"Dreaming of You" was released on July 18, 1995. It sold 175,000 copies the first day, a record for a pop singer. It sold 331,000 copies the first week. It debuted at number-one on the "Billboard" 200. Selena became the first Hispanic singer to have her album debut at number-one. She also became the second-fastest-selling female singer, only behind Janet Jackson. The album became the second-highest-debut for any artist, only behind Michael Jackson. The album was known as a "Historic Day in Latin History". The album also helped Selena to become a "household name". The album sold 4,000,000 copies in its first year. By 2002, the album had sold 10,000,000 copies. In February 2011, the RIAA updated the sales to 30,000,000 copies and was certified three times diamond. The album also peaked at number-one on the Latin Regional Mexican Albums chart and Top Latin Albums chart for two years straight. The album also peaked at number-one on the New Zealand Albums Chart, Spanish Albums Chart, Portuguese Albums Chart, Mexican Albums Chart, number four on the Italian Albums Chart and number six on the Argentinian Albums Chart. "Dreaming of You" was certified gold in Canada, platinum in Spain and diamond in Italy, Mexico and Argentina.
Selena's father spoke out about wanting to keep Selena's legacy alive. He then released Selena's first album after her death; "Siempre Selena" in 1996. The album sold 200,000 copies and was certified two times platinum. The album became the official album for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In March 1997, the was released. It sold 1,000,000 copies in one year.
In April 1998, "Anthology" was released. It was a box-set that had three compact discs with ten songs in each disc. The album peaked at number-one on the Latin Regional Mexican Albums chart and number-one on the Top Latin Albums chart. The album peaked at number 131 on the "Billboard" 200. The album made up half of EMI Latin's 1999 sales. It was certified six times platinum for selling 1,200,000 copies in its first year.
In March 1999, "All My Hits/Todos Mis Exitos" was certified six times platinum for selling 1,200,000 copies in its first year. The album peaked at number-one on both the Latin Regional Mexican Albums chart and Top Latin Albums chart. It also peaked on the "Billboard" 200 chart at number 54.
In March 2000, "All My Hits/Todos Mis Exitos Vol. 2" was released. It sold 400,000 copies and was certified two times platinum. The album peaked at number-one on both the Latin Regional Mexican Albums chart and Top Latin Albums Chart. It also peaked on the "Billboard" 200 at number 149.
The next year, "Selena Live! The Last Concert" was released. It became Selena's second live album. The album went platinum for selling 200,000 copies. The album peaked at number-one on the Latin Pop Albums chart, number two on the Top Latin Albums chart and number 176 on the "Billboard" 200.
In 2002, Selena's father released the "20 Years of Music collection". The collection released 9-discs with comments from Selena's family, bonus tracks and music videos. The comments were spoken word about how it was like when Selena was recording the songs. "Ones" was released as the first part of the collection. The album peaked at number four on both the Top Latin Albums chart and Latin Pop Albums. The album peaked at number 159 on the "Billboard" 200. The sold 1,000,000 copies in its first year. In February 2011, the RIAA updated the sales to 10,000,000 copies and certified the album diamond.
"Greatest Hits" was released in 2003. It had most of Selena's English-language songs. The album peaked at number 115 on the "Billboard" 200.
In March 2004, "Momentos Intimos" was released. The album had an unreleased song. The album peaked at number seven on the Regional Mexican Albums chart. It also peaked at number 11 on the Top Latin Albums chart.
During the tenth anniversary of Selena's death, "Unforgettable" was released. It was a collection that had a one disc edition and a two-disc edition. Both editions peaked in "Billboard"s charts in 2005. The "Selena ¡VIVE!" soundtrack was released. It peaked at number-one on the Mexican Albums Chart and Spanish Albums Chart in 2005. A year later, "Dos Historias" was released. It peaked at number three on the Latin Regional Mexican Albums chart and number 21 on the Top Latin Albums chart.
In 2007, the album "Through the Years/A Traves de los Años" was released. It contained an unreleased song. The song was recorded when Selena was seven years old. The album was certified gold and peaked at number 28 on the Top Latin Albums chart. In the same year, "Forever Selena" was released. The box-set was similar to "Anthology" (1998). Also released in the same year, "Serie Verde" was released as a low-budget album.
In March 2009, the box set "Inolvidable" was released. It had songs from "Alpha" (1986) and "Muñequito de Trapo" (1987). The box-set had an unreleased song.
In March 2010, the box-set "La Leyenda" was released. It peaked at number four on the Latin Regional Mexican Albums chart, number seven on the Top Latin Albums chart, number 29 on the Mexican Albums Chart and 81 on the Canadian Albums Chart. The album had a booklet with comments from fans around the world. It also had messages from Selena's family and record label. In June 2011, "10 Great Songs" was released. It was released as a low-budget album.
Selena's brother and father are working on an upcoming project to be released in 2012. It will be a remix album.
Selena has sold over 21 million copies in the United States. She was called "The Queen of Tejano music" and the widely known Mexican-American singer and most popular Latin artist in the United States. Selena was named the "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" and "Best Latin artist of the '90s" by "Billboard" magazine.
Selena y Los Dinos (album)
Selena y Los Dinos is the debut album by Mexican-American Tejano pop band Selena y Los Dinos. The album was released on July 16, 1984 under Freddie Records, an independent studio label in South Texas. Selena's father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr, removed his children from Freddie Records after he had told him that Selena would never become a famous singer, could not bring in large crowds, and wasn't professionally ready to release a full-length album. Selena was also underpaid because she was a female in a male-dominate genre and no could understand a female singer lead a Tejano band. She was made fun of and even booed off-stage by Tejano fans. Undetermined, Abraham moved his children to Cara Records. The album was re-released in 1995, after Selena's murder, entitled "Mis Primeras Grabcaciones" (English: "My First Recordings")
The New Girl in Town
The New Girl in Town is the second released album by Selena Y Los Dinos. The album has ten tracks. Some of them were covers of songs performed by other artists before Selena. The rest were written by Selena's father Abraham Quintanilla, Jr.
When Selena and her band did not receive much support from Freddie Martinez, the founder of Freddie Records, Abraham Quintanilla Jr, the father of Selena, began searching for another record label for the band. In the summer of 1984, "Cara Records" contacted him who had heard Selena during a recent concert and so they can sign "Selena y Los Dinos". Selena began to record tracks for her new album "The New Girl In Town" in late 1984. Cara Records released the album in 1985, but had to withdraw it after only two months due to conflicts with various song rights. Quintanilla then moved the band to the Manny Guerra labels GP Productions and RP Productions/Record Producer from 1985–1989, and finally to EMI in 1989. The song "Oh Mama" on Cara Records became very popular leading to appearances by Selena y Los Dinos on television shows like the "Johnny Canales Show".
Alpha (album)
Alpha is the third album released by Selena Y Los Dinos.
The album was re-released in 2006 entitled "Classic Series Vol. 1".