1 impact
1.1 media response
1.2 latino community
1.3 celebrities , politicians reactions
1.4 other reactions
1.5 music industry
impact
media response
when radio station keda-am broke news of selena s death, many people accused staff of lying because next day april fools day. in san antonio, major spanish-language radio stations including tejano 107, kxtn-fm, krio-fm , keda-am, began monitoring developments. major u.s. networks interrupted regular programming break news. lead item on national television network evening news programs in corpus christi had been end of 1994–95 major league baseball strike; within thirty minutes of announcement, selena s murder lead item on television stations in south texas. death front-page news in new york times 2 days, , featured prominently on bbc world news. news of singer s death reached japan, david byrne first heard of shooting. univision , telemundo among first national news stations arrive @ crime scene. carlos lopez of kmiq-105.1 told corpus christi caller-times tejano music dead @ least today , compared reactions selena s death reactions wall street crash of 1929 , called march 31, 1995 black friday . radio stations in texas began playing selena s music non-stop , taking telephone calls distressed fans.
newsstands swarmed people looking items concerning selena. line april 1, 1995 edition of corpus christi caller times formed; company added 11,000 copies print run , later printed 20,000 more copies meet continued demand paper. people magazine issue released several days after murder. publishers believed interest wane; released commemorative issue within week when became apparent interest growing. issue sold million copies, selling entire first , second run within 2 weeks. became collector s item—a first in history of people. betty cortina, editor of people, told biography, unheard of issue sell out. in following months, success of selena issue led company release people en español aimed @ latino market. followed newsweek en español , latina magazine.
american actress jennifer lopez cast play selena in 1997 biopic film life; choice drew criticism because lopez ancestry puerto rican rather mexican. after film s release, fans changed views on lopez after seeing performance in movie. lopez became famous after film s release.
selena s life , career covered number of television programs, including oprah winfrey show, e! true hollywood story, vh1 s behind music, american justice, snapped, , famous crime scene. other networks including mtv, investigation discovery, biography channel, , a&e network have aired special programs selena, while spanish-language networks regularly show documentaries commemorate anniversary of death. these spanish-language documentaries among most-watched programs in history of american television, , score record ratings networks. documentary titled selena, star dimmed—one of first her—was broadcast on univison s primer impacto on april 22, 1995; watched 2.09 million people , became second-most-viewed spanish-language show in history of american television @ time. networks competed each other interview saldívar shooting. when news arrarás able interview broke, univision inundated requests use interview major networks far away germany. interview on primer impacto watched 4.5 million viewers; most-watched program night according nielsen ratings, , became 1 of most-watched spanish-language programs in american television history.
latino community
the news of selena s death affected latino community; many people traveled thousands of miles visit selena s house, boutiques, , crime scene. mid-afternoon, police asked form detour line of automobiles began backing traffic quintanillas house. on street selena had lived, gang graffiti , cacti distinguished blue-collar community other subdivisions across america. chain-link fence in front of selena s house became shrine festooned mementos fans across america left messages selena , quintanilla family. car drivers in corpus christi, , driving cars on interstate 37 mexico, turned headlights on in memory. fans scribbled notes , messages, , placed them on door , doorstep of room in selena had been shot.
soon after learning of selena s death, people began speculating identity of murderer. fans thought emilio navaira s wife had shot selena; believed jealous of selena , navaira s relationship. johnny pasillas, emilio s brother-in-law , manager, frantically called radio stations in attempt quash rumor. among celebrities believed rumor record producer manny guerra, pete rodriguez, , american singer ramon hernandez. according anchorwoman arrarás, selena s death became important news [story] of year latinos . texas monthly editor pamela colloff wrote reactions death equivalent following political assassination. reactions compared followed deaths of john lennon, elvis presley, , john f. kennedy.
