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 , the former manager of her Selena Etc. boutiques over a dispute about claims of embezzlement
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Murder of Selena
Dreaming of You (Selena album)