174 Facts About Selena Gomez

Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress, singer, producer, and businesswoman.

Selena Gomez has since released three solo studio albums that debuted atop the US Billboard 200.

Selena Gomez then released the Spanish EP Revelacion, which earned her nominations at the Grammys and Latin Grammy Awards.

Selena Gomez has starred in films such as Another Cinderella Story, Monte Carlo, Spring Breakers, The Fundamentals of Caring, The Dead Don't Die, and Emilia Perez.

Selena Gomez voiced Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise.

Selena Gomez's accolades include an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 16 Guinness World Records.

Selena Gomez founded the cosmetic company Rare Beauty in 2020, valued at $2 billion in 2024, and non-profit Rare Impact Fund.

Selena Gomez has appeared in listicles such as the Time 100 and Forbes 30 Under 30, was named Billboards Woman of the Year, and was made a member of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Government of France.

Selena Gomez is the most-followed woman on Instagram, and among the wealthiest musicians.

Selena Marie Gomez was born on July 22,1992, in Grand Prairie, Texas, to Ricardo Joel Gomez and Texas-born former stage actress Mandy Teefey.

Selena Gomez was named after Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, who died in 1995.

Selena Gomez's father is of Mexican descent, while her mother, who was adopted, has Italian ancestry.

Selena Gomez's parents divorced when she was five years old, and she remained with her mother.

Selena Gomez has two younger half-sisters and a younger stepbrother as a result of her parents' remarriages.

Selena Gomez's mother and her second husband, Brian Teefey, had a daughter, Gracie Elliot Teefey, born in 2013.

Selena Gomez earned her high-school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010.

At one point, Selena Gomez recalls that they had to search for quarters to buy gas for their car.

Selena Gomez gave up everything for me, had three jobs, supported me, sacrificed her life for me.

Selena Gomez first gained an interest in pursuing a career in entertainment watching her mother prepare for stage productions.

Selena Gomez was given a recurring role on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana in 2007 as pop star Mikayla.

In Wizards of Waverly Place, Selena Gomez played a teenage girl in a family of wizards who own a restaurant in New York City.

Selena Gomez starred as an aspiring dancer Mary Santiago in the teen musical comedy film Another Cinderella Story, the second installment of the A Cinderella Story series, released on direct-to-video.

Selena Gomez contributed three songs to the soundtrack, including the single "Tell Me Something I Don't Know", which became her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Selena Gomez recorded the song "Fly to Your Heart" for the soundtrack of the animated film Tinker Bell.

Selena Gomez was slated to release two films under the company.

Selena Gomez 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.

Selena Gomez continued to enjoy mainstream success throughout the following year, appearing as Alex Russo in a crossover episode of the Disney Channel series The Suite Life on Deck in 2009.

Selena Gomez made a guest appearance on the Disney Channel series Sonny with a Chance.

Selena Gomez next starred in Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, a television film based on the series.

Selena Gomez recorded three songs on the television series and film's soundtrack, including the single "Magic".

In 2010, Selena Gomez starred alongside Joey King in Ramona and Beezus, a film adaptation of the children's novel series by Beverly Cleary, in which she portrayed Beezus Quimby.

Additionally, Selena Gomez reprised the voice role of Princess Selenia in Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds.

Selena Gomez starred in the comedy film Monte Carlo, with Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy; she played the lead role of Grace, a teenager "mistaken for a socialite" named Cordelia, portrayed by Selena Gomez, "while on a trip to Paris".

In preparation for the role, she learned to play polo and received dialect coaching to speak in two different British accents; Selena Gomez's accent was described as "unconvincing".

Selena Gomez appeared in a cameo role in the film The Muppets.

Selena 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".

Selena Gomez starred in the exploitation film Spring Breakers, alongside James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine.

Selena Gomez played a more mature character than she had previously and reportedly had a "bit of a meltdown on set".

Selena Gomez played the voice role of Mavis Dracula in the animated film Hotel Transylvania, which premiered in September at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in theaters the same month to mixed reviews.

In 2013, Selena Gomez starred alongside Ethan Hawke in the action thriller film Getaway, in which she played a young hacker.

Selena Gomez served as executive producer and starred in the television special The Wizards Return: Alex vs Alex on the Disney Channel.

Selena Gomez incorporated choreographed dance routines into the album's music videos and her promotional live performances, having been inspired by artists such as Janet Jackson and Britney Spears.

