Texas-born Selena Quintanilla-Perez (1971-1995)—known
to fans simply as Selena—helped transform and popularize Tejano music
by integrating techno-hip-hop beats and disco-influenced dance movements
with a captivating stage presence. A Grammy recipient, the “Queen of
Tejano” broke gender barriers with record sales and awards. Even after
her tragic death, Selena remains an important representative of Latino
culture.
A dazzling performer of many genres of Afro-Caribbean music, Celia Cruz (1925-2003) had
a powerful contralto voice and a joyful, charismatic personality that
endeared her to fans from different nationalities and across
generations. Settling in the United States following the Cuban
revolution, the “Queen of Salsa” performed for more than five decades
and recorded more than 50 albums.
Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba
singer, Broadway actress and Hollywood film star popular in the 1940s
and 1950s. She was, by some accounts, the highest-earning woman in the
United States and noted for her signature fruit hat outfit she wore in the 1943 movie The Gang's All Here.
Though hailed as a talented performer, her movie roles in the United
States soon became cartoonish and she grew to resent them. She is
considered the precursor of Brazil's Tropicalismo.
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