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''Dreaming of You'' is the fifth and final studio album by American singer Selena. Released posthumously on July 18, 1995, 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-largest first-week sales for a female musician. ''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 2nd annual ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards. After signing a recording contract with EMI Latin in 1989, the label denied Selena a requested crossover after she made three demonstration recordings. After her Grammy Award nomination for ''Live'' (1993) was announced, Selena signed with SBK Records to begin recording her crossover album, which was front-page news in ''Billboard'' magazine. In March 1994, she released ''Amor Prohibido''; in interviews she said her English-language album was still being developed. Recording sessions for ''Dreaming of You'' began in December 1994; Selena recorded four tracks slated for the album. On March 31, 1995, she was shot dead by Yolanda Saldívar, her friend and former manager of her Selena Etc. boutiques over a dispute about claims of embezzlement. The album contains some previously released material, as well as some unreleased English and Spanish-language tracks that were recorded between 1992 and 1995. The tracks are a mixture of American pop and Latin music, with the first half of ''Dreaming of You'' containing R&B and pop ballads, while the latter half profiles Selena's Latin-themed repertoire. Six tracks from the album were released as singles. The first four singles, "I Could Fall in Love", "Tú Sólo Tú", "Techno Cumbia", and "Dreaming of You", charted within the top ten on the U.S. charts. The title track became Selena's highest-charting ''Billboard'' Hot 100 single of her career, peaking at number twenty-two and was named the eighty-eight Hot 100 single of all-time. ''Dreaming of You'' was among the top ten best-selling debuts for a musician, best-selling debut by a female act, and the fastest-selling U.S. album of 1995. It has since been ranked among the best and most important recordings produced during the rock and roll era. Media outlets have since ranked the recording among the best posthumous releases. When ''Dreaming of You'' peaked at number one, Tejano music entered the mainstream market. Music critics said the general population of the U.S. would not have known about Tejano or Latin music had it not been for ''Dreaming of You''. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album 35× platinum (Latin field), for shipping 3.5 million units in the U.S. The album was eventually certified gold by Music Canada and by Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). As of January 2015, the album has sold five million copies worldwide, and remains the best-selling Latin album of all-time in the U.S. ==Background== In the 1960s, Selena's father Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. became the third vocalist of Los Dinos, a group composed of Mexican Americans. The band began their careers playing English-language doo-wop music. White Americans were offended that a Mexican American band was singing "their type of music". After a crowd of Mexican-Americans ran Los Dinos out of a nightclub for singing English-language songs, the band decided to perform music of their heritage. Los Dinos found success recording and performing Spanish-language songs and their popularity grew. Quintanilla, Jr. left the band in the 1970s after fathering his third child, Selena. After discovering Selena could sing, he quickly organized his children into a band called Selena y Los Dinos. Despite wanting to record English-language songs, the band recorded Tejano music compositions; a male-dominated, Spanish-language genre with German influences of polka, jazz, and country music that was popular with Mexicans living in the United States. The band was often turned down by Texas music venues because of the members' ages and because Selena was the lead singer. Rick Trevino, founder of the Tejano Music Awards, originally approached La Sombra as the opening act for the 1989 awards ceremony, following Selena y Los Dinos. The band's lead vocalist Frank Sunie declined the offer, telling Trevino he "doesn't open up for anybody".〔 Trevino then called Quintanilla, Jr. to ask him to open the ceremony.〔 Quintanilla, Jr. immediately accepted the offer, saying it was "the best time, because everyone is sober. They're sober they're listening to the artist and the music."〔 Unbeknown to Quintanilla, Jr and Selena, the new head of Sony Music Latin and Jose Behar, who had recently launched EMI Latin Records, were attending the awards ceremony and were scouting for new Latin acts. Behar wanted to sign Selena to EMI's label Capitol Records, while Sony Music Latin was offering Quintanilla, Jr. twice Capitol's sum.〔 Behar thought he had discovered the next Gloria Estefan, but his superior called Behar illogical since he had only been in Texas for a week.〔〔 Quintanilla, Jr. chose EMI Latin's offer because of the potential for a crossover, and he wanted his children to be the first musicians to sign with the company.〔〔 Before Selena signed her contract with EMI Latin in 1989, Behar and Stephen Finfer requested Selena for an English-language debut album. She was asked to make three demonstration recordings for Charles Koppelman, chairman of EMI Records. After reviewing them, Koppelman declined a crossover attempt, believing Selena should first strengthen her fan base.〔 In a 2007 interview, Behar spoke about the difficulty of recording Selena's English-language debut.〔 He said EMI "had let all of us to believed that she would record in English, and it just wasn't materializing for whatever reason".〔 Behar said the record company "didn't believe, they didn't think it could happen", and continuously told Selena and her father "it wasn't the right time" for an English-language debut.〔 Selena signed a record deal with EMI subsidiary SBK Records in November 1993, following her Grammy Award nomination for ''Live'' (1993).〔 〕 The news of the singer's record deal was front-page news in ''Billboard'' magazine. In a 1994 meeting, Selena expressed her guilt to Behar; Selena had told interviewers of her upcoming crossover album and told them the recording was expected to be release soon.〔 At the time, Selena had not recorded a single song for her planned English-language debut.〔 Behar subsequently told Koppelman that Selena and her band would leave EMI and find a record company willing to record an English-language album for Selena.〔 Behar had lied to the chairman to force the crossover album to begin; EMI relented and the recording sessions began.〔 Selena said she felt intimidated by the recording deal because the situation was new to her and only a few people had believed she would achieve success in the pop market.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dreaming of You (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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