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Amor Prohibido
San Antonio, Texas
Genre
Length35:27
LanguageSpanish
EMI Latin
ProducerA.B. Quintanilla
Selena chronology
17 Super Exitos

(1993) 		Amor Prohibido
(1994)
12 Super Exitos

(1994)
Selena studio album chronology
Entre a Mi Mundo
(1992) 		Amor Prohibido
(1994) 		Dreaming of You
(1995)
Singles from Amor Prohibido
  1. "Amor Prohibido"
    Released: April 13, 1994
  2. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"
    Released: July 1994
  3. "No Me Queda Más"
    Released: October 1994
  4. "Fotos y Recuerdos"
    Released: January 1995

Amor Prohibido (English: Forbidden Love)

EMI Latin.[2]
Having reached a core fan base, the label aimed to broaden her appeal with the next studio release. Finding it challenging to write a follow-up hit after "
hip-hop music. Amor Prohibido is a Tejano cumbia album modernized with a synthesizer-rich delivery using a minimalist style that was quintessential in early 1990s Tejano music
.

The album's songs deal with dysfunctional and volatile relationships; its lyrics explore

signature recordings
.

When the album tour broke attendance records at the

37th Grammy Awards. The record took Album of the Year honors at the 1995 TMA's and the Lo Nuestro Award for Best Regional Mexican Album
.

On March 31, 1995, Selena was

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. NPR ranked the album number 19 on their list of the 150 greatest albums made by women; it was the highest-ranking album by a female Latin artist and ninth highest-ranking recording by a woman of color
.

Production and development

Background

Following the release of

hit, you just write another hit".[10] As with previous albums, A.B. enlisted Selena y Los Dinos band members, Pete Astudillo and Ricky Vela, to help with the writing process.[4] The result included a mature sound for Selena with experimental recording and production than her previous works.[4][11][12] It was the final album featuring production and songwriting by Astudillo, who subsequently parted with Los Dinos to pursue a solo career.[4][11]

Recording

"[A.B] left the studio trusting me to put together a solo that would work [for "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"]. I remember thinking, "this song is going to be huge" because I felt it the way A.B. did. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was a woman's proud celebration of love. I wanted to create a radical guitar solo that would truly blend a hard rock sound into a Tejano cumbia, in much the same way Selena and I had grown up in traditional families to become a contemporary couple. I wanted, more than anything, to support the rich, optimistic sound of Selena's singing with my guitar. The song worked on every level, and before long, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" took on a life of its own, becoming one of Selena's most beloved, most enduring hits."

—Chris Pérez,

To Selena, with Love[13]

Amor Prohibido was recorded at

tempo control before studio mixing instruments were used.[19] It took two weeks for Selena to record the album's ten tracks.[4]

Pérez provided an evocative account of working with Selena during the sessions for Amor Prohibido.

melody before creating a title and concept of a song.[19] If he caught himself humming a tune the next day "then it's catchy", and otherwise he "wouldn't use it."[7] A.B. also requested material from Rena Dearman, former keyboardist of the group, who provided several songs.[20] A.B. favored "I'll Be Alright" and wanted Selena to record the song for Amor Prohibido.[21] After it was rejected by EMI Latin because it was incoherent of the album's theme, A.B. suggested that it could be included in Selena's next Tejano recording.[21]

Pérez playing stand-up bass
Chris Pérez (pictured in 2012) took creative control on "Ya No"; adding electric guitar riffs and other musical styles into the recording.[4]

One song–"

Nuevo Leon in September 1993, a day before the singer and Astudillo began "[putting] the lyrics and melody together".[15] A.B. saw potential in the tune and "nipped and tucked what Selena [had already done]".[25] He joined as co-writer, writing the guitar solos for Pérez, as well as the arrangements for the song.[27] A.B. called it "kinda a little scary" finding the project the first of its kind.[4] The day before the band was scheduled to record the album, A.B. approached Pérez and asked if he would be interested in working with Vela on "Ya No", a song that A.B. had written.[4] Pérez worked with Vela throughout the night improvising the drum sounds and programming the music for it, adding electric guitar riffs, and complementing it with his own musical style.[4] Pérez was dumbfounded that despite A.B.'s assistance he had been given creative control over the track.[4]

