The Latino community was deeply affected Influence by the news of Selena 's death Death ; some people traveled Traveling thousands of miles to visit Traveling her home , boutiques , and the crime Committing_crime scene , while churches with large congregations of Latinos held Defending prayers Rite in her name .

Some Americans who were unaware of the singer and her popularity criticized Judgment_communication the attention she and her murder Killing received Receiving from both the media and the Latino community .

Radio personality Howard Stern mocked Judgment_communication Selena 's murder Killing , burial , and her mourners and criticized Judgment_communication her music , playing Competition her songs with gunshots in the background , causing Causation an uproar among the Latino population .

She was called Name_conferral the `` Queen of Tejano music '' and became Becoming the first Latino artist to have a predominantly Spanish-language album— '' Dreaming Coming_to_believe of You '' ( 1995 ) —debut and peak at number one on the US `` Billboard '' 200 chart .

During Saldívar 's trial for the murder—called the `` trial of the century '' and the most important trial Testing for the Latino population—Saldívar said Expressing_publicly she accidentally shot Use_firearm Selena while attempting suicide Killing .

These large scale mobilizations Removing are widely seen as a historic turn point in Latino politics , especially Latino immigrant civic participation Participation and political influence Influence , as noted Know in a range of scholarly publications in this field .

These large scale mobilizations Removing are widely seen as a historic turn point in Latino politics , especially Latino immigrant civic participation Participation and political influence Influence , as noted Know in a range of scholarly publications in this field .

Mala , is the twenty-sixth ( 26th ) studio album by Puerto Rican singer Yolandita Monge released Publishing by Universal Music Latino after the acquisition of Univision Music .