Selena's Career

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In this story I will be telling you about the awards Selena the Spanish singer won in her career. Selena had a band called the Los Dinos. The band members were Selena, her brother, and her sister. Also I will be talking about some of the awards that I like that Selena has won. Selena has won a lot of awards throughout her career. The years that Selena won awards were 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2010. Most years she won more than 2 awards. She has won about 30 awards in her career. One of my favorite awards that Selena won was in 1994 and the award was for best Mexican American performance. I like that award because I think it's amazing that Selena can perform

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