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Selena Marie Gomez ( ; born July 22, 1992) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and businesswoman. Gomez began her career as a child actress, appearing on the children's television series ''
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'' (2002–2004), and emerged as a
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for her leading role as
Alex Russo Alexandra Margarita "Alex" Russo is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Disney Channel sitcom ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', portrayed by Selena Gomez. In 2008, AOL named her the twentieth greatest witch in television history. Sele ...
on the
Disney Channel Disney Channel is an American pay television television channel, channel that serves as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company ...
sitcom ''
Wizards of Waverly Place ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' is an American fantasy teen sitcom created by Todd J. Greenwald that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between October 2007 and January 2012. The series centers on Alex Russo (Selena Gomez), a teenage wi ...
'' (2007–2012). She signed with
Hollywood Records Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by the Disney Music Group which focuses on pop, rock, alternative, hip hop and country genres, also specializing in recordings for a more mature audience not suitable for the flagship Wal ...
in 2008 and formed the band
Selena Gomez & the Scene Selena Gomez & the Scene was an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2008, its last lineup consisted of vocalist Selena Gomez, drummer Greg Garman, bassist Joey Clement, keyboardist Dane Forrest, and guitarist Drew Ta ...
, which released three successful albums: '' Kiss & Tell'' (2009), ''
A Year Without Rain ''A Year Without Rain'' is the second studio album by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. The album was released on September 17, 2010, via Hollywood Records. Gomez worked with Rock Mafia duo Tim James and Antonina Armato, as well as Fef ...
'' (2010), and '' When the Sun Goes Down'' (2011). Gomez has since released three solo studio albums that debuted atop the US ''Billboard'' 200. Her EDM-infused debut record, ''
Stars Dance ''Stars Dance'' is the debut solo studio album by American singer Selena Gomez. It was released on July 19, 2013, by Hollywood Records. Gomez began planning the project in 2012, at which time she announced that her band Selena Gomez & the Scene ...
'' (2013), yielded the international top-ten single " Come & Get It". She moved to
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and released the
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album '' Revival'' (2015), supported by the top-ten singles " Good for You", " Same Old Love", and " Hands to Myself". Its follow-up, the
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-influenced '' Rare'' (2020), contained her first ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single " Lose You to Love Me". Gomez then released the Spanish EP '' Revelación'' (2021), which earned her nominations at the
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and
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. It was followed by her fourth studio album ''
I Said I Love You First ''I Said I Love You First'' is a collaborative studio album by American singer Selena Gomez and American record producer Benny Blanco. It is Gomez's fourth studio album and Blanco's second. Following their respective studio albums '' Rare'' (202 ...
'' (2025), a collaborative project with
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. Gomez has released many collaborative singles, including " We Don't Talk Anymore", "
It Ain't Me "It Ain't Me" is a song by Norwegian DJ Kygo and American singer Selena Gomez. It was released by Interscope Records, Sony and Ultra on 16 February 2017 as the lead single from Kygo's debut extended play '' Stargazing'' (2017) and appears as a ...
", "
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", " Taki Taki", and " Calm Down (Remix)", the last of which is widely regarded as the most successful
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song of all time. Gomez has starred in films such as ''
Another Cinderella Story ''Another Cinderella Story'' is a 2008 American Teen film, teen Musical film, musical comedy film directed by Damon Santostefano and written by Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott. The film stars Selena Gomez, Drew Seeley, and Jane Lynch. It is a s ...
'' (2008), ''
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'' (2011), '' Spring Breakers'' (2012), '' The Fundamentals of Caring'' (2016), '' The Dead Don't Die'' (2019), and '' Emilia Pérez'' (2024). She also voiced Mavis in the ''Hotel Transylvania'' film franchise (2012–2022). Gomez has produced series such as ''
13 Reasons Why ''13 Reasons Why'' (also stylized as ''TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY'') is an American teen drama television series based on the 2007 novel '' Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. Developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and with Selena Gomez ser ...
'' (2017–2020), ''
Living Undocumented ''Living Undocumented'' is a 2019 Netflix documentary series co-directed by Aaron Saidman and Anna Chai and executive produced by Selena Gomez, Mandy Teefey, Eli Holzman, Saidman, Sean O'Grady and Chai. The series documents eight illegal immigr ...
'' (2019) and ''
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'' (2020–2023), and has played a lead role in ''
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'' since 2021. Her accolades include an
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, a ''Billboard'' Music Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, two
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, a
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and 16 ''
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''. Gomez has worked with charitable organizations. She advocates for
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, and
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,
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, and LGBT equality, and has been a
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since 2009. She founded the cosmetic company Rare Beauty in 2020, valued at $2 billion in 2024, and non-profit Rare Impact Fund. She has appeared in listicles such as the ''Time'' 100 (2020) and ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 (2016 and 2020), was named ''Billboard''s
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(2017), and Latin Women of the Year (2025), and was made a member of the
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by the
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(2024). She is the most-followed woman on Instagram, and among the wealthiest musicians.


Early life

Selena Marie Gomez was born on July 22, 1992, in
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, to Ricardo Joel Gomez and Texas-born former stage actress Mandy Teefey. She was named after
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singer Selena Quintanilla, who was
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in 1995. Her father is of Mexican descent, while her mother, who was adopted, has Italian ancestry. Gomez's paternal grandparents emigrated to Texas from
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, Mexico in the 1970s. Gomez has called herself "a proud third-generation American-Mexican" and once said "My family does have
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s, and we go to the communion church. We do everything that's Catholic, but we don't really have anything traditional except go to the park and have barbecues on Sundays after church." Gomez's Spanish fluency waned after age seven, when she began working on television. Her parents divorced when she was five years old, and she remained with her mother. Gomez has two younger half-sisters and a younger stepbrother as a result of her parents' remarriages. Her mother and her second husband, Brian Teefey, had a daughter, Gracie Elliot Teefey, born in 2013. Her father and his second wife, Sara, had a girl, Victoria "Tori", and a boy, Marcus Gomez. For most of her childhood, she was
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, save for a brief period when she attended a traditional school as a young girl. She earned her high-school
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through homeschooling in May 2010. Gomez was born when her mother was 16 years old. The family had financial troubles throughout Gomez's childhood, with her mother struggling to provide for the pair. At one point, Gomez recalls that they had to search for quarters to buy gas for their car. Her mother later recalled that the two would frequently walk to their local dollar store to buy spaghetti for dinner. Gomez has said, "I was frustrated that my parents weren't together, and never saw the light at the end of the tunnel where my mom was working hard to provide a better life for me. I'm terrified of what I would have become if I'd stayed n Texas" She later added that her mother "was really strong around me. Having me at 16 had to have been a big responsibility. She gave up everything for me, had three jobs, supported me, sacrificed her life for me." Gomez had a close relationship with her grandparents as a child and appeared in various pageants. Her grandparents often took care of her while her parents finished their schooling, and she has said they "raised her" until she found success in show business.


Career


2002–2006: Career beginnings

Gomez first gained an interest in pursuing a career in entertainment watching her mother prepare for stage productions. In 2002, she began her acting career on the children's television series ''
Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series created by Sheryl Leach targeted at children ages two to five. The flagship production of the ''Barney'' franchise, it originally aired on PBS under the PBS Kids brand from Ap ...
'', portraying the character Gianna. The show was her first acting gig. Gomez recalled of the experience, "I was very shy when I was little ..I didn't know what 'camera right' was. I didn't know what blocking was. I learned everything from ''Barney''." Gomez appeared in thirteen episodes of the show between 2002 and 2004, as well as in two direct-to-video films; the show's producers released her "when she became too old" for the series. While working on ''Barney & Friends'', Gomez had
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roles in the film '' Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over'' (2003) and the made-for-television film '' Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire'' (2005). She guest starred in a 2006 episode of the
Disney Channel Disney Channel is an American pay television television channel, channel that serves as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company ...
series ''
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' is an American teen sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series aired on Disney Channel from March 18, 2005, to September 1, 2008. The series was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for ...
''.


