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Selena Quintanilla-Pérez

While Tejano music was (and remains) immensely popular with working-class Mexican Americans, Selena took Tejano music to the mainstream. Selena Quintanilla-Pérez and her band, Los Dinos, incorporated cumbia and pop into their sound transforming this regional genre into an international phenomenon.


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Selena's Leather Outfit

Selena interview, 1994

Forever Latin Music Legends: Selena single

Portrait in a Minute: Selena

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez Portrait by Al Rendón

Selena performing outside of Tejano Music Awards, San Antonio, TX, March 1989

Do You Have Anything in the Collections From Selena?

Selena: Crossing Over Cultural Boundaries | Verónica A. Méndez and Mireya Loza

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