Dreaming of You (Selena album)
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''Dreaming of You'' is the fifth
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by American singer
Selena Selena Quintanilla Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano singer. Called the " Queen of Tejano music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mex ...
. Released posthumously on July 18, 1995 by
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and
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, it was an immediate commercial and critical success, debuting atop the United States ''Billboard'' 200—the first predominately Spanish-language album to do so. It sold 175,000 copies on its first day of release in the U.S.—a then-record for a female vocalist. With first week sales of 331,000 units, it became the second-highest first-week sales for a female musician since
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began monitoring album sales in 1991. ''
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'' magazine declared it a "historic" event, while ''
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'' said the recording elevated Selena's music to a wider audience. It won Album of the Year at the
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and Female Pop Album of the Year at the 3rd annual ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards. After signing a recording contract with EMI Latin in 1989, the label denied Selena a requested
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after she made three demonstration recordings. After her
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nomination for ''
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'' (1993) was announced, Selena signed with
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to begin recording her crossover album, which was front-page news in ''Billboard'' magazine. In March 1994, she released ''
Amor Prohibido ''Amor Prohibido'' ( en, italic=yes, Forbidden Love) is the fourth studio album by American singer Selena, released on March 13, 1993, by EMI Latin. Having reached a core fan base, the label aimed to broaden her appeal with the next studio rele ...
''; in interviews she said her English-language album was still being developed. Recording sessions for ''Dreaming of You'' began in December 1994; Selena recorded four tracks slated for the album. On March 31, 1995, she was shot dead by
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, the former manager of her Selena Etc. boutiques over a dispute about claims of embezzlement. The album contains some previously released material, as well as some unreleased English and Spanish-language tracks that were recorded between 1992 and 1995. The tracks are a mixture of
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and
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, with the first half of ''Dreaming of You'' containing English-language R&B and
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s, while the latter half profiles Selena's Latin-themed repertoire, making this her only album to feature English-language songs instead of exclusively Spanish-language songs as with her past four albums. Six tracks from the album were released as singles. The first four singles, "
I Could Fall in Love "I Could Fall in Love" is a song recorded by American Tejano singer Selena for her fifth studio album, '' Dreaming of You'' (1995), released posthumously by EMI Latin on 15 June 1995. "I Could Fall in Love" and " Tú Sólo Tú" were the album' ...
", "
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", "
Techno Cumbia "Techno Cumbia" is a song recorded by American singer Selena for her fourth studio album, ''Amor Prohibido'' (1994). It was posthumously released as the b-side track to " Dreaming of You" through EMI Latin on August 14, 1995. Techno Cumbia wou ...
", and " Dreaming of You", charted within the top ten on the U.S. charts. The title track became Selena's highest-charting ''Billboard'' Hot 100 single of her career, peaking at number twenty-two. ''Dreaming of You'' was among the top ten best-selling debuts for a musician, best-selling debut by a female act and the fastest-selling U.S. album of 1995. It has since been ranked among the best and most important recordings produced during the
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era. Media outlets have since ranked the recording among the best posthumous releases. When ''Dreaming of You'' peaked at number one, Tejano music entered the mainstream market. Music critics said the general population of the U.S. would not have known about Tejano or Latin music had it not been for ''Dreaming of You''. The
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(RIAA)
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the record 59x platinum (Latin field), with sales of 3.549 million
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s in the U.S.. The album was eventually certified gold by
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and by
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(AMPROFON). , the album has sold five million copies worldwide. With sales of three million copies, it is the best-selling Latin album of all-time in the U.S. .


Background

In the 1960s, Selena's father Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. became the third vocalist of Los Dinos, a group composed of
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s. The band began their careers playing English-language
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music. White Americans were offended that a Mexican American band was singing "their type of music". After a crowd of Mexican-Americans ran Los Dinos out of a nightclub for singing English-language songs, the band decided to perform music of their heritage. Los Dinos found success recording and performing Spanish-language songs and their popularity grew. Quintanilla, Jr. left the band in the 1970s after fathering his third child, Selena. After discovering Selena could sing, he quickly organized his children into a band called Selena y Los Dinos. Despite wanting to record English-language songs, the band recorded
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compositions; a male-dominated, Spanish-language genre with German influences of
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,
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, and
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that was popular with Mexicans living in the United States. The band was often turned down by Texas music venues because of the members' ages and because Selena was the lead singer. Rick Trevino, founder of the
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, originally approached
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as the opening act for the 1989 awards ceremony, following Selena y Los Dinos. The band's lead vocalist Frank Sunie declined the offer, telling Trevino he "doesn't open up for anybody". Trevino then called Quintanilla, Jr. to ask him to open the ceremony. Quintanilla, Jr. immediately accepted the offer, saying it was "the best time, because everyone is sober. They're sober they're listening to the artist and the music." Unbeknown to Quintanilla, Jr and Selena, the new head of
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and
José Behar José Behar is a Cuban-American music executive. Behar has headed EMI Latin and Univision Music Group. He is known to have signed Selena. José Behar was appointed to run the new Latin division in EMI Records. Univision Music Group in 2001. Hist ...
, who had recently launched EMI Latin Records, were attending the awards ceremony and were scouting for new Latin acts. Behar wanted to sign Selena to EMI's label
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, while Sony Music Latin was offering Quintanilla, Jr. twice Capitol's sum. Behar thought he had discovered the next
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, but his superior called Behar illogical since he had only been in Texas for a week. Quintanilla, Jr. chose EMI Latin's offer because of the potential for a
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, and he wanted his children to be the first musicians to sign with the company. Before Selena signed her contract with EMI Latin in 1989, Behar and
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requested Selena for an English-language debut album. She was asked to make three demonstration recordings for
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, chairman of EMI Records. After reviewing them, Koppelman declined a crossover attempt, believing Selena should first strengthen her fan base. In a 2007 interview, Behar spoke about the difficulty of recording Selena's English-language debut. He said EMI "had let all of us to believe that she would record in English, and it just wasn't materializing for whatever reason". Behar said the record company "didn't believe, they didn't think it could happen", and continuously told Selena and her father "it wasn't the right time" for an English-language debut. Selena signed a record deal with EMI subsidiary
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in November 1993, following her
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nomination for ''
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'' (1993). The news of the singer's record deal was front-page news in ''
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'' magazine. In a 1994 meeting, Selena expressed her guilt to Behar; Selena had told interviewers of her upcoming crossover album and told them the recording was expected to be released soon. At the time, Selena had not recorded a single song for her planned English-language debut. Behar subsequently told Koppelman that Selena and her band would leave EMI and find a record company willing to record an English-language album for Selena. Behar had lied to the chairman to force the crossover album to begin; EMI relented and the recording sessions began. Selena said she felt intimidated by the recording deal because the situation was new to her and only a few people had believed she would achieve success in the pop market.


Recording and production

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'' magazine, ''Dreaming of You'' marked a shift that abrogated the singer being marketed as part of her band and billed Selena as an American solo artist in "the most fundamental way for her". From 1989, Selena's brother
A.B. Quintanilla Abraham Quintanilla III (born December 13, 1963), known professionally as A.B. Quintanilla III or A.B. Quintanilla, is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, and the older brother of singer Selena, known as " The Queen of Tejano ...
became Selena's principal music producer and songwriter, and remained so throughout her career. Because Quintanilla III was working on the singer's follow-up recording to ''
Amor Prohibido ''Amor Prohibido'' ( en, italic=yes, Forbidden Love) is the fourth studio album by American singer Selena, released on March 13, 1993, by EMI Latin. Having reached a core fan base, the label aimed to broaden her appeal with the next studio rele ...
'' (1994), he could not produce the crossover album. He was asked to meet with several producers in New York and choose one who would best "fit with Selena's style". ''Dreaming of You'' was the first album Selena's family did not produce. They had decided to step down before the recording sessions and allow professional pop producers to work with her. Quintanilla III and Selena flew to Nashville, Tennessee, and met with Keith Thomas, who had prepared the instrumental parts for the song called "
I Could Fall in Love "I Could Fall in Love" is a song recorded by American Tejano singer Selena for her fifth studio album, '' Dreaming of You'' (1995), released posthumously by EMI Latin on 15 June 1995. "I Could Fall in Love" and " Tú Sólo Tú" were the album' ...
" but had not yet completed the vocal parts, so he sang it for them. Selena and Quintanilla III immediately liked it; Quintanilla III said he wanted Selena to include it on her album. Recording sessions began in December 1994 at The Bennett House in Franklin, Tennessee; Selena had to return later when Thomas could provide additional vocals. Selena and her husband
Chris Pérez Christopher Gilbert Pérez (born August 14, 1969) is an American guitarist, best known as lead guitarist for the Tejano band Selena y Los Dinos. He married the frontwoman of the group, Selena, on April 2, 1992. Pérez grew up in San Antonio, Te ...
arrived at the studio on March 24, 1995, to finish recording the song. In a 2002 interview, Pérez said Thomas provided Selena with a cassette of "I Could Fall in Love" and said she had the song "on loop" and she "must have heard it a hundred times". He believed it had an "effect on her" because "she went into the studio the next day to actually do the recording and just was nailing things left and right and
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was letting her do her thing and I mean it was an incredible thing to watch". EMI Records, which had more experience in the pop market, headed the project and allowed Selena to choose one song that she liked. Her sister and drummer of the band,
Suzette Quintanilla Selena y Los Dinos ( en, Selena and the Guys, Selena And the Dinos=Selena And The Dinos) was an American Tejano band formed in 1981 by Tejano singer Selena and her father Abraham Quintanilla. The band remained together until the murder of Sel ...
, said in a 1997 interview that the singer carefully chose a song that represented what "Selena was all about". She chose " Dreaming of You", which was written by American songwriters
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and
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in 1989 for American R&B group The Jets, who rejected it. According to Snow, Golde "never gave up on the tune and eventually got it to Selena". When Quintanilla III heard the demonstration recording, he told Selena he did not like the track. Selena told him she was going to record it because she favored its lyrical content and message. In a 2002 interview, Quintanilla III said he was "more judgmental" on his first impression of the demonstration recording than the song itself and cited its medley, content, and song structure for changing his mind. Selena began recording "Dreaming of You" on March 5, 1995, at Quintanilla, Jr.'s recording label
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in Corpus Christi, Texas. During the recording session, Selena was suffering from
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. Her father asked her to "just try" and sing the song because several producers had arrived from Los Angeles to watch her record the track. After the recording session, the producers liked Selena's vocal range in the song and decided to use her first take. American producer
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produced and
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the piece along with " Captive Heart". After the arrangement for "Dreaming of You", Selena wanted Pérez to hear the finished product. He was unable to attend after Quintanilla, Jr. wanted him to work with a band he was interested in managing. In 2012, Pérez wrote in his book about his and Selena's relationship that he regretted not going to the recording session. The album was scheduled to be completed in time for a projected release in September or October 1995, and songs to be earmarked for recording and possible inclusion for the album included "Oh No (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)" and "Are You Ready to Be Loved?"; rehearsal tapes for these songs were later released on SelenaQRadio in September and December 2015 respectively. Selena recorded "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)", a duet with
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that was included on the soundtrack of the comedy film ''
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'' (1995). Byrne said the song was the last recording Selena made before she was shot and killed by
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, her friend and former manager of her Selena Etc. boutiques, on March 31, 1995. In the aftermath, EMI Records and EMI Latin put aside ($784,000 2015 USD) to complete ''Dreaming of You''. Behar said promotion "will be on the superstar scale" and claimed " edidn't put this marketing campaign behind it because there was a tragedy. We put this marketing campaign behind it because we believed that this was going to be a huge album because of the music. This is a record that we're going to work over the next 10 months."