2007–2012: Breakthrough with Disney and Selena Gomez & the Scene

Gomez was given a recurring role on the Disney Channel series ''
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'' in 2007 as pop star Mikayla. During this time, Gomez filmed pilot episodes for two potential Disney Channel series; the first was a ''Suite Life'' spin-off titled ''Arwin!'', and the second was a ''
Lizzie McGuire ''Lizzie McGuire'' is an American television comedy, comedy television series created by Terri Minsky that premiered on Disney Channel on January 12, 2001. The series stars Hilary Duff as the titular character who learns to navigate the person ...
'' spin-off titled ''What's Stevie Thinking?'' She later auditioned for a role in the network's series ''
Wizards of Waverly Place ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' is an American fantasy teen sitcom created by Todd J. Greenwald that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between October 2007 and January 2012. The series centers on Alex Russo (Selena Gomez), a teenage wi ...
'', ultimately winning the lead role of
Alex Russo Alexandra Margarita "Alex" Russo is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Disney Channel sitcom ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', portrayed by Selena Gomez. In 2008, AOL named her the twentieth greatest witch in television history. Sele ...
. Gomez and her mother subsequently moved to
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. In ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', Gomez played a teenage girl in a family of wizards who own a restaurant in
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. It quickly became a success for the Disney Channel and marked Gomez's breakthrough into the mainstream. The role brought Gomez "
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" status, and she became one of the ten highest-paid children's TV stars of all time. The series received numerous awards and nominations, and won the Outstanding Children's Program at the
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. It garnered positive reviews and particular praise for Gomez's comic timing and sarcastic delivery. In 2008, while working on the second season of ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', Gomez voiced Helga in the animated film ''
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'' The film became a commercial and critical success, grossing over US$300 million worldwide.. That same year, she starred as an aspiring dancer Mary Santiago in the teen musical comedy film ''
Another Cinderella Story ''Another Cinderella Story'' is a 2008 American Teen film, teen Musical film, musical comedy film directed by Damon Santostefano and written by Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott. The film stars Selena Gomez, Drew Seeley, and Jane Lynch. It is a s ...
'', the second installment of the ''A Cinderella Story'' series, released on direct-to-video. This role earned her a
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. She contributed three songs to the
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, including the single " Tell Me Something I Don't Know", which became her first entry on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. She also recorded the song "Fly to Your Heart" for the soundtrack of the animated film ''
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''. At age 16, Gomez signed with
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, and formed her own production company, July Moon Production. Gomez was slated to release two films under the company. The first, titled ''What Boys Want'', would feature Gomez as a girl who could hear the thoughts of men. She later announced a film adaptation of the novel '' Thirteen Reasons Why'', in which she was to play a young girl who commits suicide; ultimately, neither film was made. Gomez later produced a
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of the novel. Gomez continued to enjoy mainstream success throughout the following year, appearing as Alex Russo in a crossover episode of the Disney Channel series ''
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'' in 2009. She made a guest appearance on the Disney Channel series ''
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''. She appeared in a remix of the
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' single " Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)" in April of that year. Gomez, along with
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, starred in the Disney Channel film ''
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'', which aired in June 2009. The film had a total of 8.5 million viewers during its premiere. The pair recorded the song " One and the Same" for the film's soundtrack. She next starred in '' Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie'', a television film based on the series. The film premiered in August to an audience of 11.4 million viewers, becoming cable's number-one scripted telecast of the year and was the second-most watched TV movie on cable, behind ''
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.''Top 100 Most-Watched Telecasts On Basic Cable For 2009
TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
Roxana Hadadi of ''
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'' credited all three performers—Gomez,
David Henrie David Clayton Henrie ( ; born July 11, 1989) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is noted for playing Ted Mosby's future son Luke on ''How I Met Your Mother''; Justin Russo in ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' and its sequel '' Wizards B ...
and
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—for their "acting skills that carry the film". The film won the series its second consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program at the
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. Gomez recorded three songs on the television series and film's
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, including the single "
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". She later provided the voice of Princess Selenia in the English-language version of the French animated/live-action film '' Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard''. Hoping to cross over into the music industry, Gomez formed the
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band
Selena Gomez & the Scene Selena Gomez & the Scene was an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2008, its last lineup consisted of vocalist Selena Gomez, drummer Greg Garman, bassist Joey Clement, keyboardist Dane Forrest, and guitarist Drew Ta ...
under her deal with Hollywood Records. The name of the band is an "ironic jab" at the people who called Gomez a "wannabe
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". The group's debut studio album, '' Kiss & Tell'', influenced by pop rock and
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, was released in September 2009. It debuted at number nine on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart in the U.S. with first-week sales of 66,000 copies. The album received mixed reviews, with some critics praising its "fun" nature and others criticizing Gomez's vocal performance. Although the
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was not commercially successful, the second single, " Naturally", became a breakthrough hit, reaching number twenty-nine in the U.S. and number seven in the United Kingdom. In 2010, Gomez starred alongside
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in '' Ramona and Beezus'', a film adaptation of the children's novel series by
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, in which she portrayed
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. The film was well received by critics;
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described it as "a sweet salute", and found both actresses "appealing". Additionally, Gomez reprised the voice role of Princess Selenia in '' Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds''. That same year, Selena Gomez & the Scene released their second studio album ''
A Year Without Rain ''A Year Without Rain'' is the second studio album by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. The album was released on September 17, 2010, via Hollywood Records. Gomez worked with Rock Mafia duo Tim James and Antonina Armato, as well as Fef ...
'', which debuted on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 at number four with sales of over 66,000. The album received mixed to positive reviews, where some critics reacting negatively to Gomez's
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d vocals. Both of the record's singles, " Round & Round" and "
A Year Without Rain ''A Year Without Rain'' is the second studio album by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. The album was released on September 17, 2010, via Hollywood Records. Gomez worked with Rock Mafia duo Tim James and Antonina Armato, as well as Fef ...
", achieved moderate success. The band was awarded Favorite Breakout Artist at the
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. The band's third and final studio album, '' When the Sun Goes Down'', was released the following year, to mixed reviews. It debuted at number four on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 78,000 copies, and peaked at number three the following week. The album's lead single, " Who Says", was the band's highest charting effort, peaking at number twenty-one in the U.S. Its second single, " Love You like a Love Song", went on to become the band's highest performing single in the U.S. to date, peaking at number twenty-two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it spent 38 weeks, and reached the top ten in Canada, topping the chart in
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. Alex Frank from
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called the song "a cult karaoke classic". In 2022, ''
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'' ranked the song as the biggest song that peaked at number twenty-two. ''
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'' featured Gomez on their 21 Under 21 list in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Gomez starred in the comedy film ''
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'' (2011), with
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and
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; she played the lead role of Grace, a teenager "mistaken for a socialite" named Cordelia, also portrayed by Gomez, "while on a trip to Paris". In preparation for the role, she learned to play
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and received dialect coaching to speak in two different British accents; Gomez's accent was described as "unconvincing". The film received mixed reviews from critic. Nick Schager from
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found Gomez "cute, but too bland to lend the proceedings any vivid character, except for the few scenes that allow her to indulge her cold, sarcastic, nasty side as Cordelia". Gomez appeared in a cameo role in the film ''
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''. She also hosted in June the
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, and in November the
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.


2012–2014: ''Stars Dance'' and films

Gomez confirmed in January 2012 that she would be taking a break from music, placing Selena Gomez & the Scene on hiatus. The hiatus eventually became a permanent split. Gomez described her time with the band as an "exploratory period" as a musician, after which she decided to pursue a solo music career: "And there was a moment when I felt like I could do it and I wanted to try it on my own". That year, ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' officially ended its run on the
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after four seasons. Gomez starred in the exploitation film '' Spring Breakers'' (2012), alongside
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,
Vanessa Hudgens Vanessa Anne Hudgens ( ; born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in '' Thirteen'' (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the ''High School Musical'' film series (200 ...
,
Ashley Benson Ashley Victoria Benson (born December 18, 1989) is an American actress and singer. Her accolades include four Teen Choice Awards, a Young Hollywood Award, as well as three People's Choice Award nominations. Benson began her career as a compet ...
and
Rachel Korine Rachel Korine is an American former actress. Married to director Harmony Korine, she is best known for starring as Cotty in his 2013 crime film '' Spring Breakers'' as well as Betsy in '' Men Go to Battle'' (2015), and Junia in '' The Knick'' (20 ...
. It was directed by
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. The film premiered in September at the
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, and was released the following year. The story followed four college-aged girls who decide to rob a fast food restaurant in order to pay for their
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. Gomez played a more mature character than she had previously and reportedly had a "bit of a meltdown on set". ''Spring Breakers'' received generally positive reviews from critics. Some described it as a potential
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. The film entered various retrospective "best of" lists, including the
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.
Manohla Dargis Manohla June Dargis ( ) is an American film critic. She is the chief film critic for ''The New York Times''. She is a five-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Career Before being a film critic for ''The New York Times'', Dargis ...
from ''
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'' wrote that this role gave her "the chance to simulate the behavior that feeds the tabloids without the humiliations and career-crushing price paid". Gomez played the voice role of Mavis Dracula in the animated film ''
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'', which premiered in September at the
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, and was released in theaters the same month to mixed reviews. ''Hotel Transylvania'' was commercially successful, grossing US$358 million worldwide. In 2013, Gomez starred alongside
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in the
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'' Getaway'', in which she played a young
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. The film was a critical and commercial failure, and earned Gomez a nomination for Worst Actress at the 34th Golden Raspberry Awards. Christopher Orr of ''
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'' described her as "a kid trying desperately to act like a grownup, but with no real idea what that might entail". She also served as executive producer and starred in the television special '' The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex'' on the Disney Channel. Despite earlier claims that she would be taking a break from music, Gomez released " Come & Get It" in April 2013; it served as the lead single of her solo debut album. It became Gomez's first top-ten entry on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching number six, and also reached the top-ten in Canada and the U.K. ''
Stars Dance ''Stars Dance'' is the debut solo studio album by American singer Selena Gomez. It was released on July 19, 2013, by Hollywood Records. Gomez began planning the project in 2012, at which time she announced that her band Selena Gomez & the Scene ...
'' was released in July. The record is musically rooted in EDM and
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. It became her first album to debut at number one in the U.S., selling 97,000 copies in its first week, and also reached number one in Canada. It received mixed reviews from music critics, with some noticing her inability to create her own musical identity and panning her vocal abilities. The album's second single, " Slow Down", achieved moderate success. Gomez incorporated choreographed dance routines into the album's music videos and her promotional live performances, having been inspired by artists such as
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and
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. The video of "Come & Get It" won the Best Pop Video at the
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. Gomez embarked on her Stars Dance Tour in August 2013. After performing in North America and Europe, Gomez canceled the Australian and Asian legs of the tour in December 2013, claiming that she would be taking a hiatus to spend time with her family. In January 2014, it was reported that Gomez had spent two weeks at Dawn at The Meadows, which is a treatment center in
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, that specializes in treating addiction and trauma in young people. Her representative stated that she had spent time there "voluntarily ..but not for substance abuse". Gomez confirmed in 2015 that she had been diagnosed with
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and that after canceling the tour she entered rehab to undergo
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. Gomez played Nina Pennington, an innocent straight-A student, in '' Behaving Badly'' (2014). The project, filmed prior to Gomez's stint in rehab, was released in August to a generally negative critical and commercial reception. However, critics deemed Gomez's performance superior to the film. Gomez also had a supporting role in the drama '' Rudderless'' (2014), the directorial debut of
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. The independent film premiered at the
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, and received a mixed reception from critics. At the 2014 Teen Choice Awards, Gomez was honored with the Ultimate Choice Award for her "contributions to the entertainment world". In April 2014, Gomez had fired her mother and stepfather as her managers, who had served in those roles since her career at Disney. Gomez later signed with the WMA and Brillstein companies to manage her career. ''
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'' informed: "Selena's desire to find fresh handlers is part of a strategy to "move on into more adult-oriented fare in film and music"", and finally get rid of the image of the "Disney's Teen Idol". This change fueled rumors that her contract with
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was coming to an end. In November 2014, Gomez surprise-released her new single " The Heart Wants What It Wants", and confirmed after months of speculation that she would be releasing a
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to complete her contract with her label. The single became her second top-ten hit in the U.S., and reached the top-ten in Canada. That same month, Gomez released her first
greatest hits album A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be creat ...
, '' For You''. The compilation album debuted at number twenty-four on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, earning 35,506
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in its first week. Gomez officially parted ways with Hollywood Records and later signed with
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in December 2014.


