Selena albums discography

Selena albums discography
Studio albums	5
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	20
Box sets	3
Remix albums	2
Soundtrack albums	1

American singer Selena has released five studio albums, three live albums, three boxsets, two remix albums, one soundtrack album, and twenty compilation albums. Credited for elevating a music genre into the mainstream market,^[1] Selena remains the best-selling Tejano recording artist whose posthumous releases continue to outsell those of living musicians.^{[nb 1]} As of 2015, the singer has sold 60 million copies worldwide,^[7] and was named the "Top Latin Artist of the '90s" and "Best-selling Latin Artist of the Decade" by Billboard magazine.^[8]

Selena's career began as lead vocalist of Los Dinos in 1980. Her albums with Los Dinos on the indie labels failed to gain any chart success.^[9] She signed with EMI Latin nine years later as a solo artist though her band continued to tour with her.^[10] She released her self-titled debut album that same year, which peaked at number seven on the U.S. Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart. With Selena, the singer outsold other competing female Tejano artists.^[11] Her second album, Ven Conmigo, was released a year later and was billed as the first Tejano recording by a female musician to achieve gold status in the United States.^{[nb 2]} In 1992, Selena released her "breakthrough album",^[17][18][19] Entre a Mi Mundo, which helped launch the singer's career in Mexico along with its single "Como la Flor".^[20][21] Entre a Mi Mundo became the first Tejano recording by a female artist to sell over 300,000 copies,^{[nb 3]} and was the best-selling Regional Mexican Album of 1993,^[24] it also ranks second on the Regional Mexican Albums All-time chart.^[25]

In 1993, Selena released Live, which contained three studio tracks. Live peaked at number two on the newly formed U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 500,000 copies. Selena released Amor Prohibido in March 1994; it was certified double Diamond by the RIAA, denoting shipments of two million copies in the United States. Additionally, the album spawned four consecutive US number-one singles. By December 1994, Amor Prohibido became the second Tejano recording to achieve year-end sales of 500,000 copies.^[26] It was considered her "biggest album" and was credited with popularizing Tejano music among a younger and wider audience than any time in the genre's history.^[27][28] With Amor Prohibido, Selena was considered "bigger than Tejano itself", and broke barriers in the Latin music world.^[29] This prompted EMI to begin marketing Selena as an American pop artist, believing she had reached her peak in the Latin music market.^[30] The singer recorded four tracks slated for what would have been her English-language crossover album by March 1995. On March 31, 1995 Selena was shot dead by Yolanda Saldívar, her friend and a former employee of her Selena Etc. boutiques over disputed embezzlement claims.^[31]

