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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designe
by M_Grey 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena
was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. Called the Queen of Tejano music, her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. Billboard magazine named her the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and the "best selling Latin artist of the decade". Media outlets called her the "Tejano Madonna" for her clothing choices.[a] She also ranks among the most influential Latin artists of all-time and is credited for catapulting a music genre into the mainstream market.[6][7]
- pavel_lishin 10y agoDid you just google "Selena" and paste the first Wikipedia result? Because I doubt that all the rage among the hip, young kids of today is a Tejano singer who died in 1995.
- nefitty 10y agoShe's a huge icon in the South Western states. It has a lot to do with larger Hispanic populations. I grew up listening to her. At this point she's become a cool "retro" 90's touchstone.
- M_Grey 10y ago...And yet she's a good comparison when looking at Bansky... while Selena Gomez is a Disney product of no great note.
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- Sayter 10y ago"This according to researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University in England, who said that as Instagram and YouTube have become more popular methods to share art, fewer young people are taking to the streets to make a name for themselves. In other words, kids these days are less Banksy and more Selena." Banksy is being used to represent graffiti. Selena is being used to represent Instagram. Selena Gomez is the more reasonable assumption than Selena Quintanilla to represent Instagram since Selena Gomez has the most Instagram followers for any user.
- chank 10y agoGomez may be a logical assumption but she has never been mononymous in the media; unlike Selena Quintanilla. It could be that the article is assuming that is the case? I am aware of 'both' Selenas but the elder is the only mononymous one. So it's a confusion of references.
- fharper1961 9y agoCounter example: On the April cover of Vogue, Selena Gomez is referred to as Selena.
- M_Grey 9y agoPossible salient point: Was her picture on the cover?
- grzm 9y agoGiven that she's featured on the cover, providing only her first name isn't in any way ambiguous. http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/selena-gomez-april-vogue-cover-photos-mert-alas-marcus-piggott#7 http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/selena-gomez-april-vogue-cove...
- lucasmullens 9y agoSpeaking as a millennial, all of my friends would immediately assume "Selena" means "Selena Gomez" in nearly any context. I've never heard of Selena Quintanilla.
- gkrhcs 9y agoIf you don't know who Selena Quintanilla is, you might not a millennial. Perhaps you are Generation Z?
- pavel_lishin 9y agoAye, laddie, 'tis no true scotsman who doesn't know Selena!
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- aaron695 9y agoShe has the largest Instagram following in the world, that seems to be of note. "Spring Breakers" was not a uninteresting movie to act in and "13 Reasons Why" seems like a break out hit to have produced.
- chank 10y agoI doubt that article was targeting 'hip, young kids' who wouldn't get the reference though. Selena when used as a mononym as far as I've ever seen has never been used to reference Selena Gomez (they typically always use her last name) and has always been used to reference Selena Quintanilla. Selena Gomez own name may even be some parental homage to Quintanilla considering how old Gomez is. Even Banksy has been active since the 90s.
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- gkrhcs 9y agoYou are correct! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena_Gomez#1992.E2.80.932006:_Early_life_and_career_beginnings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena_Gomez#1992.E2.80.932006... "Gomez was named after Tejano singer and actress Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, who died in 1995."
- Baeocystin 9y agoCome to California (or Arizona, or Texas) and ask. I think you'd be surprised.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoI lived in Texas from 1994 until 2011 or so - moved there when I was ten - and while I didn't really run around with a crowd that listened to much Tejano music, I have never once heard her mentioned. Admittedly, her death took place before I was fully fluent in English - it's entirely possible that the wave of mourning had already ended by the time I would have really become cognizant of her.
- Baeocystin 9y agoDon't know what to tell you. I was living in San Diego at the time, and talk about her was everywhere. For years. And I'm not a Tejano music fan, it's just something you couldn't avoid if you lived/worked in the area. That being said, I was already at the end of college/entering the workforce when she died, so like you said, I was probably at the right age to hear about it. I can tell you than the last time I visited family in SD was last year, and there were still Selena posters/pictures/etc all over the place in the little corner stores.
- catenthusiast 9y agoSelena is timeless.