Dulce Amor

***Dulce Amor*** () is the fifth and last  LP record by Selena. The album became the final album to be released from RP Records. Selena's brother, A.B. Quintanilla III had became the main songwriter. Selena recorded fourteen songs but only released ten. All the songs were recorded in three different recording studios. *Dulce Amor* helped Selena to be noticed at the 1989 Tejano Music Awards. She was then signed by EMI Latin. The album had only sold over 30,000 copies. It was ordered to be removed from stores by EMI Records.

Most of the songs produced were Tejano music mixed with Cumbia and Jazz fusion. *Dulce Amor* was nominated for "Album of the Year" while the song of the same name was nominated for "Song of the Year". Selena had won "Female Vocalist of the Year" and "Female Entertainer of the Year". Selena had promoted the album during her Dulce Amor Tour which had only lasted for less than a year. The album had mixed to negative reviews from music critics. The album was re-released in 2007 as "Classic Series Vol. 5".

## Production and development 
After Selena's sixth LP record *Preciosa* (1988) sold only 25,000 copies, the company had wanted Selena to record another record. The success from *Preciosa* had the company believing that Selena would sell more copies with her next album. On the liner notes, the writing credits are given to "Pendiente" However, the record company only had wanted ten songs to be on the album. He instantly wanted Selena to sign with EMI. His boss told him that he was crazy, because Behar only had been in South Texas for only a week. The album was supposed to be released in the summer of 1989. *Preciosa* (1988) had sold 3,600 copies on its first day. Only 50,000 copies of the album were shipped in Texas alone. Since then, he has released the songs in compilation albums. The songs "Always Mine", "No Llores Mas Corazon" and "La Puerta Se Cerro" were selected to be remixed for *Anthology* (1998).

On September 7, 2007, Quintanilla Jr re-released the album as part of the "Classic Series" collection. "Dulce Amor" was then re-titled "Classic Series Vol. 5". All the songs were remastered. It was produced by Timothy Muniz. The song describes a teen romance. A young girl who is under peer pressure by her friends must decide who she wants to be with. She struggles with low . The song had its key signature in common time. Selena also promoted *Preciosa* (1988) along with her Dulce Amor Tour. Domingo Rivera of *Tejano Nation* believed every song on *Dulce Amor* was horrible. Rivera stated that he did not like not even one song. Vargas believed that RP Records did not put their "all" for Selena.

## Track listing 
## Awards and nominations 
## Personnel 
Credits are taken from the album's liner notes.

;Managerial

* Producer - Manny Guerra
* Executive producer – Timothy Muniz

* Marketing – Manny Guerra

;Performance credits

* Vocals – Selena

* Background vocals – Selena, Roger Garcia, A.B. Quintanilla III, Lavonne Rodriguez

;Visuals and imagery

* Art direction – Yvette Zabala
* Clothing design – Selena

* Make-up – Barbra Moore
* Photography – William Carmona
* Stylist – Barbra Moore

;Instruments

* Drums – Suzette Quintanilla
* Guitar- Roger Garcia, A.B. Quintanilla III, Henry Gomez
* Keyboards – Ricky Vela

;Technical and production

*Songwriters – A.B. Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela, Juan Gabriel
*Engineering – Brian "Red" Moore
*Engineering assistants – Abraham Quintanilla Jr

*Executive producers – Lauren Diaz, Carlos Diaz
*Mixing – Manny Guerra
*Mixing assistants – A.B. Quintanilla III

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## Other websites 
*Official Website