"Dreaming of You" (1995): SELENA - Era Review | Diva Discography {Part 2}

In our part 2 episode of Selena’s “Dreaming of You” (1995), Angie and Steffi break down the era. We discuss Selena’s journey to what would’ve been major crossover success, her murder, the legacy she paved for other Latin crossover acts and how the Estate has managed the Selena brand.   

In our Era Breakdown episodes, we touch on so many topics like career context, controversies/scandals of the era, marketing, music videos, live performances, album stats, and the album & era’s ultimate impact and legacy. For this episode, we discuss the obstacles Selena faced to make her first English album, crossing over as a Mexican-American artist, fan clubs in the 90s, her impact on Latin music artists today, and of course, her death.

Again, this is part 2 of the conversation! So make sure you listen to part 1 where we discussed the album track by track.

We hope you enjoyed our Selena “Dreaming of You” journey. RIP Selena.

Album Info: Dreaming of You is the fifth and final studio album by American singer Selena. Released posthumously on July 18, 1995, by EMI Latin and EMI Records, it was an immediate commercial and critical success, debuting atop the United States Billboard 200—the first predominately Spanish-language album to do so. It sold 175,000 copies on its first day of release in the U.S.—a then-record for a female vocalist. With first week sales of 331,000 units, it became the second-highest first-week sales for a female musician since Nielsen Soundscan began monitoring album sales in 1991. Billboard magazine declared it a "historic" event, while Time said the recording elevated Selena's music to a wider audience. It won Album of the Year at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards and Female Pop Album of the Year at the 3rd annual Billboard Latin Music Awards.

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TIME STAMPS:

- Housekeeping (01:03)

- Listener Feedback (03:41)

Era Breakdown (09:17)

- Pop Corn & Pop Stars (11:11))

- Spill the Technicolor Tea (22:30)

- *Trigger Warning: Selena’s Death Discussion (30:12 - 50:44)

- But We Need the Audience to Buy the Album (55:40)

- Video Killed the Radio Star (59:20)

- The Mic Is On (71:03)

- Show Me the Receipts (80:17)

- Impact/ Closing Thoughts (85:02)

- Selena’s Estate (90:59)

- Where Would Selena Be Today? (98:45)

- Preview Next Week’s Episode (105:18)