| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Singles | 76 | |
| ↙Promotional singles | 14 | |
| ↙Duets | 8 | |
| ↙Soundtrack singles | 6 | |
| ↙Charity record | 1 | |
The singles discography of American recording artist Selena consists of 76 singles, 14 promotional singles, eight duets, six soundtrack singles, and one charity record. After Selena signed a recording contract with EMI Latin in 1989, she launched her solo career,[1] although her band toured with her and produced her music.[2] "Contigo quiero estar", which was released as the lead single from the eponymous self-titled debut album, peaked at number eight on the US Hot Latin Tracks and became the highest charted single of Selena's career in the 1980s.[3] Her next singles from Selena, "Mentiras" and "Sukiyaki", the latter a cover version of a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, failed to impact any music chart.[4] "Buenos amigos", a duet with Salvadoran singer Álvaro Torres, peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks. Three months before Selena released her album Ven Conmigo, she released "Baila esta cumbia", which peaked within in the top 20 on the Hot Latin Tracks and the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay charts simultaneously, and its diverse sounds and rhythms helped redefine Tejano music.[5][6][7] "Ya ves" peaked within the top 20 on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay chart and served as the A-side for "La tracalera". "La carcacha" was released as a promotional single and was moderately successful on Texas radio station.[8] It peaked within the top 10 on the Hot Latin Tracks and Latin Regional Mexican Airplay charts.
Selena's follow-up single, "Como la flor" is one of her most famous songs, and is her signature song that helped attract a more diverse audience to her music.[9][10] The single peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks and within the top five on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay chart, and was the first number one song of Selena's solo career. "Como la flor" helped Selena to crossover into Mexico, and peaked at number one on the Mexican Singles Chart.[11][12] Since its debut, it continues to chart periodically on Mexican music charts.[10] "¿Qué creias?" became a hit in Mexico,[13] and peaked within the top 20 on the Latin music charts along with "Amame". The singles, "No debes jugar", "La llamada" and "Tú robaste mi corazón", simultaneously reached top 5 and top10 positions on the Hot Latin Tracks and Latin Regional Mexican Airplay charts. "Tú robaste mi corazón", is a duet with the "King of Tejano music", Emilio Navaira.[14] Selena's collaboration with the Barrio Boyzz' on the single "Donde quiera que estes" peaked at number one on the Latin music charts. When "Amor prohibido" was released as the lead single from the album of the same name, it quickly climbed to number one on the Hot Latin Tracks and remained there for nine consecutive weeks.[15] By 2005, "Amor prohibido" had sold more than 500,000 copies. The single received a Grammy Award nomination.[16][17][18] "Amor prohibido" and "No me queda más" became the most successful singles of 1994 and 1995.[19][20] "No me queda más" peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks and on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay charts, giving Selena a second number one single from Amor prohibido (1994).
Following "No me queda más", "Bidi bidi bom bom" peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks and became one of Selena's most famous songs.[21] The week Selena was killed, "Fotos y recuerdos" was at number four on the Latin music charts,[22] the following week it peaked at number one. "Si una vez", "El chico del apartamento 512" and "Techno Cumbia" were released posthumously as promotional singles. After Selena's death, her record company released the unfinished crossover album, Dreaming of You, which Selena was working on at the time of her death.[23] "I Could Fall in Love" was ineligible for the Billboard Hot 100 at the time, but reached number eight on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. It also peaked at number 10 for eight consecutive weeks on the New Zealand Singles Chart. After peaking at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks, at the time, it became the highest ranking English language single on the chart.[24] In 1997, composer Keith Thomas was awarded "Among most played song" at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers pop awards for "I Could Fall in Love",[25] and the single won the Tejano Crossover of the Year at the 16th Tejano Music Awards.[26] "Dreaming of You" peaked at number one on the French Singles Chart and the Spanish Singles Chart. In 2008, the song peaked at number one on the Latin Rhythm Airplay Chart. It then peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents, Latin Pop Airplay and the UK Singles Chart in 1995. "Dreaming of You" won a BMI Millionaire Awards for more than a million airplay spins.[27] As of 2005, "Dreaming of You" has sold over 254,000 digital copies. "Tú sólo tú" peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks and the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay charts. The song won the "Song of the Year" award posthumously in 1996 at the 17th Tejano Music Awards, and "Regional Mexican Hot Latin Track of the Year" and "Regional Mexican Hot Latin Video of the Year" at the International Billboard Latin Music Awards.[28] "I'm Getting Used To You" peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, number 27 on the Rhythmic Top 40, number 23 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, and number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Breakouts in 1996.[29]