EMI Records and EMI Latin jointly released Dreaming of You in July 1995. It sold 175,000 copies its first day of release, a then-record for a female vocalist.^[32][33] Dreaming of You debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart with 331,000 units sold its first week, the second largest first-week sales for a female musician.^[34][35][36] Dreaming of You became the first and to date the only predominantly Spanish-language album to debut and peak at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.^[37] Dreaming of You was among the top ten best-selling debuts for a musician, best-selling debut by a female act, and was the fastest-selling U.S. album in 1995.^[38] Dreaming of You went on to become the best-selling Latin and Latin pop album of 1995 and 1996.^[39][40] At the time, Dreaming of You helped Selena to become the fastest-selling female act in recorded music history,^[41] and has since been ranked among the best and most important recordings produced during the rock and roll era.^[42][43] With Dreaming of You peaking at number one, Tejano music entered the mainstream market.^[44][45] Music critics believed that the general population of the United States would not have known about Tejano or Latin music had it not been for Dreaming of You.^[46][47][44] As of January 2015, Dreaming of You has sold five million copies worldwide, and remains the best-selling Latin album of all-time in the United States.^[48] Since Selena's death, there have been twenty-three posthumous releases with the most recent, Lo Mejor de...Selena, released on the twentieth anniversary of her death.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Sales
		US [49]	US Latin [50]	US Regional Mexican [51]	CAN [52]	MEX [53]
Selena	Released: October 17, 1989 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	—	—	7	—	—
Ven Conmigo	Released: November 12, 1990 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	—	—	3	—	—	RIAA: 2× Platinum (Latin)[54]	US: 500,000[55]
Entre a Mi Mundo	Released: May 6, 1992 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	97	4	1	—	—	RIAA: 6× Platinum (Latin)[54]	US: 1,000,000[56] MX: 200,000[57]
Amor Prohibido	Released: March 13, 1994 Label: EMI Latin Formats: LP, cassette, CD	29	1	1	—	—	RIAA: 2× Diamond (Latin)[54]	US: 2,500,000[58]
Dreaming of You	Released: July 18, 1995 Label: EMI/EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	1	1	—	16	—	RIAA: 35× Platinum (Latin)[54] AMPFROM: Gold[59] CRIA: Gold[60]	US: 2,890,000[61] World: 5,000,000[48]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart, ineligible, or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtracks, with selected chart positions, sales and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Sales
		US [62]	CAN [63]
Selena: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Released: March 11, 1997 Label: EMI Latin Format: Cassette, CD	7	36	RIAA: Platinum[54]	US: 1,600,000[64]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart, ineligible, or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions, sales and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications	Sales
		US [49]	US Latin [50]	US Regional Mexican [51]
Selena Live!	Released: May 4, 1993 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	79	2	1	RIAA: Gold[54]	US: 1,000,000[56]
Live! The Last Concert	Released: March 27, 2001 Label: EMI Latin Format: Cassette, CD	176	2	—	RIAA: Platinum (Latin)[54]
Unforgettable: The Live Album	Released: March 29, 2005 Label: EMI Latin Format: CD	—	26	14
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart, ineligible, or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, sales and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Sales
		US [49]	US Latin [50]	US Regional Mexican [51]	CAN [52]
Mis Primeros Exitos[65]	Released: 1990 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	—	—	22	—
Personal Best[66]	Released: July 1, 1991 Label: Sony Music Distribution Format: LP, cassette, CD	—	—	—	—
Entertainers of the Year[67]	Released: 1992 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	—	—	—	—
Mis Mejores Canciones - 17 Super Éxitos	Released: August 24, 1993 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	—	—	—	—	RIAA: 6× Platinum (Latin)[54]
Selena[68]	Released: 1994 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	—	—	—	—
12 Super Exitos	Released: October 18, 1994 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	64	2	2	—	RIAA: Gold[54]
Las Reinas Del Pueblo	Released: April 4, 1995 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	147	5	5	—
Musipistas: 10 Exitos De Selena[69]	Released: June 23, 1995 Label: EMI Latin Format: LP, cassette, CD	—	—	—	—
Éxitos y Recuerdos	Released: August 19, 1996 Label: Madacy Special Markets Format: LP, cassette, CD	—	13	7	—
All My Hits – Todos Mis Exitos	Released: March 9, 1999 Label: EMI Latin Format: Cassette, CD	54	1	1	—	RIAA: 6× Platinum (Latin)[54]	US: 456,000[64] CAN: 100,000[70]
All My Hits – Todos Mis Exitos Vol. 2	Released: February 29, 2000 Label: EMI Latin Format: Cassette, CD	149	1	1	—	RIAA: 2× Platinum (Latin)[54]	US: 34,493[nb 4]
Ones	Released: October 1, 2002 Label: EMI Latin Format: Cassette, CD	159	4	—	—	RIAA: 5× Platinum (Latin)[54]	US: 400,000[74]
Greatest Hits	Released: June 24, 2003 Label: EMI Latin Format: CD	117	—	—	—
Momentos Intimos	Released: March 23, 2004 Label: EMI Latin Format: CD	—	11	7	—
Remembered	Released: January 25, 2005 Label: EMI Latin Format: CD	—	61	—	—
Dos Historias	Released: February 26, 2006 Label: Univision Records Format: CD	—	21	3	—
Through the Years/A Traves de los Años	Released: April 3, 2007 Label: EMI Latin Format: CD	—	28	13	—
Serie Verde[75]	Released: September 25, 2007 Label: Madacy Special Markets Format: CD	—	—	—	—
10 Great Songs[76]	Released: June 14, 2011 Label: EMI Latin Format: CD	—	—	—	—
Lo Mejor de...Selena	Released: March 31, 2015 Label: EMI Latin	102	2	2	—		US: 2,000[77]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart, ineligible, or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

List of remix albums, with selected chart positions, sales and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		US [49]	US Latin [50]	US Regional Mexican [51]
Siempre Selena	Released: November 5, 1996 Label: EMI Latin Format: cassette, CD	82	1	1	RIAA: 2× Platinum (Latin)[54]
Enamorada de Ti	Released: April 3, 2012 Label: EMI Latin Format: CD, digital download	135	1	1	RIAA: Gold (Latin)[54]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart, ineligible, or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

List of box sets, with selected chart positions, sales and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications	Sales
		US [49]	US Latin [50]	US Regional Mexican [51]
Anthology	Released: April 7, 1998 Label: EMI Latin Format: Cassette, CD	131	1	1	RIAA: 6× Platinum (Latin)[54]	US: 116,000[78]
Unforgettable: Ultimate Edition[79]	Released: April 5, 2005 Label: EMI Latin Format: CD	—	—	—
La Leyenda	Released: March 9, 2010 Label: EMI Latin Format: CD	—	7	4
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart, ineligible, or was not released in that territory.

See also

• List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States
• List of songs recorded by Selena
• Selena singles discography
• Selena videography

Notes

1. Best-selling Tejano artist,^[2][3][4] and continues to outsell living musicians.^[5][6]
2. According to newspaper sources, Ven Conmigo was the first recording by a female Tejano singer to be certified gold, sales in excess of 50,000 units.^[12][13][14] However, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) did not begin issuing Latin music certifications until 2001.^[15] The Latin music industry began relying as early as 1963 on an unknown source who provided sales figures based on the certification alone.^[16]
3. According to a book written by Stacy Lee, she reported sales of 300,000 units (excluding Mexico),^[22] while María Celeste Arrarás wrote in her book that the album sold 385,000 units in Mexico.^[23]
4. The album debuted with 10,500 units on March 18, 2000.^[71] It sold an additional 8,000 units following the fifth anniversary of the singer's death on April 15, 2000, which was the second consecutive week it sold 8,000 units.^[72] The album sold 17 units less than the number one album of the week of April 22, 2000, bringing total (availability reported) sales to 34,493.^[73]

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External links

• Official website
• Selena albums discography discography at Discogs
• Selena at AllMusic