237 things you would like to know about Selena?!?
1. Selena was born april 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson Texas and she passed away march 31; 1995 in Corpus Christi Texas
2. She co-wrote `Bidi Bidi Bom Bom', `My Love' and `Amame'
3. liked eating double peperoni pizza (thin crusted) from Pizza Hut
4. more then 20.000 girls auditioned for the role of Selena in the movie
5. J.LO became the highest payed Latina in Hollywood history by playing Selena, earning a then unheard of 1.000.000 $, jennifer now earns 9 to 10 times that much
6. L.Ybara auditioned and was one of the finalists for the role of Selena in the musical, however she was given the role of Suzette.
7. Selena was named by Bilb. Magazine as the best selling Latin artist of the decade, selling aprx. 18.000.000 albums in that decade.
8. Selena was named `the fastest selling female artist in history' back in '95 when her album Dreaming of You sold well over 175.000 copies in the first week.
9. Selena was the first tejano artist ever to win a grammy
10. bilb. Magazine declared the release and succes of DOY as a historic day in latin music history
11. Selena's Ven Conmigo was the first tejano album ever to go gold.
12. She married april 2, 1992 with guitarist Chris Pérez
13. Selena was the first latin artist to chart a latin album (at least 50 % spanish) at #1 on the Bilb. 200 pop charts.
14. she was 5"5" to 5'6" in hight
15. Coca Cola made a Selena bottle in '94 to commemorate 5 years of partnership
16. the ppl. Tribute issue to Selena sold over 1.000.000 copies it's first day, spawning ppl en espańol and other spanish mag. Divisions.
17. she was in the '99 guiness book of world records in the
cathegory `most dominating artist'
18. she was nominated for another grammy in '95 for amor
prohibido but another band won that one.
19. selena received the key of the city of Houston and the mayor
proclaimed Selena Quintanilla Day that day.
20. G.W. Bush Jr. named April 16, 1995 Selena day in Texas
21. Selena is the only latin and female artist ever to place 5
consecutive albums in Bilb. 200-top selling albums in the US and the
UK. This has only been acomplished by Elvis, The Beatles and Garth
Brooks (and they weren't Latino)
22. Selena the movie grossed 45.000.000 $ domestically ($ 27.000.000 profit), and went to gross 100.000.000 $ with video release.
23. la carcacha was selena's first music video
24. she was EMI Latin's first artist
25. she opened 2 boutiques in '94. Selena ETC inc. One in corpus and one in San anto.
26. she completed High school through correspondance school based out of chicago
27. she last attended school as a reg. Student at west oso middle school (8th grade)
28. lived at 705 bloomington street in Corpus Christi (next to her mom and dad and brother)
29. was named queen of tejano music as she easily surpassed the sales of both male and female tejano artists
30. the person who plays chris in the musical also played in the techno cumbia video
31. her fav. Colors where purple and black.
32. her final performance was march 19 in China Town Chicago in 1995 the Astrodome concert was her last televised concert.
33. 90 % of all non-Latinos in the US know who selena is
34. the memorial statue was unveiled may 27, 1997; it cost around 600.000 $ to construct
35. selena's am.prohibido has sold over 5.000.000 copies, her grammy winning album `live' over 1.500.000 copies, dreaming of you has sold over 5.000.000 copies
36. she sold aprx 20.000.000 albums in 6 years.
37. she holds the first 2 attendance records in the astrodome (1993: 66994 ppl, 1994: 66824ppl) and she holds the 4rd place in 1995 (64831 ppl)
38. Todos mis exitos made up 50% of EMI latin sales in 1999
39. anthology set sold 500.000 copies in the first 2 weeks
40. the selena museum is visited by 200 fans each week (= aprx 10500 ppl/year)
41. studio where J.LO recorded ICFIL in the movie is Studio A where selena actually recorded her english album.
42. selena was named fem. Artist of the year for 10 years in a row at the TMA's.
43. selena y los dinos was named 3rd best dressed group in 1994
44. she ran 3 businesses in the US: Selena ETC inc. in CC S.A, selena design house inc
45. selena was upset with AB after the 95 astro concert because he forgot to signal the rest of the band at CLF which caused everyone to play different. ABE made them reconsile
46. in 1995 the Houston city counsil voted unanimously to rename denver park to Selena Quintanilla perez park
47. selena the movie grossed over 28.000.000 $ it's first 3 weeks, something incredible for latino films.
