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...retrial of Lyle and Erik Menendez on charges of having murdered their parents; the prior prosecution of the brothers, who claim they were driven to kill by years of sexual abuse, ended in hung juries. In Houston, Yolanda Saldivar went on trial for the murder of Tejano singing star Selena. The former president of Selena's fan club, Saldivar claims the shooting was an accident...
Fans of slain pop singer Selena paid their respects by making Dreaming of You, the Tejano queen's unfinished crossover effort, the first album by a Latin artist to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart. The disc sold 331,000 copies for the week, becoming history's second fastest-selling release by a female artist...
...SELENA In death, a superstar: her new album poised to become first Latin platter...
...Selena, just 23 when she died, was the most popular singer of Tejano music, a style of Latin pop that mixes pretty, Mariah Carey-like melodies with Lawrence Welk-style polka beats, often spiced with throbbing dance grooves and pumping accordions. Although she began working on her first English CD several years ago, she finished only a few songs before her death. The new album is a mix of new and old material. Several of the Spanish tracks--such as Bidi Bidi Bom Bom--are remixed versions of songs that were already hits in the Latin market. Some...
Dreaming of You contains some of Selena's finest, most enjoyable work; it's a commendable but sorrowful accomplishment, since it comes after her passing. Her Tejano music was sometimes clumsy; but the English pop songs on this new album are sweet, pure and clear, and on the mariachi numbers, Selena shows off a voice that is sexy, strong and gracefully maturing. Says her brother Quintanilla: "I'm very pleased with the way the album came out. But to be honest, it's not a quarter of what the album might have been if she had been able to finish...