2015–2016: ''Revival''

While working on her second studio album, Gomez collaborated with German DJ
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on " I Want You to Know", released in February 2015, and debuted at number-seventeen in the U.S. In May, she appeared in
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's music video for " Bad Blood". Gomez released " Good for You" featuring rapper
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as the lead single from her second studio album, in June. The song debuted at number-one on the
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chart with first-week sales of 179,000 copies—the best sales week in Gomez's career for a single. "Good for You" became Gomez's first top-five single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and her first single to top the
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chart. It also reached the top-ten on charts in
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and Canada. Gomez later reprised the voice role of Mavis in ''
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'' (2015); the film was met with a positive critical reception and commercial success upon release, grossing US$474 million worldwide. She was awarded Favorite Animated Movie Voice at the 42nd People's Choice Awards. Gomez released her second studio album, '' Revival'', in October 2015. It is primarily a
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and
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record with R&B vibes. The album was reviewed positively by critics, who praised its production and lyrical content. Writing for ''
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'', Brittany Spanos stated that "''Revival'' is an audacious name for a 23-year-old singer's second album, but from start to finish, Gomez earns it," noting that " is is the sound of a newly empowered pop artist growing into her strengths like never before." Kristen S.Hé of ''
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'' called it "one of the most influential pop albums of the late 2010s." Rob Sheffileld from ''
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Australia'' called it "one of the past decade's most influential pop albums". The album debuted at number-one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 117,000 album units, and was certified
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by the RIAA. " Same Old Love" was released as the album's second single and topped the Pop Airplay chart. It also peaked at number-five in the U.S., tying with "Good for You" as Gomez's highest-charting single at the time, and reached the top-ten in Canada. " Hands to Myself" served as the album's third single and became her third consecutive number-one on the Pop Airplay, making Gomez the sixth woman to score at least three number-one singles on the
Pop Airplay Pop Airplay (also called Mainstream Top 40, Pop Songs, and Top 40/ CHR) is a 40-song music chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' Magazine that ranks the most popular songs of pop music being played on a panel of Top 40 radio stations in the U ...
chart from a single set. The single also peaked within the top-ten in the U.S., and the top-five in Canada. " Kill Em with Kindness" was released as the ''Revival'' fourth and final single four months later. For her performance on ''Billboard''s music charts, Gomez received the Chart-Topper Award at the 2015 ''Billboard'' Women in Music event. Gomez was a key advisor during the ninth season of the reality singing competition '' The Voice''. She made a cameo appearance in
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's film ''
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'' (2015). In 2016, Gomez starred as Dot, a young runaway hitchhiker, in the comedy-drama '' The Fundamentals of Caring'' with
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, which premiered at the
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in January, and was released on
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five months later. The film received a positive critical response; Tristram Fane Saunders of ''
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'' described Gomez's performance as "impressive" and "mature". Gomez performed as the musical guest on an episode of the
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late-night sketch comedy ''
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'' in January 2016. Gomez played the president of a sorority in the comedy '' Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising'' (2016); the film grossed US$108 million worldwide, and received mixed to positive reviews. Gomez embarked on her worldwide
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in May 2016. She claimed that the tour would focus solely on her as an artist and would feature less choreography and fewer effects than her previous tour. Gomez began working on her third studio album while touring and added a new song titled " Feel Me" to the
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of her Revival Tour. The song was later released in February 2020, due to high demand from fans. After touring in North America, Asia and Oceania, she canceled the European and South America legs in August 2016 due to anxiety, panic attacks and depression caused by her lupus. Gomez featured on
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's single, " We Don't Talk Anymore". The song was an international success, and reached the top-ten in the U.S., Australia,
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,
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, and topped the charts in
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; and was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA. The music video became the most-viewed music video published in 2016 on
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, with over 3 billion views. Gomez had a supporting role in '' In Dubious Battle'' (2016) starring and directed by
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. The film had its world premiere at the
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, and was met with underwhelming reviews. She also guest starred in the
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variety sketch series '' Inside Amy Schumer''. Gomez and Canadian singer
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were featured on Norwegian DJ
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's single, " Trust Nobody". Following the cancelation of her tour, Gomez rechecked into rehab to focus on her
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and was noticeably absent from
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. At that time, she was the most followed person on
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, and became the first person to reach 100 million followers on the platform. In February 2023, she regained her status as the most-followed woman on the platform, and became the first woman to reach 400 million followers the following month. Gomez made her first public appearance since entering rehab at the 2016 American Music Awards, where she was nominated for
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and
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, the first of which she won. At the
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, Gomez won Biggest Triple Threat, and at the 2016 ''Billboard'' Music Awards, she was nominated for two awards including Top Female Artist. In the same year, she was named to ''
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30 Under 30 list in the music category, and again in 2020 in its "All-Star Alumni" category.


2017–2019: Standalone releases and ''13 Reasons Why''