Music and lyrics

''Dreaming of You'' is a multigenre work of
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and
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. It incorporates the diverse stylistic influences of
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, hip-hop,
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,
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,
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, Tejano, R&B,
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, and
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. The first half of the album comprises R&B and
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s, while the remainder contains Latin-themed influences that profile Selena's music career. Music journalists said producers who worked with Selena tried to caricature her with
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. ''
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'' magazine called Selena's English-language recordings "a blend of urban pop and Latin warmth". According to
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's Stephen Erlewine, the album's mood is spicy, celebratory, and exuberant. "I Could Fall in Love" and "Dreaming of You" are lyrically identical; called "confessional ballads", both recordings speak of despair, heartbreak, and fear of rejection from a man the songs' narrators are falling in love with. The lyrics of "Dreaming of You" also explore feelings of longing and hope. Larry Flick of ''Billboard'' magazine wrote that "Dreaming of You"s idealistic lyrics have an "affecting poignancy that will not be lost on AC adio" "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" employs an off-beat rhythm that is energetic, dark, mysterious, and its lyrics suggest subterfuge and
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. The song has elements of rumba,
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, rock, R&B, and
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. "Captive Heart" has
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funk;
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of the ''
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'' said it was intended for
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track "I'm Getting Used to You", which makes use of cha-cha, explores a volatile relationship. Mario Tarradell of '' The New London Day'' said "Captive Heart" and "I'm Getting Used to You" border on
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. The producers of the soundtrack of the 1995 romantic comedy-drama film ''
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''—in which Selena played a mariachi singer—decided not to include her recordings of "
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" and " El Toro Relajo".
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of ''
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'' magazine said the producers who excluded the songs regretted this move following the impact of Selena's death. According to Denise Segura and Patricia Zavella in their book ''Women and Migration in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: A Reader'' (2007), "Tú Sólo Tú"—a
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cover—and "El Toro Relajo" are about unrequited love and were recorded in a
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-style. Selena recorded "Tú Sólo Tú" ''con ganas''—a Spanish-language aphorism that translates to a performer singing with "unapologetic emotionality"; common among ranchera singers. EMI Records, which wanted the 1992 track " Missing My Baby" and the 1994 single "
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" to be added to ''Dreaming of You'', asked Quintanilla III to meet with R&B group
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in Manhattan. The group remixed both songs, added vocals to "Missing My Baby", and remixed the latter in a
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style. Quintanilla, Jr. decided to add "
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" (1992), "
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" (1994), and "
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" (1994) to ''Dreaming of You''. He pitched the idea of remixing the songs as though the band was singing them in concert, changing their beats slightly. Quintanilla III said the new versions of the tracks gave fans "something fresh" and that he thought the idea was "neat". "Como la Flor", credited as a career-launching single, expresses the sorrow of a woman whose lover has abandoned her for another partner while she wishes "nothing but the best" for him. "Amor Prohibido" is a
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-esque Spanish-language dance-pop track. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", remixed into a reggae track, speaks of the narrator's heart palpitating whenever her love interest walks past her. The
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was asked to record a bilingual version of their Spanish-language duet with Selena on "
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" (1994) called "Wherever You Are".


