TEX-MEX Queen

Known mononymously as Selena, she was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer of Mexican and Cherokee descent. She is considered a great exponent of Latin music, with sales estimated at 18 million records worldwide, which makes her one of the Latin Americans with the most records sold in the world. She is also known as "the queen of tex-mex" and "queen of cumbia". Many media called her the Mexican Madonna. She is listed as one of the most influential Latin artists of all time and is also credited for being one of the artists who catapulted the tex mex genre into the US market. On April 1, Bayfront Plaza in Corpus Christi held a vigil that drew 3,...View all