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Dreaming of You is the fifth and final studio album by American singer Selena. Released posthumously on July 18, 1995, by EMI Latin and EMI Records, it was an immediate commercial and critical success, debuting atop the United States Billboard 200—the first predominately Spanish language album to do so. It sold 175,000 copies on its first day of release in the U. S.—a then record for a female vocalist. With first week sales of 331,000 units, it became the second highest first week sales for a female musician since Nielsen Soundscan began monitoring album sales in 1991. Billboard magazine declared it a "historic" event, while Time said the recording elevated Selena's music to a wider audience. It won Album of the Year at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards and Female Pop Album of the Year at the 3rd annual Billboard Latin Music Awards. After signing a recording contract with EMI Latin in 1989, the label denied Selena a requested crossover after she made three demonstration recordings. After her Grammy Award nomination for Live (1993) was announced, Selena signed with SBK Records to begin recording her crossover album, which was front page news in Billboard magazine. In March 1994, she released Amor Prohibido; in interviews she said her English language album was still being developed. Recording sessions for Dreaming of You began in December 1994; Selena recorded four tracks slated for the album. On March 31, 1995, she was murdered by Yolanda Saldívar, the former manager of her Selena Etc. boutiques over a dispute about claims of embezzlement. The album contains some previously released material, as well as some unreleased English and Spanish language tracks that were recorded between 1992 and 1995. The tracks are a mixture of American pop and Latin music, with the first half of Dreaming of You containing English language R&B and pop ballads, while the latter half profiles Selena's Latin themed repertoire, making this her only album to feature English language songs instead of exclusively Spanish language songs as with her past four albums. Six tracks from the album were released as singles. The first four singles, "I Could Fall in Love", "Tú Sólo Tú", "Techno Cumbia", and "Dreaming of You", charted within the top ten on the U. S. charts. The title track became Selena's highest charting Billboard Hot 100 single of her career, peaking at number twenty two. Dreaming of You was among the top ten best selling debuts for a musician, best selling debut by a female act and the fastest selling U. S. album of 1995. It has since been ranked among the best and most important recordings produced during the rock and roll era. Media outlets have since ranked the recording among the best posthumous releases. When Dreaming of You peaked at number one, Tejano music entered the mainstream market. Music critics said the general population of the U. S. would not have known about Tejano or Latin music had it not been for Dreaming of You. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the record 59x platinum (Latin field), with sales of 3.549 million album equivalent units in the U. S The album was eventually certified gold by Music Canada and by Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). as of January 2015, the album has sold five million copies worldwide. With sales of three million copies, it is the best selling Latin album of all time in the U. S. as of 2020.

In the 1960s, Selena's father Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. became the third vocalist of Los Dinos, a group composed of Mexican Americans. The band began their careers playing English language doo wop music. White Americans were offended that a Mexican American band was singing "their type of music". After a crowd of Mexican Americans ran Los Dinos out of a nightclub for singing English language songs, the band decided to perform music of their heritage. Los Dinos found success recording and performing Spanish language songs and their popularity grew. Quintanilla, Jr. left the band in the 1970s after fathering his third child, Selena. After discovering Selena could sing, he quickly organized his children into a band called Selena y Los Dinos. Despite wanting to record English language songs, the band recorded Tejano music compositions; a male dominated, Spanish language genre with German influences of polka, jazz, and country music that was popular with Mexicans living in the United States. The band was often turned down by Texas music venues because of the members' ages and because Selena was the lead singer. Rick Trevino, founder of the Tejano Music Awards, originally approached La Sombra as the opening act for the 1989 awards ceremony, following Selena y Los Dinos. The band's lead vocalist Frank Sunie declined the offer, telling Trevino he "doesn't open up for anybody". Behar wanted to sign Selena to EMI's label Capitol Records, while Sony Music Latin was offering Quintanilla, Jr. twice Capitol's sum. Behar