The prominent pop singer Selena Gomez is also an American actress, Singer, Music Artist, Voice Actor, Fashion Designer, and Dancer. With a huge fan following since she began her acting career in 2002, Selena is undoubtedly an internet sensation and one of the leading artists of the 21st generation.
She gained stardom after she was starred on the Disney Channel television show “Wizards of Waverly Place”. Apart from acting Selena also produced the famous Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” which focused on the problems faced by the High School Kids.
She has also given a number of hit albums selling 7 million albums and 22 million singles worldwide becoming one of the most famous singers in the industry.
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Selena Gomez Career Highlights
Focusing on Selena’s career she has made remarkable achievements and a few of the highlights are as follows:
- Selena gained recognition as an actor after she was starred on an American sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place from 2007 to 2012 telecasted on Disney Channel. The show had won a total of three Emmy Awards and also received more than 10 million views on the season’s finale, making it the most-watched episode in the history of the Disney channel.
- Selena’s debut album “Kiss & Tell” released in 2009 received a lot of positive response even from its critics. The album was a huge hit and also entered the top ten of Billboard 200 in the United States.
- Selena’s another album “Another Cinderella Story” released in 2009 debuted at number eight on the United States Billboard Top Soundtracks.
- A Year Without Rain was recorded by the band Selena Gomez & the Scene in collaboration with Hollywood Records and was also later certified as Gold RIAA.
- Gomez album “Stars Dance” in collaboration with the producers Rock Mafia and The Cataracs was her first album to debut number one on the Billboard 200. It was also Gomez’s first full-length studio album.
- She was felicitated with the MTV Video Music Awards in 2013 for the Best Pop Video followed by the Teen Choice Award in the category Ultimate Choice Award in 2014.
- For You was another album released by Selena selling millions of copies worldwide. The album was released in 2014.
- Followed in the year 2015 Selena released her album “Revival”. The song Same Old Love from the album gained immense popularity and debuted at number five on the US Billboard 100 and later reached number one on the US Mainstream Top 40 chart.
- In 2017 her song Bad Liar was the first music video to premiere on Spotify. It was also ranked as the best song by Billboard in 2017. In the same year her song ‘It Ain’t Me” became very popular and sold million of copies worldwide.
- In 2018 her album “Wolves” in collaboration with Marshmello certified Platinum in more than fifteen countries and even Diamond in Brazil.
Selena Gomez Net Worth
The net worth of Selena Gomez is expected to be around $75 million. Her major part of the earnings comes from her career in singing, songwriting and the career in acting. She is also a popular social media personality having more than 200 million followers on Instagram.
Advertisements of brands such as Puma which was signed in 2017, paid her more than $30 million. It is also said that she is paid a sum of around $3.5 million for her single Instagram post.
Selena Gomez Career
Selena commenced her career in 2002 from her television show “Barney and Friends”. She played the character of “Gianna” on Barney and was starred in almost 14 episodes. Her excellent acting skills opened the doors for career in acting which made her later star in the film Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over which was released in 2003.
Selena also appeared in the TV movie Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire in the year 2005 and later made a guest appearance on the Disney show The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
Selena later showcased her skills in the field of music as well by singing the theme song for the popular Disney show Hannah Montana. She also played the role of a pop star in the show.
The commendable start of her acting career made Selena become a part of the show Wizards of Waverly Place which helped her gain immense recognition. She was paid $30000 per episode and later the show was also released in two movies.
Talking about her career in Music Selena was signed at the age of 16 by the Hollywood Records. She was also the lead singer of the band Selena Gomez and the Scene. The band released three studio albums and one remix album.
Selena also produced the popular Netflix series “13 Reasons Why”.
Selena Gomez Early Life
Selena Gomez was born on 22nd July 1992 in Grand Praire, Texas. She was born to Ricardo Joel Gomez and Amanda Dawn(Mandy). Gomez was named after popular singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez and was born to her mother when she was only sixteen years old.
Later her parents got divorced and Gomez grew up with her mother. She attended Danny Jones Middle School and later completed her high school in May 2010 through homeschooling. Selena and her mother had financial crises and often struggled with it.
Selena Gomez Personal Life
Selena has also been popular for her personal life as she dated Nick Jonas in 2008 and also had a controversial off and on relationship with pop star Justin Bieber. Her relationship with Justin made Selena enter a Rehabilitation facility.
After a tough on and off relationship, the couple finally got separated in March 2018. From January 2017 to October 2017 Selena dated The Weeknd. It is also said that the Weeknd’s album My Dear Melancholy makes references to Selena Gomez.
Selena Gomez Philanthropy
Selena firmly believes in social work and volunteers for variety of causes. She is the ambassador to the Trick-or-Treat Fundraising Program and also works with UNICEF for various volunteering programs.
She has also traveled to various places like Ghana in 2009 in order to help the needy and the poor and later traveled to Chile for meeting the families of UNICEF’S Program Puente program.
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Conclusion
Selena has emerged as a young pop star and actor at a very young age. She is the source of inspiration for all the teenagers who wish to pursue their dreams and passion.
At a very young age Selena has achieved various milestones and on the other hand, struggled and overcome her health issues.
She teaches us that one should be eager to learn new experiences and should never be hesitant to change and try out new things. As a young artist Selena is also a strong woman who believes in the motto to “Never Give Up”.