Selena Gomez

Selena Marie Gomez (born: ), is an American actress, television producer, singer, and songwriter.
==Acting career==
She began her acting career at age seven with Gianna's supporting role in the children's series Barney And Friends. She participated in it until 2004, when she was forced to retire from the cast. After that, she made small appearances in movies and television series such as Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003), Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005) and Brain Zapped (2006). As of 2006, Gomez appeared in various series of the channel of Disney Channel television as The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Hannah Montana. She also filmed some spin-off that the channel did not broadcast. Finally, in 2007, she starred in the series Wizards of Waverly Place, which gave her several prizes, the program was well received and Selena won the Emmy Award for the best children's program three times, during the filming of the program, she starred in films such as Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009) and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie. They were also well received, so, in 2008, she also made her voice acting debut in the animated feature Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who. Simultaneously, that same year she signed a contract with the Hollywood Records label and participated in numerous soundtracks like Disneymania 6, Tinker Bell and Another Cinderella Story. Starting in 2012, she has voiced Mavis Dracula in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise. She also acted in other movies such as Ramona & Beezus (2010), Monte Carlo (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013) and The Fundamentals of Caring (2016).
==Music career==
In 2009 she formed a band called Selena Gomez And The Scene, on September 29. That same year, the label released their first studio album, entitled Kiss And Tell. The album had good commercial reception and got the gold disc certification by the RIAA and CRIA. According to Bill Lamb of About.com, Kiss & Tell is influenced by Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson and Avril Lavigne. To promote the album, Hollywood Records released two singles: Falling Down and Naturally. The latter had good commercial reception and received positive reviews from music critics, and became certified with platinum records in the United States and Canada.
===Growth in popularity===
In 2013, she released her first studio album as a soloist, Stars Dance. This reached the top spot in the charts of countries like Canada, the United States, and Norway, and reached the top 10 in more than twelve territories. Her first single, Come & Get It, reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 list, making it her first top 10 in the count. To promote the album around the world, she started her Stars Dance Tour. After seven years with Hollywood Records, Gomez signed a contract with Interscope. Gomez's first studio album with Interscope, Revival, debuted at number one in the United States and produced the first top 5 of Gomez, Good For You. According to Billboard, Gomez has sold 6.7 million albums worldwide and 22 million singles.
==Discography==
===Selena Gomez & the Scene===
*Kiss & Tell (2009)
*A Year Without Rain (2010)
*When The Sun Goes Down (2011)
===Solo===
*Stars Dance (2013)
*Revival (2015)
*Rare (2020)
=== 2020–2023: Rare, Revelación and television projects ===
In October 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 second single, "Look at Her Now". "Lose You to Love Me" became her first number-one song in the U.S. and Canada, and reached the top five of various national charts worldwide, including Australia and the U.K. Rare was released in January 2020, and debuted atop in the U.S., earning 112,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. It became her third consecutive number-one album in the U.S., and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and several other territories, peaking at number two in the UK. 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 Variety labeled Rare "one of the best pop albums to be released in recent memory" and described it as "sophisticated, precisely written and expertly produced music". Other singles released from the album include "Rare" and "Boyfriend".
