87R18918 BHH-D
 
  By: Herrero H.R. No. 648
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, April 16, 2022, marks the 51st anniversary of the
  birth of the internationally acclaimed queen of Tejano music,
  Selena Quintanilla Pérez; and
         WHEREAS, The daughter of Abraham and Marcella Quintanilla,
  the former Selena Quintanilla was born in Lake Jackson in 1971; she
  demonstrated exceptional talent as a young child and soon began
  performing with her father's group, Los Dinos, which also featured
  her brother, A. B., and her sister, Suzette; after becoming the lead
  singer, she took the band to a new level, and in 1987, the
  charismatic teenager was named Performer of the Year and Female
  Vocalist of the Year at the Tejano Music Awards; and
         WHEREAS, Selena brought a joyous, youthful flamboyance to the
  stage, and she deftly blended traditional Tejano music with
  elements of other Latin genres and mainstream pop, creating
  cross-generational appeal; EMI Latin signed her to a major
  recording contract in 1989, and her career began to take off with
  the release of a compilation album, Personal Best, and then Ven
  Conmigo, whose title track became the first Tejano record to go
  gold; finding happiness as well as success through music, she
  married the guitarist of Los Dinos, Chris Pérez, in 1992; and
         WHEREAS, Two years later, Selena Live earned the singer her
  first Grammy Award, for Best Mexican American Performance; her 1994
  album, Amor Prohibido, received a Grammy nomination, won the Tejano
  Music Award for Album of the Year--Orchestra, and in 2015 was listed
  by Billboard magazine as one of the Essential Latin Albums of the
  Past 50 Years; to date, Amor Prohibido has sold 2.5 million copies;
  and
         WHEREAS, Selena's fame continued to grow as she toured the
  United States, Mexico, and other Latin American countries; she drew
  more than 60,000 people to her performance at the 1995 Houston
  Livestock Show and Rodeo, the highest attendance for a lineup that
  featured some of the top country stars of the day; while gaining
  greater recognition as an artist, she also launched a clothing
  business and a boutique, and she made time to assist charitable
  groups and youth initiatives, among them D.A.R.E., the Texas
  Prevention Partnership, the Coastal Bend AIDS Foundation, and the
  Houston Area Women's Center; and
         WHEREAS, Poised for mainstream success, Selena was working on
  her English-language debut when she was slain on March 31, 1995, at
  the age of 23; the tragedy resonated so widely in the Hispanic
  community and beyond that the New York Times carried the news on its
  front page and People magazine published a special commemorative
  issue; when her record company released a posthumous bilingual
  collection of old and new material, Dreaming of You, it sold 175,000
  copies the first day, soared to the top of the Billboard 200 chart,
  and then held the number one spot on the Top Latin Albums chart for
  44 consecutive weeks; her story was told in a hit movie, a stage
  musical, and numerous books; in 2011, the U.S. Postal Service
  issued a memorial stamp, and in 2016, the MAC cosmetics line created
  in tribute to her signature style sold out completely the day it
  launched; and
         WHEREAS, Selena did not live to realize all her dreams, but
  nearly three decades after her death, she continues to inspire
  others to reach for their own, and she will forever hold a special
  place in the history of Texas music, as well as in the hearts of
  those who loved her; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
  Legislature hereby commemorate the 51st anniversary of the birth of
  Selena Quintanilla Pérez.