and she defintely had a good voice. i think she would have been a distinct artist because she had kind of a soul sound to her voice, but sang in Spanish (from what I know) so that combination would have beem marketable.

plus she came across in an age where you didn't have to necessarily 'sex it up' to be successful. i think she might have found her audience over time. i can't really think of any other artists that had a cult following like she did, but i think if she would have had more time, i think she would have made it big. but even if she didn't, she could have been eating off of the Tejano / Latino audience for a while.

i agree that she just didn't have that crossover hit to break her to mainstream America, but i don't think that detracts from her success. I mean they made a movie about her, so she had to have struck a chord with a decent amount of people.