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Tejana superstar born in Lake Jackson
On this day in 1971, Tejana superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez was born in
Lake Jackson. She won the first of eight Tejano Music Awards as female
entertainer of the year in 1987. Her 1992 album Entre a Mi Mundo
made her the first Tejana to sell more than 300,000 albums, and her
bilingual 1995 album Dreaming of You hit number one on the
national Billboard Top 100 the week it was released. On March 31
of that year in Corpus Christi, Selena was fatally shot by the founder of
her first fan club. More than 30,000 people viewed her casket at the
Bayfront Plaza Convention Center in Corpus Christi. A biographical film of
her life was released in 1997.
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