The idea for the album's title track was Selena's own,

cencerro, which was intended by A.B., to attract people of different ethnicities to Selena's music.[32] The media attention following Selena's death led the Calderon family to Selena and the song "Amor Prohibido", they visited the family for the first time and traveled to Corpus Christi.[28] After falling in love with Suzette, and finding out about her marriage in September 1993, Vela wrote down how he felt; which he had kept private from her.[33] The resulting song was titled "No Me Queda Más" and it was given to Selena to record for the album.[33] According to Abraham, Selena provided an emotional delivery while recording the track and was seen sobbing in the recording studio because "she knew how [Vela] felt" about Suzette.[34]

During recording sessions for "

arrangement as "an example of [his] universal Latin approach."[35]

Composition

"Amor Prohibido"
15-second sample of "Amor Prohibido" in which the lyrics of forbidden love between two people of different
same-sex couples.[36][37]
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Amor Prohibido contains a more diverse collection of musical styles than Selena's previous work, ranging from

corridos,[11] and Tejano cumbia.[52] Tejano cumbia is used heavily throughout Amor Prohibido. Author Ed Morales noticed its representation of the "cumbia sound" already established by Tejano band La Mafia,[53] though Donald Clarke found Selena's delivery to be more of a modernized synthesizer-rich sound.[54] While Amor Prohibido is a cross-cultural musical fusion,[11] it remains an authentic Tejano recording,[53][55][56] which uses a minimalist style that was quintessential in early 1990s Tejano music.[53]

Selena called the recordings on Amor Prohibido as "

Romeo & Juliet.[60] A review in The Monitor felt that the lyrics portrayed the forbidden love that Selena and Pérez hid from her overbearing father.[61] Musically, the titular song is "an emotional uptempo ballad" which showcases the singer's "passionate side".[46] In "Cobarde", the protagonist calls her partner a "coward" upon learning on his inability to face her after feeling reticent about his affair.[44] Two other tracks, "Ya No" and "Si Una Vez", delve into heartaches of failed relationships with the protagonist in the former song angrily refusing to take back a cheating partner.[44] Selena's vocals were called "strong [and] raspy" in "Si Una Vez".[62] Suzette particularly liked because Selena gave "that attitude" in the song.[34]

"Tus Desprecios" has a storyline typical of mariachi recordings, concerning dysfunctional and volatile relationships.

Jose Feliciano express his take on the song, noting a sense of sorrowfulness in the lyrics, while finding cognitive parallels to Selena's life, and noticed a comparison of compositions that are typically recorded by Pedro Infante.[67] Selena's voice was admired for being powerful and emotive, while her vocals were found to have been subdued and solemn and were sung in a desperate and emotional way.[57][66][68] Hispanic magazine praised Selena's vocal interpretations in "No Me Queda Más", citing the singer's ability to tackle such a song reserved for established musicians twice her age.[46]

"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"
"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" draws on music from
the Caribbean, features lusher arrangements and less driven, trebly synthesizers than the first four songs on Amor Prohibido.[44] It has since become one of her most recognizable recordings.[12]
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Joe Nick Patoski of The New York Times, recognized the melody of "Fotos y Recuerdos" from the Pretenders' new wave sound,

