Amor Prohibido - Singles

Singles

"Amor prohibido" was released as the album's lead single on February 11, 1994. It debuted on the Hot Latin Songs chart on April 23 at number 13, the highest debut of any single on that chart that year. Overall, "Amor Prohibido" became Selena's best-charting song after it spent nine consecutive weeks at number one, one week short of the record for most weeks at number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart. The single sold 200,000 copies in 1994, another 200,000 in 1995, and as of 2005 has sold well over 500,000 copies. "Amor prohibido" debuted at number five on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay chart, and held that position for 44 consecutive weeks. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", the album's second single, won an award from BMI, and became Selena's most widely known song. It reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart, became the album's second consecutive number-one single, and rose to number four on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay chart and number 11 on the Latin Pop Airplay charts. The song was played 1.5 million times a week in January and February 2001, to a peak of 2 million times a week in June 2001. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was listed at number 38 in Texas Monthly magazine's 2004 list, "100 Best Texas Songs".

"No Me Queda Más" was released as the third single. It and "Amor Prohibido" were the most successful US singles of 1994 and 1995, according to Billboard. It reached the top of both the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay and Hot Latin Songs charts, and was the third consecutive number-one single from the album. It also peaked at number 13 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. The fourth single was "Fotos y Recuerdos", which hit number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart. It was Selena's fourth number-one single, and her first to achieve that status after her death. It also peaked at number 34 on the Hot Single Sales chart. "El Chico del Apartmento 512" served as the b-side track for "Fotos y Recuerdos". "Si una Vez", released as the fifth single, is considered, along with "Amor Prohibido", to be one of the album's signature songs, and peaked at number four on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay chart. "Techno Cumbia" was released as a promotional single, and reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart, Selena's second posthumous single to peak at number one, and her fifth number-one single. Selena became the only Hispanic singer to have four number-one singles from a Spanish-language album in a single year.