Would Selena have remained strictly a regional star had she lived?
And a minor player nationally (at best)? It seems like now, the mythology is that she was on the cusp of superstardom at the time of her death. But keep in mind that the "Latin Explosion" in pop happened four years after her death. Many of those acts were either flash-in-the-pans (Ricky Martin) or had very little Latin-influence in their sound (Christina Aguilera), and none of them were of the Tejano style.
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