The late Mexican-American singer Selena won the “Digital Download Artist of the Year” award at the Billboard Mexican Music Awards that aired on Telemundo on Thursday night. The singer-songwriter’s life ended right as she became one of the first Spanish-language singers to successfully crossover to the English-market.

“It means a lot that even all these years after her death, she is still so loved,” Selena’s father, Abraham Quintanilla, told AARP.