Her name is honored on the RodeoHouston Star Trail of Fame, the first Latin, the second woman and the ninth overall performer to be on the Star Trail of Fame.
Artists and celebrities like Kacey Musgraves, Cardi B and Demi Lovato continue to pay tribute to her.
Her Madame Tussauds wax figure was in such high demand, a second was made to be displayed in New York City.
In 2019, Spotify reported Selena’s music garnered 163 million streams and 11.9 million listeners in 79 countries.
A new Netflix series will be released in 2020 based on her life.
“Dreaming of You” and “Amor Prohibido” have each sold 5 million copies.
Selena’s 1990 album “Ven Conmigo” was recently inducted to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.
From 1988 to 1997, she won the Tejano Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year.
Selena is the only Latin female artist to place five consecutive albums on the Billboard 200 top-selling albums in the U.S. and the U.K.
In 1995, Selena was inducted into the “Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame."
The “Dreaming of You” album was released posthumously and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 175,000 copies on the very first day it was released.
At 17 years old, she signed on with Coca-Cola and her advertisement changed Hispanic marketing in the U.S.
The Spurs and Q-Productions announced a collaboration in 2020 that would bring a “Selena Night” during a game and the release of new merchandise.
Will always be known as the “Queen of Tejano Music."
Erica Hernandez is an Emmy award-winning journalist with 15 years of experience in the broadcast news business. Erica has covered a wide array of stories all over Central and South Texas. She's currently the court reporter and cohost of the podcast Texas Crime Stories.