The woman who has served nearly three decades in prison for killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, has been denied parole by a Texas board

What better way to honor Selena Quintanilla’s legacy than by listening to her songs? As we mark the 30th anniversary of the day she was killed on March 31 this year, and days from what would have been her 54th birthday — on April 16 — let’s remember five of her most iconic songs.

This combination of photos shows Yolanda Saldívar, who is serving a life sentence at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit prison in Gatesville, Texas, left, and Tejano music star Selena posing in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 7, 1995. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP, left, and Paul Howell,/Houston Chronicle via AP)