There are so many young stars in the world who’s talent and life has been taken from them, Selena Perez is one of them.Selena was born with talent. This star started a band at age ten, called “Selena y Los Dinos”(pg.23) She Got her songs on the radio quickly,which of course was huge.(pg.27)
When her first album came out, she gained even more popularity ,but besides her music she also did support groups.Selena was born April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, texas (Pg.14)
To get more into detail, At age six, selena found her talent which was singing, and began to do it (Page 17)
Soon after that as well, she began to tour. (page 18)Selena is important because she focused so much on the positive and cared deeply about everyone else.Her music inspired & warmed people.She put smiles on peoples faces by spreading so much body positivity. For many, selena is a role model because it shows that any one, any race, no matter how old can always be able to accomplish something in life.
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She learned the lyrics phonetically at first, and eventually learned to speak Spanish fluently.”(Biography.com)Selena’s songs now are in Spanish, so that’s something huge. She didn’t grow up knowing Spanish, she got taught it even though English was her first language. Speaking a language FLUENTLY and well is quite difficult for some. This “obstacle” might not be a huge one, but it’s still something difficult to do , because her singing career was in the Latino Community area.I want to be able to inspire people like she has, to speak out and use my voice in a positive way. From my point of view,she was successful no matter where she came
"I am a positive person, I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward" Rosie Perez the proud woman who declared this quote is a person who overcame many obstacles and difficulties to bring success in her life, despite her many hardships and traumatizing past.
When Selena Quintanilla was at a young age she had a love for singing and music. Selena started to sing at the early age of three,by the time she was six she singing in Spanish and English. Selena Quintanilla became the lead singer for the group Selena Y Los Dinos at the age of nine, which was a group formed by her father. The group consisted of her brother Abraham that did the bass guitar and her sister Suzette that did the drums. At first the group did not do so well,but it was only a matter of time until there group started to really shine. The group Selena Y Los Dinos in the 1980’s played at the family's restaurant Papagayo until it closed down due to bankrupt and from then on they booked the band at clubs and weddings.
Selena Quintanilla Perez was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. Selena grew up understanding Spanish, but English was her first language. At the age of five Selena saw her brother learning to play the guitar and became jealous of the attention he was getting. She picked up a songbook and began to sing. Her family quickly turned their attention to her strong and beautiful voice. In the first grade Selena excelled at a game called Jump the Brook, in which two ropes are placed side by side and each kid takes a turn jumping across.1 In middle school Selena was in honors classes and made A’s and B’s. Selena used her allowance to put clothes on layaway. As a teenager, Selena hung all of her awards on the wall next to the staircase in her family’s house. As an adult, Selena was very involved with kids. She was a spokeswoman for the D.A.R.E. Program.
Selena’s musical career started when she was a young kid. She had sang music her whole life, from the age of 8 when her father, Abraham, formed a band with his kids. The band name was Selena y Los Dinos, and Selena and her siblings played at various weddings, fairs, bars, restaurants, and other places. This was very time consuming for Selena’s childhood, but Selena
She won a lot of awards and achieved amazing records in her musical career. The band that her family formed not only helped her find fame, but it also helped her find love in a musician named Chris Perez. (Hispanic 2) Once she rose to stardom, Selena was not corrupted by money. It appeared that her fame made her cherish her family a lot more and become less selfish by supporting charities.
Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York on July 24, 1970. She was born in the United States to Puerto Rican Parents, Jennifer considers herself to be a Puerto Rican and she is very proud of her Hispanic heritage and culture. Her father is David Lopez, a computer specialist, and her mother Guadalupe Lopez, a Kindergarten teacher. Her parents recognized Jennifer’s talent and enthusiasm for performing and at the age of five the enrolled her in dance classes. Her mother said “Jennifer always loved to sing, but she was also a great actress and knew that she would have a bright future ahead of her.” With the support of her parents Jennifer grew up to be a very sensible girl, who is still very close to her family. When Jennifer earned her million-dollar paycheck for playing the role in the movie Selena, she bought her mom a Cadillac. Even though they saw Jennifer’s talent at the age of five, their relationship was not always understandable. Jennifer made a major decision and that was not to go to College. That decision was very disappointing to her parents who wanted her to go to law school. Her parents supported her pursuit of a career in show business, they did not wanted to be in the expense of her education. When Jennifer told her parents that she was not going to College and law school, they thought it was really stupid to go off and try to be a movie star.
Selena is a very inspirational film in my opinion. Within the film we see that there is a sense of finding, understanding, and dealing with Latin identity. Selena’s father was a second generation Mexican American, in which during his time the Spanish language was not accepted and thus was punished if it was heard. Thus, Abraham having the ability to teach his kids (third generation Texans) Spanish while they were young only spoke to them in English. However, due to her talent and expectations from society, Selena learns to speak and sing phonetically in Spanish, with the help and coaching from her father, and hence she becomes very fluent in the language. Furthermore, I can say that Spanish language is one issue that arises in the Americas
Demi Lovato is a famous singer, songwriter, and actor born in 1992 in New Mexico. Although she was on “Barney & Friends” as a child, most people know her from her years as an actress and an occasional singer on disney channel. She co-starred in the famous movie series “Camp Rock” and also in the television series “Sonny with a Chance.” After these acting positions, Lovato began a career in singing. She has released many albums and has had many hit songs such as “Heart Attack” and “Cool for the Summer.” In 2012 and 2013, Lovato was a judge on “The X Factor” (Wikipedia). Singing is a huge part of Lovato’s life, and she pours her heart and should into her lyrics.