selena had cult-like following among latinos; after death became household name in united states , part of american pop culture. more popular after death when alive. selena became cultural icon latinos , seen woman proud of roots [who had] achieved dreams . according antonio lopez of santa fe new mexican, day selena killed bookmark in time in memories of many latinos . according arrarás, women imitated her, men worshiped . in aftermath of selena s murder, 2 linked deaths in california reported. drag queen planned dress selena performance; hit car , left die. actor gloria de la cruz auditioned role of selena; body later found in dumpster in los angeles. killer had strangled , set body on fire.
celebrities , politicians reactions
spanish singer julio iglesias interrupted recording session in miami moment of silence. among celebrities contacted quintanilla family following news gloria estefan, celia cruz, iglesias, , madonna. concerts throughout texas canceled; la mafia canceled concert in guatemala , flew texas. tejano singer ramiro herrera , dozens of other tejano artists canceled concerts. ben benavidez, radio personality , owner of tejano review, told corpus christi caller times march 31 remembered worst day in corpus christi history . american singer-songwriter rhett lawrence published advertisement in billboard magazine s april 22, 1995 issue; said, music heard more music. missed. other celebrities interviewed on radio stations, including stefanie ridel, jaime deanda (of los chamacos), elsa garcia, , shelly lares, expressed thoughts selena s death. talk show host oprah winfrey called selena s life short significant during march 1997 episode of oprah winfrey show. american singer-songwriter mariah carey told mtv selena s death shocking because of way had happened abruptly in young life . american singer marc anthony dedicated album todo su tiempo (which released 2 months after selena s death) selena. state senator carlos truan , state representative solomon p. ortiz reportedly mourned selena s death. american music industry executive daniel glass told texas monthly believed selena have enjoyed greater career success had not been death. few days after death, president of united states bill clinton , wife hillary sent letter of condolence selena s husband chris pérez.
a few days later, howard stern mocked selena s murder, burial, , mourners, , criticized music. stern said, music absolutely nothing me. alvin , chipmunks have more soul ... spanish people have worst taste in music. have no depth. played selena s songs gunshot noises in background. stern s comments , actions outraged , infuriated latino community in texas. after arrest warrant disorderly conduct issued him, stern made on-air statement, in spanish, saying comments not made cause more anguish family, friends , loved . league of united latin american citizens found stern s apology unacceptable , urged boycott of show. texas retailers removed products related stern. sears , mcdonald s sent letter expressing disapproval of stern s comments media because fans believed sponsored show. within week, on nbc s tonight show jay leno, stern , co-host robin quivers asked if stern s remarks selena acceptable. quivers decided not talk situation avoid arguing stern. when linda ronstadt, pop singer of mexican-american heritage, appeared on show, , quivers argued when ronstadt defended selena.
other reactions
a european-american selena fan, explaining differences in reaction death of selena between european-americans , mexican-americans in texas.
on april 12, 1995, 2 weeks after selena s death, texas governor george w. bush declared birthday selena day in texas. bush said selena represented essence of south texas culture . on selena day, approximately thousand fans gathered @ grave , began singing traditional mexican folk songs; police brought in control crowd. on same day, crowd of 3 thousand attended organized mass of resurrection selena @ johnnyland concert park.
in april , may year, european-americans in texas wrote editor of brazosport facts questioning fuss on death; offended because selena day coincided easter sunday. others said, easter more important selena day , , believed people should let selena rest in peace , on lives. mexican-americans living in texas wrote newspaper; agreed others critical of selena day, stating did not need celebrate day , should not have responded announcement rudely. seen corpus christi caller times, said had printed several of negative comments left people , many comments unprintable . latino filmmaker lourdes portillo said did not know selena when heard shooting.
when news of selena s death broke, americans asked , said not important , suggesting latinos on . author , texas monthly magazine contributor joe nick patoski said anglo-americans , mexican-americans divided in reactions selena s death. patoski said anglo-americans didn t understand fuss . echoed in corpus christi caller times, found racial divisions in reactions selena s death. educators had observed reactions said, emergence of icon in minority culture can both bewildering , threatening anglos . melicent rothschild said americans not understand cultural role models of groups have felt discriminated against . following selena s death, cultural confrontations reported. vocally opposed memorials singer, feeling costed taxpayers. others complained newspapers media interest in selena s death. many media outlets received negative comments people around country. baffled rossler massacre, occurred around same time of selena s death, did not generate same amount of media exposure. mayor mary rhodes said many of people complaining media exposure selena receiving had never heard of her.
