A new record on the charts confirms Selena QuintanillaThe staying power of
Three decades after the release of Selena’s chart-topping album “Amor Prohibido,” Universal Music Latino has released a 2024 remastered edition on vinyl, which topped the Billboard charts at No. 1 on vinyl albums.
The LP was also released on CD and cassette and peaked at #5 on the Top Latin Albums, #4 on the Regional Mexican Albums and re-entered the mainstream album sales charts with over 11,000 copies sold in all configurations.
This is Selena’s second vinyl release since 2020, following “Ones,” a compilation album of her hits, which also peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums chart.
The LP “Amor Prohibido” made history upon its initial release on March 22, 1994, when it became the first Tejano album to reach the number one spot on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart. It remained at the top for 20 consecutive weeks. Its biggest hits include “Amor Prohibido,” “Fotos y Recuerdos,” “El Chico del Apartamento 512,” “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” and “Si Una Vez.”
Suzette Quintanilla, Selena's sister, called the news “unimaginable” and “mind-blowing” in a Instagram post.
“I really want to send a special thank you to each and every one of you who continue to listen to our music and who adore and love Queen, aka Selena,” she said.
“Amor Prohibido” was the last album Selena released before her death in 1995. By then, the Grammy-winning star was already working on her first English-language album, “Dreaming of You,” which was released posthumously in July 1995 and became the first Latin album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
