Thirty years after Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed at 23, regional Mexicana music is now celebrated on the worldwide stage — little question a results of her never-ending affect.
This yr, there have been numerous celebrations for the “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” singer, together with the forthcoming Netflix documentary Selena y Los Dinos. Now, there’s one more reason to have a good time the singer identified to followers as Selena: In 2026, the Grammy Museum will launch a particular pop-up exhibit celebrating the Latin music icon.
“Selena: From Texas to the World” runs from Jan. 15 to March 16 on the museum in downtown Los Angeles.
Exhibit consists of Grammy gownThe exhibit was curated in shut collaboration with Suzette Quintanilla, Selena’s sister and president of Q Productions. It would show private artifacts from the Selena Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas. The exhibit will mark the primary time these things have been proven exterior of Selena‘s house state.
Suzette Quintanilla “actually handpicked the gadgets that we’re going to have the pleasure of displaying within the pop up,” mentioned Grammy Museum curator Kelsey Goelz in an interview with The Related Press. “Selena’s legacy just isn’t going anyplace. The dialog remains to be going. So, you understand, why not begin permitting followers to see some extra stuff?”
The entire gadgets on the Grammy Museum pop-up have been sourced immediately from the Selena Museum, save for guitars lent from the non-public assortment of Chris Pérez, the lead guitarist of Selena y Los Dinos who was married to the singer.
About 15 gadgets are coming from the Selena Museum, says Goelz.
“I believe probably the most spectacular (merchandise) can be her Grammy robe that she wore to the ’94 Grammys, when she gained finest Mexican/Mexican American album. It is a very stunning white beaded robe,” she says. “After which additionally the leather-based outfit she wore on the quilt (of her 1994 album) ‘Amor Prohibido,’ the ruffle collar, the ring earrings. Simply, like, these little issues, like the ring earrings, make Selena, Selena. We’re additionally getting the microphone she utilized in her ultimate efficiency that also has her lipstick on it.”
“It is simply so intimate and it’s so particular to get to convey this to LA,” she continued.
It is an applicable house for a Selena exhibit: In 2017, she obtained a posthumous star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame. On the time, in keeping with a Hollywood Chamber of Commerce spokesperson, the group was the largest-ever for a Stroll of Fame ceremony, breaking a 1998 document set by onlookers on the unveiling of the star for Mexican singer Vicente Fernández.
Selena’s Grammy and Lifetime Achievement Award might be on show on the Grammy Museum, in addition to hand-drawn trend designs from the singer’s teen years.
All descriptions within the exhibit might be obtainable in English and Spanish, a mirrored image of Selena’s biculturalism and bilingualism. Attendees may anticipate “a fan engagement second,” says Goelz. “We actually wish to create an expertise that’s interactive.”
“It’s extremely particular to share these treasured gadgets, for the very first time exterior of our Selena Museum, on the iconic Grammy Museum in Los Angeles,” Suzette Quintanilla mentioned in an announcement. “Selena and our band had been extraordinarily proud to obtain a Grammy for our reside live performance. This exhibit is a ravishing tribute to her spirit, her tradition and the unwavering love she had for followers.”
A singular mix of typesSelena‘s superstardom arrived within the early Nineteen Nineties, along with her distinctive mix of Tejano, pop, cumbia and different musical types manifesting in enormous hits like “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” “Como la Flor,” “Amor Prohibido,” “No Me Queda Mas” and “Tu Solo Tu.”
Often known as The Queen of Tejano, Selena broke obstacles for girls in Latin music. She opened the floodgates for a brand new technology of up to date artists of Latin descent who would go on to take pleasure in enormous reputation with mainstream American audiences. She usually sang in Spanish and spoke in English, reflecting a cross-cultural identification that resonated with listeners.
In 1997, a biographical movie about her life, “Selena,” would rapidly change into a traditional and enhance the profession of lead Jennifer Lopez.
Selena was killed by her fan membership’s president, Yolanda Saldívar, in 1995. Saldívar is serving a life sentence in Texas. She was denied parole in March of this yr.