Gomez and the Norwegian DJ Kygo released a single together, "
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", in February 2017. The collaboration reached top ten of most major music charts worldwide, including the U.S. and the U.K., and attained top five peaks in Australia, Canada, Germany and many European countries. The song received nominations at major awards around the world, including Top Dance/Electronic Song at the 2018 ''Billboard'' Music Awards, and it also her best-selling song in the UK, selling over 1.4 million chart units. Gomez served as executive producer for the series adaptation of the novel '' Thirteen Reasons Why''. The show premiered on
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in March 2017. The series drew backlash from various mental health charities and suicide prevention communities over "dangerous content", with some people feeling the show glamorized suicide. Gomez addressed the controversy, saying that "We stayed very true to the book and that's initially what uthor
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created was a beautifully tragic, complicated yet suspenseful story and I think that's what we wanted to do. We wanted to do it justice and, yeah, he backlash isgonna come no matter what. It's not an easy subject to talk about, but I'm very fortunate with how it's doing. Despite the controversy, the first season was a critical success. However, the other three seasons received generally negative reviews. ''13 Reasons Why'' was the most tweeted about show of 2017, and the most-watched original streaming series of 2018. The series ended after four seasons in June 2020. Gomez recorded a cover version of the song " Only You" for the series' first season soundtrack. In May 2017, Gomez released the single " Bad Liar", alongside a vertical music video which was available for streaming only through
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; it was the first-ever music video to premiere on Spotify. The song received universal acclaim from music critics, with some deeming it Gomez's best song to date; ''
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'' ranked it as the best song of 2017. ''
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'' ranked "Bad Liar" at number 39 on its 2019 list of best songs of the 2010s. Winston Cook-Wilson of ''
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'' magazine found Gomez's vocals pristine and the track "charmingly weird", calling its lyrics and sample usage "harebrained but ultimately brilliant". Gomez released the single " Fetish" featuring rapper
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two month later. In October 2017, Gomez and EDM producer
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released the single "
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". The song was a commercial success, and reached the top ten on charts in Australia, Canada, the U.K, and several European countries, peaking at number twenty in the U.S. Later that year, Gomez was named ''Billboard''s Woman of the Year, in recognition of her influence and commercial success. In May 2018, Gomez released the single " Back to You", from the '' 13 Reasons Why Season 2 Soundtrack''. It reached the top-ten in a variety of charts in
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, top-five in Australia and Canada, and reached top-twenty in the U.S. and the U.K. Gomez voiced Mavis again in '' Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'', which was released in July. With box office earnings of US$528 million, the film was a commercial success, and received mixed to positive reviews. Gomez featured on
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's song " Taki Taki" alongside
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and
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, released in September. The single achieved global success, reaching the top-ten in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, topped the charts in Spain and several
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, and peaked at number eleven in the U.S. The song has received numerous awards and nominations including, nominations for the two ''Billboard'' Music Awards and, but ultimately won Song of the Year at the 2019 Latin American Music Awards. From 2011 to 2018, Gomez had a streak of 16 consecutive top 40 hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, which is the longest active run of any artist according to ''Billboard''. Gomez also featured on
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's song "
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", released in January 2019, and the following month, her collaboration titled " I Can't Get Enough" with
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,
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and
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, was released. Gomez appeared in
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's comedy horror '' The Dead Don't Die'' (2019). The film had its world premiere at the
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, where it generated mixed reviews. That year, she starred in
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's romantic comedy '' A Rainy Day in New York'', with
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and
Elle Fanning Mary Elle Fanning (born April 9, 1998) is an American actress. Her works include both independent films and blockbusters, and her accolades include a National Board of Review Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and ...
. Due to a resurgence of the 1992 sexual abuse allegation against Allen prompted by the
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, Gomez made a donation of over $1 million, exceeding her salary from the film, to the Time's Up initiative. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but Gomez's performance was praised; ''
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'' Jessica Kiang wrote: "Gomez comes out the best of the younger cast, husking her way through some of the films better lines." Gomez served as an executive producer for the Netflix
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''
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'', released in October 2019, which follows eight undocumented families in America. The docuseries was a critical success, and was nominated for a
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. In an
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for ''
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'' on October 1, 2019, Gomez wrote she was approached about the project in 2017 and decided to become involved after watching footage that captured "the shame, uncertainty, and fear I saw my own family struggle with. But it also captured the hope, optimism, and patriotism so many undocumented immigrants still hold in their hearts despite the hell they go through."


2020–2023: ''Rare'', ''Revelación'', and ''Only Murders in the Building''

On October 23, 2019, Gomez released " Lose You to Love Me" as the lead single from her third studio album. The next day, she surprise-released the album's promotional single, " Look at Her Now". "Lose You to Love Me" became her first number-one song in the US and Canada, and reached the top five of various national charts worldwide, including Australia and the UK. '' Rare'' was released on January 10, 2020, and debuted atop the US ''Billboard'' 200, earning 112,000
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s in its first week. It became her third consecutive number-one album in the US, and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and several other territories, whilst peaking at number two in the UK. Primarily a
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record, ''Rare'' features elements of R&B,
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, and
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. The album received positive reviews from music critics, who praised its production and cohesiveness, with many calling it Gomez's best album to date; Jem Aswad of ''
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'' labeled ''Rare'' "one of the best pop albums to be released in recent memory". Two other singles were released from the album: the
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, in conjunction with the album, and the third and final single "
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", released with the deluxe edition in April 2020. In January 2020, Gomez voiced a giraffe in the adventure film '' Dolittle'', directed by
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. The film, starring
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, was a
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, and received negative reviews from critics, who called it "too long ndlifeless". Gomez hosted and executive produced the
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cooking show ''
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'', which features her joined by a different chef each episode; this was initially implemented remotely due to the
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. Each episode highlights a food-related charity. The show premiered in August 2020, and was well received by critics. It ran for four seasons till September 2022, and was nominated for Outstanding Culinary Series at the 50th Daytime Emmy Awards. Gomez won a Critics' Choice Real TV Award for her work on the program. In May 2023,
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ordered two projects to be hosted by Gomez. The first was '' Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays'' (2023), a four-part holiday special and extension of ''Selena + Chef'', which was also nominated for Outstanding Culinary Series. The second became ''Selena + Restaurant'', an interactive cooking series co-hosted with Raquelle Stevens; it premiered in May 2024. Gomez served as a producer for both programs. In June 2020, Gomez featured in a remix of Trevor Daniel's song, " Past Life". Gomez executive produced two films that year; the romantic comedy ''
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'', released in September 2020, to positive reviews, and the teen comedy-drama ''
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''. In August, she collaborated with South Korean girl group
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for "
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". The song peaked at number thirteen in the US, and achieved the third-highest 24-hour debut for a music video on YouTube at the time, with over 79 million views. That year, Gomez was honored by
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as one of the
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. She was also named by ''
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'' as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Gomez released her first Spanish-language project, an EP titled '' Revelación'', in March 2021. The record blends
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,
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, R&B genres with urbano elements, marking a departure from the dance-pop sound of its predecessor, ''Rare''. It debuted at number twenty-two in the US, shifting 23,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release, marking the largest sales week for a Latin album by a woman at the time, since
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's ''El Dorado'' in 2017. It also debuted atop the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart, becoming the first album by a woman to do so, also since 2017's ''El Dorado''. The EP received universal acclaim according to
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, a website collecting reviews from professional music critics; it was nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the
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. It also received Latin Pop Album of the Year nominations from the ''Billboard'' Latin Music,
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and
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award ceremonies. Gomez's expansion of her artistry was praised; ''
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'' Marcus Jones called her "a far more versatile musician than she's been given credit for". It spawned three singles: " De Una Vez", " Baila Conmigo" with
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, and " Selfish Love" with
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. With this EP and the single "Baila Conmigo", she became the first female act to top the US Latin Albums and Latin Airplay charts simultaneously in over a decade. The music video for "De Una Vez" was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the
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. Gomez performed at the
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opening ceremony in May. In August, she collaborated with Colombian singer Camilo on a song titled "
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". Gomez starred in and executive produced the mystery-comedy series ''
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'' alongside
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and
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, which premiered on
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in August 2021, and set the record for the most-watched comedy premiere in the platform's history. Ahead of the official premiere of the series, Gomez revealed that she was happy to have played a character that matched her current actual age, saying that she "signed erlife away" to
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at the start of her career and that she "did not know what she was doing". As of August 2024, ''Only Murders in the Building'' is the most-watched original comedy series on Hulu. The series has received critical acclaim throughout its four-season run, and won numerous accolades. The performances and chemistry among the main trio were praised by critics;
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of the ''
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'' wrote: "Gomez is a true co-star in the series and does a superb job of meshing with Martin and Short to form one of the more entertaining albeit unlikely friendship trios in recent memory." Gomez won the
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and the
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; she was nominated for the
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, and thrice for the
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. Gomez received her first nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the
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, marking the fourth time a Latina was a nominee for comedy series. With a third consecutive nomination for the
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in 2024, Gomez became the most-nominated Latina producer in the category's history. Gomez reprised the voice role of Mavis, and also served as an executive producer, for the fourth and final installment in the ''Hotel Transylvania'' franchise, '' Hotel Transylvania: Transformania'' (2022). The film was released on
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in January to mixed reviews. Gomez was nominated as executive producer for a
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. She collaborated with British band
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on " Let Somebody Go", released as a single in February. For her work as a featured artist on
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's ninth studio album, '' Music of the Spheres'', she was nominated for Album of the Year at the
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. In May, Gomez hosted an episode of the
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late-night sketch comedy ''
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''. She later made a cameo appearance on the show in December. In July, Gomez executive produced the ViX+ docuseries ''Mi Vecino, El Cartel''. In August, Gomez was featured on the remix of Nigerian artist Rema's song, " Calm Down". An international success, it peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. The single became Gomez's ninth top-ten in the US, peaking at number three; and her second number-one in Canada, spending nine weeks atop the Canadian Hot 100. It topped the Global Excl. US, Pop Airplay, and Radio Songs charts for two, five, and 10 weeks, respectively, becoming Gomez's first leader on the former two. "Calm Down" became the highest- and longest-charting African artist-led song on the Hot 100; the longest-running number-one of all time on the ''Billboard'' US Afrobeats Songs chart, with 58 weeks at the summit; and the longest-charting song in the top 10 and overall on the Pop Airplay chart, with 45 and 71 weeks respectively. ''Billboard'' called it "
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' biggest crossover hit while ''Variety'' described it as the "song of two summers". At the
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, the song was nominated for Song of the Year, and won Best Afrobeats; while it won Top Afrobeats Song at the 2023 ''Billboard'' Music Awards. It became the first African artist-led track to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify and 1 billion on-demand streams in the US; its music video became the most-viewed Afrobeats song on YouTube. According to the
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(IFPI), "Calm Down" was the second best-selling song of 2023 globally. ''Billboard'' named it Gomez's biggest Hot 100 hit. Gomez was the focus of the
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-directed "raw and intimate" documentary film, '' Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me''. The film premiered at the
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in November 2022, and was released two days after on
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and in select movie theaters. It was met with a positive critical reception upon release; the documentary was praised for mental health transparency. Chris Azzopardi from ''
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'' described it as an "honest portrait study of stardom and mental illness". The film was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Programming at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and won the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Music Documentary. Gomez released the song " My Mind & Me" to coincide with the release of the documentary. The song received ''Variety'' "Film Song of the Year" honor. In March 2023, Gomez appeared in the second-season finale of the
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documentary television series '' Dear....'' She released the standalone single "
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" on August 25, 2023. It reached the top-twenty of the ''Billboard'' Global 200, and in the US and Canada.


