Selena Gomez
{{Short description|American actress and singer (born 1992)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Selena Gomez
| image = Selena Gomez at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 10 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Gomez in 2024
| alt = Gomez looking towards a camera
| birth_name = Selena Marie Gomez
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|7|22}}
| birth_place = Grand Prairie, Texas, US
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actress
- singer
- songwriter{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/writer/595330238/GOMEZ%20SELENA%20MARIE|title=Selena Marie Gomez|publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|access-date=July 23, 2024}}
- producer
- businesswoman
}}
| years_active = 2002–present
| organization = Rare Beauty
| partner = Benny Blanco (2023–present; engaged)
| works = {{hlist|Discography{{efn|For her discography as Selena Gomez & the Scene, see Selena Gomez & the Scene discography.}}|songs recorded|performances|videography}}
| awards = Full list
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
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| genre = {{hlist|Dance-pop|EDM}}
| instrument = {{Hlist|Vocals}}
| label = {{hlist|Walt Disney|Hollywood|Interscope}}
| past_member_of = Selena Gomez & the Scene
}}
| signature = Selena Gomez signature.svg
| signature_size = 70px
| website = {{URL|selenagomez.com}}
}}
Selena Marie Gomez ({{IPAc-en|s|ə|'|l|iː|n|ə|_|'|g|oʊ|m|ɛ|z}} {{respell|sə|LEE|nə|_|GOH|mez}}; 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 Barney & Friends (2002–2004), and emerged as a teen idol for her leading role as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012). She signed with Hollywood Records in 2008 and formed the band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which released three successful albums: Kiss & Tell (2009), A Year Without Rain (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 (2013), yielded the international top-ten single "Come & Get It". She moved to Interscope Records and released the electropop album Revival (2015), supported by the top-ten singles "Good for You", "Same Old Love", and "Hands to Myself". Its follow-up, the dance-pop-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 Grammys and Latin Grammy Awards. It was followed by her fourth studio album I Said I Love You First (2025), a collaborative project with Benny Blanco. Gomez has released many collaborative singles, including "We Don't Talk Anymore", "It Ain't Me", "Wolves", "Taki Taki", and "Calm Down (Remix)", the last of which is widely regarded as the most successful Afrobeats song of all time.
Gomez has starred in films such as Another Cinderella Story (2008), Monte Carlo (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 (2017–2020), Living Undocumented (2019) and Selena + Chef (2020–2023), and has played a lead role in Only Murders in the Building since 2021. Her 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.
Gomez has worked with charitable organizations. She advocates for mental health, and gender, racial, and LGBT equality, and has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador 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 Woman of the Year (2017), and Latin Women of the Year (2025), and was made a member of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Government of France (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 Grand Prairie, Texas,{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/selena-gomez-504530|title=Selena Gomez Biography|publisher=The Biography Channel|access-date=April 12, 2013|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819233426/https://www.biography.com/people/selena-gomez-504530|url-status=live}} to Ricardo Joel Gomez and Texas-born{{cite magazine|url= https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a20646261/who-is-mandy-teefey/|title=Everything You Need to Know About Selena Gomez's Mom, Mandy Teefey|first=Mehera|last=Bonner|magazine=Cosmopolitan| date=May 10, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-date=May 10, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200510043541/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a20646261/who-is-mandy-teefey/|url-status=live|quote=Mandy was born in Texas, and gave birth to Selena when she was just 16. She married Selena's dad, Ricardo Joel Gomez, and after their relationship ended in divorce, married talent manager Brian Teefey.}} former stage actress Mandy Teefey.{{cite news|url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_8194264|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310021920/http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_8194264?source=rss|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2008|title=Selena Gomez could be next Disney 'it' girl|first=Chuck|last=Barney|work=Oakland Tribune|date=February 7, 2008|access-date=May 14, 2013|quote=Mandy Teefey, a former stage actress, gave birth to Selena at the age of 16.}} She was named after Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, who died in 1995.{{cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/videos/v31013_Selena_Gomez__Famous_Name.html |title=Selena Gomez's Famous Name |publisher=E! |date=August 22, 2008 |access-date=November 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201105844/http://www.eonline.com/videos/v31013_Selena_Gomez__Famous_Name.html |archive-date=December 1, 2009}}{{cite news|first=Jessica Lucia|last=Roiz|title=Selena Gomez Talks Selena Quintanilla; Reveals Why She Was Named After 'Queen of Tejano'|url=http://www.latintimes.com/selena-gomez-talks-selena-quintanilla-reveals-why-she-was-named-after-queen-tejano-383518|access-date=July 7, 2016|work=Latin Times|date=May 3, 2016|archive-date=July 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710022058/http://www.latintimes.com/selena-gomez-talks-selena-quintanilla-reveals-why-she-was-named-after-queen-tejano-383518|url-status=live}} Her father is of Mexican descent, while her mother, who was adopted, has Italian ancestry.{{cite web|url=http://showbizcafe.com/exclusive-selena-gomez-on-being-latin/|title=Selena Gomez and Jake T. Austin on being latin|date=September 13, 2008|publisher=Showbizcafe.com|access-date=July 4, 2011|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404032404/https://showbizcafe.com/exclusive-selena-gomez-on-being-latin/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Curiel|first=Kamren|url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/buzz/selena-gomez-mom-foster-care-fundraiser-charity|title=Selena Gomez Supports Her Mom at Foster Care Fundraiser|magazine=Latina|date=June 14, 2012|archive-date=February 1, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200201222035/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/buzz/selena-gomez-mom-foster-care-fundraiser-charity|url-status=live|quote=...her mother Mandy Teefey. 'I was adopted, I was a teen mother,' Gomez's mom said.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/262/story/754287.html|title=TV: Life is magical for 'Wizards' star|work=The Fresno Bee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808215210/http://www.fresnobee.com/262/story/754287.html|archive-date=August 8, 2008|access-date=April 8, 2013|quote=Because Gomez's father is from Mexico, she has been able to attend many family quinceañeras. But the actress, whose mother is half-Italian, did not have her own.}} Gomez's paternal grandparents emigrated to Texas from Monterrey, Mexico in the 1970s.{{cite news|last=Exposito|first=Suzy|date=March 11, 2021|title=How Selena Gomez embraced her Mexican heritage as 'a source of healing'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-03-11/selena-gomez-revelacion-spanish-language-record|access-date=March 11, 2021|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=March 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328124951/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-03-11/selena-gomez-revelacion-spanish-language-record|url-status=live}} Gomez has said she is "a proud third-generation American-Mexican"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=632ZOXR22lM|title=Selena Gomez has a message for immigrant graduates during COVID-19|publisher=Define American|via=YouTube|date=May 23, 2020|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806081325/https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=632ZOXR22lM|url-status=live}} and once said "My family does have quinceañeras, 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."{{cite web|url=http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3750390|title=Star Spotlight: Selena Gomez|date=September 26, 2008|publisher=Scholastic|access-date=June 20, 2010|archive-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215192826/http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3750390|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite news |first=Olly |last=Richards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/14/selena-gomez-justin-bieber-disney |title=The wonderful world of Selena Gomez |newspaper=The Guardian |date=July 14, 2013 |access-date=July 23, 2013 |archive-date=February 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210171527/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/14/selena-gomez-justin-bieber-disney |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web|first=Natalie|last=Finn|date=June 13, 2013|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/429749/selena-gomez-has-a-baby-sister-demi-lovato-congratulates-singer-and-mom-mandy-on-new-arrival|title=Selena Gomez Has a Baby Sister! Demi Lovato Congratulates Singer and Mom Mandy on New Arrival|publisher=E!|access-date=June 14, 2013|archive-date=May 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529083723/https://www.eonline.com/news/429749/selena-gomez-has-a-baby-sister-demi-lovato-congratulates-singer-and-mom-mandy-on-new-arrival|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet|user=selenagomez|number=345663366762737665|title=Momma, Brian, and me are all so grateful for all your well wishes. My lil sissy Gracie Elliot Teefey was born on June 12th. Luv you all XO|last=Gomez|first=Selena|date=June 14, 2013}} Her father and his second wife, Sara, had a girl, Victoria "Tori", and a boy, Marcus Gomez.{{cite web|url=http://www.disneydreaming.com/2014/08/02/selena-gomez-has-another-baby-sister/|title=Selena Gomez Has Another Baby Sister|publisher=Disneydreaming.com|access-date=October 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224955/http://www.disneydreaming.com/2014/08/02/selena-gomez-has-another-baby-sister/|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}} For most of her childhood, she was homeschooled, save for a brief period when she attended a traditional school as a young girl.{{Cite magazine |last=Twersky |first=Carolyn |date=September 24, 2019 |title=Selena Gomez Opens Up About Her Rough Time At School: "I Was Kind of a Nerd" |url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/a29209322/selena-gomez-rough-time-at-school-nerd/ |access-date=February 20, 2025 |magazine=Seventeen}} She earned her high-school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010.[http://www.accesshollywood.com/selena-gomez-graduates-high-school-on-screen-and-off_article_32234 Selena Gomez Graduates High School – On Screen & Off | Access Hollywood – Celebrity News, Photos & Videos]. Access Hollywood (May 12, 2010). Retrieved November 17, 2010. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515122846/http://www.accesshollywood.com/selena-gomez-graduates-high-school-on-screen-and-off_article_32234 |date=May 15, 2010 }}
Gomez was born when her mother was 16 years old.{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/selena-gomez-504530#synopsis|title=Selena Gomez Biography|publisher=biography.com|access-date=November 7, 2014|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819233426/https://www.biography.com/people/selena-gomez-504530#synopsis|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |author=Melas, Chloe |url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2011/06/30/selena-gomez-e-special-video/ |title=Selena Gomez Reveals: My Mom's Car Would Break Down & We'd Have To Search For Quarters To Buy Gas! |publisher=Hollywood Life |date=June 30, 2011 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712084807/https://hollywoodlife.com/2011/06/30/selena-gomez-e-special-video/ |url-status=dead }}
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 [in Texas]."{{cite web |last=Gardner |first=Chris |url=http://www.wonderwall.com/movies/selena-gomez-i-would-have-two-children-by-now-if-i-lived-in-texas-22402.gallery |title=Selena Gomez: I would have two children by now If I lived in Texas |publisher=MSN |date=June 7, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926033409/http://www.wonderwall.com/movies/selena-gomez-i-would-have-two-children-by-now-if-i-lived-in-texas-22402.gallery |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/30/selena-gomez-divorce_n_888017.html | title=Selena Gomez Talks Parents' Divorce: 'I Blamed My Mom A Lot' (VIDEO) | work=HuffPost | date=June 30, 2011 | access-date=October 16, 2015 | archive-date=October 2, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002021140/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/30/selena-gomez-divorce_n_888017.html | url-status=live }}
Career
=2002–2006: Career beginnings=
Gomez first gained an interest in pursuing a career in entertainment watching her mother prepare for stage productions.{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/info/selena-gomez-info.aspx|title=Selena Gomez Biography|publisher=BuddyTV|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628123613/http://www.buddytv.com/info/selena-gomez-info.aspx|archive-date=June 28, 2017|url-status=dead}} In 2002, she began her acting career on the children's television series Barney & Friends,{{cite magazine |last=Takeda |first=Allison |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/demi-lovato-selena-gomez-will-always-be-really-close-to-my-heart-2013165 |title=Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez Will Always Be Friends |magazine=US Weekly |date=May 16, 2013 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407032546/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/demi-lovato-selena-gomez-will-always-be-really-close-to-my-heart-2013165/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20287090,00.html |title=From Texas to Hollywood! |work=People |date=July 22, 2009 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913194955/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20287090,00.html |archive-date=September 13, 2009}} portraying the character Gianna.{{cite web |last=Bryson |first=Carey |url=http://kidstvmovies.about.com/od/wizardsofwaverlyplace/a/selenagomez.htm |title=Selena Gomez – Bio and Facts for Kids |publisher=About.com |access-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514010843/http://kidstvmovies.about.com/od/wizardsofwaverlyplace/a/selenagomez.htm |url-status=dead }} 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."{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/selena_gomez/biography/|title=Selena Gomez Biography|work=People|access-date=October 22, 2022|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829194650/http://www.people.com/people/selena_gomez/biography/ |archive-date=August 29, 2016}} Gomez appeared in thirteen episodes of the show between 2002 and 2004; the show's producers released her "when she became too old" for the series. While working on Barney & Friends, Gomez had bit part roles in the film Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and the made-for-television film Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005).{{cite web |last=Nessif |first=Bruna |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/255135/time-warp-spy-selena-gomez-in-her-first-film-role |title=Time Warp: Spy Selena Gomez in Her First Film Role |work=E! News |date=July 29, 2011 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404102914/https://www.eonline.com/news/255135/time-warp-spy-selena-gomez-in-her-first-film-role |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Angiolillo |first1=Vincent |last2=Rodriguez |first2=Javy |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/03/30-things-you-didnt-know-about-selena-gomez/ |title=30 Things You Didn't Know About Selena Gomez |publisher=Complex |date=March 17, 2013 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012603/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/03/30-things-you-didnt-know-about-selena-gomez/ |url-status=live }} She guest starred in a 2006 episode of the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.{{cite episode|title=A Midsummer's Nightmare|episode-link=List of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodes#ep48|series=The Suite Life of Zack & Cody|series-link=The Suite Life of Zack & Cody|network=Disney Channel|date=August 11, 2006|season=2|number=22|minutes=08:04, 22:04}}
=2007–2012: Breakthrough with Disney and Selena Gomez & the Scene=
Gomez was given a recurring role on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana 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!,{{cite web |last=Orenstein |first=Hannah |url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/news/a39868/did-you-know-there-was-a-suite-life-spin-off-that-starred-selena-gomez/ |title=Did You Know There Was a "Suite Life" Spin-Off That Starred Selena Gomez? |work=Seventeen |date=April 22, 2016 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012635/https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/news/a39868/did-you-know-there-was-a-suite-life-spin-off-that-starred-selena-gomez/ |url-status=live }} and the second was a Lizzie McGuire spin-off titled What's Stevie Thinking?{{cite magazine|last=Martin|first=Denise|title=In search of tweens|url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/in-search-of-tweens-1117912986/|magazine=Variety|date=November 3, 2004|access-date=November 4, 2022|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319003027/https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/in-search-of-tweens-1117912986/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Addams Rosa|first=Jelani|title=6 Things You Never Knew About "Lizzie McGuire"|url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a29938/things-you-never-knew-about-lizzie-mcguire/|work=Seventeen|date=April 10, 2015|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626210903/https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a29938/things-you-never-knew-about-lizzie-mcguire/|url-status=live}} She later auditioned for a role in the network's series Wizards of Waverly Place, ultimately winning the lead role of Alex Russo. Gomez and her mother subsequently moved to Los Angeles.
