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Selena Quintanilla: The tragic Latin pop icon who still inspires

Selena Quintanilla: The tragic Latin pop icon who still inspires

On 31 March 1995, at the age of 23, rising Latina superstar Selena Quintanilla-Perez was shot dead by the manager of her fan club at a motel in Corpus Christi, Texas.
A full 21 years later, on 1 October 2016, women who were not even born in her lifetime were left distraught when a MAC make-up line released in her name sold out completely within 24 hours of its launch.
MAC is a cult brand, and it is not uncommon for well-hyped celebrity make-up ranges to sell out online within a day – but for that to happen when the pop icon has been dead for two decades is a striking testimony to her legacy.
Those unfamiliar with Tejano (Mexican-American) music may never have heard of Selena, who was just hitting the US mainstream when she was murdered.

But for many Latina women, she is an inspiration – the first Tejano singer to debut at the top of the Billboard chart when her posthumous crossover album, Dreaming of You, was released in 1996.

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