If Selena had lived..


Selena achieved in almost 24 years what many people took many more decades to accomplish. This statement has been repeated many times by different news outlets and folks. Many also affirm that, had she lived, she would have accomplished many more amazing things and become a huge crossover artists. Keith Thomas, producer of the song I Could Fall in Love, has said in several interviews that he is sure that Selena would have been a major international super star. Even actress Eva Longoria said to George L;opez on the 15th anniversary of her death that Selena was an amazing woman and that "she would have been bigger than all of us".

It is bittersweet to think that Selena was an artist that could have given much more but whose life was cut shot a very young age. She had it all: charisma, voice, dancing skills, looks, style, a great personality, and the ability to draw people's attention. Most have said that she had "that thing" that attracts you but you cannot explain what it is. 

Many fans affirm to be fans not just because of her music, but also from her essence as a person. When people watch her videos and performances for the first time, they become trapped by her laugh, charm, and charisma. Some have even become fans by watching her videos even though they had heard her music before. 

Why Selena? Why so soon? 

She was about to break barriers, to become a household name, to become a major crossover international super star, to become the first Latin artist to top the charts worldwide. to become well known in  places such as Asia and Europe, to become a mother, to have her own farm and livestock, to release her perfume, to complete he first English language album, to open her first boutique in Mexico, to tour around the word....

It is sad to think about what could have been....

Some have mixed feelings or even feel sad when they look up the word "Selena" on search engines and most are images and results of Selena Gomez. If she were here, she would still top the search results. 

Others visualize Selena when they see all the achievements, albums, hits, movies, awards, and presentations of Jennifer Lopez as an singer, actress, presenter, and even designer with her own clothing line whereas Selena's own line has been discontinued. 

It is unfair to say, like that meme on the web, that if Selena was alive JLo would be working at a fast food place. Actually, JLo was already an actress before Selena and she had been a protagonist in several roles such as Anaconda. She would have succeeded sooner or later. 

It is true that Selena would have also accomplished all of the JLos achievements and  maybe even more. The sad part is that we will never see them. We can only imagine them. 

The feelings of impotence that Selena fans feel cannot be explained.

"What ifs" are painful and even more when we know that thee is nothing that cannot be done about it.

Many people around the world lost out on meeting and becoming a fan of this unique artist. 
Selena is mostly known in the USA, overall Texas, Mexico, and Central and South America. However, most people in other countries do not know who she is or have only watched the movie about her life. Others recognize her top hits Como La Flor, Bidi Bidi Bom Bom and Dreaming of You but later state that they had heard those songs but didn't know who sang them.

Had she lived...they wouldn't be saying those things..

They would probably say that they love her dancing steps, that she has a great voice, that she has many hits in English, that she is a role model to them, that they love her style and outfits, that her charisma trapped them and amazed them......

The story would be different....

Fans also lost out..they would have seen her for the first or nth time in concert, they would have met her in person , they could have gotten one or more autographs, they could have taken pictures with her, they could have listened to many new songs in English and Spanish, they could have seen her blossoming into a huge super start, they could have seen her being a mother of 5 kids, they could have seen her as a farmer, they could have been able to keep going to her boutique to buy her clothing line or get their hair and nails done....

We all lost out on what else this amazing artist could have brought to the world.

Fortunately, Selena left too much on this earth during 24 years and, for that, we are very thankful.





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