48. selena is conciddered one of the top-10 most important latinos in history
49. about 1.000 woman auditioned for the musical `selena forever'
50. selena was owner of 5 dogs:
1 husky: Taylor
1 mini-dobermann: Winnie
2 Mastiffs: Julia, Danté
1 pomeranian named Pebbles
they also had a pet ball python snake said to be called Monty and their share of fishes
51. her favorite flower was a long stemmed white rose
52. amor prohibido and Bidi Bidi Bom bom where her fav songs
53. asked her neighbourhood's kids to find her dog or do the yarkwork in return she would make `em lunch or buy the mcdonalds
54. she had no middle name
55. amor prohibido was loosely based on the love story of selena's grandparents
56. selena and chris first atmitted they loved eachother on the parking lot of a pizza hut in the valley
57. when marcela was pregnant with selena they were convinced selena was gonna be a boy and they were gonna name him marc anthony. Selena's name was chosen when her mom's room mate had chosen the name of her lil girl to be selena…but she had a boy, marcela liked the name and gave it to her daughter
58. in 1998 selena was picked by ppl mag. As one of the most intriguing ppl of the century
59. hardrock cafe san anto has a selena star on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant, selena was one of the celebs on hand in january 1995 attending the opening of the restaurant
60. eventhough selenas english album wasn't released until after her death she was signed to SBK-worldwide records in november of 1993.
61. after the release of entre a mi mundo, mexico wanted selena! Everyone was worried about selenas ability to communicate in spanish with the mexican media, selena went in and charmed them… when she left, they said she was `una artista del pueblo', no one called her on any mispronounciations
62. the white and red shirt selena wore in the amor prohibido video where chris'
63. selena the movie was released internationally and dubbed in more then 20 languages
64. selena once filled an oreo with toothpaste to give it to a
member of La Mafia, but her dad ate it and liked it
65. her biggest fear was that no one would come watch her perform
66. both j.lo (sel in the movie) as v. vazquez (sel in musical) where at the same dancing school in NY at the same time
67. selena was so humble that dispite her fortune she shopped at Wallmart and Pay-less Shoes she also lived in a modest house in the Barrio in Corpus Christi
68. designed all her stage outfits herself
69. fav; lip color: Brick from Shanel (discontinued)
70. once selena, bored in an airplane ride, got up and sang to her fellow passengers, she then, put on an apron and asked them if they were interested in a drink
71. selena's first mexican performance was at the J.canales show in 1987
72. selena's la llamada video was shot at a beachhouse in Long Beach CA, the video for amor prohibido was shot at Joshua Tree CA in 1994, no me queda mas was shot in S.A, the staircase scene was shot at the Amtrak Railroad Station, the wedding scene at the botanical gardens, the restaurant scene at Michelino's on the riverwalk
73. "live" was recorded feb. 7, 1993 at the memorial colloseum in CC texas
74. the songs: where did the feeling go, is it the beat and `only love' where recorded after selena signed on with EMI latin in 1989, they remained unreleased until 1996 and 1997
75. selena paid 300 $ to save a rabbit she ran over
76. the term: "'the selena factor' is used in the music industry to describe enormous sale increase due to an event
77. selena was in process of building a new home, containing 10 bdrms to be located in The Lush King Estates South of CC overlooking Oso creek near the CC botanical gardens, she already picked the furniture before she passed away, cowpattern plates and black furniture
78. she liked to drink hot tea w/ lemon and honey before her
concerts
79. there was a delay at the beginning of the production of NMQM because selena wanted a white rose to be given to her in the video not the red one they had ready
80. she was the only female latina to receive a golden eagle award in 2001 to honor her positive impact on millions of latinos.Others to receive it that night where Tito Puente and Anthony Quinn
81. selena forever, the collector plate, released by the Bradford Exchange for $30 in 1996 is now in the market for $250
82. selena always asked her father `how did I do' after a perfomance, she was never satisfied
83. also known as `the Tex-Mex madonna' eventhough she didn't like that name
84. it's been said that selena's fav. Restaurant was the Olive Garden (CC). The night before her death she was dining there with her mother when she saw an elderly woman eating alone and felt sorry for her. She payed for her and send her a cake to take home with as well, that same night, selena told marcela she loved her, that was the last time marcela spoke to her daughter.