Selena Gomez embarked on her Stars Dance Tour in August 2013.

In January 2014, it was reported that Selena Gomez had spent two weeks at Dawn at The Meadows, which is a treatment center in Wickenburg, Arizona, that specializes in treating addiction and trauma in young people.

Selena Gomez confirmed in 2015 that she had been diagnosed with lupus and that after canceling the tour she entered rehab to undergo chemotherapy.

Selena Gomez played Nina Pennington, an innocent straight-A student, in Behaving Badly.

At the 2014 Teen Choice Awards, Selena Gomez was honored with the Ultimate Choice Award for her "contributions to the entertainment world".

Selena Gomez later signed with the WMA and Brillstein companies to manage her career.

In November 2014, Selena Gomez surprise-released her new single "The Heart Wants What It Wants", and confirmed after months of speculation that she would be releasing a compilation album to complete her contract with her label.

That same month, Selena Gomez released her first greatest hits album, For You.

Selena Gomez officially parted ways with Hollywood Records and later signed with Interscope Records in December 2014.

Selena Gomez later reprised the voice role of Mavis in Hotel Transylvania 2 ; the film was met with a positive critical reception and commercial success upon release, grossing US$474 million worldwide.

Selena Gomez was awarded Favorite Animated Movie Voice at the 42nd People's Choice Awards.

Selena Gomez released her second studio album, Revival, in October 2015.

Selena Gomez was a key advisor during the ninth season of the reality singing competition The Voice.

Selena Gomez made a cameo appearance in Adam McKay's film The Big Short.

In 2016, Selena Gomez starred as Dot, a young runaway hitchhiker, in the comedy-drama The Fundamentals of Caring with Paul Rudd, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and was released on Netflix five months later.

Selena Gomez performed as the musical guest on an episode of the NBC late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live in January 2016.

Selena Gomez played the president of a sorority in the comedy Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising ; the film grossed US$108 million worldwide, and received mixed to positive reviews.

Selena Gomez embarked on her worldwide Revival Tour in May 2016.

Selena Gomez claimed that the tour would focus solely on her as an artist and would feature less choreography and fewer effects than her previous tour.

Selena Gomez began working on her third studio album while touring and added a new song titled "Feel Me" to the setlist of her Revival Tour.

Selena Gomez featured on Charlie Puth's single, "We Don't Talk Anymore".

Selena Gomez had a supporting role in In Dubious Battle starring and directed by James Franco.

Selena Gomez guest starred in the Comedy Central variety sketch series Inside Amy Schumer.

At the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards, Selena Gomez won Biggest Triple Threat, and at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, she was nominated for two awards including Top Female Artist.

Selena Gomez served as executive producer for the series adaptation of the novel Thirteen Reasons Why.

Selena Gomez recorded a cover version of the song "Only You" for the series' first season soundtrack.

In May 2017, Selena Gomez released the single "Bad Liar", alongside a vertical music video which was available for streaming only through Spotify; it was the first-ever music video to premiere on Spotify.

Selena Gomez released the single "Fetish" featuring rapper Gucci Mane two month later.

In May 2018, Selena Gomez released the single "Back to You", from the 13 Reasons Why Season 2 Soundtrack.

From 2011 to 2018, Selena 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.

In November 2018, Selena Gomez surpassed Drake and became Spotify's most-streamed artist with 46 million monthly listeners while not releasing new album since 2015.

Selena Gomez featured on Julia Michaels's single "Anxiety", released in January 2019, and the following month, her collaboration titled "I Can't Get Enough" with Benny Blanco, Tainy and J Balvin, was released.

Selena Gomez appeared in Jim Jarmusch's comedy horror The Dead Don't Die.

On October 23,2019, Selena Gomez released "Lose You to Love Me" as the lead single from her third studio album.

In January 2020, Selena Gomez voiced a giraffe in the adventure film Dolittle, directed by Stephen Gaghan.

Selena Gomez won a Critics' Choice Real TV Award for her work on the program.

In June 2020, Selena Gomez featured in a remix of Trevor Daniel's song, "Past Life".

Selena Gomez 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.

That year, Selena Gomez was honored by The Latin Recording Academy as one of the Leading Ladies of Entertainment.

Selena Gomez was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Selena Gomez released her first Spanish-language project, an EP titled Revelacion, in March 2021.

Selena Gomez performed at the 2021 UEFA Champions League final opening ceremony in May In August, she collaborated with Colombian singer Camilo on a song titled "999".

