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It has since been certified 7x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting sales of 420,000 copies. It topped the United States Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart for nine consecutive weeks, her first number-one as a solo artist, and became the most successful US Latin single of 1994. The Tejano cumbia dance-pop song was acclaimed by music critics, who cited it as one of the singer's most popular singles.

A popular interpretation compares it to Romeo and Juliet. "Amor Prohibido's" lyrical themes have been analyzed by authors, musicologists, and journalists, who found them relevant to issues facing the LGBT community.

Quintanilla, and her band's backup vocalist Pete Astudillo. Released as the lead single through EMI Latin on April 13, 1994, it was written by Selena, her brother and music producer A.

The album was certified 2x platinum in Latin standards shortly after its March 1994 release and to capitalize on the success Capitol/EMI-Latin records re-released the album with a red label on the front cover indicating that album included a new version of "No Me Queda Mas"."Amor Prohibido" (English: "Forbidden Love") is the title song of American Tejano singer Selena's fourth studio album of the same name (1994). and another 50,000 in Mexico by the time of Selena's death. More than 400,000 copies of "Amor Prohibido" were sold in the U.S. The unexpected success of this album led to extensive touring and promotion that is much to blame for the stalled efforts of recording Selena's English-language album, Dreaming of You, which was incomplete and posthumously released in 1995. It also led to six awards at the Tejano Music Awards and another Grammy Award nomination in 1995 for Best Mexican/Mexican-American album. It spent twenty non-consecutive weeks at number one on the chart over the next year, the final 16 weeks being propelled by Selena's death in March 1995. The album made the Billboard 200 pop albums chart and replaced Gloria Estefan's Mi Tierra at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. Its singles, " Amor Prohibido", " No Me Queda Mas", " Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", and " Fotos y Recuerdos," became huge hits at radio stations, in the U.S. Quintanilla, III teamed up with Pete Astudillo and Ricky Vela, to come up with what they hoped, would be a successful Selena album. Continuing the formula of previous albums, A.B.