thought he had discovered the next Gloria Estefan, but his superior called Behar illogical since he had only been in Texas for a week. Behar and Stephen Finfer requested Selena for an English language debut album. She was asked to make three demonstration recordings for Charles Koppelman, chairman of EMI Records. After reviewing them, Koppelman declined a crossover attempt, believing Selena should first strengthen her fan base. The news of the singer's record deal was front page news in Billboard magazine. In a 1994 meeting, Selena expressed her guilt to Behar; Selena had told interviewers of her upcoming crossover album and told them the recording was expected to be released soon. Because Quintanilla III was working on the singer's follow up recording to Amor Prohibido (1994), he could not produce the crossover album. He was asked to meet with several producers in New York and choose one who would best "fit with Selena's style". She chose "Dreaming of You", which was written by American songwriters Franne Golde and Tom Snow in 1989 for American R&B group The Jets, who rejected it. When Quintanilla III heard the demonstration recording, he told Selena he did not like the track. and songs to be earmarked for recording and possible inclusion for the album included "Oh No (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)" and "Are You Ready to Be Loved? "; rehearsal tapes for these songs were later released on SelenaQRadio in September and December 2015 respectively. Selena recorded "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)", a duet with David Byrne that was included on the soundtrack of the comedy film Blue in the Face (1995). Byrne said the song was the last recording Selena made before she was shot and killed by Yolanda Saldívar, her friend and former manager of her Selena Etc. boutiques, on March 31, 1995. In the aftermath, EMI Records and EMI Latin put aside $500000 ($784,000 2015 USD) to complete Dreaming of You. Behar said promotion "will be on the superstar scale" and claimed "[we] didn't put this marketing campaign behind it because there was a tragedy. We put this marketing campaign behind it because we believed that this was going to be a huge album because of the music. This is a record that we're going to work over the next 10 months." Dreaming of You is a multigenre work of American pop and Latin music. It incorporates the diverse stylistic influences of techno, hip hop, pop rock, dance pop, regional Mexican music, Tejano, R&B, disco, and flamenco music. The first half of the album comprises R&B and pop ballads, while the remainder contains Latin themed influences that profile Selena's music career. Music journalists said producers who worked with Selena tried to caricature her with Paula Abdul, Amy Grant, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Madonna. Newsweek magazine called Selena's English language recordings "a blend of urban pop and Latin warmth". According to AllMusic's Stephen Erlewine, the album's mood is spicy, celebratory, and exuberant. Larry Flick of Billboard magazine wrote that "Dreaming of You"s idealistic lyrics have an "affecting poignancy that will not be lost on AC [radio]." "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)" employs an off beat rhythm that is energetic, dark, mysterious, and its lyrics suggest subterfuge and counter hegemony. The song has elements of rumba, flamenco, rock, R&B, Achy Obejas of the Chicago Tribune said it was intended for contemporary hit radio. explores a volatile relationship. Mario Tarradell of The New London Day said "Captive Heart" and "I'm Getting Used to You" border on new jack swing—a popular R&B subgenre pioneered by Jade and Mary J. Blige. The producers of the soundtrack of the 1995 romantic comedy drama film Don Juan DeMarco—in which Selena played a mariachi singer—decided not to include her recordings of "Tú Sólo Tú" and "El Toro Relajo". Christopher John Farley of Time magazine said the producers who excluded the songs regretted this move following the impact of Selena's death. According to Denise Segura and Patricia Zavella in their book Women and Migration in the U. S. Mexico Borderlands: A Reader (2007), "Tú Sólo Tú"—a Pedro Infante cover—and "El Toro Relajo" are about unrequited love expresses the sorrow of a woman whose lover has abandoned her for another partner while she wishes "nothing but the best" for him. "Amor Prohibido" is a Romeo & Juliet esque Spanish language dance pop track. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", remixed into a reggae track, speaks of the narrator's heart palpitating whenever her love interest walks past her. The Barrio Boyzz was asked to record a bilingual version of their Spanish language duet with Selena on "Donde Quiera Que Estés" (1994) called "Wherever You Are". "I Could Fall in Love" was released promotionally to U. S. radio stations on June 26, 1995, at the same time as "Tú Sólo Tú" to demonstrate Selena's change from recording in Spanish to English. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number eight on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, and at number one on the U. S. Latin Pop Songs chart. "Tú Sólo Tú" and "I Could Fall in Love" occupied the first and second positions respectively on U. S. Hot Latin Tracks for five consecutive weeks. Selena thus became the first artist to have both a Spanish language and an English language song in the top ten of that chart. "I Could Fall in Love" became the fifth highest charting song on that chart in 1995 and remained the highest charting English language song for two years, until Celine Dion's 1998 single "My Heart Will Go On" exceeded it when it peaked at number one. "Tú Sólo Tú" spent ten consecutive weeks at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks, becoming the most longevous number one single of Selena's musical career. With "Tú Sólo Tú" and her other chart topping singles from 1992 to her death in 1995, Selena's recordings spent 44 weeks at number one; the most for any Hispanic artist as of 2011. The single peaked at number twenty two on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold 25,000 copies in its first week of availability; by 2010 it had sold 284,000 digital units. "Dreaming of You" was the best selling single of Selena's career; in 2003 it was the eighty eighth best selling Hot 100 single of all time, according to Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan. The Los Angeles Times placed "Dreaming of You" at number five out of its top ten singles of 1995. "Techno Cumbia" peaked at number four on the U. S. Hot Latin Tracks and the U. S. Regional Mexican Songs charts. On December 2, 1995, "El Toro Relajo" debuted and peaked at number twenty four on the U. S. Hot Latin Tracks. "I'm Getting Used to You", the second commercially released single and the sixth single overall, was released on March 2, 1996. "I'm Getting Used to You" later peaked at number twenty three on the U. S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks chart on the week ending June 8, 1996. The Billboard critics poll ranked the remix version of "I'm Getting Used to You" among their top ten singles of 1996. "I Could Fall in Love", "Dreaming of You", and "I'm Getting Used to You" were less commercially successful outside the United States and Canada. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number one on the RPM Adult Contemporary Songs chart on the week ending November 6, 1996. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number five on the RPM Top 100 Singles chart. It was the only single by Selena to chart on the New Zealand Singles Chart, peaking at number ten. In 1996, "Dreaming of You" performed better in Canada on the RPM Adult Contemporary and the Top 100 Singles chart, peaking at numbers seven and thirty, respectively. "I'm Getting Used to You" debuted at number ninety six on the RPM Top 100 Singles chart on the week ending June 10, 1996, and became the third single by Selena to chart in Canada. After five weeks on the chart, "I'm Getting Used to You" peaked at number sixty five. At number ninety three, "I'm Getting Used to You", exited the Top 100 Singles chart after spending nine weeks on it.

The majority of contemporary reviews were positive. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said Dreaming of You was the first recording by Selena to have been heard by the general population of the United States because her death attracted American listeners to her album. Erlewine said Amor Prohibido is "a more consistent release" and that Dreaming of You was not the singer's best work, and he called it an introductory effort. Writing for Time magazine, David Browne said Dreaming of Yous release was "one of the quickest posthumous albums ever cobbled together". He said the producers who worked with Selena on the album had decisively paired her with recordings that reminded him of lighter versions of Paula Abdul and called them "greeting card sentiments". He recognized the later half of Dreaming of You as "the true, unbridled Selena", calling them "traditional ballads or tropical fantasies, Selena evokes lust and passion"; illustrating that those qualities found on her English language songs are absent from the Spanish language ones. He said the album incorporates her "finest, most enjoyable work" and called it "a commendable but sorrowful accomplishment". Tarradell said the English songs were "tepid imitations of Amy Grant and Abdul". Watrous said the producers did not ameliorate Selena's English language tracks and gave their all. Catlin said her English language works were lacking "technical heroics that have defined [Selena] in the '90s." but states the singer "is understandably assured" on her Spanish offerings. Vibe magazine ranked Dreaming of You the second best posthumous release and described it as an "overview", Dreaming of You won Album of the Year at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards. At the 3rd Annual Billboard Latin Music Awards in 1996, Dreaming of You won Female Pop Album of the Year.