2024–present: Continued acting and ''I Said I Love You First''

In January 2024, Gomez stated that she prefers acting over music, and only has "one more album in me". She revealed that she "never really intended on being a singer full-time" but "that hobby" evolved into a career when she was working with Disney. Gomez later mentioned feeling "a little too old for the pop-star life", but has since retracted this and stated that "music isn't going away" and "I just set it down for a second". In February, she released the standalone single " Love On", which debuted within the top 60 in the US, and the top 70 on the Global 200 chart. She played a supporting role as Jessi Del Monte, the title character's wife, in the Spanish-language musical crime comedy '' Emilia Pérez'', directed by
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. She took Spanish lessons for the role, and performed two songs for the film's soundtrack. The film premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize Gomez's performance received praise; she was nominated for supporting actress categories at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards and the
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. She and the female ensemble of the film collectively won the
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, were nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards, and were honored, as chevaliers, with the
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by the government of France. Gomez co-produced and appeared in the documentary ''Louder: The Soundtrack of Change'', which was released on October 17 on
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. She guest-starred and reprised her role as Alex Russo in the pilot and season one-finale of ''
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'', the spin-off and sequel to ''
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''. The series, which she also executive produced, premiered on
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and
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on October 29, 2024. Her performance, subtle comedic timing, and dynamic with co-star
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was met with positive reception from critics. Gomez and
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released the collaborative album, and her fourth studio album, ''
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'' on March 21, 2025. A promotional single, titled " Scared of Loving You", was surprise released on February 13. It was followed by the lead single " Call Me When You Break Up", featuring
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, on February 21, and the second single "
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" on March 14. ''I Said I Love You First'' was met with mixed to positive reception from music critics. The album debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200, with 120,000 units, marking Gomez's largest sales week to date, and her seventh top-ten release. ''I Said I Love You First'' also debuted within the top five in various countries, including Australia, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Gomez was named ''Billboard Latin'' Women of the Year.


Artistry


Musical style

Gomez is described as a
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artist. Her work is primarily characterized as
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and EDM; however, she has experimented with different music genres. Her debut album with the Scene was influenced by
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and
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, while her subsequent records with the band opted for a dance-pop sound. ''
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'' noted
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characteristics, and '' When the Sun Goes Down'' featured a more
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and electro-disco musical direction. Her debut solo album ''
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'' was rooted in the EDM-pop genre—Gomez herself described it as "baby
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"—drawing elements from
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,
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,
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, and
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. Her songs " The Heart Wants What It Wants" and " Good for You" have been described as "minimalistic" and "grown-up", introducing a more adult pop sound into her repertoire.


Influences

Early in her career, Gomez cited
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as an influence for "his style of music, his style in general, the way he performs, the way he carries himself". She has also named
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,
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, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and
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as influences. Gomez's debut solo album ''Stars Dance'' (2013) was prominently influenced by Spears, Swift, and EDM producer Skrillex. Her second album, ''Revival'', was mainly inspired by Aguilera's album ''Stripped (Christina Aguilera album), Stripped'' (2002), as well as
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and Spears.


Songwriting

In regard to Gomez's writing craft, co-writer Ali Tamposi revealed the following to ''Elle (magazine), Elle'': "We actually started writing another song together while we were in the studio with Andrew Watt and I was really impressed by her collaboration, her ideas, how open she was and willing to tap into a place that is scary with having the power that she has over so many people—to really be honest with her lyrics," "She's extremely collaborative and she has great ideas. We'll just talk. I've only had the chance to get in with her once, [but] I'm sure we'll be working together, hopefully, in the future. But she comes up with tons of ideas and concepts, and she's a really great writer. It just flows naturally, and we just write on the guitar." During a conversation with Amy Schumer for ''Interview (magazine), Interview'', Gomez candidly opened up about the writing process for her hit song, "Lose You to Love Me". Gomez said: "I wrote it at the beginning of last year, and had just gotten out of treatment. It was a moment when I came back and I was like, "I'm ready to go into the studio with people I trust and start working on songs." There was an air around it where people were very happy, because it was like I was going to finally be me. But I didn't necessarily see it that way at the time. When I wrote the song, I was basically saying that I needed to hit rock-bottom to understand that there was this huge veil over my face." On ''The Kelly Clarkson Show'', Gomez opened up about of processing her own feelings through songwriting, calling it "the best therapy". In a conversation with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, Gomez was joined by
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and Justin Tranter to talk about the creative process, incl. collaborative songwriting for her album, '' Rare''. Gomez co-wrote every song on that album.


Philanthropy and advocacy


UNICEF

In October 2008, Gomez participated in St. Jude's Children's Hospital's "Runway For Life" by walking the runway as a model in Beverly Hills, where over $1 million was raised for the cause. That same month, Gomez was named UNICEF's spokesperson for the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign, which encouraged children to raise money on Halloween to help children around the world. In August 2009, Gomez, then 17 years old, became the youngest UNICEF ambassador (Millie Bobby Brown later surpassed this record). In her first official field mission, Gomez traveled to Ghana in September 2009 for one week to witness first-hand the stark conditions of vulnerable children that lack vital necessities such as clean water, nourishment, education and healthcare. Gomez explained in an interview with Associated Press correspondents that she wanted to use her star power to bring awareness to Ghana: "That's why I feel very honored to have a voice that kids listen to and take into consideration ..I had people on my tour asking me where IS Ghana, and they Googled it ..and because I went there, they now know where Ghana is. So it's pretty incredible." Gomez said, of her role as ambassador, that "Every day 25,000 children die from preventable causes. I stand with UNICEF in the belief that we can change that number from 25,000 to zero. I know we can achieve this because every moment, UNICEF is on the ground providing children with the lifesaving assistance needed to ensure zero becomes a reality." Gomez was named spokesperson for UNICEF's 2009 Trick-or-Treat campaign for the second year in a row. She raised over $700,000 for the charity in 2008 and stated that she hopes to be able to raise US$1 million in 2009. Gomez participated in a celebrity auction and hosted a live web cast series on Facebook in support of the Trick-or-Treat campaign. She returned as the UNICEF spokesperson for the 60th anniversary of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign in 2010. In celebration of the organization's 60th anniversary, Gomez and the Scene held a benefit concert, donating all proceeds to the campaign. Gomez also encouraged teenagers to donate via social media. She also auctioned personal items to Charitybuzz, CharityBuzz.com, designed a Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF t-shirt and participated in a small concert in Los Angeles. With Gomez's help, UNICEF raised $4 million. In February 2011, Gomez traveled to Chile to meet with the families of the UNICEF-supported "''Programa Puente''", which helped families better understand and develop skills to deal with early childhood education, development, and other issues related to raising children. Gomez remarked that "UNICEF is helping Chilean families get out of poverty, prevent violence within the home and promote education. To witness first hand these families' struggles, and also their hope and perseverance, was truly inspiring". In March, Gomez participated in the UNICEF Tap Project's "Celebrity Tap Pack" which featured limited-edition, custom-made water bottles with tap water from the homes of each celebrity advocate to raise funds and increase profile for the clean water and sanitation programs. All the funds raised (the campaign raised $900,000) made it possible to provide clean, safe drinking water to children in Vietnam, Togo, Mauritania, and Cameroon- countries where it's desperately needed. She was also featured in videos that promoted the campaign. In April 2012, she advocated for the global "Sound the Alarm" campaign on Facebook and Twitter, and recorded a public announcement encouraging young people to donate $10 via text message to prevent the death of a million children from malnutrition in the Sahel Region of West Africa, West and Central Africa. Gomez has conducted and organized three charity concerts (2010–2013) to help UNICEF provide children around the world with life-saving therapeutic foods, medicines, clean water, education, and immunization. In total, Gomez's three charity concerts for UNICEF have raised nearly $400,000 for UNICEF programs worldwide. In 2014, Gomez visited Nepal to raise awareness for children in need. A UNICEF ambassador since 2009, Gomez has played an active role in advocating for the world's "most vulnerable children" by participating in several campaigns, events, and initiatives on behalf of the organization. In June 2021, Gomez signed a UNICEF open letter urging the G7 "to donate more coronavirus vaccines to the international COVAX initiative."