Singles

Davitt Sigerson, the president and CEO of EMI Records, feared "I Could Fall in Love" might sell more copies than ''Dreaming of You'', so he did not issue the single as a commercial release. "I Could Fall in Love" was released promotionally to U.S. radio stations on June 26, 1995, at the same time as "Tú Sólo Tú" to demonstrate Selena's change from recording in Spanish to English.
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of ''Billboard'' magazine said if EMI Latin had released "I Could Fall in Love" as a single and it had debuted in the top 40 of the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, it would have been the first posthumous debut single to do so since "
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in 1955. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number eight on the U.S. ''Billboard''
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chart, and at number one on the U.S.
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chart. "Tú Sólo Tú" and "I Could Fall in Love" occupied the first and second positions respectively on U.S.
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for five consecutive weeks. Selena thus became the first artist to have both a Spanish-language and an English-language song in the top ten of that chart. "I Could Fall in Love" became the fifth-highest-charting song on that chart in 1995 and remained the highest-charting English-language song for two years, until Celine Dion's 1998 single "
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" exceeded it when it peaked at number one. "Tú Sólo Tú" spent ten consecutive weeks at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks, becoming the most longevous number-one single of Selena's musical career. With "Tú Sólo Tú" and her other chart-topping singles from 1992 to her death in 1995, Selena's recordings spent 44 weeks at number one; the most for any Hispanic artist as of 2011. On August 14, 1995, "Dreaming of You" was released as the album's
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, with the remix version and a
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of "Techno Cumbia" as the
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tracks. The single peaked at number twenty-two on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and sold 25,000 copies in its first week of availability; by 2010 it had sold 284,000 digital units. "Dreaming of You" was the best-selling single of Selena's career; in 2003 it was the eighty-eighth best-selling Hot 100 single of all-time, according to ''Billboard'' and
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'' placed "Dreaming of You" at number five out of its top-ten singles of 1995. "Techno Cumbia" peaked at number four on the U.S. Hot Latin Tracks and the U.S.
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charts. On December 2, 1995, "El Toro Relajo" debuted and peaked at number twenty-four on the U.S. Hot Latin Tracks. "I'm Getting Used to You", the second commercially released single and the sixth single overall, was released on March 2, 1996. It debuted and peaked at number seven on the U.S. ''Billboard''
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chart and at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard''
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chart. "I'm Getting Used to You" later peaked at number twenty-three on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary Tracks chart on the week ending June 8, 1996. The ''Billboard'' critics poll ranked the remix version of "I'm Getting Used to You" among their top ten singles of 1996. "I Could Fall in Love", "Dreaming of You", and "I'm Getting Used to You" were less commercially successful outside the United States and Canada. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number one on the ''
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'' Adult Contemporary Songs chart on the week ending November 6, 1996. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number five on the ''RPM'' Top 100 Singles chart. It was the only single by Selena to chart on the
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, peaking at number ten. In 1996, "Dreaming of You" performed better in Canada on the ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary and the Top 100 Singles chart, peaking at numbers seven and thirty, respectively. "I'm Getting Used to You" debuted at number ninety-six on the ''RPM'' Top 100 Singles chart on the week ending June 10, 1996, and became the third single by Selena to chart in Canada. After five weeks on the chart, "I'm Getting Used to You" peaked at number sixty-five. At number ninety-three, "I'm Getting Used to You", exited the Top 100 Singles chart after spending nine weeks on it.