85. she had issues about her legs because she had several scars on em
86. she collected fabergé eggs (and all kinds of other eggs too), had an extensive hat and shoe collection as well
87. she was the fastest rising Latina
88. at birth, selena weighed 5 LBS and 10/5 OZ (3.375 kg)
89. was, and still is, a great influence on young women these days
90. her shoe size was 7/1/2 (that's 38-39 for the europeans)
91. when selena just became popular, she performed at a b-day party in midland Texas
92. her favorite perfume was `Boucheron'
93. on the bathroom mirror of her house, selena put 2 stickers that said: `Selena and Chris 4-ever' and `I Love Chris'
94. When selena was lil, she used to run accross the street to 7/11 to buy things to decorate her pencils with like Don King.
Against her father's and teachers wishes she would sell them to her class mates that shows she was good at business already at a young age
95. she had a BMW but it was stolen and replaced by the famous red Porche Carrera
96. she loved listening to most kinds of music
97. was picked at in school for not knowing spanish, kids would tease her in spanish
98. rumours claiming that her butt wasn't real brought her to do the 1994 Furia bikini issue to prove em wrong
99. She was a lil late on stage at her 93 houston astro concert because she was backstage stitching things on her outfit, selena usually did that backstage, she would stitch her clothes the day of the show a few months earlier she decorated a pair of boots while on the way to a concert at Disney land, she finished just as they arrived
100. the cemetary where selena is burried is called: `seaside memorial cemetary' and is in is CC texas in Nueces County, Section L-1 by the black bench
101. NMQM was written by R.Vela who had a crush on Suzette
102. she owned a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 motercycle
103. at selena's first fashion show, she also moddeled
104. she wore the grammy-beaded dress twice
105. had a history of apperances at the houston astrodome
106. she was burried april 3rd 1995 and laid to rest at the outfit she wore at the 95 TMA's
107. her dream was to have 5 kids and a farm with lotsa animals
108. she gave her black rhinestone cap that labeled `Selena' to one of her fans in one of her concerts
109. according to her family she was very energetic and full of life, she liked to joke around a lot, even in serious moments
110. made a couple of lyrics mistakes at the astro 95 concert
111. syld had food thrown at them at early concerts because they weren't known then
112. selena sometimes wore fake eyelashes to bring her eyes out
more because her natural ones where short
113. at the video of NMQM selena wore hair extentions to make her hair appear in better condition
114. the third selena ETC store was gonna be opened in Monterrey, MX
115. she was shot by Yolanda Saldivar, her fanclub president
116. she loved animals
117. she sometimes wore contacts
118. she was supposed to have a perfume that she jokinly described smelling like `Corizo con Huevos' (Sausage and eggs)
119. selena was only 4 when she started to record a song. The earliest recordings of her is at age 4 singing Blue Moon on a portable tape recorder
120. selena's earring fell of at the 95 astrodome so she took off the other one as well
121. selena had many idols (rossio Durcal, Janet Jackson, Luis Miguel, Marlon Brando etc)
122. selena's grave was made to look like her
123. syld performed at a nightclub in a small rural town in new mexico called `Casa blanca', they named the drive up to it after her
124. syld was first called: "Southern Pearl"
125. D.A.R.E spokesperson
126. she had a chicken called April while growing up
127. she was conciddered a millionaire at the age of 18 (1989)
128. she gained around 15 to 20 LBS at the time of her NMQM video but she didn't stay that size long
129. she always joked that she could eat a whole med. Pizza, dorritos etc. and still keep a good figure but in reality, she took time to exercise, mainly by dancing to keep fit
130. she didn't have a choreographer instead she would watch soul train to learn the dance moves
131. she loved m. Carry, Trey Lorenz, who sings a duet with Carry also sings back up in ICFIL
132. her nick. Was Buffy
133. was 23 when she passed away, 16 days before her 24th b-day
134. never had a Quincineaira because they were on the road at
the time
135. she was always giggley and funny, the only thing she was shy about was her big butt
136. had a great love of family and respect for her dad according to close sources, Selena had a way of sweet talkin her dad into everythin… abraham always gave in
137. sel and chris both liked Tortilla Chips. They both had `his' and `her' bags so neither could say the other was hogging the chips they would often grab a bag and head down to the ocean or country together
138. as a teenager, selena loved to play NINTENDO
139. when she was lil she used her allowence to put clothes on layaway in shops
140. she hung all of the awards on the wall in the staircase in her parents house
141. towards the end of her life, she had been planning on visiting the women in the Battered Women Shelter and organising a fund raiser for them, she was also organising a benefit concert for