Other charity work

Gomez was involved in the UR Votes Count campaign, which encouraged teenagers to learn more about 2008 United States presidential election, 2008 presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. The following year, Gomez became the ambassador of DoSomething after being involved with the charity Island Dog, which helped dogs in Puerto Rico. Gomez updated fans on her blog at Myspace, MySpace: "We are spending the day feeding puppies, washing them and hanging out with them. After we spend the day with them we are sending these dogs to different places in the U.S the no-kill dog shelters so they can find a home [...]." She joined while filming ''Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie'' in Puerto Rico. In 2009, Gomez has been involved with the charity RAISE Hope For Congo, an initiative of the Enough Project, raising funds for war-torn African country, in order to raise awareness of conflict minerals and sexual crimes and violence committed against women and girls in the Congo, as well as to eliminate sexual violence, torture and other atrocities through the 4P method; Peace, Protection, Punishment and Prevention. From 2009 to 2012, Gomez was involved in "Disney's Friends for Change", an organization which promoted "environmentally-friendly behavior", and appeared in its public service announcements. Gomez,
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, Miley Cyrus, and the Jonas Brothers recorded the charity single "Send It On (Disney's Friends for Change song), Send It On" as the ad hoc musical team "Disney's Friends For Change", all of whose proceeds were donated into the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund. The song debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 20. '' Billboard'' included this song in their list of The 100 Greatest Disneyverse Songs of All Time (2023). In April 2012, Gomez was named ambassador to the Ryan Seacrest Foundation. The year before, Gomez made an appearance at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia during a Ryan Seacrest Foundation broadcast from the hospital's multimedia center. She was also a spokesperson for State Farm Insurance and appeared in numerous television commercials, which aired on the Disney Channel, to raise awareness of being a safe driver. Gomez provided the narration for ''Girl Rising (film), Girl Rising'' (2013), a CNN documentary film, which focused on the power of female education as it followed seven girls around the world who sought to overcome obstacles and follow their dreams. In 2017, during her partnership with Coach New York, Coach, Gomez participated in activities with Step Up, an organization that supports girls in under-resourced communities to pursue an education. Gomez attended Step Up events at two
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high schools. She conversed with the girls and gifted them new Coach bags. Gomez attended the We Day California youth empowerment event in Los Angeles in 2018 and 2019. During the 2018 event, Gomez introduced Nellie Mainor, a young fan who had a rare kidney disease. Her participation in We Day 2019 was her first appearance after an extended break from the spotlight. Gomez continued her partnership with WE Charity when she traveled to Kenya in December 2019 to meet the local community and visit schools built by the organization. During the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, Gomez donated US$3 million to fight Australia wildfires and urged followers to do the same. In 2020, she created the Rare Beauty, Rare Impact Fund by Rare Beauty to help "young people gain access to mental health resources", which is committed to raise US$100 million over its first ten years since establishment. To achieve that goal, one percent of all sales of Rare Beauty products go toward the fund. In its first year, the Rare Impact Fund distributed $1.2 million in grants to support 8 organizations that work to expand mental health services in educational settings. For each episode of her
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cooking show ''
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'' (2020–2023), the show donated $10,000 to the charity of the chef's choice, often food related. In 2021, over the first two seasons of the show, $360,000 was raised for nonprofit organizations. Gomez donated 10 percent of the net proceeds from her cookware line with Our Place to the Rare Impact Fund, which focuses on mental health awareness. From 2023 to 2024, Gomez and Sephora donate all 100 percent of global Rare Beauty sales to the Rare Impact Fund in honor of World Mental Health Day. As of September 2024, the Rare Impact Fund has raised over $16 million since 2020, and distributed grants to support 26 mental health-focused organizations across five continents. Serendipity 3, Serendipity Brands—which Gomez is a co-owner and investor of—donated $1 from every ice cream pint and product sold in May 2022 to the Rare Impact Fund. In October, Gomez co-founded Wondermind, a mental health-focused digital platform. In December 2022, she donated exclusive items to the 2nd Annual American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAP Foundation, which supports music education and talent development programs across the US. In response to the Gaza war, Gomez and her cosmetics brand Rare Beauty issued a statement about the Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present), humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and donated funds to Magen David Adom in Israel and Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza and the West Bank, and also donated to UNICEF to help get urgent medical relief and resources to the children of Gaza. Both Gomez and Rare Beauty were heavily criticized for their misleading statement which implied solidarity with the people of Gaza, whilst they donated funds to Magen David Adom, which is an auxiliary service to the Israel Defense Forces. Gomez signed an Artist4Ceasefire letter in October 2023 calling on President Joe Biden and Congress to call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. The letter says: "We believe that all life is sacred, regardless of faith or ethnicity, and we condemn the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians". In December 2023, she attended Ramy Youssef's fundraiser for Gaza Strip, Gaza. In January 2025, Gomez volunteered to help distribute basic necessities during the January 2025 Southern California wildfires, 2025 Southern California wildfires to those who were displaced by the tragedy, and also, together with her brand Rare Beauty, made donation to the Los Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and World Central Kitchen, who are on the ground providing immediate aid. During the pop-up of the fifth anniversary of her album, '' Rare'', Gomez sent all proceeds from sales of all products to fight 2025 Southern California wildfires.


Advocacy

Gomez advocates for various causes. She is known for frequently raising awareness on mental health. In 2019, she received the McLean Hospital, McLean Award for mental health advocacy. The Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab honored her with the first ever Mental Health Innovations Award for Excellence in Mental Health Advocacy in 2022. That year, she also received the Ruderman Family Foundation#Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion, Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion by the Ruderman Family Foundation. Gomez has shown support for the LGBTQ community. She joined numerous celebrities to write a "love letter" during pride month, as a part of ''
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''s 30 Days of Pride during the month of June 2016. She also collaborated with 23 other artists for the Charity record, charity single "Hands (2016 song), Hands", a tribute for the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, Pulse nightclub shooting, to raise funds for Equality Florida's Pulse Victims Fund, GLAAD, and the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida. That year, she donated proceeds of her
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concert in North Carolina to fight the state's recent legislation known as the "bathroom law;" The law, repealed in 2017, required people to use public restrooms in line with their birth gender unless they had fully transitioned. In 2023, Gomez and her cosmetics brand Rare Beauty, participated in the Los Angeles Pride#LA Pride 2023, 53rd annual Los Angeles Pride Parade, as well as her Rare Impact Fund has been donating funds since the foundation for The Trevor Project and in 2023 for Trans Lifeline who focus on LGBTQ+ youth. In April 2024, Gomez participated as one of the speakers at the Time (magazine), ''Time'' 100 Summit, which brought together the Global TIME 100 community to discuss encouragement and solutions for actions that aim to improve the future by telling the stories go global personalities and ideas that shape our world. Gomez spoke about important issues related to mental health protection, social media and many others. On May 1, 2024, Gomez held a special event dedicated to mental health awareness Rare Beauty Summit, where she also offered resources to solve mental health problems, the Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy joined her at this event, he thanked Gomez for creating the Rare Impact Fund and for paving the way for self-acceptance, support and healing. In 2014, Gomez spoke out about the 2014 Gaza War, posting a message on her social media in which she asked for help and prayers for Gaza Strip, Gaza, the message read: "It's About Humanity. Pray for Gaza"., "Please pray for those families and babies today. Please always remember what's important in life. It's not any of this. We are here to help, inspire and love. Be that change. #wearethenextgeneration," Gomez wrote in the caption. A few hours later, she added that: "And of course to be clear, I am not picking any sides. I am praying for peace and humanity for all!" Gomez wrote in her message. In the wake of the Human Life Protection Act, Alabama abortion ban in May 2019, Gomez spoke out on Instagram in favor of Abortion in the United States, abortion rights in the United States. Amidst ''Roe v. Wade'' being overturned in June 2022, Gomez stated she is "not happy" and that "men need to stand up and also speak against this issue. It's also the amount of women that are hurting." Gomez is a critic of racism and supported the Black Lives Matter movement, lending her
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account to Alicia Garza, co-creator of Black Lives Matter and one of the founders of Black Futures Lab, in June 2020. In May 2021, Gomez participated in the ''VAX Live: The Concert to Reunite the World'' concert organized by Global Citizen (organization), Global Citizen to promote the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide through the COVAX program. The event urged people to ask their governments to pledge $22.1 billion in aid to the vaccine distribution. In May 2022, MTV partnered with Gomez and the Rare Impact Fund by Rare Beauty to host the Mental Health Youth Action Forum at the White House in coordination with the Presidency of Joe Biden, Biden-Harris Administration.


