Editing Selena (section)

=== 1994–1995: Fashion venture, film debut, and ''Amor Prohibido'' ===
[[File:Selena etc. Logo.jpg|thumb|upright|The logo used by Selena for her [[Selena Etc.|boutiques]]]]
Aside from music, in 1994 Selena began designing and manufacturing a line of clothing; she opened two boutiques called [[Selena Etc.]], one in Corpus Christi and the other in San Antonio. Both were equipped with in-house beauty salons.{{sfn|Patoski|1996|p=120}} By the end of 1994, Selena Etc. had held two fashion shows to showcase their clothing line. Selena (alongside her band, Selena y Los Dinos) held a concert after Selena Etc.'s second fashion show on December 3, 1994, at the Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio. She was in negotiations to open more stores in [[Monterrey]], Mexico, and [[Puerto Rico]].{{sfn|Jasinski|2012}} Saldívar managed both boutiques after the Quintanilla family were impressed with the way she managed the fan club.{{sfn|Patoski|1996|p=146}}

''Hispanic Business'' magazine reported that the singer earned over five million dollars from these boutiques.<ref name="Fivemillion">{{cite web|url=http://www.caller.com/ccct/home/article/0,1641,CCCT_800_3654650,00.html |title=Selena&nbsp;– Life Events |website=Corpus Christi Caller Times |date=March 27, 2005 |access-date=June 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513034837/http://www.caller.com/ccct/home/article/0%2C1641%2CCCCT_800_3654650%2C00.html |archive-date=May 13, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was ranked among the twentieth-wealthiest Hispanic musicians who grossed the highest income in 1993 and 1994.{{sfn|Arrarás|1997|p=51}} Selena released her fourth studio album, ''[[Amor Prohibido]]'', in March 1994.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Roiz |first=Jessica |date=2019-03-14 |title=Selena's 'Amor Prohibido' Celebrates 25 Years |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/selena-amor-prohibido-album-celebrates-25-years/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-23 |title=Selena's 'Amor Prohibido' lives on in chart-topping success |url=https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2024-07-23/selena-amor-prohibido-lives-on-in-chart-topping-success |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The recording debuted at number three on the US [[Billboard Top Latin Albums|''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums]] chart<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top Latin Albums > Week of April 9, 1994|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-04-09/latin-albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 29, 2012}}</ref> and number one on the US ''Billboard'' Regional Mexican Albums charts.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Regional Mexican Albums > Week of April 9, 1994|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-04-09/regional-mexican-albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 29, 2012}}</ref> After peaking at number one on the Top Latin Albums, the album remained in the top five for the rest of the year and into early 1995.<ref name=albumsales>{{cite magazine|last1=Lannert|first1=John|title=Selena's Albums Soar|magazine=Billboard|date=April 22, 1995|volume=107|issue=16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5QsEAAAAMBAJ&q=Selena|access-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref>

''Amor Prohibido'' became the second Tejano album to reach year-end sales of 500,000 copies, which had previously only been accomplished by [[La Mafia]].{{sfn|Patoski|1996|p=152}}<ref name=soared>{{cite news|last=Tarradell|first=Mario|title=Singer soared beyond traditional limits on Tejano music|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D5B623415D08&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=November 4, 2011|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=April 1, 1995|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It became one of the [[List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States|best-selling Latin albums in the United States]].{{sfn|Parédez|2009|p=47}}{{sfn|Arrarás|1997|p=34}} ''Amor Prohibido'' spawned four number-one singles; the [[Amor Prohibido (song)|title track]], "[[Bidi Bidi Bom Bom]]", "[[No Me Queda Más]]", and "[[Fotos y Recuerdos]]".{{efn|"Fotos y Recuerdos" peaked at number one posthumously in April 1995.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lannert|first=John|title=Beloved Selena Enters The Latin Music Hall of Fame|magazine=Billboard|date=June 10, 1995|volume=107|issue=23|page=112|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0QsEAAAAMBAJ&q=Selena+songwriting+controversy+fotos+y+recuerdos&pg=PA58|access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref> "Amor Prohibido", "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", and "No Me Queda Mas" peaked at number one before Selena's death.<ref name=charthistory>{{cite magazine|title=Selena's Chart Performance|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=selena|chart=all}}|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 23, 2011}}</ref>}} ''Amor Prohibido'' was among the [[List of best-selling albums in the United States|best selling U.S. albums]] of 1995,<ref name="bestseller">{{cite news |title=Five Selena albums reach Billboard 200 |first=Ramiro|last=Burr |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE755195D0535&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |newspaper=[[San Antonio Express-News]] |date=April 14, 1995 |access-date=August 14, 2011|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and has been certified 36× platinum by the RIAA for sales of 2.16 million album-equivalent units in the United States.<ref name="RIAA"/> The album was named on Tom Moon's list of the ''1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List'' (2008).{{sfn|Moon|2008|p=990}}

