Holiday Gift Guide : Calendar’s little helpers offer suggestions in pop, jazz, holiday, family and classical music, plus videos, computer games and books. (Good news: They’re easy to wrap.) : POP MUSIC

* * * SELENA, “Dreaming of You,” EMI/SBK. Built around a selection of radio-friendly pop tunes--including the four R&B-based; English songs she finished before her slaying--”Dreaming” lacks cohesion but is Selena’s most eclectic and satisfying album.

Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (f a ir), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent).