sentences:  Selena was discovered by musician Rick Trevino, founder of the Tejano Music Awards, where she won the Female Vocalist of the Year award in 1987 and for nine consecutive years after.The band was often turned down by Texas music venues because of the members' ages and because Selena was their lead singer.Her father was often told by promoters that Selena would never be successful because she was a woman in a genre historically dominated by men.