As we mark 30 years since Selena Quintanilla-Pérez's death, her influence in Latin music remains strong. The emergence of "The Selena Generation," artists who grew up with her legacy, attests to her lasting impact. These artists, including icons and rising stars, were inspired by her career journey from local venues to major arenas. The admiration is echoed by artists like Becky G, who regard Selena's trajectory as both a personal inspiration and a transformative force for women in music. The article highlights how Selena's artistry now resonates across generations, shaping the sound of modern Latin music.
"I've been listening to and watching videos of Selena performing before I could even form memories," Becky G tells De Los. Born and raised in Inglewood, Calif., she says her mother was always playing Selena's music in their house.
For Becky, the late singer's career trajectory is "the blueprint." Selena's path from performing at restaurants, clubs and weddings across South Texas to drawing record-breaking crowds at the Houston Astrodome, as a woman in Tejano music, wasn't just aspirational - it was revolutionary.
This cohort includes established stars and rising talents, like Angelina Victoria, and for many of them, there was no time before Selena. She's just always been a part of their lives.
To understand the gravity of a star as massive as Selena, is also to look at something that's harder to enumerate: the traces of her voice, her style and her ambition in today's Latin artists.
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