Selena Gomez

## About

Rose to fame for her starring role as Alex Russo on Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place. In 2008, she formed the band Selena Gomez & the Scene. She released three hit albums with the band, then embarked upon her solo career. Her first two solo albums, Stars Dance (2013) and Revival (2015), hit #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart.

## Before Fame

She grew up observing her mother rehearsing for theater productions. Before Wizards of Waverly Place, she played minor roles in Spy Kids 3, Walker, Texas Ranger : Trial by Fire, and Barney & Friends.

## Family Life

She was named after famed singer Selena Quintanilla. Her parents are Mandy Teefey and Ricardo Joel Gomez. She has two half-sisters named Gracie and Tori. She had an on-off relationship with pop star Justin Bieber. She also previously dated R&B singer The Weeknd, actor Taylor Lautner and DJ Anton Zaslavski, AKA Zedd.

## Dating History

1. **Nick Jonas** (2008-2010) – She dated singer-songwriter and actor Nick Jonas between 2008 and 2010 and was also spotted in the music video for the song *Burnin’ Up* by the *Jonas Brothers*.
2. **Taylor Lautner** (2009) – It was speculated that the singer had a romantic association with actor and model Taylor Lautner in 2009.
3. **Justin Bieber** (December 2010 – December 2012; 2013, 2017-2018) – Canadian singer, Justin Bieber and Selena first started dating in December 2010 (however, their dating news started hitting the tabloids in January 2011) and continued dating until December 2012. After splitting from each other in late 2012, they reconciled again in April 2013 and remained together for two months up to June 2013. They were again rumored to be dating in early 2014. In November 2017, the singers resumed dating each other. But, again after dating for 4 months, they put their relationship on hold in March 2018.
4. **Austin Mahone** (2014) – Selena dated singer Austin Mahone, who is younger than her. Taylor Swift, Selena’s best friend has served as the matchmaker this time. As per US Weekly, the two singers are dating since January 29, 2014. According to Austin, he is just friends with Selena.
5. **Tommaso Chiabra** (2014) – In July 2014, she had a fling with Italian businessman Tommaso Chiabra. She was in Saint-Tropez, France with her friend Cara Delevingne. More information at NYDailyNews.com.
6. **Zedd** (2015) – Selena and German DJ Zedd were RUMORed to have dated from January 2015 to April 2015. The duo first met at a recording studio in Los Angeles. After that, they were seen together at multiple locations including *Golden Globes 2015* party holding each other’s hands.
7. **Charlie Puth** (2015) – After singer Charlie Puth mentioned about Selena Gomez’s album on Twitter, it sparked rumors of their dating together.
8. **Samuel Krost** (2015) – She was rumored to have had a fling with Samuel Krost when they were seen holding hands of each other in New York City on November 9, 2015.
9. **Niall Horan** (2015) – One Direction’s Niall Horan sparked dating rumors with Selena when they were seen partying together several times.
10. **Maluma** (2017) – Selena was rumored to be dating with Colombian singer, Maluma in 2017. It all started when Selena followed Maluma on Instagram and he quickly offered her to collaborate. Later, Selena also titled one of her pictures with Maluma’s song Vente Pa’ Ca.
11. **The Weeknd** (2017) – Gomez started her relationship with Canadian singer The Weeknd in January 2017. They dated for 10 months and called it quits in October 2017.
12. **Jimmy Butler** – In December 2020, it came to public knowledge that basketball star, Jimmy Butler and Selena had previously gone on a few dates while she was in New York City.