In Wizards of Waverly Place, Gomez played a teenage girl in a family of wizards who own a restaurant in New York City.{{Cite magazine |title=The 25 best Disney Channel Original Series of all time |url=https://ew.com/gallery/best-disney-channel-original-series/#8-wizards-of-waverly-place-2007-2012 |date=June 15, 2022 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012603/https://ew.com/gallery/best-disney-channel-original-series/#8-wizards-of-waverly-place-2007-2012 |url-status=live }} It quickly became a success for the Disney Channel and marked Gomez's breakthrough into the mainstream.{{cite web|last=Seidman |first=Robert |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/09/27/selena-gomez-to-executive-produce-and-star-in-new-wizards-of-waverly-place-television-even-on-disney-channel/150583/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001024331/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/09/27/selena-gomez-to-executive-produce-and-star-in-new-wizards-of-waverly-place-television-even-on-disney-channel/150583/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |title=Selena Gomez to Executive-Produce and Star in New 'Wizards of Waverly Place' Television Event on Disney Channel |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=September 27, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2013}} The role brought Gomez "teen idol" status,{{cite web|last1=Gomez|first1=Shirley|url=https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20211125323355/selena-gomez-most-memorable-quotes/|title=Happy Birthday Selena Gomez: wise quotes from the singer that should be our motto|magazine=¡Hola!|access-date=March 18, 2023|date=July 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318173154/https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20211125323355/selena-gomez-most-memorable-quotes/|archive-date=March 18, 2023|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|last=He|first=Richard S.|date=January 9, 2020|title=Selena Gomez's Road to 'Rare': How Pop's Quietest Singer Began to Raise Her Voice|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8547671/selena-gomez-rare-career-review|access-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306042844/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-rare-career-review-8547671/|archive-date=March 6, 2023|url-status=live}} and she became one of the ten highest-paid children's TV stars of all time.{{cite web|last1=Greenwood|first1=Chelsea|url=https://www.insider.com/highest-paid-child-tv-actors-2018-7|title=9 of the highest paid child TV stars of all time — and their reported salaries|magazine=Insider|access-date=July 16, 2023|date=July 30, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027122503/https://www.insider.com/highest-paid-child-tv-actors-2018-7|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=May 10, 2010|work=Pop Eater|title=TV's Highest-Paid Kid Actors (Surprise! Miley Cyrus Isn't No. 1)|url=http://www.popeater.com/2010/05/10/tvs-richest-kids/|access-date=July 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512135745/http://www.popeater.com/2010/05/10/tvs-richest-kids/|archive-date=May 12, 2010}} The series received numerous awards and nominations,{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms29.html |title=29th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards |publisher=Young Artist Awards |access-date=October 26, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705154832/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms29.html |archive-date=July 5, 2008 }}{{cite web|last1=Finke|first1=Nikki|url=https://deadline.com/2010/01/41st-naacp-image-award-nominations-21412/|title=41st NAACP Image Award Nominations|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 22, 2022|date=January 6, 2010|archive-date=October 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007165221/https://deadline.com/2010/01/41st-naacp-image-award-nominations-21412/|url-status=live}} and won the Outstanding Children's Program at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2009/outstanding-childrens-program |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023072028/https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2009/outstanding-childrens-program |url-status=live }} It garnered positive reviews{{Cite web |last=McNamara |first=Mary |date=November 12, 2010 |title=TV review: Wizards of Waverly Place |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-12-la-et-waverly-20101112-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105042836/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-12-la-et-waverly-20101112-story.html |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times|url-access=limited}}{{Cite news |last=Eakin |first=Marah |date=February 18, 2011 |title=Wizards Of Waverly Place |work=The A.V. Club |publisher=G/O Media |url=https://www.avclub.com/wizards-of-waverly-place-1798167328 |url-status=live |access-date=December 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115032601/https://tv.avclub.com/wizards-of-waverly-place-1798167328 |archive-date=November 15, 2019}} and particular praise for Gomez's comic timing and sarcastic delivery.{{Cite news |last=Robinson |first=Mark |date=February 27, 2017 |title=The Decline of the Disney Sitcom |work=Mark Robinson Writes |url=http://www.markrobinsonwrites.com/the-music-that-makes-me-dance/2017/2/26/the-decline-of-the-disney-sitcom |url-status=live |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105045852/http://www.markrobinsonwrites.com/the-music-that-makes-me-dance/2017/2/26/the-decline-of-the-disney-sitcom |archive-date=January 5, 2021}}{{cite web |last=Bernard |first=Emily |url=https://collider.com/snl-selena-gomezs-best-sketches-ranked/ |title='Saturday Night Live': Selena Gomez's Best Sketches, Ranked |publisher=Collider |date=May 15, 2022 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012604/https://collider.com/snl-selena-gomezs-best-sketches-ranked/ |url-status=live }}
In 2008, while working on the second season of Wizards of Waverly Place, Gomez voiced Helga in the animated film Horton Hears a Who!{{cite web|last=Whitney|first=Alyse|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/stars-who-voiced-animated-characters|title=Did You Know These Stars Are the Voices Behind Your Favorite Animated Characters?|work=Teen Vogue|date=July 13, 2015|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809133241/https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/stars-who-voiced-animated-characters|url-status=live}} The film became a commercial and critical success,{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/horton-hears-a-who2008|title=Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001127/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/horton-hears-a-who2008|url-status=live}} grossing over US$300 million worldwide.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=hortonhearsawho.htm|title=Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) |website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=October 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026042754/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=hortonhearsawho.htm|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web |last=Whitney |first=Alyse|url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a14774422/another-cinderella-story-drew-seeley/|title=Selena Gomez's Bae from "Another Cinderella Story" Celebrates the Movie's 10th Anniversary|work=Seventeen|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=October 25, 2022}} This role earned her a Young Artist Award.{{cite web |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/production-begins-%E2%80%9Canother-cinderella-story%E2%80%9D-warner-premiere |title=Production Begins On "Another Cinderella Story" For Warner Premiere |publisher=Warner Bros. |date=November 1, 2007 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012605/https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/production-begins-%E2%80%9Canother-cinderella-story%E2%80%9D-warner-premiere |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms30.html |title=30th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards |publisher=Young Artist Awards |access-date=October 21, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719205923/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms30.html |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }} She contributed three songs to the soundtrack, including the single "Tell Me Something I Don't Know",{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/another-cinderella-story-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1570664241|title=Another Cinderella Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=October 21, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/co/album/tell-me-something-i-dont-know-single/286152910?l=en|title=Tell Me Something I Don't Know - Single|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=October 21, 2012|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012612/https://music.apple.com/co/album/tell-me-something-i-dont-know-single/286152910?l=en|url-status=dead}} which became her first entry on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/hsi/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: The Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 15, 2024}} She also recorded the song "Fly to Your Heart" for the soundtrack of the animated film Tinker Bell.{{cite web|title=Fly to Your Heart – Selena Gomez|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/fly-to-your-heart-mt0040728040|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 22, 2022}} That same year, at age 16, Gomez signed with Hollywood Records,{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/3322/selena-gomez-s-supersweet-16|title=Selena Gomez's Supersweet 16|publisher=E! News|date=July 22, 2008|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022232633/https://www.eonline.com/news/3322/selena-gomez-s-supersweet-16|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.celebuzz.com/selena-gomez-celebrates-sweet-16-s32741/|title=Selena Gomez Celebrates Sweet 16 With Record Deal|publisher=Celebuzz|date=July 23, 2008|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029000637/http://www.celebuzz.com/selena-gomez-celebrates-sweet-16-s32741/|archive-date=October 29, 2014|url-status=dead}} and formed her own production company, July Moon Production.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/news/selena-gomez-forms-production-co-1117994893/|work=Variety|first=Tatianna|last=Siegel|date=October 29, 2008|title=Selena Gomez forms production co|access-date=October 21, 2009|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809133240/https://variety.com/2008/film/news/selena-gomez-forms-production-co-1117994893/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.parade.com/celebrity/hollywood-wire/2009/10/20/selena-gomez-to-star-in-what-boys-want.html |title=Selena Gomez to Star in 'What Boys Want' |publisher=Parade |date=October 20, 2009 |access-date=June 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230230650/http://www.parade.com/celebrity/hollywood-wire/2009/10/20/selena-gomez-to-star-in-what-boys-want.html |archive-date=December 30, 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.companypond.com/julymoonproductions|title=July Moon Productions – July Moon Productions|publisher=companypond.com|access-date=November 7, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141026231208/http://www.companypond.com/julymoonproductions|archive-date=October 26, 2014}} Gomez later produced a television adaptation of the novel.{{Cite news|first=Wagmeister|last=Elizabeth|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/selena-gomez-13-reasons-why-netflix-1201620194|title=Netflix Adapting '13 Reasons Why' into Selena Gomez Series (Exclusive)|work=Variety|date=October 29, 2015|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=May 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501141002/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/selena-gomez-13-reasons-why-netflix-1201620194/|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/a4711/wizards-on-deck-hannah-montana-disney/|title=Watch Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana!|work=Seventeen|date=June 10, 2009|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012645/https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/a4711/wizards-on-deck-hannah-montana-disney/|url-status=live}} She made a guest appearance on the Disney Channel series Sonny with a Chance.{{cite web |last=Amber |first=Ashley |url=https://collider.com/disney-channel-stars-cameos-before-leading-roles/ |title=10 Disney Channel Stars Who Had Cameos Before Leading Roles |publisher=Collider |date=April 10, 2022 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012603/https://collider.com/disney-channel-stars-cameos-before-leading-roles/ |url-status=live }} She appeared in a remix of the Forever the Sickest Kids' single "Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)" in April of that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Forever+the+Sickest+Kids/_/Whoa+Oh!+(Me+vs.+Everyone)+(feat.+Selena+Gomez) |title=Forever The Sickest Kids – Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone) (feat. Selena Gomez) |publisher=Last.fm |access-date=June 18, 2013}} Gomez, along with Demi Lovato, starred in the Disney Channel film Princess Protection Program, which aired in June 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/crush/selena-gomez-demi-lovato-team-003602351.html |title=Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato Team Up |publisher=Yahoo! |date=June 25, 2009 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012603/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/crush/selena-gomez-demi-lovato-team-003602351.html |url-status=live }} The film had a total of 8.5 million viewers during its premiere.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/06/27/princess-protection-program-is-tv%E2%80%99s-no-1-entertainment-telecast-of-2009-in-kids-6-11-and-tweens-9-14/21543/ |title=Princess Protection Program is TV's No. 1 Entertainment Telecast of 2009 in Kids 6–11 and Tweens 9–14 |publisher=TV by the Numbers |access-date=June 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731153031/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/06/27/princess-protection-program-is-tv%E2%80%99s-no-1-entertainment-telecast-of-2009-in-kids-6-11-and-tweens-9-14/21543/ |archive-date=July 31, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2009/doc/WOWP_MoviePremiere.doc|title=Wizards of Waverly Place Movie|publisher=Disney Channel|access-date=July 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113035337/http://disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2009/doc/WOWP_MoviePremiere.doc|archive-date=January 13, 2010}} 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 High School Musical 2.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101207095346/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/12/29/espn-domination-top-100-most-watched-telecasts-on-basic-cable-for-2009/37284 Top 100 Most-Watched Telecasts On Basic Cable For 2009]. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 4, 2011.{{cite web|author=Andreeva, Nellie|url=https://deadline.com/2013/03/disney-channels-new-wizards-of-waverly-place-tv-movie-draws-5-9-million-viewers-455294/|title=Disney Channel's New 'Wizards Of Waverly Place' TV Movie Draws 5.9 Million Viewers|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 16, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029233357/https://deadline.com/2013/03/disney-channels-new-wizards-of-waverly-place-tv-movie-draws-5-9-million-viewers-455294/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|author=Hibberd, James|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/disneys-wizards-top-cable-telecast-52142/|title=Disney's 'Wizards' top cable telecast of the year|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 29, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012604/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/disneys-wizards-top-cable-telecast-52142/|url-status=live}} Roxana Hadadi of The Washington Post credited all three performers—Gomez, David Henrie and Jake T. Austin—for their "acting skills that carry the film".{{cite news|author=Hadadi, Roxana|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2009/12/16/wizards-of-waverly-place-selena-gomez-dvd/|title=Tween Time: 'Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie'|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 16, 2009|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306042627/https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2009/12/16/wizards-of-waverly-place-selena-gomez-dvd/|url-status=live}} The film won the series its second consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2010/outstanding-childrens-program |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023075610/https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2010/outstanding-childrens-program |url-status=live }} Gomez recorded three songs on the television series and film's soundtrack, including the single "Magic".{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1612628|title=Wizards of Waverly Place: Songs from and Inspired by the Hit TV Series > Review|author=Thomas Erlewine, Stephen|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 21, 2022|date=August 3, 2009|archive-date=October 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027122435/https://www.allmusic.com/album/wizards-of-waverly-place-songs-from-and-inspired-by-the-hit-tv-series-mw0000819980|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2009/doc/MagicVideo_072309.doc |title=Selena Gomez's "Magic" Music Video Premieres Friday, July 24 On Disney Channel|publisher=Disney Channel|date=July 23, 2009|author=Kelly Grant, Brenda|access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902011249/http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2009/doc/MagicVideo_072309.doc |archive-date=September 2, 2009}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Invisibles-Revenge-Maltazard/dp/B004T81ZEE |title=Arthur and the Invisibles 2: Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Selena Gomez, Snoop Dogg |website=Amazon |access-date=June 18, 2013 |archive-date=July 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720081115/http://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Invisibles-Revenge-Maltazard/dp/B004T81ZEE |url-status=live }}
