Abraham Quintanilla is a famous American singer, songwriter, and world-class musician. He has managed to earn himself a name and fame all thanks to his hard work and dedication towards his work and his musical career.
Abraham started his professional career at a very young and early age. He is one of the outstanding and talented people who has achieved a lot in his musical career in a very short period of time. Abraham Quintanilla belongs to musical family background.
He is currently working under some of the outstanding musical labels such as Falcon, J.W. Fox, and Bernal. Abrahan is also known and famous as the father of Tejano singer Selena. Unfortunately, his daughter died at a very young yet managed to write history within a short time.
He isn’t just a musician or a singer. He is former military personnel who served the United States of America since 1961.
Abraham Quintanilla’s Personal Life and Age
Abraham Quintanilla was born on February 20, 1939, in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America. As of 2022, he is just 83 years old and his 83rd birthday was just a couple of months ago at the time of writing this article.
According to his birth month and year, he is a Pisces. Talking about his personal life and family members he has 6 siblings and he is one of the 6th in the family. He is a family guy and loves to hang out and be with his family rather than hanging out and doing something else.
He was a member of the catholic church until he was 14. When he turned 14 his parents started to follow Jehovah’s Witnesses. Since then Abraham has also been following it.
Abraham Quintanilla’s Net Worth
Abraham Quintanilla is among the richest and most famous musicians in the country. His estimated net worth as of 2022 is more than 10 million dollars. His massive net worth includes all his earnings and salary received from his musical career and songs.
Being a part of the music industry for more than 65 has definitely helped him earn his name as well as a huge sum of money. Whereas his daughter Selena’s net worth as of 2022 would be more than 5 million dollars unfortunately she isn’t there anymore as she died at a very young age.
Abraham Quintanilla’s House
Singer and Musician Abraham Quintanilla has 3 houses on Bloomington Street in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Abraham Quintanilla’s Social Media Handle
Talking about Abraham Quintanilla’s social media handle and his appearance in public is very minimal. He isn’t active and available on any kind of social media platform. Whereas he is already in his 80s and he is probably staying away from all the public life.
Even though being a famous celebrity and a musician he isn’t fond of making his appearance on social media platforms. Whereas his son A.B. Quintanilla III is available on Instagram. His Instagram account named @abquintanilla3 has more than 599k followers with over 3582 posts.
Meanwhile, even on his children’s social media handle, he hasn’t featured himself.
Abraham Quintanilla’s Professional Career
Abraham Quintanilla started his professional career at a very young age. Just at the age of 18, he made his first music and since then he has been a phenomenal musician. Back in 1957, he made his debut in the music industry. Within a short span of time, he managed to build an empire for himself.
At first, he joined a musical group in his high school. Later in 1959, he released his first single song So Hard to Tell. He joined the band Los Dinos and was a key member of the band. Whereas in the year 1961 he joined the military and served the United States of America.
Abraham met his wife Marcella Samora while stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma, Washington. Within a few years time of dating in 1963, they both got married and continued their relationship into happy marriage life.
His musical career was affected by his military service but soon after ending his military service he rejoined Los Dino’s band and continued his musical career.
Abraham Quintanilla’s Book
Abraham Quintanilla has written a book about his life and his daughter Selena Quintanilla. The book is titled “A Father’s Dream: My Family’s Journey in Music” and was released in 2021.He wanted to write books about his daughter after her untimely death and in February 2020 he released his book. He sold his books from Amazon and other retail book stores.
Abraham Quintanilla’s Children’s
Abraham Quintanilla has 3 children with his wife Marcella Samora Quintanilla. His children A.B. Quintanilla III, Selena Quintanilla, and Suzette Quintanilla. Whereas his youngest daughter Selena died just at the age of 21. She was murdered by Selena’s fan club president and her best friend.
Since the death of his youngest daughter, he was very much affected by it. Whereas his other two children A.B. Quintanilla III and Suzette Quintanilla are famous singers and song producers. Back in 2020, Netflix aired miniseries named Selena: The Series where Abraham was a co-producer of the show.