Wayebizwa ngokuthi iMadonna yesiLatini. Mhlawumbe ngezingubo zasesiteji ezikhanyayo nezivezayo noma ukwenza izinto ezingokomzwelo, nakuba labo ababemazi u-Selena eduze babethi empilweni wayezolile futhi engathí sina.
Impilo yakhe ekhanyayo kodwa emfushane yakhanya njengenkanyezi esibhakabhakeni, futhi yanqanyulwa kabuhlungu ngemva kokudutshulwa. Wayengakabi neminyaka engu-24 ubudala.
Ubuntwana kanye nokuqala komsebenzi womculo ka-Selena Quintanilla
Indawo yokuzalwa yomculi kwakuyidolobha laseLake (Texas). Ngo-April 16, 1971, kwazalwa intombazane emndenini wamaMelika aseMexico u-Abraham noMarcela, ogama lakhe lingu-Selena.
Umndeni wawunomculo kakhulu - wonke umuntu wayecula futhi edlala izinsimbi zomculo ezihlukahlukene, futhi umntwana ngokwakhe wacula lapho eneminyaka engu-6 ubudala. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, u-Abrahama wakha iqembu lomndeni, alibiza ngokuthi u-Selena Y Los Dinos.
Iqembu, elihlanganisa u-Selena ngokwakhe, umfowabo u-Abie njengomdlali wesiginci kanye nodadewabo uSuzette, owayedlala izinsimbi zomculo, waqala ukudlala endaweni yokudlela kayise.
Ngemuva kokuvalwa kwesikhungo, umndeni, odinga imali, wathuthela eCorpus Christi esifundazweni esifanayo.
U-Selena Y Los Dinos wenza ngamaholide, imishado kanye nemikhosi ehlukahlukene. Lapho umculi osemusha eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, waqopha i-disc yakhe yokuqala, ecula izingoma ngesitayela se-tejano. Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe eyedwa, u-Selena wacula ngesiNgisi kuphela.
Kodwa uyise waqhamuka nombono wokuthi intombazane yendabuko kufanele icule izingoma ngeSpanishi. Ngenxa yalokhu, inkanyezi esencane esakhulayo kwadingeka ifunde ulimi. U-Selena wayengumfundi okhuthele futhi okhuthele.
Esikoleni babenelisekile ngaye, kodwa impilo yekhonsathi esebenzayo ayizange ivumele ukuvakashela okuvamile esikhungweni semfundo. Ngemva kokuba uyise ephikelele esikoleni sasekhaya, intombazane yaphothula esikoleni ingekho.
Igagasi lokuduma kuka-Selena Quintanilla
Lapho eneminyaka engu-16, u-Selena wathola ama-Tejano Music Awards njengomculi wesifazane ohamba phambili. Eminyakeni engu-9 eyalandela, lo mklomelo naye waya kuye. Ngo-1988, umculi waqopha ama-disc amabili: Preciosa noDulce Amor.
Ngemva konyaka, umsunguli we studio yokuqopha Capitol / Emi wamnika inkontileka unomphela. Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Selena wayesevele esayine isivumelwano noCoca-Cola, futhi kwakukhona izindlu ezigcwele emisebenzini yakhe.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, le ntombazane yayithandana nesigingci uChris Perez, uyise amqasha e-Selena Y Los Dinos. Ngemva kweminyaka emithathu, intsha yashada ngasese.
Isenzakalo esikhumbuleka kakhulu ngo-1990 kwaba enye impumelelo ka-Selena - i-albhamu yakhe entsha ethi Ven Conmigo yahamba ngegolide. Akekho noyedwa kubaculi be-tejano ofike kuleveli ngaphambi kwakhe.
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho omunye wabalandeli abazinikele kakhulu bomculi, u-Yolanda Saldivar, anquma ukwakha iklabhu yabalandeli baka-Selena. Inhloko yomndeni yawuthanda lo mbono futhi inhlangano yaqala imisebenzi yayo. UYolanda waba ngumongameli wayo.
Ngo-1992, enye i-albhamu ka-Selena yahamba ngegolide. Futhi ngemva konyaka, umculi wayesezandleni ze-Grammy Award ngokusebenza kahle kakhulu ngesitayela saseMexico-American.
Futhi esiqongweni sokuthandwa kuka-Selena kwakuyi-disc Amor Prohibido, ebhekwa njengesiqongo somsebenzi wakhe. Le albhamu isizuze isihloko se-platinum izikhathi ezingu-22.
Ngaphezu kwemisebenzi yekhonsathi, u-Selena naye wayehlanganyela ebhizinisini. Wayenezitolo ezimbili zezimpahla zemfashini.
Umculi wangena emlandweni womculo ngenxa yesitayela se-tejano, ekuqaleni esasibhekwa njengesidala, kodwa ngenxa yakhe saduma ngendlela emangalisayo. Izinhlelo zika-Selena zazihlanganisa i-albhamu yezingoma zolimi lwesiNgisi, ababehlele ukuyikhipha ngo-1995.
Wabuye wahola impilo yezenhlalakahle esebenzayo, ehlanganyela emsebenzini wokusiza abantulayo, esebenza ku-AIDS Society, ebamba iqhaza ezinhlelweni zemfundo nezokulwa nempi, ehlela amakhonsathi amahhala abampofu.
Ukushona kabuhlungu komculi
Ekuqaleni kuka-1995, uyise ka-Selena waqaphela ukukhwabanisa kwezezimali eqenjini labalandeli. "Abalandeli" abaningi bacasulwa ukuthi bakhiphe imali yezikhumbuzo, kodwa abakaze bazibone.
Zonke izindaba zeqembu zaziholwa nguYolanda Saldivar. Ngosuku olunzima lwangoMashi 31, wenza isikhathi sokuhlangana no-Selena ehhotela elidumile laseCorpus Christi.
"Umlandeli" oyinhloko emhlanganweni waziphatha ngendlela engavamile - ekuqaleni wathembisa ukunikeza imibhalo ezoqinisekisa ukwethembeka kwakhe, wabe esebika ukudlwengulwa, futhi u-Selena kwadingeka amyise esibhedlela ukuze ahlolwe.
Odokotela abatholanga lutho, amantombazane aphinde abuyela ehhotela ukuze axoxe. Lapho u-Selena esezohamba, uSaldívar wakhipha isibhamu wamdubula.
Umculi owopha igazi ukwazile ukufika kumphathi asho igama lomdubuli. Odokotela abafikayo abakwazanga ukusindisa umculi owayelimele kabi.
Ukushona kwentandokazi yomphakathi kudale ukukhala okukhulu. Kwafika amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu ukuzovalelisa kumculi onethalente.
Ngo-Ephreli 21 kwathiwa yi-Selena Day eTexas. U-Yolanda Saldivar waquliswa icala futhi wagwetshwa udilikajele. Ngo-2025, uzothola ithuba lokukhululwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Esikhumbuzweni sika-Selena, kwenziwa ifilimu, lapho uJennifer Lopez adlala khona indima enkulu. Imyuziyamu yomculi ivuliwe eCorpus Christi. Umculi waphila impilo emfushane kodwa ekhanyayo. Izingoma zakhe zisathandwa, futhi yena ngokwakhe uhlala ezinhliziyweni zabalandeli bakhe.