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Hoping to cross over into the music industry, Gomez formed the pop rock band Selena Gomez & the Scene under her deal with Hollywood Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B_Xg0ClSwQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/7B_Xg0ClSwQ |archive-date=December 17, 2021|url-status=live|title=ep 4 band tryouts |publisher=YouTube |date=September 28, 2009 |access-date=June 18, 2013}}{{cbignore}} The name of the band is an "ironic jab" at the people who called Gomez a "wannabe scene".{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/08/13/selena-gomez/ |title=Selena Gomez's the Scene and Six More of the Most Boring Band Names of All Time " MTV Newsroom |publisher=MTV |date=August 13, 2009 |access-date=March 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908103157/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/08/13/selena-gomez/ |archive-date=September 8, 2011 }} The group's debut studio album, Kiss & Tell, influenced by pop rock and electronic rock, was released in September 2009.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1070830/selena-gomez-the-scene-kiss-tell|title=Selena Gomez & the Scene, "Kiss & Tell"|magazine=Billboard|date=September 25, 2009|access-date=May 7, 2014|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809150304/https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1070830/selena-gomez-the-scene-kiss-tell|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Copsey|first=Robert|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a216152/selena-gomez--the-scene-kiss--tell.html|title=Music – Album Review – Selena Gomez & The Scene: 'Kiss & Tell'|publisher=Digital Spy|date=April 19, 2010|access-date=June 19, 2010|archive-date=October 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054706/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a216152/selena-gomez--the-scene-kiss--tell.html|url-status=live}} It debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the U.S. with first-week sales of 66,000 copies.{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith |author2=Herrera, Monica |title=Barbra Streisand Surprises with Ninth No. 1 on Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267159/barbra-streisand-surprises-with-ninth-no-1-on-billboard-200|date=October 7, 2009 |access-date=October 7, 2009}} The album received mixed reviews, with some critics praising its "fun" nature and others criticizing Gomez's vocal performance.{{cite magazine |first=Michael |last=Slezak |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20307626,00.html |title=Kiss & Tell |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 23, 2009 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112085124/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20307626,00.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8620000/newsid_8622500/8622509.stm|title=Album Review: Selena Gomez – Kiss & Tell|work=BBC News|access-date=November 12, 2014|archive-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917074224/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8620000/newsid_8622500/8622509.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/15/selena-gomez-cd-review |title=Selena Gomez & the Scene: Kiss & Tell |first=Michael |last=Hann |work=The Guardian |date=April 15, 2009 |access-date= October 22, 2022}} Although the lead single 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5875/selena-gomez/ | title=Selena Gomez | publisher=Official Charts Company | access-date=October 24, 2022 | format=select "Albums" or "Singles"}}
In 2010, 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.{{cite web|author=Vena, Jocelyn|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1604489/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208195138/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1604489/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2009|title=Selena Gomez To Star In 'Ramona and Beezus' Movie|publisher=MTV|date=February 6, 2009|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{cite news|first=Lylah M.|last=Alphonse|url=https://www.boston.com/community/moms/blogs/in_the_parenthood/2010/07/the_stars_of_ramona_and_beezus_on_family.html|title=The stars of 'Ramona and Beezus' on family, fun, and facing down fear|work=The Boston Globe|date=February 23, 2011|access-date=July 16, 2010}} The film was well received by critics;{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ramona_and_beezus|title=Ramona and Beezus (2010)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date=August 2, 2010}} Roger Ebert described it as "a sweet salute", and found both actresses "appealing".{{cite news |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=It Wasn't My Fault! I Was Just Standing Here! |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ramona-and-beezus-2010 |date=July 21, 2010|access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=RogerEbert.com}} Additionally, Gomez reprised the voice role of Princess Selenia in Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Invisibles-War-Two-Worlds/dp/B005VLEL08/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DQPF6BOEXABG&keywords=arthur+selena+gomez&qid=1666372593&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjM5IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=instant-video&sprefix=arthur+selena+gome%2Cinstant-video%2C217&sr=1-1 |title=Arthur and the Invisibles 3: Arthur and the War of Two Worlds |website=Amazon Prime |access-date=October 21, 2022}} That same year, Selena Gomez & the Scene released their second studio album A Year Without Rain,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956020/zac-brown-band-bows-at-no-1-on-billboard-200 |title=Zac Brown Band Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |date=September 29, 2010 |access-date=February 19, 2015}} 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 Auto-Tuned vocals.{{cite news|url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/09/album_review_selena_gomez_a_ye.html |title=Album review: Selena Gomez, "A Year Without Rain" |first=Allison |last=Stewart |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511205242/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/09/album_review_selena_gomez_a_ye.html |archive-date=May 11, 2012 }} Both of the record's singles, "Round & Round" and "A Year Without Rain", achieved moderate success. The band was awarded Favorite Breakout Artist at the 37th People's Choice Awards.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peoples-choice-awards-2011-list-of-winners/|title=People's Choice Awards 2011: List of Winners|last=Derschowitz|first=Jessica|magazine=CBS News|date=January 6, 2011|access-date=March 5, 2023|archive-date=June 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601205401/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peoples-choice-awards-2011-list-of-winners/|url-status=live}} The band's third and final studio album, When the Sun Goes Down, was released the following year, to mixed reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/when-the-sun-goes-down-2011 |title=When the Sun Goes Down Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |website=Metacritic |access-date=December 1, 2011}} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/5317207/selena-gomez-knocks-jay-z-from-top-of-billboard-200-with-first|title=Selena Gomez Knocks Jay Z From Top of Billboard 200 With First No. 1 Album|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|magazine=Billboard|date=July 31, 2013|access-date=November 7, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707003305/https://www.billboard.com/articles//5317207/selena-gomez-knocks-jay-z-from-top-of-billboard-200-with-first/|archive-date=July 7, 2020}} 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,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/selena-gomez-biggest-music-moments-timeline-6612634/9-february-2012/|title=Selena Gomez's Biggest Music Moments: A Timeline|magazine=Billboard|date=June 26, 2015|access-date=October 28, 2022}} peaking at number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100, where it spent 38 weeks, and reached the top ten in Canada,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117204753/https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|url-status=live}} topping the chart in Russia.{{cite web|url= https://tophit.ru/ru/chart/russia/weekly/2011-09-26/all/all|title= Top City & Country Radio Hits (от 26 сентября 2011)|publisher=TopHit|access-date= June 20, 2023|archive-date= June 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610094608/https://tophit.ru/ru/chart/russia/weekly/2011-09-26/all/all|url-status=dead|language=ru }} Alex Frank from Pitchfork called the song "a cult karaoke classic".{{Cite web|last=Frank|first=Alex|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/19117-selena-gomez-bad-liar/|title=Selena Gomez: "Bad Liar" Track Review|website=Pitchfork|date=May 18, 2017|access-date=October 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407031249/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/19117-selena-gomez-bad-liar/|archive-date=April 7, 2023|url-status=live}} In 2022, Billboard ranked the song as the biggest song that peaked at number twenty-two.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/number-22-hot-100-hits-2022-selena-gomez/|title=22 No. 22 Hot 100 Hits for '22: Selena Gomez's 'Love You Like a Love Song' & More|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=January 1, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2022}} Billboard featured Gomez on their 21 Under 21 list in 2010,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/21-under-21-selena-gomez-956150/|title=21 Under 21: Selena Gomez|magazine=Billboard|date=September 23, 2010|access-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307231143/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/21-under-21-selena-gomez-956150/|archive-date=March 7, 2024|url-status=live}} 2011,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/21-under-21-selena-gomez-2011-467247/|title=21 Under 21: Selena Gomez (2011)|magazine=Billboard|date=September 27, 2011|access-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116213350/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/21-under-21-selena-gomez-2011-467247/|archive-date=November 16, 2023|url-status=live}} and 2012.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-21-under-21-2012-475057/|title=Selena Gomez: 21 Under 21 (2012)|magazine=Billboard|date=September 17, 2012|access-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406044932/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-21-under-21-2012-475057/|archive-date=April 6, 2023|url-status=live}}
Gomez starred in the comedy film Monte Carlo (2011), with Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy;{{cite web|last1 = Garibaldi|first1 = Christina|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/0enfxo/monte-carlo-selena-gomez-leighton-meester|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909141711/https://www.mtv.com/news/0enfxo/monte-carlo-selena-gomez-leighton-meester|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2022|title=Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester Recall 'Monte Carlo' Perks|publisher=MTV|date=June 30, 2011|access-date=October 23, 2022}}{{cite web|first=Rebecca|last=Murray|url=http://movies.about.com/od/montecarlo/ig/Monte-Carlo-Photos/|title='Monte Carlo' First Photo|work=Movie.about.com|date=April 22, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817122221/http://movies.about.com/od/montecarlo/ig/Monte-Carlo-Photos/|archive-date=August 17, 2017}} 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 polo and received dialect coaching to speak in two different British accents;{{cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/Celebrity+Portal/articles/_7CI8Bk-WSX/Selena+Gomez+Practices+Play+Polo+Budapest |date=April 22, 2011 |title=Selena Gomez Practices to Play Polo in Budapest for 'Monte Carlo' Role |author=cmania |work=Zimbio |access-date=May 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509040644/http://www.zimbio.com/Celebrity%2BPortal/articles/_7CI8Bk-WSX/Selena%2BGomez%2BPractices%2BPlay%2BPolo%2BBudapest |archive-date=May 9, 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2011-03-22-montecarlofl22_ST_N.htm|date=April 22, 2011|title=First look: Selena Gomez stretches out in 'Monte Carlo'|first=Jayme|last=Deerwester|work=USA Today|access-date=May 7, 2010}} Gomez's accent was described as "unconvincing".{{cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/07/movie_review_monte_carlo_and_t.html|publisher=Vulture|first=Logan|last=Hill|title=Movie Review: Monte Carlo and the Problem With the Princess-for-a-Day Flick|date=July 1, 2011|access-date=November 3, 2022}} The film received mixed reviews from critic.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/monte_carlo_2011/ |title=Monte Carlo (2011) |website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango |access-date=October 21, 2022}} Nick Schager from Slant Magazine 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".{{cite news|last1=Schager|first1=Nick|title=Review: Monte Carlo|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/monte-carlo/|access-date=November 3, 2022|work=Slant Magazine|date=June 30, 2011}} Gomez appeared in a cameo role in the film The Muppets.{{cite magazine|last1 = Gonzalez|first1 = Sandra|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/11/29/the-muppets-who-was-your-favorite-celebrity-cameo/|title='The Muppets': Your favorite celebrity cameo?|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 29, 2011|access-date=October 22, 2022}} She also hosted in June the MuchMusic Video Awards, and in November the MTV Europe Music Awards.{{cite web|first=Jennifer|last=Still|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a317450/selena-gomez-to-host-muchmusic-video-awards/|title=Selena Gomez to host MuchMusic Video Awards|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=February 23, 2023|date=May 2, 2011|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223025250/https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a317450/selena-gomez-to-host-muchmusic-video-awards/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Katie|last=Henry|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-15071775|title=Selena Gomez to host MTV Europe music awards in Belfast|work=BBC News|date=September 27, 2011|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012612/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-15071775|url-status=live}}
=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.{{cite magazine|last=Johnson |first=Zach |title=Selena Gomez takes 'a break' from music |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/selena-gomez-and-the-scene-going-our-separate-ways-2012132 |magazine=US Magazine |access-date=August 27, 2012 |date=February 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417201742/http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/selena-gomez-and-the-scene-going-our-separate-ways-2012132 |archive-date=April 17, 2012 |url-status=dead}} 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".{{cite magazine|last=De |first=Elizabeth |title=Selena Gomez Opens Up About Leaving Former Band The Scene |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/selena-gomez-leaving-former-band-the-scene |magazine=Teen Vogue |access-date=September 7, 2024 |date=July 10, 2017}} That year, Wizards of Waverly Place officially ended its run on the Disney Channel after four seasons.{{cite news|last=John|first=Christopher|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/03/11/selena-gomez-says-shes-finally-done-with-wizards/|title=Selena Gomez Says She's Finally Done With 'Wizards of Waverly Place'-and Breaks Away From Her Band The Scene|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=March 11, 2013|access-date=June 15, 2013|archive-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605024710/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/03/11/selena-gomez-says-shes-finally-done-with-wizards/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Banov|first=Jessica|url=http://fayobserver.com/articles/2012/01/06/1145263?sac=Life|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108042348/http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2012/01/06/1145263?sac=Life|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2012|title=TV Diva: Selena Gomez's "Wizards of Waverly Place" ends after four seasons |work=The Fayetteville Observer|date=January 6, 2012|access-date=June 15, 2013}}
Gomez starred in the exploitation film Spring Breakers (2012), alongside James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine. It was directed by Harmony Korine.{{cite web|last=Finke|first=Nikki|url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/pretty-little-liars-ashley-benson-cast-in-spring-breakers-222894/|title='Pretty Little Liars' Ashley Benson Cast In 'Spring Breakers'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 30, 2012|access-date=August 18, 2013|archive-date=August 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825122804/http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/pretty-little-liars-ashley-benson-cast-in-spring-breakers/|url-status=live}} The film premiered in September at the 69th Venice International Film Festival,{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/spring-breakers-james-franco-britney-spears_n_1858163.html|title='Spring Breakers': James Franco Sings Ariana Grande songs In New Film According To Early Reviews|work=The Huffington Post|first=Christopher|last=Rosen|date=September 5, 2012|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=February 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207033432/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/spring-breakers-james-franco-britney-spears_n_1858163.html|url-status=live}} and was released the following year.{{cite web |first=Niki |last=Cruz |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/524953/spring-breakers-gets-an-early-release-date/ |title='Spring Breakers' Gets An Early Release Date |website=Inquisitr.com |date=February 14, 2013 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928122728/http://www.inquisitr.com/524953/spring-breakers-gets-an-early-release-date/ |url-status=live }} The story followed four college-aged girls who decide to rob a fast food restaurant in order to pay for their spring break.{{cite web|date=November 4, 2011|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/rachel-korine-yes-harmonys-wife-joins-spring-breakers|title=Rachel Korine (Yes, Harmony's Wife) Joins 'Spring Breakers'|website=Indiewire|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702222840/http://www.indiewire.com/2011/11/rachel-korine-yes-harmonys-wife-joins-spring-breakers-115252/|archive-date=July 2, 2016|url-status=dead}} 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.Sources of Positive Reviews from Critics:
- {{cite web|last1=Sharf|first1=Zach|last2=Zilko|first2=Christian|date=June 27, 2022|title=25 Movies That Divided Film Critics and Moviegoers|url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/divisive-movies/personal-shopper-9/|access-date=October 22, 2022|website=IndieWire|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042203/https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/divisive-movies/personal-shopper-9/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spring_breakers_2013/ |title=Spring Breakers (2013) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117025557/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spring_breakers_2013 |url-status=live }} Some described it as a potential cult classic.Sources on "Cult Classic" status:
