(NewsNation) – Nearly three decades after her death, new music by legendary Latin American pop star Selena Quintanilla-Perez, known to fans around the world as Selena, will be released on an album later this month. .
The beloved Grammy-winning, multi-platinum Tejano artist, whose stardom has been compared to that of Elvis Presley and Madonna, was murdered at the age of 23 in 1995 by the president of her fan club .
Twenty-seven years later, her father, Abraham Quintanilla, announced in an interview with Jose Rosario of Latin Groove News that his family is partnering with Warner Music to release a record.
The album will feature remixes of some of Quintanilla-Perez’s hits, along with some previously unreleased tracks that were originally recorded when she was a young teenager.
“The public still remembers Selena, you know. They haven’t released him,” said Abraham Quintanilla. “And so they wait for a project like this to come out.”
Like Selena’s music career when she was alive, the new album is a family project, with her brother AB Quintanilla helping to produce the 13-track collection and her sister Suzette Quintanilla helping to design the album art.
“I remixed all her vinyls,” said AB Quintanilla in an interview with Tino Cochino Radio. “With this album, with an EDM (electronic dance music) world, with arpeggiators and keyboards, I made it flow into cumbia.”
A remixed version of “Como Te Quiero Yo A Ti” was released in late July as the first single for the album, called “Moonchild Mixes”, which will be released on August 26.
Selena was born on April 16, 1971, in Jackson Lake, south of Houston. She started singing with Los Dinos, the Quintanilla family group, when she was 9 years old. Like Madonna, Selena was known for risqué stage costumes, including high boots and bustiers. But she also emphasized family values and was married to band member Chris Perez.
Selena holds the Guinness World Record for the best-selling Latin album in the US, has been the subject of a movie and a Netflix series about her life, has a museum featuring her merchandise, and even a collaboration with MAC Cosmetics.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
