Born the sixteenth of April 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas, Selena was the youngest of three children to Marcella and Abraham Quintanilla II. Being a part of a musical group already (Los Dinos), Abraham often practiced music in his home. He never really tried giving Selena a chance at singing or playing an instrument and focused mainly on Selena's older brother and sister, Abraham III and Suzette. At the age of 3, the young girl wanted to be a part of what the rest of her family (except the mom) was doing and began singing to her father out of a child's book of songs. Immediately, Abraham knew that his child had a unique talent: she had a voice for singing.
Abraham began practicing as much as he could with Selena and her siblings, soon beginning his own family group when Selena was 9 years old and renaming it Selena y Los Dinos after his former group. At this time, Selena was singing only in Spanish, since that is what her father taught her (though she spoke English......
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