- {{cite news|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/venice-review-harmony-korines-spring-breakers-is-a-surprisingly-semi-conventional-genre-flick-future-cult-favorite-20120904|title=Venice Review: Harmony Korine's 'Spring Breakers' Is A Semi-Conventional Genre Flick & Future Cult Favorite|work=IndieWire|first=Oliver|last=Lyttlelton|date=September 4, 2012|access-date=May 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504105506/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/venice-review-harmony-korines-spring-breakers-is-a-surprisingly-semi-conventional-genre-flick-future-cult-favorite-20120904|archive-date=May 4, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|date=March 27, 2013|url=http://www.idsnews.com/news/weekend/story.aspx?id=91982|title=Spring Breakers: The newest cult classic|work=WEEKEND|publisher=IDS News|access-date=May 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905170930/http://www.idsnews.com/news/weekend/story.aspx?id=91982|archive-date=September 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|date=March 18, 2013|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/spring-breakers-trailer-selena-gomez_3560943|title=Is Record Breaking 'Spring Breakers' A Cult Movie In The Making?|work=Contactmusic.com|access-date=May 20, 2023|archive-date=January 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121042101/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/spring-breakers-trailer-selena-gomez_3560943|url-status=live}} The film entered various retrospective "best of" lists,{{cite web|url=https://www.yearendlists.com/visuals/spring-breakers-02b8a1dc-a23a-47b5-b362-b5e82b8aa160|title=Spring Breakers - Year-End Lists|publisher=Year-End Lists|access-date=September 1, 2023|archive-date=September 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901191542/https://www.yearendlists.com/visuals/spring-breakers-02b8a1dc-a23a-47b5-b362-b5e82b8aa160|url-status=live}} including the BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century.{{cite news|title=BBC - Culture - The 21st Century's 100 greatest films|publisher=BBC|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films|date=August 23, 2016|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124191856/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films|url-status=live}} Manohla Dargis from The New York Times wrote that this role gave her "the chance to simulate the behavior that feeds the tabloids without the humiliations and career-crushing price paid".{{cite magazine|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/movies/spring-breakers-directed-by-harmony-korine.html|title=Debauchery and the American Experience (Woo-Hoo!)|magazine=The New York Times|date=March 14, 2013|access-date=September 1, 2023|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422060519/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/movies/spring-breakers-directed-by-harmony-korine.html|url-status=live}}
Gomez played the voice role of Mavis Dracula in the animated film Hotel Transylvania,{{cite web|last=Laing|first=Greg|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a365007/miley-cyrus-drops-out-of-hotel-transylvania-selena-gomez-steps-in/|title=Miley Cyrus drops out of 'Hotel Transylvania', Selena Gomez steps in|publisher=Digital Spy|date=February 10, 2012|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042212/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a365007/miley-cyrus-drops-out-of-hotel-transylvania-selena-gomez-steps-in/|url-status=live}} which premiered in September at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival,{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/hotel-transylvania-toronto-review-368467/|title=Hotel Transylvania: Toronto Review|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 7, 2012|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042211/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/hotel-transylvania-toronto-review-368467/|url-status=live}} and was released in theaters the same month to mixed reviews.{{cite magazine|last=Finke|first=Nikki|url=https://deadline.com/2010/06/musical-release-dates-sony-pics-sked-47411/|title=Changing Release Dates: Sony Pics Sked|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 16, 2012|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=February 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211111545/http://www.deadline.com/2010/06/musical-release-dates-sony-pics-sked/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hotel_transylvania |title=Hotel Transylvania |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117190905/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hotel_transylvania |url-status=live }} Hotel Transylvania was commercially successful, grossing US$358 million worldwide.{{cite Box Office Mojo|title=Hotel Transylvania|id=0837562|access-date=October 21, 2022}} In 2013, Gomez starred alongside Ethan Hawke in the action thriller film Getaway, in which she played a young hacker.{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/selena-gomez-learns-ethan-hawke-616740/|title=Selena Gomez Learns From Ethan Hawke on 'Getaway,' Gets Into Producing (Video)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 28, 2013|access-date=September 9, 2022|archive-date=September 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909121327/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/selena-gomez-learns-ethan-hawke-616740/|url-status=live}} The film was a critical and commercial failure,Sources of Critical and Commercial Failure:
- {{cite news |title=Hollywood's Biggest Box Office Bombs of 2013 |url=https://variety.com/gallery/box-office-disappointments-of-2013/#!2/enders-game/ |work=Variety |date=December 26, 2013 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=December 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000226/http://variety.com/gallery/box-office-disappointments-of-2013/#!2/enders-game/ |url-status=live }}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/getaway|title=Getaway Reviews|website=Metacritic|access-date=August 29, 2013|archive-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122062647/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/getaway|url-status=live}} and earned Gomez a nomination for Worst Actress at the 34th Golden Raspberry Awards.{{cite magazine|last1=Rutherford|first1=Kevin|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5869816/selena-gomez-lady-gaga-nominated-for-worst-film-performances-at|title=Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga Nominated for Worst Film Performances at Razzies|magazine=Billboard|date=January 15, 2014|access-date=July 31, 2016|archive-date=June 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628034627/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5869816/selena-gomez-lady-gaga-nominated-for-worst-film-performances-at|url-status=live}} Christopher Orr of The Atlantic described her as "a kid trying desperately to act like a grownup, but with no real idea what that might entail".{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/08/-em-getaway-em-a-never-ending-car-wreck/279188/|last1=Orr|first1=Christopher|title=Getaway: A Never-Ending Car Wreck|publisher=The Atlantic|date=August 30, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042201/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/08/-em-getaway-em-a-never-ending-car-wreck/279188/|url-status=live}} She also served as executive producer and starred in the television special The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex on the Disney Channel.{{cite news|first1=Philiana|last1=Ng|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/selena-gomezs-wizards-return-alex-415111/|title=Selena Gomez's 'Wizards of Waverly Place' TV Movie Gets Premiere Date|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 24, 2013|access-date=October 27, 2022|archive-date=October 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027132732/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/selena-gomezs-wizards-return-alex-415111/|url-status=live}}
File:Selena Gomez - Walmart Soundcheck Concert.jpg in 2013]]
Despite earlier claims that she would be taking a break from music,{{cite magazine|author=Farley, Christopher John|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-73872|title=Selena Gomez Says She's Finally Done With 'Wizards'|magazine=The Washington Post|date=March 11, 2013 |access-date=October 22, 2022}} Gomez released "Come & Get It" in April 2013; it served as the lead single of her solo debut album.{{cite magazine|last1=Lipshutz|first1=Jason|title=Selena Gomez Announces New Single, 'Come & Get It'|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-announces-new-single-come-get-it-1554523/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 23, 2022|date=March 27, 2013}} It became Gomez's first top-ten entry on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching number six,{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1568738/chart-highlights-selena-gomez-gets-new-no-1-on-danceclub-play|title=Chart Highlights: Selena Gomez 'Get's New No. 1 On Dance/Club Play Songs|magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 7, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1562282/macklemore-ryan-lewis-hold-atop-hot-100|title=Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 'Hold' Atop Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 21, 2022}} and also reached the top-ten in Canada and the U.K.Chart positions:
- {{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5875/selena-gomez/ | title=Selena Gomez | publisher=Official Charts Company | access-date=October 23, 2022 | format=select "Albums" or "Singles"}}
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 23, 2022}} Stars Dance was released in July.{{cite magazine|last1=Gruger|first1=William|title=Selena Gomez Previews 'Stars Dance' Album Through Twitter Campaign|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-previews-stars-dance-album-through-twitter-campaign-1704671/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 23, 2022|date=July 15, 2013}} The record is musically rooted in EDM and electropop.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2013-jul-22-la-et-ms-selena-gomez-stars-dance-review-story.html |title=Review: Selena Gomez's 'Stars Dance' a sassy pop-EDM mix |first=August |last=Brown |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 22, 2013 |access-date=November 5, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/lat-selena-gomez-10-wre0010505933-20130718-photo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118173530/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/lat-selena-gomez-10-wre0010505933-20130718-photo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 18, 2015| work=Los Angeles Times|title=Selena Gomez - 'Stars Dance'}} It became her first album to debut at number one in the U.S., selling 97,000 copies in its first week,Caulfield, Keith. "Selena Gomez Gets First no. 1 Album." Billboard, vol. 125, no. 30, 2013., pp. 43 and also reached number one in Canada.{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=selena gomez|chart=Canadian Albums}}|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History – Canada|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 23, 2022}} It received mixed reviews from music critics, with some noticing her inability to create her own musical identity and panning her vocal abilities.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/4347360/selena-gomez-stars-dance-track-by-track-review |title=Selena Gomez, 'Stars Dance': Track-By-Track Review |magazine=Billboard |date=July 23, 2013 |access-date=July 26, 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/stars-dance-review-selena-gomez-debut-solo-studio-album_n_3635513.html |title='Stars Dance' Review: Selena Gomez's Debut Solo Studio Album Misses The Mark |work=The Huffington Post |date= July 22, 2013|access-date=July 26, 2013}} 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 Janet Jackson and Britney Spears.{{cite web|last=Sieczkowski|first=Cavan|title=Selena Gomez World Tour: Singer Announces Dates For 2013 'Stars Dance' Tour|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/selena-gomez-tour-dates-2013_n_3085221|work=HuffPost|date=April 15, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2022}}{{cite web|last=Garibaldi|first=Christina|title=Selena Gomez Says Skrillex Inspired Her 'Baby Dubstep' Sound|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/2i9iy6/selena-gomex-skrillex-album-inspiration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042203/https://www.mtv.com/news/2i9iy6/selena-gomex-skrillex-album-inspiration|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2022|publisher=MTV|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2022}} The video of "Come & Get It" won the Best Pop Video at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.{{cite web|last1=McGovern|first1=Kyle|url=http://www.spin.com/2013/08/mtv-video-music-awards-2013-winners-vma/ |title=MTV VMA 2013 Winners List: Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Pink, and More|work=Spin|access-date=October 23, 2022|date=August 26, 2013}}
Gomez embarked on her Stars Dance Tour in August 2013.{{cite web|last=Garibaldi|first=Christina|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1712155/selena-gomezs-stars-dance-tour-go-behind-the-scenes/|title=Selena Gomez's Stars Dance Tour: Go Behind The Scenes!|publisher=MTV|date=August 9, 2013|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602224541/http://www.mtv.com/news/1712155/selena-gomezs-stars-dance-tour-go-behind-the-scenes/|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/selena-gomez-cancels-tour-asia-667221|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first1=Lars|last1=Brandle|title=Selena Gomez Cancels Tour of Asia and Australia to 'Spend Some Time on Myself'|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319002744/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/selena-gomez-cancels-tour-asia-667221|url-status=live}} In January 2014, it was reported that 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.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/selena-gomez-secretly-spent-2-weeks-in-rehab/|first1=Michele|last1=Corriston|first2=Julie|last2=Jordan|title=Selena Gomez Secretly Spent 2 Weeks in Rehab – Rehab, Health, Selena Gomez: People.com|work=People|date=February 5, 2014|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916230341/https://people.com/people/article/0,,20783560,00.html|url-status=live}} Her representative stated that she had spent time there "voluntarily [...] but not for substance abuse".{{cite news |url=https://time.com/5583/selena-gomez-secret-rehab-stint/ |title=Selena Gomez Secretly Went to Rehab for Two Weeks |magazine=Time |date=February 5, 2014 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |first=Laura |last=Stampler |archive-date=March 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308041022/http://time.com/5583/selena-gomez-secret-rehab-stint/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/selena-gomez-secretly-spent-2-weeks-in-rehab/ |title=Selena Gomez Secretly Spent 2 Weeks in Rehab |work=People |date=February 5, 2014 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |first1=Michelle |last1=Corriston |first2=Julie |last2=Jordan |archive-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916230341/https://people.com/people/article/0,,20783560,00.html |url-status=live }} Gomez confirmed in 2015 that she had been diagnosed with lupus and that after canceling the tour she entered rehab to undergo chemotherapy.{{cite magazine|first1=Keith|last1=Caulfield|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-donating-proceeds-revival-tour-lupus-research-7356918/|title=Selena Gomez Donating Proceeds From Revival Tour to Lupus Research|magazine=Billboard|date=May 4, 2016|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042203/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-donating-proceeds-revival-tour-lupus-research-7356918/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first1=Nadia|last1=Kounang|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/08/health/selena-gomez-reveals-she-has-lupus/?iid=ob_article_entertainment_pool&iref=obnetwork|title=Selena Gomez's disease: What is lupus?|date=August 31, 2016|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=August 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817162033/http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/08/health/selena-gomez-reveals-she-has-lupus/?iid=ob_article_entertainment_pool&iref=obnetwork|url-status=live}} Gomez played Nina Pennington, an innocent straight-A student, in Behaving Badly (2014).{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/selena-gomez-parental-guidance-suggested-356487|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|title=Selena Gomez to Star in 'Parental Guidance Suggested' (Exclusive)|date=July 31, 2012|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324193631/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/selena-gomez-parental-guidance-suggested-356487|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/08/selena-gomez-zero-percent-rotten-tomatoes-behaving-badly.html|publisher=Vulture|first=Gilbert|last=Cruz|title=We Watched the Selena Gomez Movie That Has a 0 Percent Rotten Tomatoes Rating|date=August 4, 2014|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042204/https://www.vulture.com/2014/08/selena-gomez-zero-percent-rotten-tomatoes-behaving-badly.html|url-status=live}} The project, filmed prior to Gomez's stint in rehab, was released in August to a generally negative critical and commercial reception.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/behaving_badly_2014/|title=Behaving Badly – Rotten Tomatoes|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date=November 7, 2014|archive-date=November 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106010419/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/behaving_badly_2014/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first1=Travis|last1=Reilly|url=https://www.thewrap.com/selena-gomez-breaks-her-own-rotten-tomatoes-record-with-a-zero-for-behaving-badly/|title=Selena Gomez Breaks Her Own Rotten Tomatoes Record With a Zero for 'Behaving Badly'|date=August 1, 2014|work=The Wrap|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=November 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128224422/https://www.thewrap.com/selena-gomez-breaks-her-own-rotten-tomatoes-record-with-a-zero-for-behaving-badly/|url-status=live}} However, critics deemed Gomez's performance superior to the film.{{cite web|first1=Andrew|last1=Barker|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-behaving-badly-1201274035/|title=Film Review: 'Behaving Badly'|date=August 1, 2014|work=Variety|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042203/https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-behaving-badly-1201274035/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first1=Stephen|last1=Dalton|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/behaving-badly-film-review-719802/|title='Behaving Badly': Film Review|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 19, 2014|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042211/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/behaving-badly-film-review-719802/|url-status=live}} Gomez also had a supporting role in the drama Rudderless (2014), the directorial debut of William H. Macy.{{cite news|last=Ford|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/selena-gomez-billy-crudup-anton-432019|title=Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Selena Gomez, Laurence Fishburne Join 'Rudderless'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 1, 2013|access-date=April 18, 2013|archive-date=April 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409091623/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/selena-gomez-billy-crudup-anton-432019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/selena-gomez-what-to-watch-if-you-like-the-singer-and-actress|title=Selena Gomez: What To Watch If you Like The Singer And Actress|publisher=Cinemablend|first=Jerrica|last=Tisdale|date=February 8, 2018|access-date=September 9, 2022|archive-date=September 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909111458/https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/selena-gomez-what-to-watch-if-you-like-the-singer-and-actress|url-status=live}} The independent film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and received a mixed reception from critics.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rudderless/|title=Rudderless – Rotten Tomatoes|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date=November 7, 2014|archive-date=November 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108155903/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rudderless/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first1=Dennis|last1=Harvey|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/markets-festivals/sundance-film-review-rudderless-1201068910|title=Sundance Film Review: 'Rudderless'|work=Variety|date=January 23, 2014|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042245/https://variety.com/2014/film/markets-festivals/sundance-film-review-rudderless-1201068910/|url-status=live}} At the 2014 Teen Choice Awards, Gomez was honored with the Ultimate Choice Award for her "contributions to the entertainment world".{{cite news|title=Selena Gomez Is The Ultimate Choice For The 2014 Teen Choice Awards|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/wgf2rm/selena-gomez-teen-choice-awards|publisher=MTV|access-date=November 3, 2022|date=August 9, 2014|archive-date=November 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103022853/https://www.mtv.com/news/wgf2rm/selena-gomez-teen-choice-awards|url-status=dead}}
