundo (1992) and Amor Prohibido (1994). She was closely tied to Corpus Christi, where the band recorded the album Live! at Memorial Coliseum on February 7, 1993, and where she opened a Selena Etc. boutique. She was shot and killed in Corpus Christi on March 31, 1995, at age 23. The posthumous album Dreaming of You followed later that year.

The band

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  Chris Pérez

  Chris Pérez is a guitarist who played in Selena y Los Dinos and married Selena Quintanilla-Pérez on April 2, 1992. He continued as a working musician after her death in 1995.