Selena Gomez starred in and executive produced the 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 the platform's history.

Ahead of the official premiere of the series, Selena 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".

Selena Gomez received her first nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, marking the fourth time a Latina was a nominee for comedy series.

Selena Gomez reprised the voice role of Mavis, and served as an executive producer, for the fourth and final installment in the Hotel Transylvania franchise, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.

Selena Gomez was nominated as executive producer for a Children's and Family Emmy Award.

In March 2023, Selena Gomez appeared in the second-season finale of the Apple TV+ documentary television series Dear.

Selena Gomez released the standalone single "Single Soon" on August 25,2023.

In January 2024, Selena Gomez stated that she prefers acting over music, and only has "one more album in me".

Selena Gomez 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.

Selena Gomez played a supporting role as Jessi Del Monte, the title character's wife, in the Spanish-language musical crime comedy Emilia Perez, directed by Jacques Audiard.

Selena Gomez took Spanish lessons for the role, and performed two songs for the film's soundtrack.

Selena Gomez's performance received praise; she was nominated for supporting actress categories at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards and the 78th British Academy Film Awards.

Selena Gomez guest-starred and reprised her role as Alex Russo in the pilot and season one-finale of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, the spin-off and sequel to Wizards of Waverly Place.

Selena Gomez's work is primarily characterized as dance-pop and EDM; however, she has experimented with different music genres.

Early in her career, Selena Gomez cited Bruno Mars as an influence for "his style of music, his style in general, the way he performs, the way he carries himself".

Selena Gomez has cited Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Beyonce, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift as influences.

In October 2008, Selena 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, Selena 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.

Selena Gomez was named spokesperson for UNICEF's 2009 Trick-or-Treat campaign for the second year in a row.

Selena Gomez participated in a celebrity auction and hosted a live web cast series on Facebook in support of the Trick-or-Treat campaign.

Selena Gomez returned as the UNICEF spokesperson for the 60th anniversary of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign in 2010.

In February 2011, Selena 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.

Selena Gomez was featured in videos that promoted the campaign.

In 2014, Selena Gomez visited Nepal to raise awareness for children in need.

Selena Gomez was involved in the UR Votes Count campaign, which encouraged teenagers to learn more about 2008 presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.

From 2009 to 2012, Selena Gomez was involved in "Disney's Friends for Change", an organization which promoted "environmentally-friendly behavior", and appeared in its public service announcements.

The year before, Selena Gomez made an appearance at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia during a Ryan Seacrest Foundation broadcast from the hospital's multimedia center.

Selena Gomez was 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.

Selena Gomez provided the narration for Girl Rising, 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, Selena Gomez participated in activities with Step Up, an organization that supports girls in under-resourced communities to pursue an education.

Selena Gomez attended Step Up events at two Los Angeles high schools.

Selena Gomez conversed with the girls and gifted them new Coach bags.

Selena Gomez attended the We Day California youth empowerment event in Los Angeles in 2018 and 2019.

Selena 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.

Selena 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.

Selena Gomez signed an Artist4Ceasefire letter in October 2023 calling on President Joe Biden and Congress to call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.

In January 2025, Selena Gomez volunteered to help distribute basic necessities during the 2025 Southern California wildfires to those who were displaced by the tragedy, and, together with her brand Rare Beauty, made donation to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and World Central Kitchen, who are on the ground providing immediate aid.

Selena Gomez is known for frequently raising awareness on mental health.

Selena Gomez joined numerous celebrities to write a "love letter" during pride month, as a part of Billboards 30 Days of Pride during the month of June 2016.

Selena Gomez collaborated with 23 other artists for the charity single "Hands", a tribute for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, to raise funds for Equality Florida's Pulse Victims Fund, GLAAD, and the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida.

Selena Gomez spoke about important issues related to mental health protection, social media and many others.

On May 1,2024, Selena Gomez held a special event dedicated to mental health awareness Rare Beauty Summit, where she offered resources to solve mental health problems, the US Surgeon General Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy joined her at this event, he thanked Selena Gomez for creating the Rare Impact Fund and for paving the way for self-acceptance, support and healing.

In May 2021, Selena Gomez participated in the VAX Live: The Concert to Reunite the World concert organized by Global Citizen to promote the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide through the COVAX program.

In 2009, Selena Gomez was part of Sears's back-to-school fashion campaign and featured in television commercials.

Selena Gomez 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.

