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Because apart from breaking down barriers and being the first Mexican-American woman "Chicana", to make it big in the Tejana music scene she also managed to cross over in some respects before her untimely death, to the American Pop arena. If it were not for Selena the whole Latin Explosion at the turn of this century may not have been possible. Selena literally blazed a trail for such a performers as Shakira, Jenifer Lopez, Kat de Luna, and Selena Gomez to shine and spread their creative talents across a changing America and music industry.

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