How Selena Quintanilla’s Family Is Keeping Her Memory Alive 25 Years After the Singer’s Murder

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“When Selena passed away, I told my family that I was going to try to keep her memory alive through her music,” Selena's father Abraham tells PEOPLE

have covered Selena’s songs at concerts — making clear her lasting influence — and now, the late singer’s family is set to memorialize her in new ways. In the coming months, a new generation will meet Selena as the Quintanillas honor her with an album of remixed Spanish-language songs she recorded as a teen; a May 9 San Antonio tribute concert with stars performing her music; even a second collaboration with MAC Cosmetics for a new Selena-inspired limited-edition makeup collection.

“When Selena passed away, I told my family that I was going to try to keep her memory alive through her music,” Selena’s father Abraham, 81, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday. “And 25 years later I think we, as a family, accomplished that.”In addition to all that the family is doing, Selena is also set to be honored in an upcoming Netflix series based on her early life.

“We can be fine, and then someone wants to share where they were when they heard that Selena died, and that’s very difficult,” says Selena’s sister, Suzette, 52. “I have to dig deep in my soul to figure out why. Then I realize it’s their way of sharing, that they feel that connection, they’re sharing that they felt lost.

 

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I’m gonna bidi bidi bom bom as I vacuum the house today. Siempre La Reina 👑

This was so sad to me! 💕

🙏🏻Wish she was still here

RIP Selena ♥️♥️😔🙏🏽

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