Selena Gomez Biography
Selena Marie Gomez ( sə-LEE-nə GOH-mez; born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, producer, and businesswoman. She began her career as a child actress, starring on the children's television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004). Gomez rose to prominence and emerged as a teen idol, for her leading role as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012). She signed with Hollywood Records in 2008. As the lead vocalist, she formed the pop rock band Selena Gomez & the Scene, and released three studio albums from 2009 to 2011; each of the band's releases have been certified gold or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Further pursuing a career as a soloist, Gomez found continued success with her solo studio albums as each debuted atop the U.S. Billboard 200 upon release. Her EDM-inspired debut, Stars Dance (2013) yielded the international top-ten single "Come & Get It". Desiring more artistic control, Gomez signed with Interscope Records and released the electropop set Revival in 2015, supported by the top-ten singles "Good for You", "Same Old Love", and "Hands to Myself". The follow-up, Rare (2020), topped the charts in eleven countries, and was led by the single "Lose You to Love Me", which marked Gomez's first number-one song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100. She forayed into Spanish-language music with the EP Revelación (2021), which earned her career-first Grammy and Latin Grammy Award nominations. Gomez has also released various collaborative singles, including "We Don't Talk Anymore", "It Ain't Me", "Wolves", "Taki Taki", and "Calm Down (Remix)"; the latter became the most commercially successful Afrobeats song of all time and became the best-selling collaboration of 2023 globally. Gomez has starred in numerous films, including voicing Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise (2012–2022). On television, she produced the teen drama series 13 Reasons Why (...