Critical reception

The majority of contemporary reviews were positive.
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of AllMusic said ''Dreaming of You'' was the first recording by Selena to have been heard by the general population of the United States because her death attracted American listeners to her album. This was echoed by Alisa Valdes of ''
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''. Erlewine said ''Amor Prohibido'' is "a more consistent release" and that ''Dreaming of You'' was not the singer's best work, and he called it an introductory effort. According to Erlewine, the English-language tracks on the album "are no different than her Spanish songs"; he also said the album "would have been stronger" if the singer had lived. He finished his review by calling the album a "powerful—and touching—testament to her talents". John Lannert of ''Billboard'' magazine called the album's commercial success "hardly a fluke". ''
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'' magazine contributor Ed Morales, described the album as a summation of her cumbia-influenced songs, her Tex-Mex (Texas-Mexico) "excellence", and a "poignant glimpse" of the path the singer's musical career may have taken had she lived. Writing for ''Time'' magazine, David Browne said ''Dreaming of You''s release was "one of the quickest posthumous albums ever cobbled together". He said the producers who worked with Selena on the album had decisively paired her with recordings that reminded him of lighter versions of Paula Abdul and called them "greeting-card sentiments". He recognized the later half of ''Dreaming of You'' as "the true, unbridled Selena", calling them "traditional ballads or tropical fantasies, Selena evokes lust and passion"; illustrating that those qualities found on her English-language songs are absent from the Spanish-language ones. Writing for the ''Chicago Tribune'', Achy Obejas called the recording a fragmentary work and said it is "Selena's past and about what might have been". Obejas called the record "full of promise and flaws", and said its intentional bilingual nature was done by "necessity rather than design". She also said the album is a Latino crossover nix, citing Gloria Estefan's earlier mainstream work as the primitive Latino crossover; although Selena "didn't get to take the next step" as did Estefan. Objeas also wrote that the album is the opposite of a "masterpiece, or definitive, or even a testament to Selena's talents", but is more of a "smorgasbord". Objeas praised Selena's "complete ease on the R&B tunes" and thought she was "getting funky and pretty soulful". Enrique Lopetegui of ''Los Angeles Times'' said ''Dreaming of You'' is Selena's "most electric and satisfying album", and said it was an applicable "epitaph" for her. Lopetegui called the songs on the album "radio-friendly pop tunes" but said the album "lacks cohesion" and that he finds the bilingual album "even more interesting than the original idea". According to Lopetegui, Selena "blossoms into a full-fledged soul singer, with an aggressiveness seldom show before" on her English-language tracks but finds the rancheras "Tú Sólo Tú" and "El Toro Relajo" the "most impressive" and saying Selena was inexperienced with that style. Christopher John Farley of ''Time'' magazine said ''Dreaming of You'' elevated Selena's music "to a far wider audience than she ever had when she was alive". He said the album incorporates her "finest, most enjoyable work" and called it "a commendable but sorrowful accomplishment". Contrasting her Tejano and English-language songs, Farley wrote that Selena's Tejano recordings was sometimes clumsy, whereas her English pop songs were "sweet, pure and clear, and on the mariachi numbers, Selena shows off a voice that is sexy, strong and gracefully maturing". Writing for the ''
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'', Mary Talbot said listening to ''Dreaming of You'' was "akin to sifting through a dead woman's scrapbook" and called it "disparate jottings and snapshots some artful, some light, all weighted with nostalgia". Talbot said the album showcases "Selena's past and outlines what could have been her future", and because of the singer's death, the story is incomplete. She called the English offerings "sturdy, generic pop numbers" that would be favored among her Tejano following "but there aren't enough of them to prove her strength or breadth as an English-language artist". Talbot said Selena was skillful in crisscrossing "traditional Mexican music with a contemporary American pop sensibility, and that skill doesn't figure with these songs". Towards the end of her review, Talbot said ''Dreaming of You'' is "the effervescent pop of her generation". Mario Tarradell of ''
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'' said the album "doesn't deliver", writing that Selena was "revamped to sound like one of pop radio's many generic female vocalist" and that her English recordings lack "the bubbly, effervescent personality, the chica-del-barrio charm" found on her Tejano songs. Tarradell said the English songs were "tepid imitations of Amy Grant and Abdul". Peter Watrous of ''
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'' called ''Dreaming of You'' "a collection of leftovers" and said the Spanish-language songs "sound better" than Selena's English ones. Watrous said the producers did not ameliorate Selena's English-language tracks and gave their all. He further wrote that "the music is faceless commerce" but that Selena recorded them "so well on the album" that it suggested "she had a good chance of success, working lush ballads in an anonymous pop style that Disney has mastered". Rock music contributor Roger Catlin of the ''
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'' described ''Dreaming of You'' as "a package that hints at the overall talent and immense potential of the young star". Catlin said her English-language works were lacking "technical heroics that have defined
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in the '90s." but states the singer "is understandably assured" on her Spanish offerings. He said Selena was "low key" and that the material seemed that way because she had only recorded four English-language tracks before her death.


Accolades

''Dreaming of You'' was listed as the ninth "Top 10 Posthumous Albums" by ''Time'' magazine in 2010. It was named as the third-best posthumous album of all-time by
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, which called the recording a "heartbreaking testament to a young talent on the verge of superstardom". ''Vibe'' magazine ranked ''Dreaming of You'' the second-best posthumous release and described it as an "overview", ''Dreaming of You'' won Album of the Year at the
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. At the 3rd Annual ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards in 1996, ''Dreaming of You'' won Female Pop Album of the Year.


