Grammy recognizes Selena’s career with a posthumous award

Selena Quintanilla will be honored with the Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at the 63rd Grammy Awards, which will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2021. The Academy of Registrations announced on Tuesday, December 22, the full list of awards for its special awards for merit in 2021.

“Receiving the new Special Merit Award category gives us the opportunity to reward and recognize the influence they have had in the music community regardless of gender,” said Harvey Mason Jr., interim president / CEO of the Recording Academy. -a declaration.

“As a music creator and music lover, I am grateful that we were able to look at our influences and see the impact they had on our community. In a year in which music has helped us stay together, I hope to honor this iconic group of music producers. “In addition, the press release states that” given the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, more details about the special awards event will be announced at a later date. “

Selena is back on the Netflix series

The news comes just weeks after the release of Netflix’s “Selena: The Series”, a drama about the life and legacy of the iconic singer who tragically died in 1995 at the age of 23. “I liked his music even before I joined the band … Keyboardist Ricky Vela was my hero in terms of musicality. His father [Abraham Quintanilla] he made an incredible sound when I went to see them at an event in San Antonio. I learned a lot playing the roles of his guitarist Roger García and doing my best to spread it even more, “Quintanilla’s husband, Chris Pérez, wrote on Instagram, along with a poster for the series.

Millions of fans were rediscovered with the history and music of Selena, knowing details close to the Quintanilla family. According to the statements of the protagonist Yolanda Saldívar, the second season is a “celebration of the life of her life and not of her death”, so Selena’s death is not the central point of the plot.