Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1993, Selena akabudisa "Live", iyo yaiva nenziyo nhatu dze studio. "Rarama" rakapa Selena mubayiro weGrammy uye rakava nhamba yechipiri paU.S. "Billboard" Top Latin Albums chati uye yakasimbiswa goridhe neRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) yekutumirwa kwemakopi mazana mashanu ezviuru. Selena akabudisa "Amor Prohibido" muna March 1994; yakasimbiswa kaviri Diamond neRIAA, inoratidza kutumira kwemamiriyoni maviri emakopi muUnited States. Mukuwedzera, album yakabereka mana akatevedzana US Latin nhamba imwe singles. Pakazosvika December 1994, "Amor Prohibido" yakava Tejano yokurekodha yechipiri kuti vabudirire pakupera kwegore kutengeswa kwemakopi 500,000. Yakaonekwa se "album yake huru" uye yakapiwa mukurumbira weTejano mumhanzi pakati pevaduku uye vateereri vakawanda kupfuura chero nguva ipi zvayo munhoroondo yemhando yacho. Ne "Amor Prohibido", Selena akaonekwa "seakakura kupfuura Tejano pachake", uye akaputsa zvipingamupinyi munyika yemimhanzi yechiLatin. Izvi zvakaita kuti EMI itange kushambadzira Selena semuimbi wepop wekuAmerica, achitenda kuti akanga asvika pakakwirira pamusika wemimhanzi yechiLatin. Muimbi akarekodha nziyo ina dzakarongerwa zvaizove yake yeChirungu-mutauro crossover album muna Kurume 1995. Musi waMarch 31, 1995, Selena akapfurwa akafa
naYolanda Saldívar, shamwari yake uye aimbova mushandi weSelena Etc. boutiques pamusoro pemhaka dzokunyengedza dzinopikiswa.