the intensity of greif that followed the tragedy of march 31st 1995 was incomprehensible.nobody could believe selena quintanilla perez the 23 year old beloved star was gone or why her friend/employee yolonda saldivar pulled the trigger ending a beautiful life so full of promise.but while those millions grieved her loss many others discovered her magic selena's first posthumous achievement came just months later in july when the songs she had been recording for her english debut was released with remixes of her biggest spanish hits.this album dreaming of you was an instant #1 hit becoming the first latin artist ever to debut at number one on the billboard chart and the second fastest selling female artist.because of her success other record companys realized the potential in the latin field.from this breakthrough artists such as ricky martin,enrique iglasias and more went on to get their chance to conquer the english market.
selena's story was covered on countless magazines including people.they put selena on the front cover of two separate issues of their magazine.an honour that before had only been given to the likes of jackie kennedy.the success of both covers was enough to convince them to create a new magazine and people en espanol was born
the year 1997 saw selena's legecy and following reach even more heights.a movie of her life was released to the world starring a then unknown jennifer lopez as selena.the movie was a box office hit many people discovered selena and her story through the movie and became devote fans.it also capapulted jennifer lopez to stardom.
meanwhile back in selena's home town of corpus christi a life size statue was unvailed in honour of their hometown hero.also a museum was opened up in her old recording studio.to this day the statue,museum as well as other selena points of interest remain some of the most popular attractions in the city.
there have been a number of posthumous album releases since dreaming of you every on has become a huge hit.the demand for anything and everything selena has led to succsessfull production of merchandise.even selena's clothing line lives on.managed by her sister suzette.to this day the selena ect boutiques in san antonio and corpus christi remain in buisness
more recently selena's story was put under the spotlight again with the opening of a musical entitled selena a celebration of life.the musical is enjoying enthusiastic response throughout the usa again proving selena's legecy will never die.