Release and commercial performance

''Dreaming of You''s U.S. release date was confirmed on June 10, 1995, to be July 18 that year. The album's release in European and Asian countries was delayed when EMI Records feared Selena's murder—rather than her music—would become the focal point of the recording. Adam Sexton, vice-president of EMI Records, announced on August 5, 1995, that the album would be released in Germany on August 14 and in the rest of Europe in September. The album's release in Asia was set for October. Fans began lining up to purchase ''Dreaming of You'' hours before stores were due to open; within twenty-four hours 75% of all available copies of the album were sold. Although initial predictions placed ''Dreaming of You'' first sales at 400,000 copies, the album sold 331,000 units its first week and debuted atop the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, becoming the first and only predominately Spanish-language album to do so. This was the second-biggest release sales for a 1995 album, behind
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'', and the second-largest first-week sales for a female musician, behind
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began monitoring album sales in 1991. ''Dreaming of You'' displaced
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'' from the top spot on the ''Billboard'' 200. The recording debuted atop the U.S. ''Billboard''
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and the U.S. ''Billboard''
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charts, displacing Selena's 1994 album ''Amor Prohibido'' and the
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' ''Best of album, respectively. In its second week, ''Dreaming of You'' fell to number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and remained there for two consecutive weeks. Sales of ''Dreaming of You'' continued to decrease, falling to number six in its fourth week. In its fifth week, ''Dreaming of You'' dropped to number eight. Starting in its sixth week, the album remained in the top twenty of the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.''Dreaming of You'' remained in the top twenty of the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart. * * * * On the week ending October 28, 1995, sales of ''Dreaming of You'' rose 18% after an eighteen-week decline. This was followed by the highly publicized murder trial. The album remained on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart for forty-four consecutive weeks, exiting the chart at number 181 on the week ending June 1, 1996. Lannert predicted ''Dreaming of You'' would remain atop the Latin music charts until Selena's next posthumous release. It remained at number one for forty-two consecutive weeks until
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displaced it with his self-titled debut album on the week ending May 25, 1996. ''Dreaming of You'' went on to become the best-selling Latin and Latin pop album of 1995 and 1996. The recording finished as the forty-fourth album of the ''Billboard'' 200 of 1995 and finished at number 123 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums of 1996. Two years after Selena's murder, ''Dreaming of You'' and ''
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'' (1996) occupied the third and fourth slots respectively on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart. ''Dreaming of You'' sold 420,500 copies between 1997 and 1999, and sold 190,000 units in 1997 alone. The biopic ''
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'' (1997) contributed to a 65% increase of sales for ''Dreaming of You'' for that year. ''Dreaming of You'' sold half a million copies in Texas. Some Texas retailers criticized sale figures for the state because the album had sold poorly at their music stores. By December 1995, ''Dreaming of You'' had sold two million copies in the U.S. and was
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double platinum by the
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(RIAA), signifying shipments of two million copies. Within ten months of its release, the album was nearing triple-platinum status; it was eventually certified 59× platinum ( Latin field) by the RIAA, denoting 3.54 million
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s sold. , it remains the best-selling Latin album of all-time in the U.S. with sales of three million units according to Nielsen SoundScan. It has sold over five million copies sold worldwide as of January 2015. A percentage of the proceeds from the album's sales was donated to the Selena Scholarship Fund.


Outside the U.S.

In Canada, ''Dreaming of You'' debuted at number 59 on the ''
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'' Top 100 Albums chart for the week of September 4, 1995. In its second week, it rose to number 50 on the week of September 11, 1995. On its ninth week, ''Dreaming of You'' peaked at number seventeen on the week of October 30, 1995. After spending twenty-nine weeks on the chart, ''Dreaming of You'' spent its final week at number 97 on the week of March 25, 1996. The album was certified gold by
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, denoting shipments of 50,000 units in that country alone. In ''Dreaming of You'' first week of release to music stores in Mexico, EMI shipped 140,000 units there and received re-orders from
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Impact

''Dreaming of You'' sold 175,000 copies on its first day of release in the U.S.a then-record for a female vocalist. The recording also had the highest release-day sales of any Spanish-language album to debut on ''Billboard''s Top Latin Albums chart. According to Behar, the sales figures Nielsen SoundScan provided did not include sales in small shops specializing in Latin music, where ''Dreaming of You'' scored well. The album's sales helped Selena to become the third solo artist to debut a posthumous album at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, after
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and
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. It became the first and only Spanish-language and Tejano recording to debut at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and the first EMI Latin release to do so. According to John Lannert of ''
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'' magazine, ''Dreaming of You'' was among the top ten best-selling debuts for a musician, best-selling debut by a female act, and according to Thom Duffy also from ''Billboard'' magazine, it was the fastest-selling U.S. 1995 album. It helped Selena to become the fastest-selling female act in recorded music history, and has since been ranked among the best and important recordings produced during the
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era. ''Dreaming of You'' joined five of Selena's studio albums on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart simultaneously, making Selena the first female act in ''Billboard'' history to accomplish this. The album was included on
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's list titled ''Where Were You When the Music Played?: 120 Unforgettable Moments in Music History'' (2008). Musicologist Howard J. Blumenthal said it "would have made
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a major rock star", and included it in his 1997 book ''The World Music CD Listener's Guide''. ''Billboard'' magazine said ''Dreaming of You'' was predominantly purchased by Latinos in the U.S.; demonstrating the purchasing power of Hispanic music consumers. The album was believed to have "open the eyes" of retailers who never stocked Latin music; its sales were well above expectations of white, American music shop owners. Sales of Selena's earlier albums and ''Dreaming of You'' prompted
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and other retailers to hire Latin music specialists. Within weeks, the album was predicted to outsell
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' '' 1100 Bel Air Place'' (1984), as the largest-selling English-language Latin album. EMI Records announced in the December 2, 1995 issue of ''Billboard'' magazine that as EMI's best-selling record in
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, the album gave them the highest sales for a music label during the first half of 1995. With ''Dreaming of You'' peaking at number one, Tejano music entered the mainstream market. Music critics said the general population of the U.S. would not have known about Tejano or Latin music had it not been for ''Dreaming of You''. Following the album's release, and because of the singer's death, Tejano music's popularity waned as
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began dominating U.S. radio play and commercial sales. In March 2015, the Chicano Humanities & Arts Council in Denver, Colorado, showcased an exhibit called "Dreaming of You: The Selena Art Show", which prominently featured artwork by
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artists who paid homage to the singer.