"El toro relajo" peaked at number 14 on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay chart. "Captive Heart" was released as a promotional single in Canada and peaked at number 97 on the Canadian Hot 100 and number 30 on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart. The remix version of "Missing My Baby" peaked at number 22 on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart. "Siempre hace frio" was released from the remix album Siempre Selena (1996) and peaked at number two on the Hot Latin Tracks and Latin Regional Mexican Airplay charts. "No quiero saber", was featured on the official Latin album for the 1996 Summer Olympics[30] and peaked at number six on the Hot Latin Tracks. "Costumbres" peaked at number 13 on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay chart and peaked within the top 10 on the Hot Latin Tracks. "Dame tu amor", which was not associated with any recent Selena release, at number 31 on the Hot Ringtones, and number six on the Hot Latin Tracks chart in 1996. Selena's charity song that was recorded to help AIDS patients, "A Boy Like That" from the musical West Side Story,[31] peaked at number four on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The Disco Medley peaked within the top 20 on the Latin music charts, and "Is It the Beat?" peaked at number two on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. "Where Did the Feeling Go?" peaked within the top 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart. After Anthology (1998) was released, "Always Mine" peaked at number 94 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. "Con Tanto Amor Medley" peaked at number 27 on the Hot Latin Tracks. Selena's last known recorded song, "Puede Ser", which is a duet with Puerto Rican/Dominican singer Nando "Guero" Dominguez,[32] was released in 2004 and peaked at number 40 on the Hot Latin Tracks. A year later, her brother's band Kumbia Kings sampled Selena's vocals in their single "Baila Esta Kumbia", which is a reggaeton remix of "Baila esta cumbia", as a tribute to Selena on the tenth anniversary of her death.[33] Selena was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s", and the "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard, for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits.[34]
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |||||||
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| US [35] |
US Adult [36] |
US Latin Tracks [2][37][38][39][40][41] |
US Regional [37][41][42] |
US Latin Pop [37][43] |
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| "Contigo quiero estar" | 1989 | — | — | 8 | — | — | Selena | ||||
| "Sukiyaki" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Mentiras" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Baila esta cumbia" | 1990 | — | — | 20 | 22 | 4 | Ven conmigo | ||||
| "La carcacha" | 1992 | — | — | 10 | 7 | 1 | Entre a mi mundo | ||||
| "Como la flor" | — | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| "¿Qué creias?" | 1993 | — | — | 14 | 16 | — | |||||
| "No debes jugar" | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | Selena Live! | |||||
| "Amor prohibido" | 1994 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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Amor prohibido | |||
| "No me queda más" | — | — | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| "Bidi bidi bom bom" | — | — | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
| "Dreaming of You" | 1995 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 9 | — |
|
Dreaming of You | |||
| "Techno Cumbia" | — | — | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| "Siempre hace frio" | 1996 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | Siempre Selena | ||||
| "No quiero saber" | — | — | 6 | 15 | 10 | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Adult [36] |
US Club [29] |
US Rhythmic [37] |
US Latin Tracks [37][40] |
US Regional [37][42][46] |
US Latin Pop [37][43] |
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| "Ya ves" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | Ven conmigo |
| "La tracalera" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Amame" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 21 | — | Entre a mi mundo |
| "La llamada" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 8 | Selena Live! |
| "Fotos y recuerdos" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | Amor prohibido |
| "Si una vez" | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | ||
| "El chico del apartamento 512" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Could Fall in Love" | — | 17 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | Dreaming of You | |
| "Tú sólo tú" | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| "I'm Getting Used to You"[A] | 107 | 23 | 1 | 27 | — | — | — | ||
| "Captive Heart" | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | ||
| "El toro relajo | — | — | — | — | 24 | 14 | — | ||
| "Costumbres" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 13 | — | Siempre Selena |
| "Con Tanto Amor Medley" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ones |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Club [37] |
US Adult [37] |
US Rhythmic [37] |
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| "Disco Medley" | 1998 | 25 | — | — | Selena (soundtrack) |
| "Is It the Beat?" | — | 4 | — | ||
| "Where Did the Feeling Go?" | — | — | 26 | ||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Club [47] |
US Regional |
US Latin Pop |
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| "A Boy Like That" | 1989 | 4 | — | — | Songs From the West Side Story |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Rhythmic [48] |
US Club [37] |
US Latin Tracks [37] |
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| "Missing My Baby" | 1995 | 22 | — | — | Dreaming of You | ||||||||
| "Dame tu amor" | 1996 | — | — | 6 | Alpha | ||||||||
| "Always Mine" | 1998 | — | 4 | — | Anthology | ||||||||
| "—" denotes release did not chart or was not released | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Latin Tracks [37][40] |
US Regional [37][42] |
US Latin Pop [37] |
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| "Amame, Quiereme" (duet with Pete Astudillo) |
1989 | — | — | — | Selena | ||||||||
| "Buenos Amigos" (duet with Álvaro Torres) |
1991 | 1 | 1 | — | Nada se compara contigo | ||||||||
| "Tú robaste mi corazón" (duet with Emilio Navaira) |
1993 | 5 | 8 | 6 | Selena Live! | ||||||||
| "Donde quiera que estés" (duet with the Barrio Boyzz) |
1994 | 1 | — | 1 |
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Donde quiera que estés | |||||||
| "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" (duet with David Byrne) |
1995 | — | — | — | Dreaming of You | ||||||||
| "Puede Ser" (duet with Nando "Guero" Dominguez) |
2004 | — | 40 | — | Momentos intimos | ||||||||
| "Baila Esta Kumbia" (duet with Kumbia Kings) |
2005 | 44 | 16 | — | Duetos | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
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