Dreaming of Yous U. S. release date was confirmed on June 10, 1995, to be July 18 that year. The album's release in European and Asian countries was delayed when EMI Records feared Selena's murder—rather than her music—would become the focal point of the recording. the album sold 331,000 units its first week and debuted atop the U. S. Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first and only predominately Spanish language album to do so. This was the second biggest release sales for a 1995 album, behind Michael Jackson's HIStory, and the second largest first week sales for a female musician, behind Janet Jackson's janet. (1993) since Nielsen SoundScan began monitoring album sales in 1991. and remained there for two consecutive weeks. Sales of Dreaming of You continued to decrease, falling to number six in its fourth week. In its fifth week, Dreaming of You dropped to number eight. On the week ending October 28, 1995, sales of Dreaming of You rose 18% after an eighteen week decline. This was followed by the highly publicized murder trial. The album remained on the Billboard 200 chart for forty four consecutive weeks, exiting the chart at number 181 on the week ending June 1, 1996. Lannert predicted Dreaming of You would remain atop the Latin music charts until Selena's next posthumous release. Dreaming of You went on to become the best selling Latin and Latin pop album of 1995 and 1996. The recording finished as the forty fourth album of the Billboard 200 of 1995 and finished at number 123 on the Billboard 200 albums of 1996. Two years after Selena's murder, Dreaming of You and Siempre Selena (1996) occupied the third and fourth slots respectively on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. Dreaming of You sold 420,500 copies between 1997 and 1999, and sold 190,000 units in 1997 alone. The biopic Selena (1997) contributed to a 65% increase of sales for Dreaming of You for that year. Dreaming of You sold half a million copies in Texas. Some Texas retailers criticized sale figures for the state because the album had sold poorly at their music stores. it was eventually certified 59× platinum (Latin field) by the RIAA, denoting 3.54 million album equivalent units sold. as of October 2017, it remains the best selling Latin album of all time in the U. S. with sales of three million units according to Nielsen SoundScan. It has sold over five million copies sold worldwide as of January 2015. A percentage of the proceeds from the album's sales was donated to the Selena Scholarship Fund.

In Canada, Dreaming of You debuted at number 59 on the RPM Top 100 Albums chart for the week of September 4, 1995. In its second week, it rose to number 50 on the week of September 11, 1995. On its ninth week, Dreaming of You peaked at number seventeen on the week of October 30, 1995. After spending twenty nine weeks on the chart, Dreaming of You spent its final week at number 97 on the week of March 25, 1996. The album was certified gold by Music Canada, denoting shipments of 50,000 units in that country alone. In Dreaming of You first week of release to music stores in Mexico, EMI shipped 140,000 units there and received re orders from Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Tijuana. The recording also had the highest release day sales of any Spanish language album to debut on Billboards Top Latin Albums chart. According to Behar, the sales figures Nielsen SoundScan provided did not include sales in small shops specializing in Latin music, where Dreaming of You scored well. It helped Selena to become the fastest selling female act in recorded music history, and has since been ranked among the best and important recordings produced during the rock and roll era. Dreaming of You joined five of Selena's studio albums on the Billboard 200 chart simultaneously, making Selena the first female act in Billboard history to accomplish this. Sales of Selena's earlier albums and Dreaming of You prompted Best Buy and other retailers to hire Latin music specialists. With Dreaming of You peaking at number one, Tejano music entered the mainstream market. Music critics said the general population of the U. S. would not have known about Tejano or Latin music had it not been for Dreaming of You. Following the album's release, and because of the singer's death, Tejano music's popularity waned as Latin pop began dominating U. S. radio play and commercial sales. In March 2015, the Chicano Humanities & Arts Council in Denver, Colorado, showcased an exhibit called "Dreaming of You: The Selena Art Show", which prominently featured artwork by Chicano artists who paid homage to the singer.