Selena Gomez became the spokesperson for Borden Milk and starred in campaign's print ads and television commercials for the brand.

From 2010 to 2014, Selena Gomez worked with retailer Kmart to release the clothing line.

Selena Gomez created her own collection of nail polish colors for Nicole by OPI.

From 2013 to 2015, Selena Gomez was a spokesperson and partner for Neo by Adidas.

In 2016, Selena Gomez appeared in a fashion campaign for luxury brand Louis Vuitton.

Selena Gomez 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, Selena Gomez confirmed her collaboration with Coach, beginning with their fall line, thereby becoming the new face of the brand.

Gomez's second collection and "first ever ready-to-wear collection for Coach", named Coach X Selena Gomez, included clothing, outerwear, and bags.

Since 2017, Selena Gomez has been one of the highest-paid people on Instagram, becoming the highest paid-person on the platform of 2017.

In September 2020, Selena Gomez launched her own makeup and cosmetics brand, Rare Beauty.

Vulture ranked her third on its "Disney and Nickelodeon Stars Gone Pop" listicle, writing in 2021 that "Selena 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.

Selena Gomez is the most-followed woman on Instagram, as of 2025, and was the most-followed person on the platform from March 2016 to October 2018.

Selena Gomez was the first person to surpass 100 million followers and the first woman to surpass 400 million followers on the platform.

Selena Gomez held the record for most-liked image on Instagram in 2016, and has 4 out of the 15 most-liked non-football related posts on the app, as of 2024.

Selena Gomez has had a huge impact on social media, with Hugh McIntyre from Forbes 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".

Selena Gomez was named as the number one positive influencer on social media in 2022.

Selena Gomez was included in 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".

Selena Gomez's work has inspired or influenced artists and entertainers such as Billie Eilish, Hailee Steinfeld, Vanessa Hudgens, Miranda Hart, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, and the beginning of the careers of Jenna Ortega and Joey King.

Selena Gomez currently holds the record for the most Kids' Choice Awards wins for an individual.

Selena Gomez was the eight-most streamed and one of the most-streamed female artist of 2010s decade on both Spotify and Apple Music.

In November 2018, Selena Gomez surpassed Drake and became Spotify's most-streamed artist with 46 million monthly listeners while not releasing new album since 2015.

Selena Gomez has been included in many prestigious lists and has been awarded by prestigious publications and magazines.

In 2015, Selena Gomez was honored with the Chart-Topper Award at the Billboard Women in Music event.

Selena Gomez has the most successful Afrobeats song of all time with Calm Down.

Selena Gomez is one of six woman to score at least three number-one singles on the Pop Airplay chart from a single set.

Selena Gomez is the longest active run of any artist with 16 consecutive top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

Selena Gomez broke the record with the song "Ice Cream" with Blackpink 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 Charlie Puth.

Selena Gomez became the second woman to became Spotify's most-streamed artist in November 2018, with 46 million monthly listeners.

Selena Gomez has topped the Billboard 200 three consecutive times, and the Billboard Hot 100 once, and Billboard Artist 100.

Selena Gomez is one of the most-streamed artists on Spotify globally.

Seven of Selena Gomez's songs have reached over one billion streams on Spotify, and two of her music videos have reached over two billion views on YouTube.

Selena Gomez owned a $6.6 million home in Calabasas, Los Angeles.

In 2020, Selena Gomez moved to a $5 million mansion in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Encino.

In 2014, Selena Gomez said that she listened to "Oceans " by Hillsong United before performing at the 2014 American Music Awards.

Selena Gomez covered Hillsong Worship's song "Transfiguration" during her Revival Tour.

Selena Gomez was diagnosed with lupus sometime between 2012 and early 2014.

Selena Gomez has been open about her struggles with both anxiety and depression.

Selena Gomez began pursuing therapy in her early twenties and spent time in treatment facilities.

When she reached 100 million Instagram followers, Selena Gomez said she "sort of freaked out" and has since taken several extended breaks from social media, due in part to negative comments.

In October 2022, Selena Gomez canceled an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon after testing positive for COVID-19.

In September 2024, Selena 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.

Selena Gomez appeared in the music video for his band's song "Burnin' Up".

From December 2010 to March 2018, Selena Gomez was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Canadian singer Justin Bieber.

Selena Gomez formally announced their engagement on December 11,2024, following a period of media rumors.

Selena Gomez executive produced the television series 13 Reasons Why and Living Undocumented.