Selena Live! The Last Concert is a live album by Mexican-American singer Selena. It was recorded on February 26, 1995, at the Houston Astrodome and was televised live on Univision.[2] The album was posthumously released by EMI Latin on March 27, 2001. The singer shared the concert with Tejano singer Emilio Navaira and performed to 66,994 people,[3][4] which broke the previous attendance record held by Selena the previous year. The concert was critically acclaimed for outperforming ticket sales by country music singers Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, and George Strait.[5][6] Selena's performance at the Astrodome became her final televised concert before she was shot and killed on March 31, 1995.[4]
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| Recorded | February 26, 1995 | |||
| Venue | Astrodome | |||
| Genre | Tejano | |||
| Length | 55:52 | |||
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| Producer | A.B. Quintanilla | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
At the time of her performance, journalists gave the singer rave reviews, citing the range of material performed, as well as Selena's "sultry, and sensual" choreography.[4] Critics have since regarded the concert as one of her best performances[7]—it was dramatized by Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 biopic film.[8] The purple jumpsuit worn during the performance—on display in a museum the singer's family operates in Corpus Christi, Texas[9]—continues to be a popular halloween costume[10] for children and adults.[11][12]
The set list mostly included material from her Amor Prohibido (1994) album and a medley mashup of disco music songs "I Will Survive", "Funkytown", "Last Dance", "The Hustle", and "On the Radio", by Gloria Gaynor, Lipps Inc., and Van McCoy respectively, while "Last Dance" and "On the Radio" were originally performed by Donna Summer.[4] The album peaked atop the US Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart, becoming the singer's second number one on the chart since Dreaming of You (1995). It earned the singer a nomination for Pop Album of the Year, Female at the 2002 Billboard Latin Music Awards.[13]
DVD release
editLive: The Last Concert was released on DVD on September 2, 2003, by Image Entertainment and Q-Productions, Inc.
Among the features contained in the DVD, the viewer is allowed to select from two different main menus, Spanish or English, in order to change the language of the biography and menu. With a running time of 99-minutes, the DVD features a biography of the singer and an additional 44-minute behind-the-scenes look at the making of Selena (1997).[14] The DVD chapter listing is identical to the album track listing with the exception of the spoken liner notes.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Disco Medley" (I Will Survive/Funkytown/Last Dance/The Hustle/On the Radio) | Frederick Perren, Dino Fekaris, Steve Greenberg, Paul Jabara, Van McCoy, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder | 7:44 |
| 2. | "Amor Prohibido" | Selena Quintanilla, A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo | 2:06 |
| 3. | "Baila Esta Cumbia" | Quintanilla III, Astudillo | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Tus Desprecios" | Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela | 2:29 |
| 5. | "Cobarde" | José Luis Borrego | 1:57 |
| 6. | "Techno Cumbia" | Quintanilla III, Astudillo | 3:45 |
| 7. | "La Carcacha" | Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo | 6:47 |
| 8. | "No Me Queda Más" | Ricky Vela | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" | Selena, Astudillo | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Si Una Vez" | Quintanilla III, Astudillo | 3:26 |
| 11. | "El Chico del Apartamento 512" | Quintanilla III, Vela | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Ya Ves" | Quintanilla III, Astudillo | 2:48 |
| 13. | "Como la Flor" | Selena, Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo, Ricky Vela | 6:45 |
Charts and certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[15] | 3× Platinum (Latin) | 180,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Weekly charts
edit| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[16] | 176 |
| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[17] | 2 |
| US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[18] | 1 |
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
| US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[19] | 74 |
| US Catalog Album Sales (Billboard)[20] | 13 |
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Patoski 1996.
- ^ Burr 1995.
- ^ a b c d Perry 2017.
- ^ Jackson 2014, p. 20.
- ^ Colloff 2010.
- ^ Clark 2005.
- ^ Anon. & 1997 (b).
- ^ Paredez 2009.
- ^ Moreno 2015.
- ^ Fernandez 2015.
- ^ Suri 2016.
- ^ Anon. 2002.
- ^ Anon. n.d.
- ^ "American album certifications – Selena – The Last Concert". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "All Music > Awards > Selena > Live! The Last Concert > Charts > 23 May 2015". All Music. March 2001. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ "All Music > Awards > Selena > Live! The Last Concert > Charts > 23 May 2015". All Music. March 2001. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ "All Music > Awards > Selena > Live! The Last Concert > Charts > 23 May 2015". All Music. March 2001. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ "Top Album Sales > July 15, 2017". Billboard. July 15, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ "Catalog Album Sales > July 15, 2017". Billboard. July 15, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
Bibliography
edit- "2002 Billboard Latin Music Awards winners and nominees". Billboard. Associated Press. May 10, 2002. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- Fernandez, Celia (November 3, 2015). "WAGS Star Nicole Williams Dressed Up As Selena — Did She Pull It Off?". Latina. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Patoski, Joe Nick (1996). Selena: Como La Flor. Boston: Little Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-69378-2.
- Moreno, Carolina (October 23, 2015). "26 Ways To Channel Selena And Look 'Como La Flor' This Halloween". Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Burr, Ramiro (February 12, 1995). "Rodeo watershed show for Navaira". San Antonio Express-News.
- Perry, Claudia (January 10, 2017). "Selena turns in sultry, sensual performance at Dome". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- "Selena Live The Last Concert DVD". Amazon.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Colloff, Pamela (April 2010). "Dreaming of Her". Texas Monthly. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- Jackson, La (2014). Musicology 2102: A Quick Start Guide to Diverse Synergies. L.A. Jackson. ISBN 978-0-578-15469-5.
- Paredez, Deborah (2009). Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-9089-3.
- Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, Jackie Guerra (March 21, 1997). Selena (DVD). Warner Bros. Event occurs at 127 minutes.
- Clark, Michael (March 25, 2005). "Ten years after her murder, Selena lives on". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2016.