In April 2014, Gomez had fired her mother and stepfather as her managers, who had served in those roles since her career at Disney.{{cite web|first=Rachel|last=Maresca|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/selena-gomez-fires-parents-managers-report-article-1.1753689|title=Selena Gomez fires parents as managers: report|work=New York Daily News|date=April 11, 2014|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404165237/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/selena-gomez-fires-parents-managers-report-article-1.1753689|url-status=live}} Gomez later signed with the WMA and Brillstein companies to manage her career.{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/147050/Selena-Gomez-Signs-With-New-Management-After-Firing-Parents |title=Selena Gomez Signs With New Management After 'Firing Parents' |first=Shaun |last=Kitchener |publisher=entertainmentwise.com |access-date=November 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117205734/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/147050/Selena-Gomez-Signs-With-New-Management-After-Firing-Parents |archive-date=November 17, 2014}} The Hollywood Reporter 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".{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/selena-gomez-signs-with-new-managers-30197398.html|title=Selena Gomez 'signs with new managers'|work=The Belfast Telegraph|access-date=November 7, 2014|date=April 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305073429/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/selena-gomez-signs-with-new-managers-30197398.html|archive-date=March 5, 2016}} This change fueled rumors that her contract with Hollywood Records was coming to an end.{{cite magazine|last1=Lipshutz|first1=Jason|title=After Selena Gomez's Exit and a Thawing 'Frozen,' Is Disney Headed for a Cold Spell?|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6296353/disney-records-selena-gomez-exit-frozen-jonas-brothers|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 22, 2015|date=October 24, 2014|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809141753/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6296353/disney-records-selena-gomez-exit-frozen-jonas-brothers|url-status=live}} 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 compilation album 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, For You.{{cite web|last1=Stutz|first1=Colin|title=Listen to Three Leaked Songs From Selena Gomez's New Album 'For You'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/selena-gomezs-new-album-you-751490|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=July 22, 2015|date=November 22, 2014|archive-date=July 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727030250/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/selena-gomezs-new-album-you-751490|url-status=live}} The compilation album debuted at number twenty-four on the U.S. Billboard 200,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/tlp/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 11, 2016|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117160852/https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/tlp/|url-status=live}} earning 35,506 album-equivalent units in its first week.{{cite web|url=https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/92756214.html?|title=Selena Gomez's "For You" sells 17,139 copies and debuts at #24 on Billboard 200|website=Oh No They Didn't|date=December 4, 2014|access-date=August 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516055129/https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/92756214.html|archive-date=May 16, 2021|url-status=live}} Gomez officially parted ways with Hollywood Records and later signed with Interscope Records in December 2014.{{cite magazine|last1=Peters|first1=Mitchell|title=Selena Gomez Officially Signs With Interscope|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6406139/selena-gomez-officially-signs-to-interscope-records|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 22, 2015|date=December 14, 2014|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419042357/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6406139/selena-gomez-officially-signs-to-interscope-records|url-status=live}}
=2015–2016: ''Revival''=
While working on her second studio album, Gomez collaborated with German DJ Zedd on "I Want You to Know", released in February 2015,{{cite magazine|title=Zedd & Selena Gomez Song Gets Release Date & Artwork|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6472886/zedd-selena-gomez-i-want-to-know-release|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 22, 2015|date=February 13, 2015|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809144800/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6472886/zedd-selena-gomez-i-want-to-know-release|url-status=live}} and debuted at number-seventeen in the U.S. In May, she appeared in Taylor Swift's music video for "Bad Blood".{{cite magazine|title=Watch Taylor Swift's Futuristic, Neo-Noir 'Bad Blood' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-debuts-futuristic-neo-noir-bad-blood-video-20150517|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 24, 2022|date=May 17, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518192154/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-debuts-futuristic-neo-noir-bad-blood-video-20150517|url-status=live}} Gomez released "Good for You" featuring rapper ASAP Rocky as the lead single from her second studio album, in June.{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/selena-gomezs-brand-new-single-good-for-you-featuring-aap-rocky-available-now-from-all-digital-retailers-300102253.html|title=Selena Gomez's Brand-New Single, 'Good For You,' Featuring A$AP Rocky, Available Now From All Digital Retailers|publisher=Interscope Records|agency=PR Newswire|access-date=June 27, 2015|archive-date=June 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623064817/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/selena-gomezs-brand-new-single-good-for-you-featuring-aap-rocky-available-now-from-all-digital-retailers-300102253.html|url-status=live}} The song debuted at number-one on the Digital Song Sales chart with first-week sales of 179,000 copies—the best sales week in Gomez's career for a single.{{cite magazine|author=Trust, Gary|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6613247/wiz-khalifa-no-1-hot-100-selena-gomez-debuts|title=Wiz Khalifa No. 1 on Hot 100 'Again', Selena Gomez Debuts at No. 9|magazine=Billboard|date=July 1, 2015|access-date=February 23, 2023|archive-date=November 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112120524/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6613247/wiz-khalifa-no-1-hot-100-selena-gomez-debuts|url-status=live}} "Good for You" became Gomez's first top-five single on the Billboard Hot 100, and her first single to top the Pop Airplay chart.{{cite magazine|author=Trust, Gary|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6693364/selena-gomez-scores-first-pop-songs-no-1-with-good-for-you|title=Selena Gomez Scores First Pop Songs No. 1 With 'Good for You'|magazine=Billboard|date=September 14, 2015|access-date=September 14, 2015|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809151808/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6693364/selena-gomez-scores-first-pop-songs-no-1-with-good-for-you|url-status=live}} It also reached the top-ten on charts in Australia and Canada.Chart positions:
- {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=ARIA Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130132355/https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117204753/https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|url-status=live}} Gomez later reprised the voice role of Mavis in Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015); the film was met with a positive critical reception and commercial success upon release,{{cite web|last1=Gallagher|first1=Brian Gallagher|title='Hotel Transylvania 2' Confirmed for September 2015|url=http://movieweb.com/hotel-transylvania-2-confirmed-for-september-of-2015/|website=Movieweb|access-date=July 22, 2015|date=November 9, 2012|archive-date=January 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117120129/http://movieweb.com/hotel-transylvania-2-confirmed-for-september-of-2015/|url-status=live}} grossing US$474 million worldwide.{{cite Box Office Mojo |id=2510894 |title=Hotel Transylvania 2 |access-date=October 21, 2022}} She was awarded Favorite Animated Movie Voice at the 42nd People's Choice Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/?year=2016 |title=Nominees & Winners |publisher=People's Choice Awards |access-date=October 30, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412114054/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/?year=2016|archive-date=April 12, 2016}}
File:Selena Gomez TODAY Show Live 2015 (50145715222) (cropped).jpg in 2015]]
Gomez released her second studio album, Revival, in October 2015.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6640915/selena-gomez-album-revival-release-date |title=Selena Gomez Reveals New Album Title & Release Date |access-date=July 23, 2015 |first=Jackie |last=Frere |date=July 21, 2015 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419040821/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6640915/selena-gomez-album-revival-release-date |url-status=live }} It is primarily a dance-pop and electropop record with R&B vibes.{{cite magazine|date=February 21, 2017|last=Bein|first=Kat|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7694462/selena-gomez-songs-best-hits-list-2017|title=The 10 Best Selena Gomez Songs: Critic's Picks|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 5, 2022|archive-date=May 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507145806/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7694462/selena-gomez-songs-best-hits-list-2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Jaleru |first1=Christina |title=Music Review: Selena Gomez Brings Her A-Game to 'Revival' |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/9/music-review-selena-gomez-brings-her-a-game-to-rev/ |work=The Washington Times |date=October 9, 2015 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225205309/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/9/music-review-selena-gomez-brings-her-a-game-to-rev/ |archive-date=December 25, 2015 }} The album was reviewed positively by critics, who praised its production and lyrical content.Positive reviews from critics:
- {{cite news|last1=Gardner|first1=Elysa|title=Album of the week: A cooler, groovier, Selena Gomez emerges on 'Revival.'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/10/09/album-of-the-week-selena-gomez-revival/73476420/|work=USA Today|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=October 9, 2015|archive-date=November 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113070146/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/10/09/album-of-the-week-selena-gomez-revival/73476420/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web |last1=Sendra |first1=Tim |title=Selena Gomez: "Revival" |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/revival-mw0002877757 |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 9, 2015 |archive-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809133241/https://www.allmusic.com/album/revival-mw0002877757 |url-status=live }}
- {{cite news|last1=Cinquemani|first1=Sal|title=Review: Selena Gomez, Revival|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/selena-gomez-revival|access-date=October 23, 2022|work=Slant Magazine|date=October 17, 2015|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005249/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/selena-gomez-revival|url-status=live}} Writing for Rolling Stone, 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 "[t]his is the sound of a newly empowered pop artist growing into her strengths like never before."{{cite magazine|last1=Spanos|first1=Brittany|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/revival-101811/|magazine=Rolling Stone|title=Album Review: Revival|date=October 15, 2015|access-date=November 5, 2022|archive-date=August 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809133241/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/revival-101811/|url-status=live}} Kristen S.Hé of Billboard called it "one of the most influential pop albums of the late 2010s."{{cite magazine|author=Kristen S.Hé|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-rare-career-review-8547671/|title=Selena Gomez's Road to 'Rare': How Pop's Quietest Singer Began to Raise Her Voice|magazine=Billboard|date=January 9, 2020|access-date=January 9, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814210523/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-rare-career-review-8547671/|url-status=live}} Rob Sheffileld from Rolling Stone Australia called it "one of the past decade's most influential pop albums. (You could say it did for the 2010s what Blackout did for the 2000s.)".{{cite web|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/-37865/invitation-2016-37955/|title=Invitation' (2016)|magazine=Rolling Stone Australia|date=March 8, 2022|access-date=November 28, 2024}} The album debuted at number-one on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 117,000 album units,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6731005/selena-gomez-scores-her-second-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-revival |title=Selena Gomez Scores Her Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |magazine=Billboard |date=October 18, 2015 |access-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809153312/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6731005/selena-gomez-scores-her-second-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-revival |url-status=live }} and was certified platinum by the RIAA.{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Revival |access-date=June 6, 2022|type=album}} It remains Gomez's highest first-week sales to date. "Same Old Love" was released as the album's second single and topped the Pop Airplay chart.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=November 12, 2015 |title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Rises After Halloween |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6762237/michael-jackson-thriller-rises-halloween-hot-100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 19, 2015 |archive-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809140248/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6762237/michael-jackson-thriller-rises-halloween-hot-100 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6836525/selena-gomez-tops-pop-songs-same-old-love |title=Selena Gomez Scores Second Pop Songs No. 1 With 'Same Old Love' |magazine=Billboard |date=January 11, 2016 |access-date=January 11, 2016 |author=Trust, Gary |archive-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809143257/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6836525/selena-gomez-tops-pop-songs-same-old-love |url-status=live }} 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,{{cite magazine |url=http://headlineplanet.com/home/2016/04/03/selena-gomez-hands-to-myself-third-straight-pop-number-1 |title="Hands To Myself" Becomes Selena Gomez' Third Straight Pop Radio #1; Dance Top 5 |magazine=Billboard |date=April 3, 2016 |access-date=June 1, 2016 |author=Trust, Gary |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404121730/https://headlineplanet.com/home/2016/04/03/selena-gomez-hands-to-myself-third-straight-pop-number-1/ |url-status=live }} making Gomez the sixth woman to score at least three number-one singles on the Pop Airplay chart from a single set.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7318903/selena-gomez-third-pop-songs-no-1-hands-to-myself |title=Selena Gomez Scores Third Pop Songs No. 1 With 'Hands to Myself' & Releases New Single From 'Revival' |magazine=Billboard |date=April 4, 2016 |access-date=June 1, 2016 |author=Trust, Gary |archive-date=June 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601100850/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7318903/selena-gomez-third-pop-songs-no-1-hands-to-myself |url-status=live }} 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{{'s}} 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.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music/6745138/selena-gomez-women-in-music-chart-topper-2015 | title=Selena Gomez to Be Honored as Chart Topper at Billboard's Women in Music 2015 | magazine=Billboard | date=October 28, 2015 | access-date=October 24, 2022 | archive-date=November 9, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109134432/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music/6745138/selena-gomez-women-in-music-chart-topper-2015 | url-status=live }}
