HOUSTON (KIAH) — Today, we are remembering Selena Quintanilla and her legacy in our state. She remains one of the greatest Latino artists of all time and is credited for catapulting the Tejano genre into the mainstream music market.

Selena was born on April 16-th of 1971. In 1992 she released a breakthrough album, which peaked at number one on the U.S. billboard regional Mexican albums chart and sold more than 300,000 copies.

  • American singer Selena (born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 1971 – 1995) rides in a carriage during a performance at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo at the Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas, February 26, 1995. The performance was her last before her murder the following month. (Photo by Arlene Richie/Getty Images)
  • Fans hols a photo of Selena during the ceremony honoring singer Selena Quintanilla with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 3, 2017, in Hollywood, California. / AFP PHOTO / TARA ZIEMBA (Photo credit should read TARA ZIEMBA/AFP via Getty Images)
  • “Selena la Serie” is being filmed in and around Tijuana, Mexico. (Courtesy:Netflix)
  • (Photo: Selena Quintanilla via MGN Online)
  • Christian Serratos portrays Selena Quintanilla from “Selena The Series.” (Netflix via AP)
  • A portrait of the late singer Selena Quintanilla is seen in the crowd following a posthumous star ceremony for Quintanilla on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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  • Selena framed headshot with Yolanda Saldivar headshot, partial graphic (Photo: AP News)
  • FILE – A sign promoting Native American participation in the U.S. census is displayed as Selena Rides Horse enters information into her phone on behalf of a member of the Crow Indian Tribe in Lodge Grass, Mont., Aug. 26, 2020. The U.S. Census Bureau is putting together a new plan to protect the privacy of participants whose detailed data was collected from the 2020 census. The plan set to be released next year was outlined Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in front of members of the bureau’s National Advisory Committee. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)