Track listing

Notes * signifies a language adapter * signifies a co-writer


Personnel

Credits are taken from the album's liner notes. Vocals *
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez Selena Quintanilla Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano music, Tejano singer. Called the "Honorific nicknames in popular music#S, Queen of Tejano music", her con ...
 – lead vocals, backing vocals, composer,
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Trey Lorenz Trey Lorenz (born Lloyd Lorenz Smith; January 19, 1969) is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born in Florence, South Carolina and is a graduate of Wilson High School. Lorenz is best known for his duet with recording a ...
 – backing vocals *
David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...
 – vocals, guitar, harmonium, percussion, writer, composer *
Barrio Boyzz The Barrio Boyzz were an American Latin pop group. The group was made up of Puerto Ricans who grew up in New York City. They gained popularity during the 1990s, when they became label-mates with Selena Quintanilla then landed their first ''Billb ...
 – vocals and
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on "Wherever You Are" *
Full Force Full Force is an American music group of hip hop and R&B singers and producers from Brooklyn, New York. Members *B-Fine (Brian George) - drums and drum programming, backing vocals *Shy Shy (Hugh Junior Clark) - bass guitar, backing vocal ...
 – backing vocals, remix producer and arranger, keyboards, drum programming *Mariachi Sol de Mexico – backing vocals *
Donna De Lory Donna De Lory is an American singer, dancer and songwriter. Part of a musical family, De Lory has been performing since a young age. Her voice can be heard on albums by Carly Simon, Ray Parker Jr., Kim Carnes, Santana, Martika, Laura Branigan, Be ...
 – backing vocals *
Pete Astudillo Pedro Astudillo (born December 1, 1963) is an American singer and songwriter. He was a backup vocalist for Selena y Los Dinos and has released several albums as a solo artist. Early life Astudillo was born on December 1, 1963, in Laredo, Texas, t ...
 – tambourine, backing vocals, composer Instrumentals * Marc Antonie – guitars *
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– guitars * Neil Stubenhaus – bass *Art Meza – percussion *
Luis Conte Luis Conte (born 16 November 1954) is a Cuban percussionist best-known for his performances in the bands of artists including James Taylor, Madonna, Pat Metheny Group, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Shakira. He began ...
 – percussion *
Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...
 – horns *
Dan Higgins Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggin ...
 – horns *Gary Grant – horns *
Bill Reichenbach Jr. William Frank Reichenbach Jr. (born November 30, 1949) is an American jazz trombonist and composer. He is the son of Bill Reichenbach, who was the drummer for Charlie Byrd from 1962 to 1973. He is best known as a session musician for television, ...
 – horns *Paul Socolow – bass *Todd Turkisher – drums * Valerie Naranjo – marimba *
Ricky Vela Ricardo Vela is an American musician and songwriter who was the keyboardist for the band Selena y Los Dinos from 1984 to 1995. Works Vela has either written or co-written the following songs that topped on ''Billboard'' 200, ''Billboard'' Latin ...
 – keyboards, drum programming * Joe Ojeda – keyboards *
Chris Pérez Christopher Gilbert Pérez (born August 14, 1969) is an American guitarist, best known as lead guitarist for the Tejano band Selena y Los Dinos. He married the frontwoman of the group, Selena, on April 2, 1992. Pérez grew up in San Antonio, Te ...
 – guitars * Suzette Quintanilla Arriaga – drums *Nick Moroch – guitars Producers * Keith Thomas – composer, producer *Kit Hain – composer *
Tom Snow Thomas Righter Snow (born 1947 in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American songwriter. Biography Snow has written songs for Gayle McCormick "( Even a Fool Would Let Go" with Kerry Chater – a song covered by a number of artists including Kenny ...
 – composer *
Franne Golde Francine Vicki Golde, better known as Franne Golde or Frannie Golde, is an American songwriter, musician, singer and writer. Her songs have appeared on more than 100 million records sold worldwide. Golde has received BMI awards for singles with ...
 – composer *Mark Goldenberg – composer *
Diane Warren Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has received several awards including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three ''Billboard'' Music Awards and an Honorary Academy Award. Wa ...
 – composer * K. C. Porter – composer, engineer *Felipe Valdés Leal – composer *
Guy Roche Guy Roche is a record producer and songwriter who is best known for the hit singles he has co-written/co-produced for Christina Aguilera, which are " What a Girl Wants", " I Turn to You", and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)". He also co-wr ...
 – producer, keyboards, synthesizer * Nathaniel "Mick" Guzauski – mixer *Mario Luccy – engineer *Brian "Red" Moore – engineer, mixer, recorder *Moana Suchard – engineer, assistant engineer *
Rhett Lawrence James Everett "Rhett" Lawrence is an American record producer and songwriter. He has produced, mentored, and helped launch the career of 5 artists amongst the top 200 artists to be featured on Billboard magazine's top charts from 1955-2012, who ...
 – producer, arranger, keyboards, drums, programming *
A.B. Quintanilla III Abraham Quintanilla III (born December 13, 1963), known professionally as A.B. Quintanilla III or A.B. Quintanilla, is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, and the older brother of singer Selena, known as " The Queen of Tejano ...
 – producer, arranger, bass guitar * Jose Hernandez – arranger, producer * Rokusuke Ei – composer *
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 – composer Engineering *Delphine – synth programming *Dan Garcia – engineer *
Bruce Robb Bruce Robb is an American musician, record producer, engineer, and music supervisor. He is most recognized for his time as a member of " The Robbs" during the 1960s, then as a founder of Cherokee Studios in the 1970s; followed by decades of pro ...
 – engineer *Carl Harris Jr – assistant engineer *Joanie Smith – production coordination *Chris Kholer – computer technician *
Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...
 – mastering and digital remastering *
Arto Lindsay Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He was a member of the pioneering 1970s no wave group DNA, which featured on the 1978 compilation ''No New York''. In ...
 – producer *
Susan Rogers Susan Rogers is an American professor, sound engineer and record producer best known for being Prince’s staff engineer during his commercial peak (1983-1987), including albums like '' Purple Rain'', ''Around the World in a Day'', ''Parade'', ''Si ...
 – producer, engineer *Kurt Lundvall – assistant engineer *Tim Conklin – additional engineer *Perry Tembelis – assistant engineer Mixers *
Michael Brauer Michael Brauer is a New York-based mix engineer. He received a Grammy for "Best Pop Vocal Album" for his work on John Mayer's ''Continuum'', "Best Alternative Album" for Coldplay's ''Parachutes'', and also "Best Rock Album" for Coldplay's ''Viva la ...
 – mixer *Gerry E. Brown – re-mixer *Bill Molina – digital editing *
Tony Peluso Anthony F. Peluso (March 28, 1950 – June 5, 2010) was an American guitarist and record producer. He was lead guitarist for pop duo Carpenters from 1972 to 1983. Peluso played the fuzz guitar solo on the Carpenters' song " Goodbye to Love". He ...
 – mixer *Mike Aavold – mixing assistant Art *Nancy Brennan – art, concept *
José Behar José Behar is a Cuban-American music executive. Behar has headed EMI Latin and Univision Music Group. He is known to have signed Selena. José Behar was appointed to run the new Latin division in EMI Records. Univision Music Group in 2001. Hist ...
 – art direction *Barbie Insua – art direction * Margo Chase – packaging design *Brian Hunt – packaging design *Marucie Rinaldi – photography *John Lannert – biography