congas, hi-hats, techno samples,[19] and EBM.[12] Patoski acclaimed the band's new take on the cumbia rhythm, updated vocal samples, drums inspired from New Orleans, and horn charts taken from soca from the Caribbean.[14] "Techno Cumbia" was praised as the first successful case of a cumbia-rap prototype in the industry.[46] "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", which also draws on music from the Caribbean, features lusher arrangements and less driven, trebly synthesizers than the first four songs on Amor Prohibido.[44] Infused with cumbia and reggae,[72] its onomatopoeic title and its nonsensical lyrics suggests the sound of Selena's heart palpitating whenever she thought of her husband.[Note 3] Critics praised the song's catchiness and noted a sense of conviviality in the track.[73][74][75] "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" is musically similar to "El Chico del Apartamento 512"; Perone noted a recurring theme of attraction to a young man.[44] The latter song's hook is more accessible to listeners with limited Spanish than that of "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom".[44] In "El Chico del Apartamento 512", called a "sunny pop anthem",[46] the protagonist is hit on by several men whom she has no interest in, except for the song's "boy in apartment 512". She finds enough courage to knock on his door to find it answered by a woman who asks if she is searching for her brother.[44] To Perone, the song's lightness represents a relief from the heartbreak and despair elsewhere on the album.[44]

Release and promotion

Amor Prohibido was released in the United States on March 22, 1994.

the Barrio Boyzz on their 1994 single "Donde Quiera Que Estés", music videos for "Amor Prohibido" and "No Me Queda Más", as well as spoken liner notes containing commentary and recollections of each track provided by the singer's family, friends, and her band.[83]

After featuring on "Donde Quiera Que Estés", Selena went on a mini-tour with the Barrio Boyzz that enabled her to visit New York City,

Sabado Gigante was ranked among the most memorable moments in the show's 53-year history.[92] Selena performed "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", "No Me Queda Más", "El Chico del Apartamento 512", and "Si Una Vez" on the Johnny Canales Show, which was later released as part of the host's "favorite songs" on DVD.[93] Selena's performance of "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" on July 31, 1994, at Six Flags AstroWorld was the subject of a video released by the Houston Chronicle for their segment "On This Forgotten Day".[94] Ramiro Burr, of Billboard, called the singer's tour for her album a "tour de force".[95] The concerts established Selena as one of Latin music's most successful contemporary acts.[96]

Singles

Tracks released from the album continued the singer's streak of US number-one singles. The title track, "Amor Prohibido", was the album's

most successful US Latin single that year.[98] The track was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA for digital sales of 240,000 units.[100] The album's final single "Fotos y Recuerdos", released in January 1995, peaked at number one following the shooting death of Selena on March 31, 1995.[104] At the time of her death, the song was at number four.[105] "Fotos y Recuerdos" peaked and remained atop the Hot Latin Songs chart for seven weeks,[106] finishing the year as the second most played track in the US trailing "No Me Queda Más".[98] The song was certified platinum by the RIAA for digital sales of 60,000 copies.[100] Although not released as singles from Amor Prohibido, "Techno Cumbia" was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of 60,000 digital units, "El Chico del Apartamento 512" was certified double platinum for selling 120,000 copies, while "Si Una Vez" received a triple-platinum certification for 180,000 copies sold.[100]

Mario Tarradell of The Dallas Morning News wrote that the singles from Amor Prohibido elevated Selena to success on Latin radio whose promoters had not previously taken the singer seriously.

signature songs including the title track,[117] "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom",[57] "Fotos y Recuerdos",[118] and "Si Una Vez".[117]

Critical reception

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[119]
Entertainment WeeklyB[120]
The MonitorA[61]
Pitchfork9.1/10[121]
San Antonio Express-NewsA[122]
Spin[123]

