Selena

She broke through the barriers of the music business by performing, singing as well as a designer. The dual nature of her character as the Mexican American singer was conventional and modern. She helped bring Tejano to the mainstream with her innovative approach. The sudden loss of her life that destroyed her reputation. That's what happens to many stars who die too young. Over the years, people were motivated to do their best in order to ensure that her successes would not fade away. Her tragic death in a shooting triggered a response in the Latino Community that was comparable to reactions following the deaths of Elvis Presley or John Lennon. Selena was a wildly well-known singer for Latinos across North America. But her music was a hit with both the young as well as the elderly. A flamboyant sexy stage performer sometimes hailed as Selena the Latina Madonna Selena was nonetheless seen as a role model Off-stage, she was also a family oriented actively involved in anti-drug campaigning and AIDS awareness campaigns.