Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tarihin farko da aka rubuta na kiɗan Tejano da ake bugawa a Kanada daga Lydia Mendoza ne, wanda ya yi a bikin Smithsonian Folklife Festival a 1971 a Montreal. Mendoza ta ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo a Kanada, inda a cikin 1985 ta yi wasa a gaban manyan taron jama'a a gidajen wasan kwaikwayo da dakunan kiɗa. Bayan Mendoza, Selena - wacce ta fara mamaye fagen kiɗan Tejano a Amurka - tana gab da ƙetare zuwa kasuwar pop ta Amurka kuma ta sami mabiya a Kanada bayan da aka saki kundin "Amor Prohibido" na 1994. An harbe mawaƙin kuma aka kashe shi
ta abokinta da tsohon manajan kantin sayar da kayayyaki a ranar 31 ga Maris, 1995. Kundin da ta saki bayan mutuwarta "Dreaming of You" (1995), ya kai matsayi na goma sha bakwai a kan Kanada "RPM" Top Albums chart, kuma Music Canada ta tabbatar da zinare a watan Disamba.