in 1997 biopic film selena, store manager asks latinos running towards singer autograph, s selena? . americans felt scene irrelevant , on dramatized . 1 selena fan said event depicted in scene happens time latinos , friends, , feel community has been ignored . lauraine miller said, selena has opened eyes , , miller had become more american . fan said, nobody ever lets forget mexican american in u.s.
music industry
at time of selena s death, 52% of latin music sales generated regional mexican music; of tejano, had become 1 of popular latin music genres. selena s music led genre s 1990s revival , made marketable first time. many media outlets described queen of tejano music . major record companies including emi records, sbk records, warner music group, cbs records, , sony music began signing tejano artists compete in latin music market. following selena s death, tejano music market suffered , popularity waned. radio stations in united states played tejano music switched regional mexican music, , 1997, kqqk radio station playing non-stop tejano music. mid-2000s, radio stations in united states no longer played tejano music, large auditoria stopped hosting tejano artists 2007, , major record companies abandoned tejano artists after 1995. selena remains best-selling tejano artist of time, , continues outsell living tejano artists. remains tejano musician recordings continue chart on u.s. billboard 200 chart. after death, tejano music replaced latin pop popular latin music genre in united states.
within hours of selena s murder, record stores sold out of albums; emi latin began pressing several million cds , cassettes meet expected demand. gloria ballesteros, sales representative of southwestern wholesalers in san antonio, told billboard inventory of 5,000 copies of selena albums sold out afternoon of death. record stores ordering more copies of recordings told emi latin representatives not able restock few days. emi latin shipped 500,000 units of selena s recordings stores in 2 weeks following death. song fotos y recuerdos number 4 on billboard hot latin tracks chart day killed; peaked @ number 1 on april 15, 1995. selena s singles no me queda mas , bidi bidi bom bom , como la flor , , amor prohibido , re-entered hot latin tracks , regional mexican airplay chart in issue of billboard magazine dated april 15, 1995. selena s 1994 album amor prohibido re-entered billboard 200 chart @ number 92, representing 520 percent increase in sales. 12,040 units sold week selena murdered. following week, album rose number 32 28,238 units sold representing 135 percent increase. amor prohibido, positioned @ number 4 on march 31, peaked @ number 1 on top latin albums chart in issue dated april 15, 1995. 3 albums, entre mi mundo (1992), live! (1993), , 12 super exitos (1994), re-entered top latin albums chart, while selena s albums took chart positions 1 4 on regional mexican albums chart same week. albums sparked buying frenzy latin music in japan, germany, , china.
dreaming of you, crossover album selena working on @ time of death, released in july 1995. on day of release, 175,000 copies sold in u.s.—a record female vocalist—and 331,000 copies sold in first week. selena became third female artist after janet jackson , mariah carey sell on 300,000 units in 1 week. debuted @ number 1 on billboard 200 chart, becoming first album latino artist so. dreaming of first posthumous album solo artist debut @ number one. recording among top ten best-selling debuts musician, , best-selling debut female act. dreaming of joined 5 of selena s studio albums on billboard 200 chart simultaneously, making first female artist in billboard history accomplish feat. recording industry association of america (riaa) certified 35x platinum shipping more 3.5 million copies in u.s. of 2015, recording has sold 5 million copies worldwide, becoming best-selling latin album of all-time in united states. 5 of selena s albums generated $4 million in sales within 5 years. selena inducted billboard latin music hall of fame, hard rock cafe s hall of fame in 1995, south texas music hall of fame, , tejano music hall of fame in 2001. in december 1999, named top latin artist of 90s , best-selling latin artist of decade billboard fourteen top-ten singles—including 7 number-one hits—in top latin songs chart.
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