Ven Conmigo (English: Come with Me) is the second studio album by American singer Selena, released on November 12, 1990, by EMI Latin.

The album's single, "Baila Esta Cumbia" was the most played song on local Tejano music radio stations for over a month and helped Selena to tour in Mexico.

In October 1991, Ven Conmigo went gold for sales exceeding 50,000 units, making Selena the first female Tejano singer to receive the honor.

In 2019, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

[12] Quintanilla III arranged the album and chose what would be included on it,[11] "carefully select[ing] the songs [that would] jumpstart [Selena's] transition into a larger Latino market".

[4] Keyboardist Ricky Vela programmed the entire project, while band members contributed to the recording by composing seven of the album's ten songs.

[4] Abraham Quintanilla Jr.—the group's manager and Selena's father—suggested the idea of having a variety of genres on the album: "I always felt that the buyer, the listener, would enjoy this and would not get bored hearing just one particular style of music.

[14] Ven Conmigo scrapped the conventional styles and track organization of the typical Tejano album of "a two-sided single sandwiched between a bunch of polkas and oldie-but-goodie [songs]".

[15] On "Yo Te Amo", the band decided to go with a bridge–interlude format rather than a typical chord progression they had recycled; "[W]e were growing, we were evolving" as Vela later put it.

[11] Local songwriter, Johnny Herrera, wrote "Aunque No Salga el Sol", which was originally written for Lisa Lopez as a follow-up to her 1982 number-one single "Si Quieres Verme Llorar".

[11] Quintanilla III worked with Pete Astudillo on a concept melody he had thought of while the band was resting following a concert in West Texas.

[11] "Baila Esta Cumbia" echoed works by Fito Olivares,[15] and became a hit single in Mexico, "opening the doors" for the group in that country.

traveled to Poteet, Texas, and hired David Lee Garza, his brother, and father to play and record the accordion, drums, and bajo sexto, respectively for the track[17] that gave it "a Tejano flavor".

[11] A.B., Astudillo, and Vela worked on the idea through the night at a Motel 6 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, using eight keyboards, a mixing console, and monitor systems.

[11] Astudillo recalled how he worked with Quintanilla III on the track, noting that "No Quiero Saber" was lyrically different from their repertoire of love songs and the heartache of failed relationships.

[11] The night before the photo shoot for the album, Selena cut and dyed her hair jet black and stained a small patch of skin behind her ear.

They wanted to market her based on beauty standards at that time,[18] and believed the style would have a negative impact on Selena's "good girl" image.

[20] Betty Cortina, editor-at-large for People magazine, wrote that Pérez was the antithesis of Quintanilla Jr.'s "clean-cut good kids" image.

[20] Quintanilla III persuaded Abraham that Pérez was capable of performing Tejano music, adding that his rocker image was harmless.

[19] Critics felt Pérez' hard rock style combined with Selena's basic Tejano sound, added to her already diverse musical repertoire.

[23] She later shared another venue with Ramón Ayala, Olivares, and Pandora at the ninth annual Hispanic State Fair in San Antonio.

[23] Author Joe Nick Patoski described Pérez's choreography on the show as "tentative", however, "the rock licks he played on his guitar were like spitfire, bringing a hard edge to the band that it had previously lacked.

"[23] Vilma Maldonado of The Monitor wrote that Selena can "sing [and] improvises [her] dances" calling her "unpredictable, attractive, and talented" after an April 1991 concert.

[25] "Baila Esta Cumbia" was the most played song on local Tejano music radio stations for a month and a half, leading to the band touring Mexico for the first time.

[38] Ven Conmigo debuted at number eight on the US Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart the week ending November 3, 1990.

At the same time "Baila Esta Cumbia" reached number eight on local Tejano radio stations' list of the most requested songs for that week.

[46] Following the album's certification, Selena performed at a 2,000-seat McAllen, Texas venue owned by Nano Ramírez who had denied her the opportunity to play there earlier in her career.