Gomez was a key advisor during the ninth season of the reality singing competition The Voice.{{cite magazine|last1=Weiner|first1=Natalie|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-the-voice-gwen-stefani-6664056/|title=Selena Gomez Teams Up With Gwen Stefani as 'The Voice' Advisor|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 24, 2023|date=August 17, 2015|archive-date=February 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224211958/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-the-voice-gwen-stefani-6664056/|url-status=live}} She made a cameo appearance in Adam McKay's film The Big Short (2015).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/watch-brad-pitt-steve-carell-battle-the-banks-in-big-short-trailer-20150922|title=Watch Brad Pitt, Steve Carell Battle the Banks in 'Big Short' Trailer|last=Blistein|first=Jon|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 22, 2015|access-date=October 7, 2015|archive-date=October 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015051804/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/watch-brad-pitt-steve-carell-battle-the-banks-in-big-short-trailer-20150922|url-status=dead}} In 2016, Gomez starred as Dot, a young runaway hitchhiker, in the comedy-drama The Fundamentals of Caring with Paul Rudd,{{cite magazine|last1=Greenblatt|first1=Leah|title='The Fundamentals of Caring': EW review|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/06/23/fundamentals-caring-ew-review/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=October 23, 2022|date=June 23, 2016|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012838/https://ew.com/article/2016/06/23/fundamentals-caring-ew-review/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Ge|first1=Linda|title=Selena Gomez Joins Paul Rudd for 'The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/selena-gomez-paul-rudd-in-revised-fundamentals-of-caregiving/|work=The Wrap|access-date=July 22, 2015|date=January 13, 2015|archive-date=August 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805084350/https://www.thewrap.com/selena-gomez-paul-rudd-in-revised-fundamentals-of-caregiving/|url-status=live}} which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and was released on Netflix five months later.{{cite magazine|last1=Robinson|first1=Will|title=Netflix sets June premiere date for The Fundamentals of Caring|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/01/selena-gomez-paul-rudd-netflix-fundamentals-caring-premiere-date|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=April 1, 2016|access-date=April 1, 2016|archive-date=April 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403192757/https://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/01/selena-gomez-paul-rudd-netflix-fundamentals-caring-premiere-date|url-status=live}} The film received a positive critical response;{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_fundamentals_of_caring|title=The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415001136/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_fundamentals_of_caring|url-status=live}} Tristram Fane Saunders of The Daily Telegraph described Gomez's performance as "impressive" and "mature".{{cite magazine|last1=Saunders|first1=Tristram Fane|title=The Fundamentals of Caring, review: one of this summer's most enjoyable lightweight comedies|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/2016/06/25/the-fundamentals-of-caring-review-one-of-this-summers-most-enjoy/|magazine=The Daily Telegraph|date=June 25, 2016|access-date=December 3, 2022|archive-date=November 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127132704/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/2016/06/25/the-fundamentals-of-caring-review-one-of-this-summers-most-enjoy/|url-status=live}} Gomez performed as the musical guest on an episode of the NBC late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live in January 2016.{{cite news|last1=Friedlander|first1=Whitney|last2=Kissell|first2=Rick|title=TV News Roundup: 'SNL' Taps Ronda Rousey as Host, Selena Gomez as Musical Guest|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/ronda-rousey-selena-gomez-saturday-night-live-jan-23-snl-1201672455/|work=Variety|date=January 5, 2016|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310083402/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/ronda-rousey-selena-gomez-saturday-night-live-jan-23-snl-1201672455/|archive-date=March 10, 2023|url-status=live}} Gomez played the president of a sorority in the comedy Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016);{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/selena-gomez-neighbors-2-1201585600/|title=Selena Gomez Joins Zac Efron in 'Neighbors 2' – Variety|first=Justin|last=Kroll|work=Variety|date=September 3, 2015|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230115012/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/selena-gomez-neighbors-2-1201585600/|url-status=live}} the film grossed US$108 million worldwide,{{cite web |url= https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Neighbors-2-Sorority-Rising#tab=summary |title= Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) |website= The Numbers |access-date= February 18, 2021 |archive-date= January 22, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210122023538/https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Neighbors-2-Sorority-Rising#tab=summary |url-status= live }} and received mixed to positive reviews.Positive reviews from critics:
- {{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/neighbors_2_sorority_rising/ |title=Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) |publisher=Fandango Media |work=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301233115/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/neighbors_2_sorority_rising |url-status=live }}
- {{cite news|last1=Rankin|first1=Seija|title=Selena Gomez Joined the Cast of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and We've Got Her Part All Figured Out|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/692800/selena-gomez-joined-the-cast-of-neighbors-2-sorority-rising-and-we-ve-got-her-part-all-figured-out|publisher=E!|date=September 3, 2015|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=January 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113172843/http://www.eonline.com/news/692800/selena-gomez-joined-the-cast-of-neighbors-2-sorority-rising-and-we-ve-got-her-part-all-figured-out|url-status=live}}
Gomez embarked on her worldwide Revival Tour in May 2016.{{cite news|last1=Vulpo|first1=Mike|title=Selena Gomez's Revival Tour Just Turned Into an Even Bigger Party With the Addition of DNCE|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/742601/selena-gomez-s-revival-tour-just-turned-into-an-even-bigger-party-with-the-addition-of-dnce|publisher=E! News|date=February 23, 2016|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012838/https://www.eonline.com/news/742601/selena-gomez-s-revival-tour-just-turned-into-an-even-bigger-party-with-the-addition-of-dnce|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Ashagre|first1=Aggi|title=Selena Gomez Announces Revival Tour Dates|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6715542/selena-gomez-revival-tour-dates|magazine=Billboard|date=October 5, 2015|access-date=November 17, 2015|archive-date=August 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805085852/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6715542/selena-gomez-revival-tour-dates|url-status=live}} 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 setlist of her Revival Tour.{{cite magazine|last=Renner |first=Eric |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/09/selena-gomez-feel-me |title=Selena Gomez: Feel Me debuts new song on opening night of tour |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 9, 2016 |access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912054551/https://ew.com/article/2016/05/09/selena-gomez-feel-me/ |url-status=dead}} The song was later released in February 2020, due to high demand from fans.{{cite news |last=Roth |first=Madeline |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/hewun6/selena-gomez-feel-me |title=Selena Gomez Releases Fan-Favorite Track 'Feel Me': 'You Asked And I Listened' |publisher=MTV |date=February 21, 2020 |access-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026120957/https://www.mtv.com/news/hewun6/selena-gomez-feel-me |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/news/selena+gomez+has+cancelled+her+revival+tour+due+to+her+mental+health,40237|title=Selena Gomez has cancelled her Revival tour due to her mental health|magazine=Vogue Australia|date=August 31, 2016|access-date=August 31, 2016|archive-date=September 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901153926/http://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/news/selena+gomez+has+cancelled+her+revival+tour+due+to+her+mental+health,40237|url-status=dead}}
Gomez featured on Charlie Puth's single, "We Don't Talk Anymore".{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4193207/charlie-puth-selena-gomez-we-dont-talk-anymore/|title=Hear Selena Gomez and Charlie Puth Team Up for 'We Don't Talk Anymore'|first=Nolan|last=Feeney|magazine=Time|date=January 25, 2016|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012831/https://time.com/4193207/charlie-puth-selena-gomez-we-dont-talk-anymore/|url-status=live}} The song was an international success,{{Cite web|last=Denis|first=Kyle|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/charlie-puth-selena-gomez-we-dont-talk-anymore-3-billion-views-youtube-1235365931/|title=Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez's 'We Don't Talk Anymore' Hits 3 Billion YouTube Views|magazine=Billboard|date=July 3, 2023|access-date=July 7, 2023|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162925/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/charlie-puth-selena-gomez-we-dont-talk-anymore-3-billion-views-youtube-1235365931/|url-status=live}} and reached the top-ten in the U.S., Australia, France, Spain, and topped the charts in Italy;Chart positions:
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-hot-100-chainsmokers-halsey-charlie-puth-selena-gomez/|title=The Chainsmokers & Halsey Lead Hot 100 as Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez Hit Top 10|first=Gary|last=Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=September 12, 2016|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012838/https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-hot-100-chainsmokers-halsey-charlie-puth-selena-gomez/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=ARIA Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130132355/https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=https://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Charlie+Puth+feat.+Selena+Gomez&titel=We+Don%27t+Talk+Anymore&cat=ssinglechart|title=Charlie Puth feat. Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore|language=Spanish|publisher=Spanish Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027122445/https://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Charlie+Puth+feat.+Selena+Gomez&titel=We+Don%27t+Talk+Anymore&cat=ssinglechart|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discographie Selena Gomez|language=French|publisher=French Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130122848/https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.italiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=Italian Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=February 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207084414/https://italiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}} and was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA.{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Selena Gomez|access-date=April 4, 2023|type=single}} The music video became the most-viewed music video published in 2016 on YouTube,{{Cite web|url=https://kworb.net/youtube/topvideos_published_2016.html|title=Most viewed music videos published in 2016|website=kworb.net|access-date=December 3, 2022|archive-date=December 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203144014/https://kworb.net/youtube/topvideos_published_2016.html|url-status=live}} with over 3 billion views. Gomez had a supporting role in In Dubious Battle (2016) starring and directed by James Franco.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/james-franco-assembles-cast-for-john-steinbeck-adaptation-of-john-steinbeck-in-dubious-battle-1201419696/|title=James Franco Assembles Cast for Adaptation of 'In Dubious Battle'|first=Justin|last=Kroll|work=Variety|date=January 30, 2015|access-date=September 9, 2022|archive-date=August 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805084350/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/james-franco-assembles-cast-for-john-steinbeck-adaptation-of-john-steinbeck-in-dubious-battle-1201419696/|url-status=live}} The film had its world premiere at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/venice-film-festival-2016-lineup-full-list-1201794095/ |title=Venice Film Festival 2016 |date=July 28, 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213194909/https://deadline.com/2016/07/venice-film-festival-2016-lineup-full-list-1201794095/ |url-status=live }} and was met with underwhelming reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_dubious_battle|title=In Dubious Battle|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012831/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_dubious_battle|url-status=live}} She also guest starred in the Comedy Central variety sketch series Inside Amy Schumer.{{cite news |last=Roth |first=Madeline |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/zs2t7d/selena-gomez-inside-amy-schumer-skit |title=Selena Gomez Won't Take Any Shit From Amy Schumer In This Hilarious Skit |publisher=MTV |date=May 27, 2016 |access-date=February 24, 2023 |archive-date=February 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224213031/https://www.mtv.com/news/zs2t7d/selena-gomez-inside-amy-schumer-skit |url-status=dead }} Gomez and Canadian singer Tory Lanez were featured on Norwegian DJ Cashmere Cat's single, "Trust Nobody".{{cite magazine|last1=Bein|first1=Kat|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/cashmere-cat-selena-gomez-tory-lanez-trust-nobody-7526488/|title=Cashmere Cat, Selena Gomez & Tory Lanez Are Positively Perfect on 'Trust Nobody:' Listen|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 22, 2022|date=September 30, 2016|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026012829/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/cashmere-cat-selena-gomez-tory-lanez-trust-nobody-7526488/|url-status=live}}
Following the cancelation of her tour, Gomez rechecked into rehab to focus on her mental health and was noticeably absent from social media.{{cite web|last=Falcone|first=Dana Rose|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/selena-gomez-in-rehab-to-focus-on-her-mental-health-w444338|title=Selena Gomez Returns to Rehab During Tour Break to 'Focus on Her Mental Health'|work=Us Weekly|date=October 12, 2016|access-date=December 29, 2016|archive-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203105848/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/selena-gomez-in-rehab-to-focus-on-her-mental-health-w444338|url-status=live}} At that time, she was the most followed person on Instagram,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-most-followed-instagram-7256351/|title=Selena Gomez Tops Taylor Swift to Become Instagram's Most-Followed Person|magazine=Billboard|date=March 14, 2016|access-date=October 30, 2022|archive-date=October 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030175411/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-most-followed-instagram-7256351/|url-status=live}} and became the first person to reach 100 million followers on the platform.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-first-to-reach-100-million-instagram-followers-7525497/|title=Selena Gomez First to Reach 100 Million Instagram Followers|magazine=Billboard|date=September 27, 2016|access-date=October 30, 2022|archive-date=October 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030175410/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-first-to-reach-100-million-instagram-followers-7525497/|url-status=live}} In February 2023, she regained her status as the most-followed woman on the platform,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-most-followed-woman-instagram-1235259251/|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|title=Selena Gomez Is Now the Most-Followed Woman on Instagram|magazine=Billboard|date=February 23, 2023|access-date=February 24, 2023|archive-date=February 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224000410/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-most-followed-woman-instagram-1235259251/|url-status=live}} and became the first woman to reach 400 million followers the following month.{{cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/selena-gomez-just-became-the-first-woman-to-reach-400-million-followers-on-instagram|author=Tannenbaum, Emily|title=Selena Gomez Just Became the First Woman to Reach 400 Million Followers on Instagram|magazine=Glamour|url-status=live|date=March 19, 2023|access-date=March 22, 2023|archive-date=March 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322135845/https://www.glamour.com/story/selena-gomez-just-became-the-first-woman-to-reach-400-million-followers-on-instagram}} Gomez made her first public appearance since entering rehab at the 2016 American Music Awards,{{cite magazine |last=Prakashat |first=Neha |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/selena-gomez-2016-american-music-awards |title=Selena Gomez Calls Herself "Absolutely Broken" During Emotional Acceptance Speech [Updated] |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=November 20, 2016 |access-date=December 29, 2016 |archive-date=November 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123082606/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/selena-gomez-2016-american-music-awards? |url-status=live }} where she was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Artist of the Year, the first of which she won.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/7581457/amas-2016-winners-list|title=AMAs 2016: See the Full List of Winners|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 22, 2022|date=November 20, 2016|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/7581457/amas-2016-winners-list|url-status=live}} And her spirited speech became one of the most-powerful awards show speeches in recent history.{{cite magazine|last=Muller|first=Marissa G.|url=https://www.allure.com/story/celebrities-react-selena-gomez-amas-speech|title=Here's How Celebrities Reacted to Selena Gomez After Her Powerful American Music Awards 2016 Speech|magazine=Allure|date=November 21, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610103030/https://www.allure.com/story/celebrities-react-selena-gomez-amas-speech|archive-date=June 10, 2023|url-status=live}} At the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards, Gomez won Biggest Triple Threat,{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list | title=iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List | magazine=Billboard | date=April 3, 2016 | access-date=October 24, 2022 | archive-date=April 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404070606/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list | url-status=live }} and at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, she was nominated for two awards including Top Female Artist.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/7326512/billboard-music-awards-2016-nominations|title=Billboard Music Awards 2016: See the Finalists|magazine=Billboard|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=April 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411215913/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/7326512/billboard-music-awards-2016-nominations|url-status=live}} In the same year, she was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in the music category,{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/selena-gomez/#5240b04a40cb|title=Selena Gomez - Musician|magazine=Forbes|access-date=November 3, 2022|archive-date=October 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020221241/https://www.forbes.com/profile/selena-gomez/#5240b04a40cb|url-status=live}} and again in 2020 in its "All-Star Alumni" category.{{cite web|title=30 Under 30 2017: All-Star Alumni|url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2021/music/|access-date=March 7, 2023|work=Forbes|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507193818/https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2021/music/|url-status=live}}
