In October 1991 , '' Ven Conmigo '' went gold for sales exceeding 50,000 units , making Selena the first female Tejano singer to receive the honor . The event dissolved the male hierarchy in the Tejano music industry , which saw women as commercially inferior . '' Ven Conmigo '' received a nomination for the Tejano Music Award for Album of the Year – Orchestra at the 1992 annual event . The album peaked at number 22 on the US '' Billboard '' Top Pop Catalog Albums chart after it was ineligible to chart on the '' Billboard '' 200 . In October 2017 , the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) certified the album triple platinum , denoting 180,000 album-equivalent units sold in the United States
1992 annual event
1992 Tejano Music Awards
Ven Conmigo (album)