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"Amor Prohibido" (Forbidden Love) is a song by Mexican-American Tejano pop singer Selena. Amor Prohibido was the lead single released from her album of the same name (1994). The song was written and produced by Jorge Alberto Pino, Bebu Silvetti, A.B. Quintanilla, José Behar, Pete Astudillo and Abraham Quintanilla, Jr., and was arranged by Joe Ojeda and Chris Pérez. It was released in the United States for the Tejano and rhythmic contemporary radios. The song describes a relationship, the story of love between a man and a women who are tested with their love, poverty, differences, and are even dealt with their parents who disapprove of their relationship.

The song, widely known as her signature song, won both the Premio Lo Nuestro Awards for "Pop Ballad of the Year" and was awarded "Regional Mexican Song of the Year" for three consecutive years. While at the Tejano Music Awards, the single led Selena to win all nominated work for the album "Amor Prohibido". The success of the album and the single's airplay helped Selena to be nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Mexican-American Performance". During the 1996 Tejano Music Awards, Selena won "Single of the Year" for the song. "Amor Prohibido" also won the "Latin Pop Award" during the Broadcast Music Incorporated Awards in 1995 and won the "Billboard Latin Music Awards" in 1996.

Suggestions
Condense Para 2 and 3, and move extra content to Critical Reception


 * Ok, I think that the "extra content" is already in the article so removing or triming the lead more would be best rather than adding information thats already in the article. What do you think? AJona1992 (talk) 01:56, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Perfect. The lede only needs to summarize and convey notablility. Perhaps, trim para 2 and 3 to something akin to my suggestion (just para 2), then move anything else that's not already in the article from those paragraphs down to the "Critical Response" section.
 * Then, maybe add a line or two to para 2, if you see fit? Anyway, that's all I have at the moment. Do you have chat, or do you prefer using the talk pages? R OBERT M FROM LI  TALK/CNTRB 01:58, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "chat"? AJona1992 (talk) 01:59, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * There's an IRC channel for Wikipedia, there's AIM, and stuff like Google Chat. R OBERT M FROM LI  TALK/CNTRB 02:03, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh lolz I have AIM. I sent you a message via there as well. AJona1992 (talk) 02:05, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Weird, didnt come through... send another? OceanBreezes231 R OBERT M FROM LI  TALK/CNTRB 02:07, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Para 2
The song, widely known as her signature song, won both the Premio Lo Nuestro Awards for "Pop Ballad of the Year" and was awarded "Regional Mexican Song of the Year" for three consecutive years. While at the Tejano Music Awards, the single led Selena to win all nominated work for the album "Amor Prohibido". The success of the album and the single's airplay helped Selena to be nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Mexican-American Performance". During the 1996 Tejano Music Awards, Selena won "Single of the Year" for the song. "Amor Prohibido" gained popularity for its different sound in Tejano, which is in contrast to her earlier Tejano, urban, and Latin releases".

Critical Reviews

 * I think this should be in this section rather than the lead.

Selena was named "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard, due to her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including "Amor Prohibido". Selena also had the most successful singles of 1994 and 1995, with "Amor Prohibido" and "No Me Queda Más". .


 * Sounds good! R OBERT M FROM LI  TALK/CNTRB 02:06, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok I removed it. How does the lead looks now, do you think its reasonable or trim it more? AJona1992 (talk) 02:08, 21 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I think it's reasonable. Looks good to me. R OBERT M FROM LI  TALK/CNTRB 02:31, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

For "Critical..." Section
With "Amor Prohibido" and thirteen other of Selena's top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, she was named "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard.

From Original (here for grabbing cites)
The single topped the Hot Latin Tracks Chart. It peaked #1 in the United States while the song peaked #5 in Mexico. Selena was named "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard, due to her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including "Amor Prohibido". Selena also had the most successful singles of 1994 and 1995, with "Amor Prohibido" and "No Me Queda Más". . "Amor Prohibido" also won the "Latin Pop Award" during the Broadcast Music Incorporated Awards in 1995 and won the "Billboard Latin Music Awards" in 1996.