The vast majority of contemporary reviews were positive. Critics at The New York Times overwhelmingly praised the album: Peter Watrous felt it stayed honest to her "country, working-class constituency"[124] and Greg Kot praised its "contemporary snap",[125] while Joe Nick Patoski hailed Amor Prohibido as a "watershed" recording from a supergroup at the top of its game.[14] Others, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, musicologist James Perone, and music editor Mario Tarradell panned the album initially before coming to view Amor Prohibido positively. Tarradell called Selena "Miss Mexican Lite" and criticized the lack of songs true to regional Mexican music,[64] before calling the album "delightfully infectious".[48] Perone felt the album sounded dated, despite providing ample evidence of the singer's appeal,[44] whereas Erlewine characterized Amor Prohibido as "slightly uneven" and praised Selena's success at recording the weaker material. Erlewine would later describe Amor Prohibido as Selena's strongest album, and an effective introduction to her work that highlighted her successful interpretation of the Tejano sound.[76] Walter Martinez from Latin Style opined that Amor Prohibido contained tracks that deviated from regional Mexican or Tejano music.[126] In response to Martinez's observation, Selena explained that she and the band experimented with Amor Prohibido, but songs like "Cobarde" still encompassed elements of Tejano and norteño music. Selena attributed her success to the diverse genres that she and the band explored in their albums while maintaining a "Mexicano" essence. With Amor Prohibido, Selena noted that the album possessed a pop ambiance, influenced by her exposure to both English and Spanish music during her formative years. She concurred that the album is not strictly "hard-core Tex-Mex or Mexican", which she perceived as a key factor in her and her band's success, as their distinctive sound strayed from tradition.[126]

The album's sound received positive reviews. Described by author Ed Morales as a "subtle evolution",

Rolling Stone who labeled it the "Selena sound" that would have made the singer a dominant force on the music charts had it not been for her death.[49] Amor Prohibido hinted of a "pop potential",[129] an opinion echoed by author Matt Doeden, who felt that the recording exhibited Selena's potential to become the genre's first pop musician.[43]

Many critics found Amor Prohibido to have been Selena's best work,[12][53][130][131] calling it her band's "crowning achievement."[129] Other reviews called the work the singer's "blockbuster album",[132][133] her signature album,[134] a "career-defining" release,[135] her "most interesting" and "sleekest" record,[123][120] a "desert island album" for fans,[136] calling it a "notch up" in her career,[137] a "landmark",[138] a "victory" recording,[139] a "sultry, regional anthem."[140] and an "overnight sensation".[141]

Recognition

At the time of its release, Amor Prohibido was regarded as very popular in Hispanic communities,[44] albeit one that exemplified a generational split within the Tejano market at the time.[14] Musicians found contemporary Tejano more sophisticated and noticed that it was unnecessary to explore their roots to have successful recordings.[14] A.B.'s musical production of fusing and blending urban musical compositions in Amor Prohibido, revolutionized Tejano music.[28][142] With Amor Prohibido, Selena brought Tejano music to unprecedented levels of mainstream success.[48][51][87][143] The album was considered one of the first Latin recordings that were enjoyed in the United States during the 1990s Latin explosion,[12] a period known as the golden age of Latin music which was fueled by the singer's death in 1995.[144] Amor Prohibido popularized Tejano music among a younger and wider audience than at any other time in the genre's history.[11][145][146] The album was instrumental in popularizing Tejano music and has been credited for "[putting] Tejano music on the map."[11] Amor Prohibido was called the first record many young Hispanic females bought "with lyrics in the language [their] blood is rooted in."[147] With Amor Prohibido, Selena provided a voice and exhibited the experiences of Latinos in the United States.[11] At the time of its release, the album was aimed to surpass limitations in the music industry, ultimately becoming "an ageless cultural symbol".[11]

After the album's release, Selena was considered "bigger than Tejano itself", and was credited for tearing down barriers in the Latin music market.

American Latinos were able to sell albums in English-speaking markets across the US that had historically overlooked Latin music.[148] According to Gisela Orozco of the Chicago Tribune, Selena became the most successful Tejano musician following the album's release.[152] Amor Prohibido was played in its entirety at the 25th anniversary of the D.C. Latino Festival in July 1995, which followed her death in March of that year.[153]

The album appeared on Tom Moon's list of the 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List (2008).

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, the album ranked at number 479.[162]

Accolades

Selena dominated the

politically correct candidate" to win the Grammy, "with all the heavy media coverage she [had] received in the last two years [1992-94]".[165] At the Premio Lo Nuestro 1995, the album won Best Regional Mexican Album and its titular single won Regional Mexican Song of the Year.[166] At the second annual Billboard Latin Music Awards in 1995, it won Regional Mexican Album of the Year, Female and its namesake song won Regional Mexican Song of the Year while "No Me Queda Más" received the award for Music Video of the Year.[38] Amor Prohibido was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1995 Desi Entertainment Awards, while the title track was nominated for Spanish-language Song of the Year.[167] At the 1995 Pura Vida Hispanic Music Awards, music industry professionals voted for that year's Best Album for which they awarded to Amor Prohibido along with "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" which took Music Video of the Year and Song of the Year honors.[168]

Commercial performance

Chart history

Amor Prohibido debuted at number three on the US Billboard

Top Latin Albums chart the week ending April 9, 1994.[169] The following week it rose to number two and received the greatest jump in sales for that week.[169] In an interview with Billboard, A.B. was frustrated that the album had yet reached number one. He explained that they were limited in their capabilities with Tejano music and spoke about his excitement when Amor Prohibido finally topped the chart, saying the event "was a big thing [for us]."[10] Amor Prohibido peaked at number one in its tenth week, becoming the second album to place first on the newly formed Top Latin Albums chart displacing Cuban singer Gloria Estefan's Mi Tierra from the top spot.[170] Sales were so vigorous it nearly entered the US Billboard 200 and became the first Tejano record to peak at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart.[171] The event marked Selena as the "hottest artist in the Latino market."[171] The following week, the album entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 183, becoming the first record by a non-crossover act to do so since Mexican singer Luis Miguel's album Aries (1993).[172] The album also became the first recording by a Tejano singer to chart on the Billboard 200.[173] Mario Tarradell of The Dallas Morning News called the event "groundbreaking" and named Amor Prohibido as one of the most popular Latin recordings of 1994.[48] Amor Prohibido and Mi Tierra switched back and forth between the first and second positions on the Top Latin Albums chart for five consecutive weeks.[174]

On July 16, the album debuted at number 18 on the US Billboard

Bronco's Rompiendo Barreras.[183] The recording became the second Tejano album to reach year-end sales of 500,000 copies, a feat that previously had only been accomplished by La Mafia.[166] Despite this, Nielsen Soundscan reported that the recording actually sold 184,000 units by April 1995.[184][Note 6] According to Behar, sales figures Nielsen Soundscan provides do not include sales in small shops specializing in Latin music.[185][186] Before Selena was murdered in March 1995, the album remained in the top five on the Top Latin Albums chart for 53 consecutive weeks.[184] Album sales in the four weeks preceding her death were slightly above 2,000 units a week.[187] In the week immediately before her death, Amor Prohibido sold 1,700 units.[188] In Mexico, Amor Prohibido sold 400,000 units by April 1995,[104] and subsequently received a gold certification.[189]

Posthumous commercial performance

Media attention had helped increased sales of Amor Prohibido as well as her back catalogue.[184] As a result, EMI Latin increased the production of the singer's albums at their Los Angeles, California, and Greensboro, North Carolina plants.[190] In the hours immediately after her death, it was the most requested album by people in music stores looking for her work.[191] An Austin, Texas music retailer expressed how Amor Prohibido sold more units in the first month following her death "than it did the entire year it was out."[192] This was echoed by a music wholesaler in Manhattan, who constantly sold out of Selena's albums the same day they received them, telling the local newspaper that "It used to be just the Mexicans [in Manhattan]. Now everybody likes her."[42] In McAllen, Texas, music shops reported that people bought the singer's earlier works than Amor Prohibido, citing that "most fans already have her latest [album]".[193] Music stores in Washington, DC, reportedly sold out of Amor Prohibido within days of her murder.[86] The album reached number one for the fifth time on April 15, 1995, with sales of 12,040 units - a 580% increase over the previous week.[184] The record subsequently re-entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 92 and at number one on the Regional Mexican Albums chart.[184] The album sold an additional 28,238 units (a 136% increase) and rose to number 36 on the Billboard 200 chart.[187] Amor Prohibido peaked at number 29 during its fifth week on the Billboard 200.[194] The event was "a rare feat" for a non-English album in the United States.[195] The album jumped from number 20 to number six on the list of the best-selling albums in Southern California in the week following her death.[196] The recording eventually ranked second on their list of the best-selling albums in the state.[197] In a June 1995 report, Amor Prohibido was the second best-selling record in Puerto Rico.[198] Amor Prohibido and her 1992 studio album Entre a Mi Mundo, rose 1,250% in sales in the eight weeks following her murder.[199] The album helped increase local record shops in Texas who were "selling more than when [Selena] was alive".[200] Amor Prohibido remained at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart for 16 weeks following her death until the release of her crossover album Dreaming of You replaced it on August 5.[201] The album remained behind Dreaming of You for seven weeks.[202] By the end of 1995, Amor Prohibido ranked second to Dreaming of You for the best-selling Latin album for that year,[203] and remained the best-selling regional Mexican recording for three consecutive years.[204]

After 98 weeks the album dropped from the top five on the Top Latin Albums chart,

Nielsen SoundScan reported that Amor Prohibido was the ninth best-selling Latin record of 2016.[218] After its revision, Amor Prohibido reclaimed the number one position on the Regional Mexican Albums chart in May 2017.[210] Amor Prohibido was the first album by a woman to claim the top position since Jenni Rivera's Paloma Negra Desde Monterrey (2016).[219] Amor Prohibido became the last album by a woman to claim the top spot until Rivera's daughter Chiquis Rivera debuted atop the chart in March 2018.[220] As of 2018, the album has spent twenty weeks atop the Top Latin Albums chart, which is the ninth most weeks an album has spent at number one.[221] Amor Prohibido has spent 111 weeks within the top ten of the Top Latin Albums chart, which is the second most weeks behind American singer Romeo Santos' Formula, Vol. 2 (2014).[222]

In May 1995, the

forever stamps honoring Selena and several other Hispanic/Latino Americans.[231] As of March 2024, the album has been certified 41× platinum (Latin), denoting 2.46 million album-equivalent units sold.[100] Amor Prohibido is the second-highest certified Latin album in the United States trailing only her posthumous album Dreaming of You (1995).[232] Amor Prohibido is the fourth best-selling Latin album of all-time in the US with over 1.246 million copies sold as of October 2017.[233] The album has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.[234] The recording has been ranked as the best-selling Tejano album of the 1990s,[130] and the best-selling Tejano album of all-time.[141][188][235]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Amor Prohibido.[4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."
El Chico Del Apartamento 512"
  • Quintanilla III
  • Vela
Quintanilla III3:28
6."Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"
  • Selena
  • Astudillo
Quintanilla III3:25
7."Techno Cumbia"
  • Quintanilla III
  • Astudillo
Quintanilla III3:43
8."Tus Desprecios"
  • Quintanilla III
  • Vela
Quintanilla III3:24
9."Si Una Vez"
  • Quintanilla III
  • Astudillo
Quintanilla III2:42
10."Ya No"
  • Quintanilla III
  • Vela
Quintanilla III3:56
Total length:35:27
2002 re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
11."
Suzette Quintanilla
24:02
13."Amor Prohibido" (music video)
  • Selena
  • Quintanilla III
  • Astudillo
Sean Roberts2:50
14."No Me Queda Más" (music video)VelaRoberts3:49

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Amor Prohibido.[4]

