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Amor Prohibido

Amor Prohibido (English: Forbidden Love) is the name of Selena's fifth studio album. Amor Prohibido is known as one of the biggest-selling Latin album of all time, being certified by the RIAA for shipping 2 million copies. The album had four number-one singles on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, the only Spanish album by a female to do so.[1]

Amor Prohibido
Studio album by
Selena
ReleasedMarch 22, 1994 (US)
Recorded1993-1994
GenreTejano, Latin Pop
Length32:37
LabelEMI Records
ProducerA.B. Quintanilla
Selena chronology
17 Super Exitos
(1993) 		Amor Prohibido 12 Super Exitos
(1994)
Singles from Amor Prohibido
  1. "Donde Quiera Que Estés"
    Released: Frebruary 5, 1994
  2. "Amor Prohibido"
    Released: April 13, 1994
  3. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"
    Released: August 13, 1994
  4. "No Me Queda Más"
    Released: November 11, 1994
  5. "Fotos y Recuerdos"
    Released: February 11, 1995
  6. "Si Una Vez"
    Released: March 21, 1995
  7. "El Chico Del Apartamento 512"
    Released: March 30, 1995
For other uses, see Amor Prohibido (disambiguation).

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Amor Prohibido"  A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo 2:49
2. "No Me Queda Más"  Ricky Vela 3:17
3. "Cobarde"  José Luis Borrego 2:50
4. "Fotos y Recuerdos"  Chrissy Hynde, Ricky Vela 2:33
5. "El Chico Del Apartamento 512"  A.B. Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela 3:28
6. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"  Selena Quintanilla, Pete Astudillo 3:25
7. "Techno Cumbia"  A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo 3:43
8. "Tus Desprecios"  A.B. Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela 3:24
9. "Si Una Vez"  A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo 2:42
10. "Ya No"  A.B. Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela 3:56
20 Years of Music Version
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
11. "Donde Quiera Que Estés" (featuring Barrio Boyzz)K. C. Porter, Miguel Flores 4:29

Personnel

  • Chris Pérez, Henry Gomez - Guitar
  • Rafael Garza, Rene Gasca - Trumpet
  • Gilbert Garza- Trombone
  • Johnny Saenz- Accordion
  • Selena - Vocals
  • Ricky Vela, Joe Ojeda - Keyboards
  • A.B. Quintanilla III - Bass
  • Suzette Quintanilla - Drums
  • Stephanie Lynn- Background Vocals
  • Rick Alvarez - Background Vocals
  • Rock 'N' Roll James - Background Vocals

Charts

Album

Date Chart Position
May 6, 1995 U.S. Billboard 200 29[2]
June 11, 1994 U.S. Latin Albums (Billboard) 1[2]
April 9, 1994 U.S. Mexican Regional Albums (Billboard) 1[2]
Abril 14, 1994 México Mexican Álbum Chart 1
Junio 19, 1994 Argentine Albums Chart 1

Certifications

Notes^  Note that RIAA has launched its Oro y De Platino certification scheme for those albums the 50% of the content of which are in Spanish, initially, the award-levels for Oro y De Platino were: Gold=100,000 and Platinum=200,000.[3] In February 2008, RIAA reduced the certification-award-levels for Oro y De Platino to Gold=50,000 and Platinum=100,000.[4]

Country Certification Sales
United States 20x Platinum (Certification type: Latin)[5] 4,000,000+
México 2x Diamond 2,000,000+
Argentina Diamond 500,000
España 4x Platinum 400.000
Chile Platinum 6,000

Tour

The Amor Prohibido Tour was the final concert tour for American singer Selena. The tour grossed over $60 million. In February 1995, Selena performed at the Houston Astrodome. She performed to the record-breaking audience of over 60,000 fans.[6] This was more than country singers such as George Strait, Vince Gill and Reba McEntire.[7]

Amor Prohibido Media

  • Chris Pérez (pictured in 2012) took creative control on "Ya No"; adding electric guitar riffs and other musical styles into the recording.[8]

References

  1. ↑ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Amor Prohibido Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. RIAA.com.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Billboard". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/selena/amor-prohibido/149869. 
  3. ↑ "RIAA Launches "Los Premios de Oro y De Platino" to Recognize Top Latin Artists". Recording Industry Association of America. January 25, 2000. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  4. ↑ "Country Takes The Crop". Recording Industry Association of America. February 14, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  5. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database". RIAA. Retrieved 12 January 2013.[dead link]
  6. ↑ Queen of Tejano Music, Selena special. Q-Productions. N/A. 2007. 60 minutes in.
  7. ↑ Orozco, Cynthia E. "QUINTANILLA PEREZ, SELENA [SELENA]". Texas State Historical Associaton. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Quintanilla 1994.
Preceded by
Mi Tierra by Gloria Estefan 		Top Latin Albums number-one album
June 11, 1994 - June 19, 1994 (first run)
July 2, 1994 (second run)
September 30, 1994 (third run)
April 15, 1995 - July 29, (fourth run) 		Succeeded by
Dreaming of You by Selena
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