Long Live the Queen of Tejano Music
April 12, 2022 2022-04-12 11:27Long Live the Queen of Tejano Music
Quintanilla 27 years later
Like the flower Selena Quintanilla was, the Queen of Tejano Music, her legacy continues to live on as her father Abraham Quintanilla announced a new album will release 27 years after her death.
During an interview with Latin Groove News, the producer and father Abraham announced the release of a new album with new and old school music to be expected in the month of April. The album will consist of 13 songs, with the first three being a ballad of Selena when she was 13-years-old and the others being from previous songs from her collection with a genre change.
As enthralling as the thought of hearing 13-year-old Selena sing, her older brother A.B. Quintanilla and older sister Suzette Quintanilla have worked closely with the album. He has digitally manipulated Selena’s voice to sound like the 23-year-old she was before her untimely death.
Selena was born on April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson, Texas. Her father was a former musician who saw the potential Selena had in singing at a young age. The future star engaged in a band with her older siblings and would practice with them to perform in small places, calling themselves Selena Y Los Dinos.
In their early adulthood following their growth as a family and friend band, they travel to many places to perform. In 1989, the band got an offer from a music company, which led to the first album called “Selena” to win a Grammy Award for the Best Mexican-American music album. Her native language was English but sang in Spanish because of her Hispanic heritage, she would speak in Spanglish. Her songs were played on the radio.
However, the prettiest flower is always the first pick. Her life was cut short on March 31, 1995, by Yolanda Saldivar, the president of Selena’s fan club. When Selena’s father discovered Yolanda’s swindling, Selena confronted her. The two argued, leading to the fatal shot that ended the artist’s life and sentencing Yolanda to lifetime imprisonment.
As a way to keep her legacy alive, the back then-Texas governor George W. Bush declared April 16 as Selena Day for the representation of Texans. A biographical film about her was produced two years later after her death and in 2021, a tv series with more insight into her life was released on Netflix.
It has been 27 years since her departure, however many still hold Selena in their hearts. As the woman considered the Mexican Madonna, she rose high in the music industry and inspired many young girls. The upcoming album is more proof that the star continues to live on after her death.