Covers of songs have existed for decades, and have exceptionally increased in popularity throughout the years. In result, many classics have been manipulated and transformed to create a new perspective of a song using the artist’s musical styles and abilities. However, for many the original piece from the legendary icons are much more preferred. Selena Quintanilla, who goes by “Selena,” only completed four LP’s before her death, but has sold well over 60 million albums worldwide since her passing. In addition, Billboard named her the “Artist of the Decade” in the 1990s, despite her passing in 1995. Specifically for "Si Una Vez,” Selena won the BMI Pop Music Award in 1994 for "Song of The Year", and considered a signature Selena Song. It is evident that Selena was a true legend, who opened many doors for other
Celia Cruz was born in Cuba, in 1925. Her father was a railroad stroker and her mother was stay at home mom. She grew up in a poor town named Santos Suarez, with 13 other siblings. She always used to sing them to sleep, and that's when she discovered her passion for it. In 1940 Celia won a singing contest called “La hora de te”, and that's where her career really took off. While her mother supported her, her father did not. He wanted her to become a teacher, and not a showgirl. In a 1997 interview with Marvette Perez, she said, "I have fulfilled my father's wish to be a teacher as, through my music, I teach generations of people about my culture and the happiness that is found in just living life. As a performer, I want people to feel their
At the age of ten, she became the lead singer in her family’s band “Selena Y Los Dinos.” The band features her brother Abie on the bass guitar and her sister Suzette on the drums. Her father managed and produced for the group and taught her to sing in Spanish as well. At first, she learned the lyrics phonetically then she learned to speak Spanish fluently. After her career took off, Selena gained many fans and with that, she needed to have someone to help her manage her fan club. Yolanda Saldivar was the head of the fan club, but she ended up murdering her because Selena caught on that Yolanda was stealing from her fans. The fact that she had been very influential on her fans, gave Gregory Nava the idea to make a movie on her essence. Due to how well the actors capture the lives of each character and how they contribute to the essence of Selena. Make the believability of the movie fitting because they truly delve into the character they are portraying. Selena is the only movie that holds true to the life events of Selena
Selena, “Le Reina de Tejano”, was born on April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson. She was the youngest of three children of Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and Marcela, his wife. At a young age, Abraham had a strong passion for music that he still has. During the 1950s and 1960s, him and his friends made a group called “Los Dinos” and played at nightclubs and restaurants. Even though his passion for music, he gave it up when he got married and earned a job at Dow Chemical as a shipping clerk.
To help me understand and analyze a different culture, I watched the film Selena. The film tells the life story of the famous singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Not only does it just tell personal stories from her life, it also gives insight to the Mexican-American culture. Her whole life she lived in the United States, specifically in Texas, but was Hispanic and because of that both her and her family faced more struggles than white singers on the climb to her success. Even though the film is a story about a specific person, it brought understanding into the culture in which she lived. Keeping in mind that these ideas that I drew about the Mexican-American culture is very broad and do not apply to every single person in the culture, there were very obvious differences in their culture and the one that I belong. Mexican-American culture identifies with their family rather than individualized or spiritual identities and the culture has gone through significant changes because of discrimination and the changing demographics of the United States.
She kept to her heart and persevered through the times where being explicit was cool. She never gave into it and stayed strong and presented a family friendly experience. Shakira came from Barranquilla a large city in Columbia .She had to create a way to promote without alienating her latin culture through her music. She also created the Barefoot Foundation as a charity for kids throughout columbia in poverty. Shakira created a bilingual album. The article “Shakira” (2007) states, “Shakira's camera-friendly looks and carefully controlled image concealed both a creative artist who wrote most of her own material and an astute businesswoman who became an international star without alienating her original Latin American fan base.” She has created an inspiration to girls around the world with her music, charity, and becoming a successful business woman. Shakira also created unique sound wired to her needs. Shakira. (2002). states “By the time Shakira released her first English language album, 2001's Laundry Service, she had long been an international star in the Spanish speaking world. With four records--the first recorded when she was just thirteen--the petite Colombian singer-songwriter was already established as an authentic rockera with a unique sound that hinged on a fusion of her Latin American and Middle Eastern roots and a childhood obsession with rock
She was born with the name Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga on February 22, 1971 in the Philippines in a small town called Manila. Her parents names were Feliciano Genuino Salonga (her father) and Ligaya Alcantara Imutan (her mother). She was 6 years old when she moved from her home town of the town she was born in which is Angeles City to the town of Manila. She was just a little girl from a nobody town with big dreams. She started her singing when she was only 10 years old when she got to record an album called “Small Voice”. Lea studied/finished her second education in 1988 at a place called the O.B. Montessori Center in Greenhills, San Juan. She also went to school at the University of the Philippines in the music department, the program she was a part of is made specifically to train musically talented children in things like stage movement and music. She was a young child performer so she received a Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS).