Texas man sets world record for largest Selena memorabilia collection

Editor's Note: The above video is KXAN's previous coverage of Andrew Longoria's Selena Quintanilla memorabilia world record attempt from June 23, 2024.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A Texas man is officially a world record holder -- all thanks to his love for Selena Quintanilla.

Andrew Longoria earned the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of Selena Quintanilla memorabilia, with 1,308 individual items as part of that set. Longoria achieved the feat at a record attempt in late June in Lake Jackson, down near the Gulf of Mexico.

In a text to KXAN Friday, Longoria said: "I'M JUST OVER THE MOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

It's an effort years in the making. For about a decade, Longoria has been documenting the growing collection on social media.

It all started with Longoria's first purchase of Quintanilla's "Dreaming of You" CD in 1997, he told KXAN back in January 2023. He bought that CD alongside his grandmother, whose own Elvis Presley collection inspired Longoria's journey.

“I was 5 years old when I got the [Dreaming of You] album,” Longoria told KXAN in 2023. “So to know how long I’ve been a fan and been collecting — it’s pretty phenomenal, to be perfectly honest.”