the BOYS and GIRLS club located in the Dallas FT. Worth area
142. once selena was late for at 8 PM gig at the tejano rodeo in Dallas because her plane was delayed by a snow storm. When she showed up at 10, she walked on stage appologising heavely and then sung and dance all night so her fans wouldn't feel shortaged
143. Selena and chris wanted to renew their vows on the 5th wedding anniversary with a big wedding
144. she was born at Freeport Comunity Hospital in Brazosport Texas
145. when syld arrived to shoot la llamada, the director had all the extras dressed up in Banda and Mariachi outfits thinkin all mexican bands where the same and wore those heavy Banda outfits with
huge Sombreros, with trompets, trombones and other horns. Selena said `what is this, i'm just selena' and started laughing so the video was moved to the upstairs area of the beachhouse where it took
about 23 hours to film
146. when selena was home, her house was the hangout for all the
neighbourhood kids
147. when, not done by the neighbourhood kids, selena mowed her own grass and took care of her yard herself
148. selena planted the flowers in front of her boutique herself because the landscapers couldn't come and she wanted to be ready for the grand opening
149. she also did the wiring of the boutique herself, the electicians would be late so she started drilling holes and laying it out herself
150. she gave Chris his black SUV as an anniversary gift
151. had to wear jackets on top of her bustiers for a while
152. Abraham would make selena sing in front of family when she was lil and she was so emberassed and shy to do that but did it anyway
153. she bungee jumped on a dare once
154. she owned a red Mitsubishi Eclipse which was later sold by her cousin on one of those car magazines
155. her fav. Home made dish was Rice and Chicken (Pollo con Rizo)
156. her headboard was a salt water fish aquarium
157. gave her mom a black Porche as a gift
158. her favorite mexican restaurant was Rositas in Corpus Christi
159. was nervous about falling with the grammy's because of the `fishtail' on the dress
160. Seronaded M. Brando in Don Juan DeMarco and loved it
161. she was mostly nervous before a concert cause she thought no one would show up
162. she said to have a very oily skin and that she was gonna come out with her own line of cosmetics
163. she never refused an autograph
164. for her first album (mis primeros grabaciones), one of her first recordings was Con Esta Copa
165. the Sunday after she died, she was planning on taking a 7 year old neighbourhood kid and his friend out to lunch at MC Donalds, the kid had been looking forward to it all week and was running around the neighbourhood with her autographed photo. When he
found out she died, he didn't say anything for a long time
166. BBBB was selena's song. She played with the words several times before coming up with the real lyrics, chris said the song came about when he was playing with a new toy for his guitar
167. Wrote down lil lyrics everywhere in lil booklets causing AB and later Chris to run after her to pick them up since she would leave them lying around
168. she had a habbit of borrowing things and forgetting to return them. After the family settled a bit and chris was ready to leave his house Suzette was helpin them pack being careful to keep selena's belongings together, suzy came accross a pair of shades selena had borrowed years before, it brought a smile to her face to see them again
169. she was also one to carry a joke, she put a sunflower seed between her teeth, making her duet partner crack up while singing
170. her home economics teacher said she loved to sewing gathers and fringe into her clothes she said selena told her she liked it when her clothes moved with her
171. she was set to play in the LA sports center, the Saturday after her death
172. was mentioned in SPN Dallas 2 Texas song also in NORE eulogy song
173. at the time of her death, 5 major gangs on West and East Coast and supposingly also the mexican maffia wanted to get after Yolanda for killing her
174. The Ven Conmigo cover was black and white because the night before the shoot, selena dyed her hair and it got on her face
175. the song La Carcacha was partially invented after ABE and Pete saw a junky car while buying chicken
176. Como la flor was composed in 20 minutes with selena's vocals
177. she helped a little girl, who fell off her bike, Selena happened to run by and helped her out
178. Selena's real last recording was `Puede Ser' and she sang it
in one take
180. she once was mugged in a mall
181. her fav. Foods where: Thin crusted pepperoni pizza from pizza hut, refried frijoles, saucages from the can, chicken and rice and chocolate ice cream
182. chris talked her into getting the Porche
183. on the 21st annual TMA's, an award was named after Selena, The Selena Lifetime Achievement Award was that night collected by AB
184. she was thinkin of getting a second motorcycle, a soft tail springer
185. she had a band aid on her finger during the 95 astro concert because she had been cooking dinner for chris when she cut herself
186. chris and selena once vacationed in Jamaica
187. Buenos Amigos was selenas first NO 1 hit
188. `Hey Buffy' and `You g