Instruments
Technical and production credits

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
US Top Latin Albums[101] 4
US Regional Mexican Albums[101] 1
Chart (1995) Position
US Billboard 200[203] 164
US Top Latin Albums[203] 2
US Regional Mexican Albums[203] 1
Chart (1996) Position
US Top Latin Albums[204] 6
US Regional Mexican Albums[204] 1
Chart (1997) Position
US Latin Catalog Albums[211] 2
Chart (1998) Position
US Latin Catalog Albums[212] 3
Chart (2012) Position
US Latin Catalog Albums[241] 6
Chart (2013) Position
US Latin Catalog Albums[242] 17
Chart (2014) Position
US Latin Catalog Albums[243] 14
Chart (2015) Position
US Latin Catalog Albums[244] 4
Chart (2016) Position
US Latin Catalog Albums[245] 4
Chart (2017) Position
US Top Latin Albums[246] 32
US Regional Mexican Albums[247] 9
US Latin Catalog Albums[248] 3
Chart (2018) Position
US Top Latin Albums[249] 76
US Latin Catalog Albums[250] 6
Chart (2019) Position
US Latin Catalog Albums[251] 5

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[252] 2× Gold 400,000[104]
United States (RIAA)[100] 41× Platinum (Latin) 1,246,000[233]
Summaries
Worldwide 2,500,000[234]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Amor Prohibido is the final studio release by Selena, however, her Dreaming of You studio album was released after her death in July 1995.
  2. ^ According to A.B. the entire production of Amor Prohibido took six months to complete before it was released in March 1994, which translates to September 1993.[4] According to Chris Pérez, the band performed the original English version of "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" at their Nuevo Leon concert that September 1993. He explicitly said that he did not remember the exact date for which the band began production of Amor Prohibido. Though he expressed that the day after their Nuevo Leon concert, the band began production of Amor Prohibido with the finishing touches to "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" into a Spanish-language Tejano cumbia song.[15] Biographer Joe Nick Patoski wrote that the date of the Nuevo Leon concert was September 16, 1993.[16]
  3. Sabado Gigante interview, Selena said that the palipations were of her own whenever she thought of her husband Chris Pérez.[26]
  4. The Galveston Daily News on April 15, 1994.[80]
  5. ^ According to San Antonio Express-News and Billboard Latin music correspondent, Ramiro Burr found Selena to have "established one of the early templates for pop-cumbia-rap fusions".[113] Ed Morales found "Techno Cumbia" to have marked Selena's "work with a different accent".[114] Matt Doeden found the song to be a "new style" of music altogether,[43] while Herón Márquez wrote that it "signaled a new style of Tejano music."[115]
  6. ^ Nielsen Soundscan previously reported that Amor Prohibido sold 200,000 units in the United States in November 1994.[148]
  7. ^ In March 2005, Billboard reported that Amor Prohibido remained the only album to reach number one on the Regional Mexican Albums chart in three different calendar years.[209] After Billboard removed its ban of catalog titles in its Latin music charts in February 2017, Amor Prohibido claimed the top spot of the Regional Mexican Albums chart that May.[210]
  8. drugstores are not reported to SoundScan.[230]

References

  1. ^ Moreno & Ramirez 2016.
  2. ^ "RIAA". Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. ^ Patoski 1996, p. 120.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Quintanilla 1994.
  5. ^ Arrarás 1997, p. 49–50.
  6. ^ a b c d Flores 2015.
  7. ^ a b c Beamer 1995.
  8. ^ Malone 2003, p. 158.
  9. ^ Tarradell 1997.
  10. ^ a b c Ramirez 2015.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Diaz-Hurtado 2017.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h Anon. 2018, p. 40.
  13. ^ a b Pérez 2012, p. 238.
  14. ^ a b c d e f Patoski 1996, p. 125.
  15. ^ a b Pérez 2012, pp. 226–228.
  16. ^ Patoski 1996, p. 103.
  17. ^ a b Del Toro 2005, p. 23.
  18. ^ a b c d e Pérez 2012, p. 232.
  19. ^ a b c d e James 1994.
  20. ^ Patoski 1996, p. 105.
  21. ^ a b Patoski 1996, p. 106.
  22. ^ Arrarás 1997, p. 66.
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