Word: bajo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent album, has sold 400,000 copies in the U.S. and abroad. Most of her songs are a form of dance pop that combines Top 40 melodies with the rhythms of Colombian cumbia and traditional Texas conjunto-the border music influenced by Czech and German polkas, featuring accordions and bajo sexto guitars. Selena's lyrics, which were often written in English and then translated into Spanish, are straightforward and simple. At the time of her death, Selena was working on her first English- language record, one that many felt would help her cross over as Gloria Estefan...