Business and ventures


Products and endorsements

In 2009, Gomez was part of Sears's back-to-school fashion campaign and featured in television commercials. She hosted the "Sears Arrive Air Band Casting Call" to select five winners for the first-ever "Sears Air Band" to perform at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. She also became the spokesperson for Borden Milk and starred in campaign's print ads and television commercials for the brand. Having previously announced plans to launch a fashion line, Gomez released the Dream Out Loud collection in 2010. It consisted of Bohemian style, bohemian dresses, floral tops, jeans, skirts, jackets, scarves and hats, all of which were made from recycled or eco-friendly materials. Gomez stated, "With my line, I really want to give the customer options on how they can put their own looks together ..I want the pieces that can be easy to dress up or down, and the fabrics being eco-friendly and organic is super important ..Also, the tags will all have some of my inspirational quotes on them. I'm just looking to send a good message." Gomez teamed up with designers Tony Melillo and Sandra Campos for the project, both of whom had previously worked with Fashion design#Structure, big-name fashion houses. Melillo and Campos teamed with New York-based Adjmi Apparel to manufacture the brand, which was formed by Adjmi CH Brands LLC, the holding company for the brand. From 2010 to 2014, Gomez worked with retailer Kmart (United States), Kmart to release the clothing line. It was announced on July 14, 2011, that Gomez had signed a license agreement with Adrenalina, an extreme sports and adventure-themed lifestyle brand, to develop, manufacture, and distribute her own fragrance. Chairman and CEO of Adrenalina, Ilia Lekach, said, "We are incredibly enthused to be working with Ms. Gomez and will reveal more details pertaining to the fragrance as we get closer to the launch date." The perfume was released in May 2012. In 2013, she released her second fragrance, Vivamore by Selena Gomez. She also created her own collection of nail polish colors for Nicole by OPI Products, OPI. From 2013 to 2015, Gomez was a spokesperson and partner for Neo by Adidas. In 2015, Gomez signed $3 million endorsement deal with Pantene. In 2016, Gomez appeared in a fashion campaign for luxury brand Louis Vuitton. She also appeared in ads for Coca-Cola's "Share a Coke" campaign, and advertisements for the campaign and lyrics from two of her songs were featured on Coca-Cola packaging nationwide. In 2017, Gomez confirmed her collaboration with Coach New York, Coach, beginning with their fall line, thereby becoming the new face of the brand. The limited-edition collection of handbags was called the "Selena Grace" line. Gomez's second collection and "first ever ready-to-wear collection for Coach", named Coach X Selena Gomez, included clothing, outerwear, and bags. That year, Gomez signed a $30 million contract with the athletic brand Puma (brand), Puma as brand ambassador, appearing in campaigns such as those for the Phenom Lux sneakers released in March. Her collection with Puma, called SG x PUMA Strong Girl collection, launched on December 12 of that year and contained products from sneakers to athleisure attire. Since 2017, Gomez has been one of the highest-paid people on Instagram, becoming the highest paid-person on the platform of 2017. As of July 2023, Gomez earns $1.7 million per sponsored Instagram post. In April 2020, Gomez became an owner and investor of the ice cream brand Serendipity 3, Serendipity. In July 2021, she released a swimwear line with La'Mariette. In November, Gomez co-founded the mental health media platform Wondermind. The following month, Gomez became an investor in the food delivery company Gopuff. In May 2022, she collaborated with Our Place on a cookware line, the Summer Collection. A second edition of the range was released in June 2023. In February 2025, Gomez and
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's collaboration "Talk" was previewed as the soundtrack to an Apple Inc., Apple advertisement for the IPhone 16e, before its release the following month.


Rare Beauty

In September 2020, Gomez launched her own makeup and cosmetics brand, Rare Beauty. The brand "[instead of selling an unattainable image] aims to help people feel good about themselves" by promoting inclusivity and mental health initiatives; it sells Testing cosmetics on animals, cruelty-free and Veganism, vegan products packaged with recyclable materials certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Following its release on its official webstore and Sephora stores in the US, the brand was eventually made available in the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia. It was named Startup of the Year at the Women's Wear Daily, 2020 WWD Beauty Inc Awards. Rare Beauty was named as ''
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''s most influential company of 2024. As of May 2024, the brand is valued at $2 billion. It is one of the best-selling brands at Sephora and the fastest-growing celebrity beauty brand on
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. Rare Beauty has already sold US$70 million worth of liquid blush (over 3.1 million units), in 2022 alone. In 2023, Rare Beauty emerged as the top index brand on TikTok and Instagram, with a combined Influence of mass media, media impact value of US$313,198,657 on the two platforms alone. That year, the estimated revenue for the line reached US$300 million, up approximately 50 percent from 2022. In September 2024, it was reported that Gomez had become a List of celebrities by net worth, billionaire, with an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion; Bloomberg News estimated that roughly 81% of it originated from Rare Beauty. Bloomberg also stated that at age 32, she had become "one of the country's youngest female self-made billionaires".


Public image

Initially a
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, she has been referred to as a pop icon, as a "wikt:triple threat, triple threat", owing to her successful singing, performing, and acting careers, and as one of the most influential Latina in entertainment. Gomez is one of the most successful child stars. ''Vulture (website), Vulture'' ranked her third on its "Disney and Nickelodeon Stars Gone Pop" listicle, writing in 2021 that "Gomez is perhaps the most effortlessly likable star of her generation", and in the revision of this rating, named her as one of the few child stars with a successful music career as an adult. Caroline Sullivan from ''The Guardian'' called Gomez the "Tween Queen", and "the biggest star attached to the Walt Disney Company", describing the Gomez phenomenon as a key figure in the influence of "billions of kids and, through them, their parents' wallets", bringing billions to the company through "her image, TV series, movies, music records, perfume and clothing ranges" being in the spotlight "all this means that tweens can barely avoid her". ''
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'' ranked her number 38 on its Billboard Decade-End, Decade-End listicle of the most successful artists of the 2010s decade. With an estimated net worth of US$1.3billion, Gomez is the first former Disney star to become a billionaire, being one of the wealthiest musicians and youngest self-made billionaires in the world. With over 690 million followers across various platforms, Gomez is the most-followed woman globally on social media, as of September 2024. She is the most-followed woman on
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, as of 2025, and was the most-followed person on the platform from March 2016 to October 2018. She was the first person to surpass 100 million followers and the first woman to surpass 400 million followers on the platform. Gomez held the record for List of most-liked Instagram posts, most-liked image on Instagram in 2016, and has 4 out of the 15 List of most-liked Instagram posts, most-liked non-football related posts on the app, as of 2024. She is the List of most-followed Twitter accounts, seventh-most-followed woman on Twitter. The actress with the most likes on Facebook, she is also the List of most-followed Facebook pages, third-most-followed woman on the platform.


Impact

She has had a huge impact on
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, with Hugh McIntyre from ''
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'' noting that "Gomez's posts, no matter what the image is actually of, are always liked by millions of people" and "in fact, the mere mention of Selena Gomez in a post by another star helps up the number of people who like it, proving her power". She was named as the number one positive influencer on social media in 2022. David Amsden from W (magazine), ''W'' named her "the most popular girl in America", writing that she "landed her first gig at 7, and by 14 was known to millions of prepubescent youths" and that "she embodies a particular strain of American fame: You know who she is without quite knowing who she is". ''
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'' considers her a key personality in global media, owing to her "multi-hyphenate" presence incorporating music, films, television, cosmetics, and social activism. In 2021, ''Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone India'' regarded her as one of the most influential Pop icon, pop culture icons of her time. In 2017, ''Time'' honored her as one of the "women who are changing the world" on its First Women Leaders list. Gomez was included in Power 100, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' Power 100 list, from 2022 to 2024 consecutively, as one of the most powerful women in entertainment, a rating based on achievements, overall authority within company and Hollywood, and its position in the industry, naming her "one of the most globally and culturally celebrated artists, actors, producers, entrepreneurs and philanthropists of her generation". ''People (magazine), People'' named Gomez as one of 15 women who are "changing the music industry today". ''Vogue India'' named her as one of the "women who has inspire this generation", calling her "newsmaker" of pop culture headlines. ''The Guardian'' credited her with popularizing "whisper pop", a style of pop music characterized by soft, hushed and breathy vocals. A Wax sculpture, wax figure of Gomez has been exhibited at Madame Tussauds, Madame Tussauds Wax Museums since 2010, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood,
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, Washington, D.C., Washington, Berlin, and her wax figure was the first in Orlando, Florida, Orlando. Gomez's work has inspired or influenced artists and entertainers such as Billie Eilish, Hailee Steinfeld,
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, Miranda Hart, Lady Gaga,
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, and the beginning of the careers of Jenna Ortega and
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. In 2015, Justin Bieber called Gomez an inspiration and muse of his songwriting at the time. His album ''Purpose (Justin Bieber album), Purpose'' was inspired by Gomez; he also wrote songs about her such as "What Do You Mean?", "Sorry (Justin Bieber song), Sorry", "Mark My Words", "All That Matters (Justin Bieber song), All That Matters", and "Beauty and a Beat".
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also named Gomez the main muse of her album, ''Glory (Britney Spears album), Glory''.
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honored Gomez as Leading Ladies of Entertainment, one of the Leading Ladies of Entertainment for her "tremendous commercial success as a singer, actress and producer". In October 2024, the
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granted Gomez the title of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Chevalier de l'Ordre des arts et des lettres for "significant contribution to the enrichment of the French cultural inheritance". ''The Hollywood Reporter'' awarded her the Equity in Entertainment Award that December, with Molly Shannon noting that she had used her voice to "change the world for the better" and "changed the entertainment landscape". Shannon called her "a role model, not just because of her immense talent and success, but because of the way she uses her influence to empower others. She challenges the status quo and creates a more inclusive, compassionate world for all."