=2017–2019: Standalone releases and ''13 Reasons Why''=
Gomez and the Norwegian DJ Kygo released a single together, "It Ain't Me", in February 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/829945/selena-gomez-and-kygo-release-new-single-it-ain-t-me|first1=Francesca|last1=Bacardi|title=Selena Gomez and Kygo Release New Single "It Ain't Me"|publisher=E! News|date=February 16, 2017|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042410/https://www.eonline.com/news/829945/selena-gomez-and-kygo-release-new-single-it-ain-t-me|url-status=live}} The collaboration reached top ten of most major music charts worldwide, including the U.S. and the U.K.,{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=March 1, 2017|title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Selena Gomez & Kygo Soar With 'It Ain't Me'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7709116/hot-100-chart-moves-selena-gomez-kygo-it-aint-me|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=August 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805053835/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7709116/hot-100-chart-moves-selena-gomez-kygo-it-aint-me|url-status=live}} and attained top five peaks in Australia, Canada, Germany and many European countries.Chart positions:
- {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=ARIA Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130132355/https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117204753/https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Selena%20Gomez|title=Discographie von Selena Gomez|publisher=GfK Entertainment Charts|language=German|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214123301/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Selena%20Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/artist/Selena_Gomez|title=Discographie Selena Gomez|publisher=Hung Medien|language=German|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=March 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322155025/http://swisscharts.com/artist/Selena_Gomez|url-status=live}} The song received nominations at major awards around the world,Nominations:
- {{cite web|url=http://spellemann.no/nominerte-spellemann-2017/|title=Nominerte Spellemann 2017|date=January 9, 2018|trans-title=Nominees for Spellemann 2017|publisher=Spellemannprisen|access-date=November 3, 2022|language=Swedish|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331165804/https://spellemann.no/nominerte-spellemann-2017/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web |title=Jelöltek 2018 |url=http://www.fonogram.hu/a-dijrol |access-date=November 3, 2022 |publisher=Fonogram Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035639/http://www.fonogram.hu/jeloltek |archive-date=October 30, 2018 }}
- {{cite web|url=http://los40.com/especiales/los40-music-awards/2017/ganadores/#internacionales|title=Ganadores de LOS40 Music Awards 2017|trans-title=Winners of the 2017 LOS40 Music Awards|publisher=Los 40|access-date=November 3, 2022|language=Spanish|archive-date=August 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819083100/http://los40.com/especiales/los40-music-awards/2017/ganadores/#internacionales|url-status=live}} including Top Dance/Electronic Song at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8343598/billboard-music-awards-2018-nominations-list|title=Billboard Music Awards 2018 Nominations: See the Full List|magazine=Billboard|date=April 17, 2018|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118130012/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8343598/billboard-music-awards-2018-nominations-list|url-status=live}} and it also her best-selling song in the UK, selling over 1.4 million chart units.{{cite web|last=Griffiths|first=George|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/selena-gomezs-official-top-20-biggest-songs-in-the-uk__27560/|title=Selena Gomez's Official Top 20 biggest songs in the UK|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=August 22, 2023|access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-date=August 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829152627/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/selena-gomezs-official-top-20-biggest-songs-in-the-uk__27560/|url-status=live}}
Gomez served as executive producer for the series adaptation of the novel Thirteen Reasons Why. The show premiered on Netflix in March 2017.{{Cite web|first1=Denise|last1=Petski|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/13-reasons-why-netflix-premiere-date-selena-gomez-jay-asher-1201893972|title='13 Reasons Why' Gets Netflix Premiere Date|website=Deadline|date=January 25, 2017|access-date=October 26, 2022|archive-date=November 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112023527/https://deadline.com/2017/01/13-reasons-why-netflix-premiere-date-selena-gomez-jay-asher-1201893972/|url-status=dead}} 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 [author] Jay Asher 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, [the backlash is] gonna come no matter what. It's not an easy subject to talk about, but I'm very fortunate with how it's doing.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/selena-gomez-13-reasons-why-backlash-response-2061984|title=Selena Gomez responds to '13 Reasons Why' backlash|work=NME|first=Luke|last=Britton|date=April 28, 2017|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=July 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715210643/https://www.nme.com/news/music/selena-gomez-13-reasons-why-backlash-response-2061984|url-status=live}} Despite the controversy, the first season was a critical success.{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=13_reasons_why|title=13 Reasons Why|type=tv|season=1|access-date=October 26, 2022}}{{cbignore}} However, the other three seasons received generally negative reviews.{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=13_reasons_why|title=13 Reasons Why|type=tv|season=2|access-date=October 26, 2022}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=13_reasons_why|title=13 Reasons Why|type=tv|season=3|access-date=October 26, 2022}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=13_reasons_why|title=13 Reasons Why|type=tv|season=4|access-date=October 26, 2022}}{{cbignore}} 13 Reasons Why was the most tweeted about show of 2017, and the most-watched original streaming series of 2018.{{cite web|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/netflix-13-reasons-why-twitter-most-popular-show-2017-1202392460/|title=Netflix's '13 Reasons Why' Is Most Tweeted About Show of 2017 (Exclusive)|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 21, 2017|access-date=February 27, 2023|archive-date=February 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227183324/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/netflix-13-reasons-why-twitter-most-popular-show-2017-1202392460/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danafeldman/2018/12/11/the-top-20-shows-streamed-in-2018-only-one-isnt-on-netflix/|title=The Top 20 TV Shows Streamed In 2018: Only One Isn't On Netflix|first=Dana|last=Feldman|magazine=Forbes|date=December 11, 2018|access-date=November 2, 2022|archive-date=November 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102181727/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danafeldman/2018/12/11/the-top-20-shows-streamed-in-2018-only-one-isnt-on-netflix/|url-status=live}} The series ended after four seasons in June 2020.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/video/13-reasons-why-netflix-premiere-date-fourth-final-season-cast-says-goodbye-watch/ |title=13 Reasons Why: Netflix Sets Premiere Date For Fourth & Final Season, Cast Says Goodbye – Watch |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=May 11, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511155930/https://deadline.com/video/13-reasons-why-netflix-premiere-date-fourth-final-season-cast-says-goodbye-watch/ |url-status=live }} Gomez recorded a cover version of the song "Only You" for the series' first season soundtrack.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/840273/selena-gomez-releases-emotional-cover-of-only-you|title=Selena Gomez releases Emotional Cover of "Only You"|work=E! Online|author=Kendall Fisher|date=March 31, 2017|access-date=April 1, 2017|archive-date=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331210940/http://www.eonline.com/news/840273/selena-gomez-releases-emotional-cover-of-only-you|url-status=live}}
In May 2017, Gomez released the single "Bad Liar", alongside a vertical music video which was available for streaming only through Spotify;{{Cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/853680/selena-gomez-releases-new-single-and-music-video-for-bad-liar|title=Selena Gomez Releases New Single "Bad Liar"|last=Harrison|first=Lily|date=May 18, 2017|publisher=E! News|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=May 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522215107/http://www.eonline.com/news/853680/selena-gomez-releases-new-single-and-music-video-for-bad-liar|url-status=live}} it was the first-ever music video to premiere on Spotify.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/tech/2019/9/10/20858151/vertical-music-videos-spotify|title=This Music Video Has Been Modified From Its Original Version (and Now It's Vertical)|last=Bereznak|first=Alyssa|date=September 10, 2019|publisher=The Ringer|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042400/https://www.theringer.com/tech/2019/9/10/20858151/vertical-music-videos-spotify|url-status=live}} The song received universal acclaim from music critics,{{cite magazine|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=May 18, 2017|title=Hear Selena Gomez Sample Talking Heads in 'Bad Liar'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-selena-gomez-sample-talking-heads-in-bad-liar-w482880|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518141044/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-selena-gomez-sample-talking-heads-in-bad-liar-w482880|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last1=Renner Brown|first1=Eric|last2=O'Donnell|first2=Kevin|last3=Bacle|first3=Ariana|last4=Feeney|first4=Nolan|date=May 19, 2017|title=New music by Katy Perry, Selena Gomez: New Music Fridays|url=https://ew.com/music/2017/05/19/new-music-friday-katy-perry-selena-gomez-vince-staples/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=May 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522231117/http://ew.com/music/2017/05/19/new-music-friday-katy-perry-selena-gomez-vince-staples/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Cook-Wilson|first=Winston|date=May 19, 2017|title=Selena Gomez's 'Bad Liar' Review|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/05/selena-gomez-bad-liar-review/|magazine=Spin|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=May 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519152248/http://www.spin.com/2017/05/selena-gomez-bad-liar-review/|url-status=live}} with some deeming it Gomez's best song to date;{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7833678/selena-gomez-bad-liar-most-acclaimed-single-radio-hit |title=Selena Gomez's 'Bad Liar' Is Her Most Acclaimed Single Ever: Will It Become a Hit? |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=June 15, 2017 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-date=June 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616014320/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7833678/selena-gomez-bad-liar-most-acclaimed-single-radio-hit |url-status=live }} Billboard ranked it as the best song of 2017.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8063600/100-best-songs-of-2017-critics-picks|title=Billboard's 100 Best Songs of 2017: Critics' Picks|magazine=Billboard|author=Billboard Staff|date=December 13, 2017|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213190142/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8063600/100-best-songs-of-2017-critics-picks|url-status=live}} Rolling Stone ranked "Bad Liar" at number 39 on its 2019 list of best songs of the 2010s.{{cite magazine |title=100 Best Songs of the 2010s |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/selena-gomez-bad-liar-3-917583/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204173117/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/selena-gomez-bad-liar-3-917583/ |url-status=live }} Winston Cook-Wilson of Spin magazine found Gomez's vocals pristine and the track "charmingly weird", calling its lyrics and sample usage "harebrained but ultimately brilliant".{{cite magazine|last=Cook-Wilson|first=Winston|date=May 19, 2017|title=Selena Gomez's 'Bad Liar' Review|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/05/selena-gomez-bad-liar-review/|magazine=Spin|access-date=October 30, 2022|archive-date=May 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519152248/http://www.spin.com/2017/05/selena-gomez-bad-liar-review/|url-status=live}} Gomez released the single "Fetish" featuring rapper Gucci Mane two month later.{{Cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7857995/selena-gomez-gucci-mane-fetish-release-date |title=Selena Gomez Reveals 'Fetish' Release Date & Gucci Mane Feature |last=Cirisano |first=Tatiana |date=July 7, 2017 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 8, 2017 |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116123910/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7857995/selena-gomez-gucci-mane-fetish-release-date |url-status=live }} In October 2017, Gomez and EDM producer Marshmello released the single "Wolves".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-selena-gomezs-propulsive-new-edm-song-wolves-w510184|title=Hear Selena Gomez's Propulsive New EDM Song, 'Wolves'|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Sarah|last=Grant|date=October 25, 2017|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=October 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025233722/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-selena-gomezs-propulsive-new-edm-song-wolves-w510184|url-status=live}} The song was a commercial success, and reached the top ten on charts in Australia, Canada, the U.K, and several European countries,Chart positions:
- {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=ARIA Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130132355/https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117204753/https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5875/selena-gomez/|title=Selena Gomez|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=October 24, 2022|format=select "Albums" or "Singles"|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216191604/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5875/selena-gomez/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130121705/https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music/8020441/selena-gomez-billboard-woman-of-the-year-2017-women-in-music|title=Selena Gomez Named Billboard's 2017 Woman of the Year|magazine=Billboard|date=October 31, 2017|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109132928/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music/8020441/selena-gomez-billboard-woman-of-the-year-2017-women-in-music|url-status=live}}
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In May 2018, Gomez released the single "Back to You", from the 13 Reasons Why Season 2 Soundtrack.{{Cite magazine|title=Selena Gomez's New Song 'Back To You': Listen|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8455432/selena-gomez-new-song-back-to-you|date=May 10, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 4, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812132138/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8455432/selena-gomez-new-song-back-to-you|url-status=live}} It reached the top-ten in a variety of charts in European countries,Chart positions:
- {{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discographie Selena Gomez|language=German|publisher=Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=July 2, 2016|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104083705/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discografie Selena Gomez|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=February 26, 2024|archive-date=February 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228192628/https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 9, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130122719/https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}} top-five in Australia and Canada,Chart positions:
- {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=ARIA Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130132355/https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117204753/https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|url-status=live}} and reached top-twenty in the U.S. and the U.K.Chart positions:
