And the Winner Is... (Selena album)

And the Winner Is...
The cover of Selena's album "And the Winner Is..." features a photograph of Selena smiling broadly, wearing a black off-the-shoulder top, and proudly holding a Tejano Music Award. The title of the album is displayed in bold red capital letters above Selena's head, while Selena y Los Dinos appears in a larger orange font on the bottom left side.
Studio album by
Selena y Los Dinos
ReleasedMay 26, 1987
Recorded1986–87
GenreTejano
Length30:17
LabelGP Productions
ProducerA.B. Quintanilla, Manny Guerra
Selena y Los Dinos chronology
Muñequito de Trapo
(1986) 		And the Winner Is...
(1987) 		Preciosa
(1988)
Singles from And the Winner Is...
  1. "Acuerdate de Mi / Yo Te Dare"
    Released: 1986
  2. "Tu No Sabes / La Bamba"
    Released: 1987

And the Winner Is... is the fourth independent studio album by Tejano music group Selena y Los Dinos. It was released on May 26, 1987 under Manny Guerra's GP Productions. The title alludes to the multitude of accolades Selena garnered since her entry into the music industry. And the Winner Is... was unveiled with the objective of expanding the Tejano audience that the band had recently enthralled. Among the album's singles, "La Bamba" represented Selena's initial appearance on a national music chart, reaching its peak at number 20 on the US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart in August 1987. Concurrently, Selena's rendition was released around the same time as Los Lobos', which supported the eponymous film. As Selena y Los Dinos was a relatively obscure group, their version began to wane on the chart as Los Lobos' version climbed. And the Winner Is... garnered favorable reception from music critics, with Tim Baker of Newsweek observing the group's gradual elimination of their characteristic doo-wop sound from prior recordings. While And the Winner Is... secured a nomination for Album of the Year at the 1988 Tejano Music Awards, Selena won Female Vocalist of the Year, her second consecutive win.