Selena

During her short career, Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla (aka Selena) was the undisputed queen of the genre and a force behind the emergence of Latino music in North America. Among her 14 Top Ten singles were seven number ones -- for years after her death, compilations of her work placed in the upper rungs of the Latin music charts. Selena, whose first language was English, began performing in her father's restaurant at age ten, learning to sing Mexican folk songs phonetically in Spanish. At 12, she served as frontwoman for los Dinos (her father's band) and released Mis Prime...