1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Selena Commemorative Coin Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Selena Quintanilla, born on April 16, 1971, was a South Texas music artist who greatly contributed to the rise of Tejano music and culture across the United States. (2) She was an extremely talented young artist who started singing at the age of eight. Her parents took joy in her talent and had her start performing with her family. The band they formed was known as Selena y Los Dinos. Selena was just thirteen years old when she was introduced on the Johnny Canales Show. (3) Selena first won the Tejano Music Awards’ Female Vocalist of the Year in 1986 at the age of fifteen. From 1987 to 1996, she won as Female Entertainer of the Year every year, along with other awards such as Song of the Year . (4) Selena’s musical accomplishments are recognized by the Guinness World Record where she holds the most wins of Female Entertainer of the Year at the Tejano Music Awards. (5) Selena’s album Selena Live! won a Grammy Award in 1994, making her the first Tejano artist to win a Grammy. Also in 1994, Texas Monthly named her one of the twenty most influential Texans. (6) Selena’s fourth album, Amor Prohibido, became the first Tejano record to peak at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. As of October 2017, it is the fourth best-selling Latin album of all time in the United States with over 1.2 million copies sold. (7) Selena’s final album, Dreaming of You, was released after her death in 1995 and was the first Tejano album to debut atop the United States Billboard 200. (8) Aside from her musical contributions, Selena also was passionate about public service. She participated with the Texas Prevention Partnership, sponsored by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Tour to Schools. She was involved with the D.A.R.E. program and worked with the Coastal Bend Aids Foundation. Selena also taped a public service announcement for the Houston Area Women’s Center, a shelter for battered