 "Amor Prohibido" has been ranked among the most essential Latin recordings of the past 50 years by "Billboard" magazine.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.Following the release of Selena's third studio album "Entre a Mi Mundo" and the launch of a clothing boutique in 1993, the singer and her band began working on "Amor Prohibido".