In January 2020, Gomez voiced a giraffe in the adventure film Dolittle, directed by Stephen Gaghan. The film, starring Robert Downey Jr., was a box office disappointment, and received negative reviews from critics, who called it "too long [and] lifeless." Gomez hosted and executive produced the HBO Max cooking show Selena + Chef, which features Gomez joined by a different chef each episode; this was initially implemented remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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, it was announced that Food Network had ordered two projects to be hosted by Gomez. The first—Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays, a four-part holiday special off the heels of Selena + Chef; is also produced by Gomez, and premiered on November 30, and concluded on December 21, 2023. An interactive cooking series will premiere in 2024. In June, Gomez featured in a remix of Trevor Daniel's song, "Past Life". She executive produced two films that year; the romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Gallery, released in September 2020, to positive reviews, and the teen comedy-drama This Is the Year. In August, Gomez collaborated with South Korean girl group Blackpink for "Ice Cream". The song peaked at number thirteen in the U.S., 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 The Latin Recording Academy as one of the Leading Ladies of Entertainment. She was also named by Time 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 reggaeton, Latin pop, 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 U.S., shifting 23,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release, marking the largest sales week for a Latin album by a woman since Shakira'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. Revelación debuted with over 8.57 million streams on Spotify in its first 24 hours, becoming the biggest debut of a female EP on the platform. The EP received universal acclaim and became Gomez's best-reviewed project, with a weighted mean score of 83, on Metacritic, a website collecting reviews from professional music critics; it was nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. It also received Latin Pop Album of the Year nominations from the Billboard Latin Music, Latin American Music and Lo Nuestro award ceremonies. Gomez's expansion of her artistry was praised; AllMusic's Matt Collar found her remaining "artistically fearless". Entertainment Weekly's 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 Rauw Alejandro, and "Selfish Love" with DJ Snake. 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 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Gomez performed at the 2021 UEFA Champions League final opening ceremony in May. She later collaborated with Colombian singer Camilo in a song titled "999".
Gomez starred in and executive produced the Hulu mystery-comedy series Only Murders in the Building alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short, which premiered on Hulu in August 2021, and set the record for the most-watched comedy premiere in Hulu history. The program was renewed for a fourth season in October 2023. 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 [her] life away" to The Walt Disney Company at the start of her career and that she "did not know what she was doing." The series has received critical acclaim, and numerous accolades. The performances and chemistry among the main trio were praised by critics; Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times 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 Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, while she was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award, and twice for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She won two times the People's Choice Award for Comedy TV Star of the Year. At the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, she was nominated as producer for Outstanding Comedy Series, marking only the third time a Latina has ever been among the producing nominees for comedy series in the awards' history. Several journalists expressed disappointment over her failure to receive an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Her co-stars, Steve Martin and Martin Short, released a statement saying, "We're a little dismayed that Selena didn't get nominated because she's so crucial to the trio, to the show. She kind of balances us." She was again nominated for this award the following ceremony.
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). In response to the rising cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in the United States, Sony Pictures cancelled the film's theatrical plans. The film was released on Amazon Prime Video in January to mixed reviews. Gomez was nominated as executive producer for a Children's and Family Emmy Award. She collaborated with British band Coldplay on "Let Somebody Go", released as a single in February. For her work as a featured artist on Coldplay's ninth studio album, Music of the Spheres, she was nominated for Album of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. In May, Gomez hosted an episode of the NBC late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live. 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, she 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 U.S., peaking at number three; and her second number-one in Canada, spending nine weeks atop the Canadian Hot 100.https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/rema-selena-gomez-calm-down-number-one-billboard-global-excl-us-chart-1235195762/ It topped Global Excl. U.S. and Radio Songs for 2 and 10 weeks, respectively, becoming Gomez's first leader on both charts. "Calm Down" became the longest-running number-one of all time on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, with 58 weeks at the summit. The remix reached number one on the Billboard U.S. Pop Airplay. Billboard called it "Afrobeats' biggest crossover hit". At the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, 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 is the most-streamed Afrobeats song on Spotify (over 1 billion plays) and the most-viewed music video of an Afrobeats song (over 700 million views) on YouTube, as of 2023. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), "Calm Down" was the second best-selling song of 2023 globally.https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/miley-cyrus-flowers-ifpi-global-single-award-2023-1235614759/
Gomez was the focus of the Alek Keshishian-directed "raw and intimate" documentary film, Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me. The film premiered at the AFI Fest in November 2022, and was released two days after on Apple TV+ 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 The New York Times 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 received the Seal of Female Empowerment in Entertainment honor by the Critics Choice Association, and also 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's "Film Song of the Year" honor. "My Mind & Me" was shortlisted for the Best Original Song category for the 95th Academy Awards but didn't make the final nominations.https://variety.com/2023/music/news/selena-gomez-new-album-song-single-soon-1235698829/
In March 2023, Gomez appeared in the second-season finale of the Apple TV+ documentary television series Dear.... She released the standalone single "Single Soon" on August 25, 2023. Gomez stated it is a "fun little song [she] wrote a while back that's perfect for the end of summer" since she is "not quite done with" her upcoming fourth studio album. It debuted in the top-twenty on the Billboard Global 200, in Canada, and in the U.S. On October 1, the singer made a surprise appearance on stage at Coldplay's concert of their Music of the Spheres World Tour at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to perform "Let Somebody Go".https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/selena-gomez-joins-coldplay-let-somebody-go-live-concert-pasadena-1235430442/
=== 2024: Upcoming fourth studio album ===
Gomez revealed in 2022 that her next album was in the works, and alluded to a potential tour. She said the record would be "really powerful, strong, very pop" with themes revolving around "freedom from relationships [and] the darkness".