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications

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See also

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1995 in Latin music This is a list of notable events in Latin music (i.e. Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking music from Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1995. Events * January 7: Fonovisa, Global Records, and Sony Discos settle out o ...
* Selena albums discography *
List of works published posthumously The following is a list of works that were published posthumously. An asterisk indicates the author is listed in multiple subsections. (Philip Sidney appears in four.) Literature Novels and short stories * Douglas Adams* — ''The Salmon ...
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List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s The ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart, published in ''Billboard'' magazine, is a record chart that features Latin music sales information. The data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music departmen ...
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List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums from the 1990s Latin Pop Albums is a record chart A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, ...
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List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1995 These are the ''Billboard'' magazine number-one albums of 1995, per the ''Billboard'' 200. Chart history See also *1995 in music *List of number-one albums (United States) References {{US Albums 1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, Fr ...
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List of best-selling Latin albums This is a list of the world's best-selling Latin albums of recorded music. "Latin music" has different meanings in the music industry. For example, the Latin music market in the United States defines Latin music as any release sung mostly in Sp ...
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List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States Since July 1993, ''Billboard'' has published the best-selling Latin albums in the United States on the Top Latin Albums chart. Latin music is defined by ''Billboard'' and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as a music release wi ...
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Latin American music in the United States Latin American music in the United States has long influenced popular music. Within the industry, "Latin music" influenced jazz, rhythm and blues, and country music, even giving rise to unique US styles of music including salsa, New Mexico, Teja ...


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