| Live! The Last Concert | ||||
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| Recorded | February 26, 1995 | |||
| Venue | Astrodome | |||
| Genre | Tejano | |||
| Length | 55:52 | |||
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| Producer | A.B. Quintanilla | |||
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Selena Live! The Last Concert is alive album by American singerSelena. It was recorded on February 26, 1995, at theHouston Astrodome and was televised live onUnivision.[2] The album was posthumously released byEMI Latin on March 27, 2001. The singer shared the concert withTejano singerEmilio 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 bycountry music singersVince Gill,Reba McEntire, andGeorge Strait.[5][6] Selena's performance at the Astrodome became her final televised concert before she wasshot and killed on March 31, 1995.[4]
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]—it was dramatized byJennifer Lopez in the 1997biopic film.[8] The purple jumpsuit worn during the performance—on display in a museum the singer's family operates inCorpus Christi, Texas[9]—continues to be a popularhalloween costume[10] for children and adults.[11][12]
Theset list mostly included material from herAmor Prohibido (1994) album and amedleymashup ofdisco music songs "I Will Survive", "Funkytown", "Last Dance", "The Hustle", and "On the Radio", byGloria Gaynor,Lipps Inc., andVan McCoy respectively, while "Last Dance" and "On the Radio" were originally performed byDonna Summer.[4] The album peaked atop the USBillboardLatin Pop Albums chart, becoming the singer's second number one on the chart sinceDreaming of You (1995). It earned the singer a nomination for Pop Album of the Year, Female at the2002Billboard Latin Music Awards.[13]
Live: The Last Concert was released on DVD on September 2, 2003, byImage Entertainment andQ-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 ofSelena (1997).[14] The DVD chapter listing is identical to the album track listing with the exception of thespokenliner notes.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Disco Medley" (I Will Survive/Funkytown/Last Dance/The Hustle/On the Radio) | Frederick Perren, Dino Fekaris,Steve Greenberg,Paul Jabara,Van McCoy,Donna Summer,Giorgio Moroder | 7:44 |
| 2. | "Amor Prohibido" | Selena Quintanilla,A.B. Quintanilla,Pete Astudillo | 2:06 |
| 3. | "Baila Esta Cumbia" | A.B., Astudillo | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Tus Desprecios" | A.B.,Ricky Vela | 2:29 |
| 5. | "Cobarde" | José Luis Borrego | 1:57 |
| 6. | "Techno Cumbia" | A.B., Astudillo | 3:45 |
| 7. | "La Carcacha" | A.B., Astudillo | 6:47 |
| 8. | "No Me Queda Más" | Vela | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" | Selena, Astudillo | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Si Una Vez" | A.B., Astudillo | 3:26 |
| 11. | "El Chico del Apartamento 512" | A.B., Vela | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Ya Ves" | A.B., Astudillo | 2:48 |
| 13. | "Como la Flor" | Selena, A.B., Astudillo, Vela | 6:45 |
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| USBillboard 200[15] | 176 |
| USTop Latin Albums (Billboard)[15] | 2 |
| USLatin Pop Albums (Billboard)[15] | 1 |
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
| USTop Album Sales (Billboard)[16] | 74 |
| USCatalog Album Sales (Billboard)[17] | 13 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[18] | 5× Platinum (Latin) | 300,000‡ |
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