In January 2024, the artist stated that she prefers acting over music, and only has "one more album in [her]". 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 released the single "Love On" on February 22, 2024.
==== Upcoming projects ====
Gomez will next star opposite Zoe Saldaña in the musical crime comedy Emilia Perez, which she filmed from April to June 2023 in Paris, directed by Jacques Audiard. The film is slated for a 2024 release.
In October 2020, it was announced that Gomez is set to produce, and possibly star in, the horror thriller film Dollhouse.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/selena-gomez-to-produce-dollhouse-horror-thriller-4075868/https://deadline.com/2021/06/selena-gomez-dollhouse-stx-movie-emma-tammi-director-1234777279/ In November 2020, Gomez was announced as executive producer and star of the Elgin James-directed biographical film In the Shadow of the Mountain, based on the memoir of Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits. In April 2021, Gomez was also set to star in the psychological thriller Spiral. https://deadline.com/2021/04/selena-gomez-petra-collins-spiral-picturestart-drake-1234746813/In March 2022, a project inspired by Sixteen Candles titled 15 Candles entered development for Peacock, with Gomez serving as executive producer. In August 2022, it was announced that Gomez was in talks to produce a reboot of Working Girl on Hulu. In December, Gomez was announced as producer of the music documentary Won't Be Silent. In December 2023, Gomez revealed through Instagram that her upcoming studio album will be released before March 2024. Gomez is set to portray Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic based on her life.https://variety.com/2024/film/news/selena-gomez-linda-ronstadt-biopic-1235867917/
== Artistry ==
=== Musical style ===
Selena Gomez is known for her pop music, but her sound has evolved throughout her career. While dance-pop and electronic dance music (EDM) are her signature styles, she has also explored other genres.https://web.archive.org/web/20141014033944/http://www.etcanada.com/blogs/etc_115475/selena-gomez-strips-down-musically-for-new-hold-on-video/music/
Her early work with the band Selena Gomez & the Scene leaned towards electronic rock and pop rock. Later albums with the band embraced a more dance-pop sound. Albums like "A Year Without Rain" incorporated synth-pop elements, while "When the Sun Goes Down" experimented with electropop and electro-disco influences.https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1070830/selena-gomez-the-scene-kiss-tell
Her solo debut, "Stars Dance," had a strong EDM-pop foundation, which she described as "baby dubstep." This album drew inspiration from electronic, disco, techno, and dancehall music. Tracks like "The Heart Wants What It Wants" and "Good for You" marked a shift towards a more mature pop sound, described as minimalistic and "grown-up."
=== Influences ===
Early on, Selena Gomez looked up to Bruno Mars, not just for his music, but for his overall style – from performing to his personal demeanor. Other artists who have inspired her include Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2RjaCgBuz0https://web.archive.org/web/20140113063902/http://www.disneydreaming.com/2011/05/21/selena-gomez-talks-about-being-inspired-by-bruno-mars/
Her debut solo album, "Stars Dance" (2013), bore the marks of these influences, particularly Spears, Swift, and the electronic dance music (EDM) producer Skrillex. For her follow-up album, "Revival," she drew inspiration from Christina Aguilera's iconic album "Stripped" (2002), along with Janet Jackson and once again, Britney Spears.https://people.com/music/selena-gomez-taylor-swift-friendship-trust/
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