Women’s History Month 2025 — Selena Quintanilla

Women’s History Month 2025 — Selena Quintanilla

Selena Quintanilla

The background is a dark navy blue with a subtle soundwave pattern and floating musical notes in red, white, and gray, evoking the energy of her music. At the top left, a circular portrait of Selena shows her smiling radiantly, framed by the curved text "THE QUEEN OF TEJANO" in bold white letters. Red soundwave accents around the image symbolize her powerful voice. See caption for transcribed text.
Selena is famous for her voice and Tejano music, leading fans to give her the title of
“The Queen of Tejano.”
Selena started her singing career at just nine years old.
Her father formed a family band, Selena y Los Dinos, which traveled across Texas performing and opening for various Tejano bands. Did You Know: Along with singing, Selena was also a fashion designer! Selena Inc. was the name of her boutiques, and she had two locations in Texas.

A dark blue background with three circular portraits of Selena and two text boxes. See Caption for text.
When she won Female Entertainer at the Tejano Music Awards, she was only 15 years old! Selena is also the first Tejano singer to win a Grammy in the Mexican-American Album category.
After her death, her album Dreaming of You (1995) was released and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Dreaming of You was the first album by a Latina to achieve this goal!
On the left side, Selena is wearing a sparkling light gown and has long, curly hair. She is smiling while holding the award in front of a backdrop with Grammy logos. The image is surrounded by text bullet points. See caption for transcribed text.
Grammy Awards:
At the 1994 Grammy’s, Selena Live! won the Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
At the 2021 Grammy’s, Selena won the Lifetime Achievement Award
Tejano Music Awards:
Selena was nominated 48 Tejano Music Awards during the years of 1986-2010, winning 44 Awards
Female Vocalist of the Year, Female Entertainer of the Year, Song of the Year, Single of the Year, and so much more!
Total Awards:
2 Grammy’s
67 Tejano Music Awards
14 Latin Billboard Awards
10 Lo Nuestro Awards
A Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
On the left, Selena smiles with long, wavy brown hair, wearing a cream-colored top. On the right is a quote against a dark blue, floral background. See caption.
“I want to be remembered not only as a singer but as a person who cared, a person who tried to make a difference in this world.” -Selena Quintanilla

Want to learn more about Selena?

Here’s where we found our information!

References:

Blanck, Nili “12 Surprising Facts about Selena.” Www.mentalfloss.com, 7 Dec. 2020, www.mentalfloss.com/article/638158/selena-quintanilla-singer-facts

Team, Quotesanity. “Selena Quintanilla Quotes in Spanish – Inspiring Sayings from the Queen of Tejano Music.” Quotesanity, 20 Mar. 2025, quotesanity.com/selena-quintanilla-quotes-in-spanish-inspiring-sayings-from-the-queen-of-tejano-music/. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Selena | American Singer.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Jan. 2024, www.britannica.com/biography/Selena-American-singer.

Wikipedia Contributors. “List of Awards and Nominations Received by Selena.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Nov. 2019 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Selena.

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