Achievements

Gomez has won List of awards and nominations received by Selena Gomez, various awards including: an
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, a ''Billboard'' Music Award, a Cannes Film Festival, 16 ''
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'', three iHeartRadio Music Awards, six Latin American Music Awards (she is the Latin American Music Awards#Most wins, fourth most-awarded female artist), three MTV Movie & TV Awards, two
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, and five People's Choice Awards. For her music work, she was nominated for two Grammy Awards (including Album of the Year as featuring artist) and a Latin Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Award. For her acting work, she won a Satellite Awards, Satellite Award, and was nominated for three Critics Choice Association, Critics' Choice Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. As a producer, she was nominated for six Emmy Awards including: three times as producer for the
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, marking her the most-nominated Latina producer in the category's history. With 18 wins, Gomez is the Teen Choice Awards#Most wins, fourth-most awarded solo artist at the Teen Choice Awards. She currently holds the record for the most Kids' Choice Awards wins (12) for an individual. In addition, she has also won numerous awards for her philanthropic, charity work and
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advocacy, including the McLean Hospital, McLean Award, the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab Award, the Ruderman Family Foundation#Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion, Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion from the Ruderman Family Foundation, and the Art Award from Hispanic Heritage Foundation for her impact on global culture via her music, filmography and advocacy. Having amassed 45 billion streams globally as of 2022, Gomez is one of the most-streamed artist of all time. She was the eight-most streamed and one of the most-streamed female artist of 2010s decade on both
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and Apple Music. In 2017, she was third most streamed female artist on Spotify. In November 2018, Gomez surpassed Drake (musician), Drake and became List of most-streamed artists on Spotify, Spotify's most-streamed artist with 46 million monthly listeners while not releasing new album since 2015 (Ariana Grande later surpassed this record). Gomez has been included in many List of awards and nominations received by Selena Gomez#Listicles, prestigious lists and has been awarded by prestigious publications and magazines. In 2015, Gomez was honored with the Chart-Topper Award at the Billboard Women in Music, ''Billboard'' Women in Music event. The following year, she was named to ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 list in the music category, and again in 2020 in its "All-Star Alumni" category. ''
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'' named Gomez the
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in 2017, included her in its list of Greatest of All Time Pop Songs Artists in 2018 (at number 31), and named her Billboard Decade-End, one of the 100 most successful artist of the 2010s in 2019, ranking her at number 38. ''
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'' included her on its annual Time 100, list of the 100 most influential people in 2020. Gomez has the most successful
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song of all time with Calm Down. The song broke the records as the highest- and longest-charting African artist-led song on the Hot 100, the longest-running number-one of all time on the ''Billboard'' US Afrobeats Songs chart, with 58 weeks at the summit, the longest-charting song in the top 10 and overall on the Pop Airplay chart, with 45 and 71 weeks respectively, the first African artist-led track to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify, and 1 billion on-demand streams in the US; its music video became the most-viewed Afrobeats song on YouTube. Gomez is one of six woman to score at least three number-one singles on the
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chart from a single set. With her EP, '' Revelación'' and her single " Baila Conmigo", she became the first female act to top the US Latin Albums and Latin Airplay charts simultaneously in over a decade. Gomez is the longest active run of any artist with 16 consecutive top 40 hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. She broke the record with the song "
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" with
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as the third-highest 24-hour debut for a music video on YouTube at the time, with over 79 million views, and the highest for female artist and female collaboration, and the most-viewed music video published in 2016 on YouTube with " We Don't Talk Anymore" with
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. Gomez became the second woman to became List of most-streamed artists on Spotify, Spotify's most-streamed artist in November 2018, with 46 million monthly listeners. Gomez has broken many List of awards and nominations received by Selena Gomez#World records, variety of world records. Gomez has topped the ''Billboard'' 200 three consecutive times, and the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 once, and Artist 100, ''Billboard'' Artist 100. As of May 2017, she has sold 24.3 million songs in the United States, and as of August 2023, she has sold 3.6 million albums in the US, and shifted more than 11.5 million
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s. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she has 63 million certified units in the US. She is one of the most-streamed artists on
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globally. Seven of Gomez's songs have reached over one billion streams on Spotify, and two of her music videos have reached over two billion views on
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(" We Don't Talk Anymore" is the most-viewed music video published in 2016 on it).


Personal life


Property

Gomez owned a $6.6 million home in Calabasas, California, Calabasas, Los Angeles. In 2014, she sold her mansion in Tarzana, Los Angeles for $3.5 million. In 2015, she purchased a mansion in Fort Worth, Texas, for $3.5 million, and in October 2018 the house was sold. In 2020, Gomez moved to a $5 million mansion in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Encino, Los Angeles, Encino. In the same year, she sold her house in Studio City, Los Angeles for $2.3 million.


Beliefs

Gomez was raised Catholic Church, Catholic. In 2005, at age 13, she wanted a purity ring, and her father went to the church and had it blessed. She has said, "He actually used me as an example for other kids: I'm going to keep my promise to myself, to my family and to God." Gomez stopped wearing the ring in 2010. In 2014, Gomez said that she listened to "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" by Hillsong United before performing at the American Music Awards of 2014, 2014 American Music Awards. In 2016, she appeared at a Hillsong Young & Free concert in Los Angeles, leading worship by singing her song "Nobody". When a fan on Twitter asked her who the lyrics to "Nobody" refer to, Gomez replied that they refer to God. She also covered Hillsong Worship's song "Transfiguration" during her Revival Tour. In 2017, she said she did not like the term "religion" and that sometimes it "freaks me out", adding, "I don't know if it's necessarily that I believe in religion as much as I believe in faith and a relationship with God." In 2017, she began to worship at Hillsong Church in Los Angeles, and has said that she does not consider herself religious, but is more concerned with her faith and connection to God. In 2021, she claimed to maintain her Christian faith and having read three times the book ''The Purpose Driven Life'' by Baptist, Baptist Christian pastor Rick Warren.


Health

Gomez was diagnosed with
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sometime between 2012 and early 2014. In September 2017, she revealed on
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that she had withdrawn from public events during the previous few months because she had received a kidney transplant from actress and friend Francia Raisa. During the transplant, an artery broke and emergency surgery was conducted to build a new artery using a vein from her leg. Gomez has been open about her struggles with both Anxiety disorder, anxiety and Major depressive disorder, depression. She began pursuing therapy in her early twenties and also spent time in treatment facilities. When she reached 100 million Instagram followers, Gomez said she "sort of freaked out" and has since taken several extended breaks from social media, due in part to negative comments. In April 2020, she revealed she has bipolar disorder. In October 2022, Gomez canceled an appearance on ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'' after testing positive for COVID-19. In November 2022, she revealed that she had an episode of psychosis in 2018. In September 2024, Gomez revealed her inability to have children naturally due to her health issues, and mentioned wanting to explore either surrogacy or adoption in the future. In November 2024, she disclosed her suffering with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).


Relationships

Gomez dated singer Nick Jonas in 2008. She appeared in the music video for Jonas Brothers, his band's song "Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song), Burnin' Up". From December 2010 to March 2018, Gomez was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Canadian singer Justin Bieber. During their breakups, she briefly dated Russian-German disc jockey
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and Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. As of June 2023, Gomez is in a relationship with record producer
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. She formally announced their engagement on December 11, 2024, following a period of media rumors.


Filmography

According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, Gomez's television and film projects include ''
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'' (2006), ''
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'' (2007), ''
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'' (2007–2012), ''
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'' (2008), ''
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'' (2009), '' Ramona and Beezus'' (2010), ''
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'' (2011), '' Spring Breakers'' (2012), ''Hotel Transylvania'' (2012–2022), ''Girl Rising (film), Girl Rising'' (2013), '' The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex'' (2013), '' Rudderless'' (2014), '' The Fundamentals of Caring'' (2016), '' Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising'' (2016), '' The Dead Don't Die'' (2019), '' A Rainy Day in New York'' (2019), ''
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'' (2020–2023), ''
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'' (2021–present), '' Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me'' (2022), '' Emilia Pérez'' (2024), and ''
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'' (2024–2025). Gomez also executive produced the television series ''
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'' (2017–2020) and ''
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'' (2019).


Discography

Selena Gomez & the Scene studio albums * '' Kiss & Tell'' (2009) * ''
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'' (2010) * '' When the Sun Goes Down'' (2011) Solo studio albums * ''
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'' (2013) * '' Revival'' (2015) * '' Rare'' (2020) Collaborative studio albums * ''
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'' (with
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) (2025)


Tours

Selena Gomez & the Scene tours * Selena Gomez & the Scene: Live in Concert, Live in Concert (2009–2010) * A Year Without Rain Tour (2010–2011) * We Own the Night Tour (2011–2012) Solo tours * Stars Dance Tour (2013–2014) *
Revival Tour The Revival Tour was the second solo concert tour by American singer Selena Gomez, in support of her second solo studio album '' Revival'' (2015). The tour began in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on May 6, 2016. The tour was ...
(2016)


See also

* List of artists who reached number one in the United States * List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Pop Airplay chart * List of most-followed Instagram accounts * List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart * List of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists, List of ''Billboard'' Social 50 number-one artists * History of Mexican Americans in Dallas–Fort Worth


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