''Amor Prohibido'' popularized Tejano music among a younger and wider audience than at any other time in the genre's history.{{sfn|Miguel|2002|p=110}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Born on the Border|work=[[Newsweek]] |date=October 22, 1995|url=http://www.newsweek.com/born-border-184270|access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> The two singles, "Amor Prohibido" and "No Me Queda Más", were the most successful US Latin singles of [[Billboard Top Latin Songs Year-End Chart|1994 and 1995]], respectively.<ref name="billboardmag">
{{Cite magazine
| date = November 28, 1998
| title = Topping The Charts Year By Year
| magazine = Billboard
| volume = 110
| issue = 48
| page = LMQ3
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| access-date =March 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering Selena's Trailblazing Music |author=Rivas, Jorge |url=http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/03/16th_anniversary_of_selenas_death.html |newspaper=Colorlines |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701170710/http://www.colorlines.com/articles/remembering-selenas-trailblazing-music |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album's commercial success led to a Grammy nomination for Best Mexican/American Album at the [[37th Grammy Awards]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite news |last=Valdes |first=Alisa |date=April 7, 1995 |title=Loving Selena, fans loved themselves |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-loving-selena-fans-lov/169967690/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |newspaper=[[Boston Globe]]}}</ref> It won Record of the Year at the [[1995 Tejano Music Awards]]<ref name="TMAs" /> and Regional/Mexican Album of the Year at the [[Premio Lo Nuestro 1995|1995 Lo Nuestro Awards]].{{sfn|Patoski|1996|p=152}} Selena was named "one of Latin music's most successful touring acts" during her ''Amor Prohibido'' tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrington|first1=Richard|title=Slain Tejano Singer's Album Tops Pop Chart |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/selenaalbum.htm|access-date=February 28, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 26, 1995}}</ref>

After ''Amor Prohibido''{{'}}s release, Selena was considered "bigger than Tejano itself", and broke barriers in the Latin music world.<ref name="Newsday">{{cite news |last=Schone |first=Mark |date=April 20, 1995 |title=A Postmortem Star In death, Selena is a crossover success |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-a-postmortem-star-in-death-sel/142411788/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |newspaper=Newsday |page=B3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She was called the "Queen of Tejano Music" by many media outlets.{{efn|Outlets describing Selena as "Queen of Tejano Music" include: ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cortina|first=Betty|title=A Sad Note|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 26, 1999|issue=478|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/03/26/four-years-after-selenas-death/|access-date=September 11, 2012|archive-date=June 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623104918/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,274898,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Billboard'' magazine,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lannert|first=John |title=Tejano Music Awards: Bigger, But Not Necessarily Better |magazine=Billboard|date=April 6, 1996 |volume=108|issue=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tw0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Selena+Queen+of+Tejano+Music&pg=PA37 |access-date=September 11, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles Magazine]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Katz|first=Jesse|title=The Curse of Zapata|magazine=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles Magazine]] |date=December 2002 |volume=47 |issue=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7V0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Selena+Queen+of+Tejano+Music&pg=PA104|access-date=September 11, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' magazine,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Year In Review|magazine=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|date=September 1998|volume=6|issue=7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lywEAAAAMBAJ&q=Selena+Queen+of+Tejano+Music&pg=PA167|access-date=September 11, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''[[The Huffington Post]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hernandez|first1=Lee |title=Selena Quintanilla: Remembering The Queen Of Tejano Music On Her Birthday|date=April 15, 2012 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/15/selena-quintanilla-birthday-tejano_n_1425195.html |access-date=January 30, 2015 |work=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref> and ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Verhovek|first1=Sam|title=Grammy-Winning Singer Selena Killed in Shooting at Texas Motel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/01/obituaries/grammy-winning-singer-selena-killed-in-shooting-at-texas-motel.html|access-date=January 30, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 1995 }}</ref>}} ''Billboard'' magazine ranked ''Amor Prohibido'' among the most essential Latin recordings of the past 50 years<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The 50 Greatest Latin Albums of the Past 50 Years |url=http://www.billboard.com/photos/6686047/50-most-essential-latin-albums-past-50-years/45 |magazine=Billboard |date=September 17, 2015 |access-date=August 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604223334/http://www.billboard.com/photos/6686047/50-most-essential-latin-albums-past-50-years/45 |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and included it on its list of the top 100 albums of all-time.{{sfn|Roiz|2015 (b)}} In 2017, [[NPR]] ranked ''Amor Prohibido'' at number 19 on their list of the 150 greatest albums made by women.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Diaz-Hurtado |first1=Jessica|title=The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/20/538317263/turning-the-tables-150-greatest-albums-made-by-women-page-14 |work=[[NPR]]|date=July 24, 2017|access-date=July 24, 2017}}</ref> Sales of the album and its titular single represented Tejano music's first commercial success in Puerto Rico.<ref name=Newsday /> Selena recorded a duet titled "[[Donde Quiera Que Estés]]" with the [[Barrio Boyzz]], which was released on their album of the same name in 1994. The song reached number one on the Top Latin Songs chart,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allrovi.com/name/The-Barrio-Boyzz-p448538?r=allmovie |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116171505/http://www.allrovi.com/name/The-Barrio-Boyzz-p448538?r=allmovie |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |title=Chart history > Selena > Donde Quiera Que Estes|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=July 13, 2011}}</ref> which enabled Selena to tour in New York City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Central America, where she was not well known.{{sfn|Patoski|1996|p=123}}{{sfn|Jones|2013|p=14}}

In late 1994, EMI chairman Charles Koppelman decided Selena had achieved her goals in the Spanish-speaking market. He wanted to promote her as an English-language solo pop artist. Selena continued touring while EMI began preparing the crossover album, engaging Grammy Award-winning composers.{{sfn|Patoski|1996|p=115}} By the time Selena performed to a record-breaking, sold-out concert at the [[Houston Astrodome]] in February 1995, work had already begun on her crossover album.{{sfn|Patoski|1996|p=115}} In 1995, she made a [[cameo appearance]] in ''[[Don Juan DeMarco]]'', which starred [[Marlon Brando]], [[Johnny Depp]], and [[Faye Dunaway]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Dollar |first=Steve |last2=DeVault |first2=Russ |date=April 5, 1995 |title=Selena: Singer was on the verge of mainstream stardom |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-selena-singer-was-o/169967816/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>