what city was selena gomez born in?
Grand Prairie
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 Selena was born on April 16 , 1971 , in Lake Jackson , Texas , to Abraham Quintanilla , Jr . , a former musician , and Marcella Ofelia Quintanilla ( née Samora ) . Selena was introduced to the music industry by her father , who saw " a way back into the music business " after discovering Selena 's " perfect timing and pitch " . He quickly organized his children into a band called Selena y Los Dinos , which included A.B. Quintanilla III on bass , Suzette Quintanilla on drums , and Selena as the lead singer . The band became the family 's main source of income after they were evicted from their home during the Texas oil bust of 1982 . They filed for bankruptcy after Quintanilla , Jr . ' s Mexican restaurant suffered as a result of the oil bust . The family moved to Corpus Christi , Texas , and Selena y Los Dinos began recording music professionally . In 1984 , the band released its first LP record , Selena y Los Dinos , with a small , independent record company . Quintanilla , Jr . , wanted his children to record Tejano music — a male @-@ dominated music genre popularized by Mexican Americans in the United States . Selena 's popularity as a singer grew after she won the Tejano Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year in 1987 . She landed her first major record deal with Capitol EMI Latin in 1989 . 

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 Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16 , 1971 , in Lake Jackson , Texas . She was the youngest child of Marcella Ofelia Quintanilla ( née Samora ) who had Cherokee ancestry and Abraham Quintanilla , Jr . , a former Mexican American musician . Selena was raised as a Jehovah 's Witness . Quintanilla , Jr. noticed her musical abilities when she was six years old . He told People magazine , " Her timing , her pitch were perfect , I could see it from day one " . In 1980 in Lake Jackson , Quintanilla , Jr. opened his first Tex @-@ Mex restaurant , where Selena and her siblings Abraham III ( on bass guitar ) and Suzette Quintanilla ( on drums ) would often perform . The following year , the restaurant was forced to close after a recession caused by the 1980s oil glut . The family declared bankruptcy and were evicted from their home . They settled in Corpus Christi , Texas ; Quintanilla , Jr. became manager of the newly formed band Selena y Los Dinos and began promoting it . They needed money and played on street corners , at weddings , at quinceañeras , and at fairs . 

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 Cisneros was born in Chicago , Illinois on December 20 , 1954 , the third of seven children . The only surviving daughter , she considered herself the " odd number in a set of men " . Cisneros 's great @-@ grandfather had played the piano for the Mexican president and was from a wealthy background , but he gambled away his family 's fortune . Her paternal grandfather was a veteran of the Mexican Revolution , and he used what money he had saved to give her father , Alfredo Cisneros de Moral , the opportunity to go to college . However , after failing classes due to what Cisneros called his " lack of interest " in studying , Alfredo ran away to the United States to escape his father 's anger . While roaming the southern United States with his brother , Alfredo visited Chicago where he met Elvira Cordero Anguiano . After getting married , the pair settled in one of Chicago 's poorest neighborhoods . Cisneros 's biographer Robin Ganz writes that she acknowledges her mother 's family name came from a very humble background , tracing its roots back to Guanajuato , Mexico , while her father 's was much more " admirable " . 

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 Aside from music , Selena was active in her community and donated her time to civic causes . Coca @-@ Cola appointed her its spokesperson in Texas . Selena became a sex icon ; she was often criticized for wearing suggestive outfits in light of her comments about being a role model for young women . Selena and her guitarist , Chris Pérez , eloped in April 1992 after her father raised concerns over their relationship . On March 31 , 1995 , Selena was shot dead by Yolanda Saldívar , her friend and former employee of her Selena Etc. boutiques . Two weeks after her death , George W. Bush — governor of Texas at the time — declared her birthday Selena Day in Texas . Her posthumous crossover album , Dreaming of You ( 1995 ) , debuted atop the Billboard 200 , making Selena the first Latin artist to accomplish this feat . In 1997 , Warner Bros. released Selena , a film about her life and career , which starred Jennifer Lopez as Selena . As of 2012 , Selena has sold over 60 million albums worldwide . 

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 As her popularity as a singer grew , the demands of Selena 's performance and travel schedule began to interfere with her education . Her father took her out of school when she was in the eighth grade . Her teacher Marilyn Greer disapproved of Selena 's musical career . She threatened to report Quintanilla , Jr. to the Texas Board of Education , believing the conditions to which Selena was exposed were inappropriate for a girl her age . Quintanilla , Jr. told Greer to " mind her business " . Other teachers expressed their concerns when they noticed how tired Selena appeared when she arrived at school . At seventeen , Selena earned a high school diploma from the American School of Correspondence in Chicago , and was also accepted at Louisiana State University . She enrolled at Pacific Western University , taking up business administration as her major subject . 
