Selena LIVE! The Last Concert

Selena Live! The Last Concert is a live album by Mexican-American singer Selena. It was recorded on February 26, 1995, at the Houston Astrodome and was televised live on Univision.[2] The album was posthumously released by EMI Latin on March 27, 2001. The singer shared the concert with Tejano singer Emilio Navaira and performed to 66,994 people,[3][4] which broke the previous attendance record held by Selena the previous year. The concert was critically acclaimed for outperforming ticket sales by country music singers Vince Gill, Reba Mcentire, and George Strait.[5][6] Selena's performance at the astrodome became her final televised concert before she was shot and killed on March 31, 1995.[4]

Live! The Last Concert
Live album by Selena
Released	March 27, 2001 (first edition) June 23, 2017 (re-release)
Recorded	February 26, 1995
Venue	Astrodome
Genre	Tejano
Length	55:52
Label	EMI Latin (first and second editions) Universal Music Latin Entertainment (digital and re-release)
Producer	A.B. Quintanilla
Selena chronology
All My Hits/Todos Mis Exitos Vol. 2 (2000) Live! The Last Concert (2001) Ones (2002)
Re-release chronology
Lo Mejor de...Selena (2015) The Last Concert (2017) Selena: The Series Soundtrack (2020)
Live: The Last Concert DVD
DVD cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

At the time of her performance, journalists gave the singer rave reviews — citing the range of material performed, as well as Selena's "sultry, and sensual" choreography.[4] Critics have since regarded the concert as one of her best performances,[7] dramatized by Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 biopic film.[8] The purple jumpsuit worn during the performance currently on display in a museum the singer's family operates in Corpus Christi, Texas.[9] — continues to be a popular halloween costume[10] for children and adults.[11][12]

The set list mostly included material from her Amor Prohibido (1994) album and a medley mashup of disco music songs "I Will Survive", "Funkytown", "Last Dance", "The Hustle", and "On the Radio", by Gloria Gaynor, Lipps Inc., and Van McCoy respectively, while "Last Dance" and "On the Radio" were originally performed by Donna Summer.[4] The album peaked atop the US Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart, becoming the singer's second number one on the chart since Dreaming of You (1995). It earned the singer a nomination for Pop Album of the Year, Female at the 2002 Billboard Latin Music Awards.[13]

DVD release

Live: The Last Concert was released on DVD on September 2, 2003 by Image Entertainment and Q-Productions, Inc.

Among the features contained in the DVD, the viewer is allowed to select from two different main menus, Spanish or English, in order to change the language of the biography and menu. With a running time of 99-minutes, the DVD features a biography of the singer and an additional 44-minute behind-the-scenes look at the making of Selena (1997).[14] The DVD chapter listing is identical to the album track listing with the exception of the spoken liner notes.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Disco Medley"	Frederick Perren, Dino Fekaris, Steve Greenberg, Paul Jabara, Van McCoy, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder	07:44
2.	"Amor Prohibido"	Selena Quintanilla A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	02:06
3.	"Baila Esta Cumbia"	Quintanilla III, Astudillo	03:12
4.	"Tus Desprecios"	Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela	02:29
5.	"Cobarde"	José Luis Borrego	01:57
6.	"Techno Cumbia"	Quintanilla III, Astudillo	03:45
7.	"La Carcacha"	Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	06:47
8.	"No Me Queda Más"	Vela	03:37
9.	"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"	Selena, Astudillo	04:13
10.	"Si Una Vez"	Quintanilla III, Astudillo	03:26
11.	"El Chico Del Apartamento 512"	Quintanilla III, Vela	03:16
12.	"Ya Ves"	Quintanilla III, Astudillo	02:48
13.	"Como La Flor"	Selena, Quintanilla III, Astudillo, Vela	06:45

Charts and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[15]	3× Platinum (Latin)	180,000
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Weekly charts

Chart (2001) Peak position US Billboard 200[16] 176 US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[17] 2 US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[18] 1 Chart (2017) Peak position US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[19] 74 US Catalog Album Sales (Billboard)[20] 13 References Allmusic review Patoski 1996. Burr 1995. Perry 2017. Jackson 2014, p. 20. Colloff 2010. Clark 2005. Anon. & 1997 (b). Paredez 2009. Moreno 2015. Fernandez 2015. Suri 2016. sfn error: no target: CITEREFSuri2016 (help) Anon. 2002. Anon. n.d. "American album certifications – Selena – The Last Concert". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH.  "All Music > Awards > Selena > Live! The Last Concert > Charts > 23 May 2015". All Music. March 2001. Retrieved June 1, 2015. "All Music > Awards > Selena > Live! The Last Concert > Charts > 23 May 2015". All Music. March 2001. Retrieved June 1, 2015. "All Music > Awards > Selena > Live! The Last Concert > Charts > 23 May 2015". All Music. March 2001. Retrieved June 1, 2015. "Top Album Sales > July 15, 2017". Billboard. July 15, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017. "Catalog Album Sales > July 15, 2017". Billboard. July 15, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017. Bibliography "2002 Billboard Latin Music Awards winners and nominees". Billboard. Associated Press. May 10, 2002. Retrieved April 27, 2016. Fernandez, Celia (November 3, 2015). "WAGS Star Nicole Williams Dressed Up As Selena — Did She Pull It Off?". Latina. Retrieved 19 June 2017. Patoski, Joe Nick (1996). Selena: Como La Flor. Boston: Little Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-69378-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Moreno, Carolina (October 23, 2015). "26 Ways To Channel Selena And Look 'Como La Flor' This Halloween". Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 June 2017. Burr, Ramiro (February 12, 1995). "Rodeo watershed show for Navaira". San Antonio Express-News. Perry, Claudia (January 10, 2017). "Selena turns in sultry, sensual performance at Dome". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 19 June 2017. "Selena Live The Last Concert DVD". Amazon.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017. Colloff, Pamela (April 2010). "Dreaming of Her". Texas Monthly. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016. Jackson, La (2014). Musicology 2102: A Quick Start Guide to Diverse Synergies. L.A. Jackson. ISBN 978-0-578-15469-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Paredez, Deborah (2009). Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-9089-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, Jackie Guerra (March 21, 1997). Selena (DVD). Warner Bros. Event occurs at 127 minutes. Clark, Michael (March 25, 2005). "Ten years after her murder, Selena lives on". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.