Selena y Los Dinos discography
 A plaque on the Mirador de la Flor (Selena's statue) in Corpus Christi, Texas. |
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This is a discography page for the American Tejano band Selena y Los Dinos. The discography contains their seven independent LP records. It also contains their eighteen compilation albums that were released and one remix album. In 1984, Selena y Los Dinos signed with Freddie Records and released their debut album entitled Mis Primeras Grabaciones which was indeed sold in stores mostly in cassette form.
In 1985, Selena y Los Dinos was signed with Cara Records. Selena's father and manager, Abraham Quintanilla Jr felt that the band would do much better with a Tejano record label.[1] Selena y Los Dinos recorded their second LP record The New Girl in Town for Cara Records. The album as well was not sold in stores because of copyright problems,[2] and remained unreleased.[1] In 1986, Selena was moved to GP Productions which was owned by Manny Guerra. Guerra was a Tejano singer-songwriter and music producer.[3] Selena y Los Dinos recorded Alpha and released it in 1986. Alpha became the first LP record to be successfully released in stores without any issues involved.[4]
The band then released their third LP record Muñequito de Trapo ("Rag Doll") on June 29, 1987. They also released their fourth LP record And the Winner Is... later that same year.[5] Selena began recording the LP record right after she had won the "Female Vocalist of the Year" award at the Tejano Music Awards that same year.[6] In early 1988, the band were moved to Record Producer (RP Records). This record company was also owned by Guerra. They had released Preciosa ("Precious") in February 1988, and sold only 20,000 units.[7]
They then released their last LP record Dulce Amor ("Sweet Love") in December 1988. The album sold 24,000 units.[7] In early 1989, Selena signed a record deal with EMI Latin.[8] She became the first artist to sign with them. In March 1990, Selena y Los Dinos released their first compilation album called Mis Primeros Éxitos ("My First Hits"). The album had re-recorded songs that were released before Selena had signed with EMI Latin. In 1990, the band released Personal Best. In 1992, the band released their third compilation album called Baila Esta Cumbia ("Dance This Cumbia"). The next year, they released Quiero.... After Selena was killed in 1995, the band released Grandes Exitos ("Greatest Hits"). In the early 2000s, Selena's father had released an "early years" collection called Selena y Sus Inicios ("Selena and Her Beginnings"), a few years later, he had released another set of early recordings from Selena called Classic Series; which were re-issues of Selena's LP records from 1986-1989.
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LP records[change]
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| 1984 | Selena y Los Dinos |
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| 1985 | The New Girl in Town |
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| 1986 | Alpha |
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| 1987 | Muñequito de Trapo |
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| 1987 | And the Winner Is... |
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| 1988 | Preciosa |
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| 1988 | Dulce Amor |
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^A 1995 re-release (Mis Primeras Grabaciones).[9]
^B LP record was not sold in stores.[9]
Compilation albums[change]
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| 1990 | Mis Primeros Éxitos |
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| 1990 | Personal Best |
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| 1992 | Baila Esta Cumbia |
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| 1993 | Quiero... |
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| 1995 | Grandes Exitos |
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| 2001 | Selena y Sus Inicios Vol. 1 |
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| 2003 | Selena y Sus Inicios Vol. 2 |
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| 2004 | Selena y Sus Inicios Vol. 1 |
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| 2004 | Selena y Sus Inicios Vol. 2 |
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| 2004 | Selena y Sus Inicios Vol. 3 |
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| 2004 | Selena y Sus Inicios Vol. 4 |
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| 2007 | Classic Series Vol. 1 |
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| 2007 | Classic Series Vol. 2 |
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| 2007 | Classic Series Vol. 3 |
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| 2007 | Classic Series Vol. 4 |
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| 2007 | Classic Series Vol. 5 |
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| 2009 | Inolvidable |
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Remix albums[change]
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| 2012 | Untitled Selena remix album |
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Notes[change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richmond, p. 21
- ↑ Patoski, p. 348
- ↑ "David Lee Garza". Los Musicales. 2 October 2011. http://www.losmusicales.com/Pg%20Album%20-%20AwardWinning.htm.
- ↑ Patoski, p. 30
- ↑ Patoski, p. 34
- ↑ "Past Tejano Music Awards Winners". 2 October 2011. http://www.tejanomusicawards.com/awards-show/past-award-winners/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Patoski, p. 52
- ↑ Mitchell, Rick. "Selena". Houston Chronicle, May 21, 1995. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 Patoski, p. 230
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Peak positions for Anthology". Billboard. 2 October 2011. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/selena/anthology/290804.
References[change]
- Patoski, Joe Nick. Selena Como La Flor. Little Brown and Company. ISBN 0-3166-9378-2.
- Richmond, Clint. Selena: The Phenomenal Life and Tragic Death of the Tejano Music Queen/Selena!. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-6715-4522-1.