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/hot-100|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: The Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 12, 2017|archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121093732/https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/hot-100/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5875/selena-gomez/|title=Selena Gomez|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=October 24, 2022|format=select "Albums" or "Singles"|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216191604/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5875/selena-gomez/|url-status=live}} Gomez voiced Mavis again in Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, which was released in July.{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/hotel-transylvania-3-summer-vacation-sony-selena-gomez-adam-sandler-andy-samberg-1202362509/|first=Dino-Ray|last=Ramos|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 11, 2018|title='Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation' Inspired By Director's Family Cruise; Chrissy Teigen, Joe Jonas Join Cast|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804074557/https://deadline.com/2018/04/hotel-transylvania-3-summer-vacation-sony-selena-gomez-adam-sandler-andy-samberg-1202362509/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/03/21/hotel-transylvania-3-summer-vacation-releases-first-photo-van-helsings/442109002/|first=Brian|last=Truitt|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 21, 2018|title='Hotel Transylvania 3': Meet the Van Helsings who mess up Drac's 'Summer Vacation'|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-date=December 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225014612/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/03/21/hotel-transylvania-3-summer-vacation-releases-first-photo-van-helsings/442109002/|url-status=live}} With box office earnings of US$528 million,{{cite Box Office Mojo|id=5220122|title=Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation|access-date=October 21, 2021}} the film was a commercial success,{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/hotel-transylvania-3-summer-vacation-sony-highest-grossing-animated-film-worldwide-1202455847/|title='Hotel Transylvania 3' Now Sony's Biggest Animated Pic WW; Franchise Tops $1.3B|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=September 1, 2018|website=Deadline|access-date=October 21, 2022}} and received mixed to positive reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hotel_transylvania_3_summer_vacation|title=Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation|publisher=Fandango Media |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 21, 2022}} Gomez featured on DJ Snake's song "Taki Taki" alongside Ozuna and Cardi B, released in September.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dj-snake-cardi-b-selena-gomez-ozuna-video-interview-taki-taki-8477226/|title=DJ Snake, Cardi B, Selena Gomez and Ozuna Talk the Making Of 'Taki Taki': Exclusive|magazine=Billboard|first=Kat|last=Bein|date=September 27, 2018|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042402/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dj-snake-cardi-b-selena-gomez-ozuna-video-interview-taki-taki-8477226/|url-status=live}} The single achieved global success,{{Cite magazine|first1=Katie|last1=Bain|title=This DJ Snake Hit Is Celebrating a Major Milestone|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dj-snake-celebrates-taki-taki-anniversary-9456752/|date=September 29, 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042402/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dj-snake-celebrates-taki-taki-anniversary-9456752/|url-status=live}} reaching the top-ten in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, topped the charts in Spain and several Latin American countries,Chart positions:
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/arg/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: Argentina Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014164523/https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/arg/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117204753/https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discographie Selena Gomez|language=French|publisher=French Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130122848/https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Selena%20Gomez|title=Discographie von Selena Gomez|publisher=GfK Entertainment Charts|language=German|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214123301/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Selena%20Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.italiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=Italian Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=February 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207084414/https://italiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://spanishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=Spanish Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117233518/https://spanishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|url-status=live}} 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,{{cite magazine|last1=Warner|first1=Denise|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8505581/billboard-music-awards-2019-nominations|title=Cardi B Leads 2019 Billboard Music Awards Nominations With 21|magazine=Billboard|date=April 4, 2019|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127204601/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8505581/billboard-music-awards-2019-nominations|url-status=live}} but ultimately won Song of the Year at the 2019 Latin American Music Awards.{{cite magazine | last1=Roiz | first1=Jessica | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8533338/latin-american-music-awards-2019-winners-list | title=Anuel AA Leads 2019 Latin American Music Awards: Complete Winners List | magazine=Billboard | date=October 17, 2019 | access-date=October 24, 2022 | archive-date=October 18, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018043716/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8533338/latin-american-music-awards-2019-winners-list | url-status=live }} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8459439/selena-gomez-maroon-5-hot-100-chart-moves|title=Hot 100 Chart Moves: Selena Gomez's 'Back to You' Hits Top 40, Maroon 5's 'Girls Like You' Debuts|author=Trust, Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=June 5, 2018|access-date=October 30, 2022|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024132146/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8459439/selena-gomez-maroon-5-hot-100-chart-moves|url-status=live}} In November 2018, Gomez surpassed Drake and became Spotify's most-streamed artist with 46 million monthly listeners while not releasing new album since 2015 (Ariana Grande later surpassed this record).{{cite magazine|last=Sanchez|first=Daniel|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/11/13/latest-spotify-selena-gomez-drake-controversy/|title=Drake Fans Allege Selena Gomez Hacked Her Way to the Top of Spotify's Charts|magazine=Digital Music News|date=November 13, 2018|access-date=June 19, 2023|archive-date=June 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619133415/https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/11/13/latest-spotify-selena-gomez-drake-controversy/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8487545/ariana-grande-most-streamed-spotify|title=Ariana Grande Is the Most Streamed Artist Worldwide On Spotify, Replacing Selena Gomez|last=Lukarcanin|first=Emina|date=November 30, 2018|access-date=October 28, 2019|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=July 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704005426/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8487545/ariana-grande-most-streamed-spotify|url-status=live}} Gomez also featured on Julia Michaels's single "Anxiety", released in January 2019,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8494200/julia-michaels-inner-monologue-part-1|title=Julia Michaels' New EP Features Songs With Selena Gomez, Niall Horan: Listen|magazine=Billboard|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|date=January 24, 2019|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=April 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425050534/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8494200/julia-michaels-inner-monologue-part-1|url-status=live}} and the following month, her collaboration titled "I Can't Get Enough" with Benny Blanco, Tainy and J Balvin, was released.{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1019463/selena-gomez-releases-new-music-listen-to-i-can-t-get-enough-here|title=Selena Gomez Releases New Music: Listen to "I Can't Get Enough" Here|work=E! News|last=Cohen|first=Jess|date=February 28, 2019|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042402/https://www.eonline.com/news/1019463/selena-gomez-releases-new-music-listen-to-i-can-t-get-enough-here|url-status=live}}
Gomez appeared in Jim Jarmusch's comedy horror The Dead Don't Die (2019).{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bill-murray-tilda-swinton-star-jim-jarmusch-zombie-comedy-1127036|title=Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton to Star in Jim Jarmusch's Zombie Comedy 'The Dead Don't Die'|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|date=July 13, 2018|access-date=July 19, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713231137/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bill-murray-tilda-swinton-star-jim-jarmusch-zombie-comedy-1127036|url-status=live}} The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival,{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jim-jarmusch-zombies-the-dead-dont-die-bill-murray-adam-driver-cannes-film-festival-1203184230/|title=Jim Jarmusch's Zombie Movie 'The Dead Don't Die' to Open Cannes (Exclusive)|website=Variety|first1=Elsa|last1=Keslassy|first2=Brent|last2=Lang|date=April 10, 2019|access-date=April 10, 2019|archive-date=September 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929122432/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jim-jarmusch-zombies-the-dead-dont-die-bill-murray-adam-driver-cannes-film-festival-1203184230/|url-status=live}} where it generated mixed reviews.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5589540/the-dead-dont-die-cannes-review/|title=Cannes Review: The Dead Don't Die Brings Jim Jarmusch's Intimate Touch to the World of Zombies|magazine=Time|first1=Stephanie|last1=Zacharek|date=May 15, 2019|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042401/https://time.com/5589540/the-dead-dont-die-cannes-review/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/the-dead-dont-die-review-adam-driver-bill-murray-1203213609/|title=Film Review: 'The Dead Don't Die'|work=Variety|first1=Owen|last1=Gleiberman|date=May 14, 2019|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=September 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929143315/https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/the-dead-dont-die-review-adam-driver-bill-murray-1203213609/|url-status=live}} That year, she starred in Woody Allen's romantic comedy A Rainy Day in New York, with Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/elle-fanning-selena-gomez-timothee-chalamet-to-star-in-woody-allen-film-1202519847/|title=Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Timothée Chalamet to Star in Woody Allen Film|work=Variety|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=August 8, 2017|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919121958/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/elle-fanning-selena-gomez-timothee-chalamet-to-star-in-woody-allen-film-1202519847/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=May 5, 2019 |title=Woody Allen's 'A Rainy Day in New York' to be Released in Italy (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/woody-allen-a-rainy-day-in-new-york-released-italy-europe-1203205453/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505123056/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/woody-allen-a-rainy-day-in-new-york-released-italy-europe-1203205453/ |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |access-date=October 21, 2022 |work=Variety}} Due to a resurgence of the 1992 sexual abuse allegation against Allen prompted by the MeToo movement, Gomez made a donation of over $1 million, exceeding her salary from the film, to the Time's Up initiative.{{cite web|first=Brianne|last=Tracy|url=http://people.com/music/selena-gomez-woody-allen-times-up-donation/|title=Selena Gomez Made Significant Donation to Time's Up That 'Far Exceeded' Woody Allen Film Salary|magazine=People|date=January 16, 2018|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117030218/http://people.com/music/selena-gomez-woody-allen-times-up-donation/|url-status=live}} The film received mixed reviews from critics,{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_rainy_day_in_new_york|title=A Rainy Day in New York|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=January 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104132504/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_rainy_day_in_new_york|url-status=live}} but Gomez's performance was praised;{{cite news|last=Nesselson|first=Lisa|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/a-rainy-day-in-new-york-review/5142286.article|title='A Rainy Day in New York': Review|website=Screen Daily|date=August 27, 2019|access-date=October 21, 2012|archive-date=August 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828214923/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/a-rainy-day-in-new-york-review/5142286.article|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Bowen|first=Chuck|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/a-rainy-day-in-new-york-review-woody-allen-timothee-chalamet/|title=A Rainy Day in New York Review: In Which Woody Allen Surrenders to His Demons|work=Slant Magazine|date=January 2, 2020|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042410/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/a-rainy-day-in-new-york-review-woody-allen-timothee-chalamet/|url-status=live}} Variety{{'s}} Jessica Kiang wrote: "Gomez comes out the best of the younger cast, husking her way through some of the films better lines."{{cite news|last=Kiang|first=Jessica|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/a-rainy-day-in-new-york-review-woody-allen-1203313180/|title=Film Review: Woody Allen's 'A Rainy Day In New York'|work=Variety|date=August 26, 2019|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827021057/https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/a-rainy-day-in-new-york-review-woody-allen-1203313180/|url-status=live}} Gomez served as an executive producer for the Netflix docuseries Living Undocumented, released in October 2019,
which follows eight undocumented families in America.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/selena-gomez-netflix-living-undocumented-docuseries-first-look-trailer/|title=Selena Gomez-Produced 'Living Undocumented' Docuseries Set On Netflix; First-Look Trailer|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=September 17, 2019|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 17, 2019|archive-date=September 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925193126/https://deadline.com/video/selena-gomez-netflix-living-undocumented-docuseries-first-look-trailer/|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/selena-gomez-netflix-docuseries-1203338879/|title=Selena Gomez-Produced Docuseries 'Living Undocumented' Ordered at Netflix|last=Thorne|first=Will|date=September 17, 2019|magazine=Variety|access-date=September 17, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306042846/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/selena-gomez-netflix-docuseries-1203338879/|url-status=live}} The docuseries was a critical success,{{Cite news|last=Ramaswamy|first=Chitra|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/02/living-undocumented-review-netflix-families-ripped-apart-by-trump|title=Living Undocumented review – the families ripped apart by zero-tolerance Trump|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 3, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042410/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/02/living-undocumented-review-netflix-families-ripped-apart-by-trump|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Lowry|first=Brian|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/02/entertainment/living-undocumented-review/index.html|title='Living Undocumented' puts faces on families grappling with immigration system|agency=CNN|date=October 3, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026042410/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/02/entertainment/living-undocumented-review/index.html|url-status=live}} and was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award.{{cite web|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-41st-News-Doc-Emmy-Awards-Nominations-Rev-10.09.20.pdf|title=Nominees Announced for the 41st Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards |publisher= National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=August 5, 2024|date=August 6, 2020}} In an op-ed for Time 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."{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5690070/selena-gomez-americas-immigration-crisis/|title='I Feel Afraid for My Country.' Selena Gomez on America's Immigration Crisis|magazine=Time|date=October 1, 2019|access-date=February 22, 2023|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011157/https://time.com/5690070/selena-gomez-americas-immigration-crisis/|url-status=live}}
=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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8533533/selena-gomez-lose-you-to-love-me-single-release-date|title=We Finally Know When We'll Hear New Selena Gomez Music|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=October 18, 2019|access-date=October 18, 2019|archive-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211103307/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8533533/selena-gomez-lose-you-to-love-me-single-release-date|url-status=live}} The next day, she surprise-released the album's promotional single, "Look at Her Now".{{cite magazine |title=Selena Gomez Drops Futuristic Music Video for Surprise Track 'Look At Her Now' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8540263/selena-gomez-futuristic-music-video-surprise-track-look-at-her-now |magazine=Billboard |date=October 24, 2019 |access-date=October 24, 2019}} "Lose You to Love Me" became her first number-one song in the US and Canada,{{cite news |title=Selena Gomez Scores First No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 With 'Lose You to Love Me' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8542511/selena-gomez-lose-you-to-love-me-number-one-hot-100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 4, 2019}} and reached the top five of various national charts worldwide, including Australia and the UK.Chart positions:
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/can/|title=Selena Gomez – Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2022}}
- {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=ARIA Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022}}
- {{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5875/selena-gomez/|title=Selena Gomez|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=October 23, 2022|format=select "Albums" or "Singles"}} It was included in Billboard and Vulture{{'}}s year-end lists of best songs of 2019;
- {{Cite magazine |last=Billboard Staff |date=November 12, 2019 |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2019: Staff List |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-songs-of-2019-top-100-8545893/ |access-date=October 12, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}
- {{Cite web |last=Lockett |first=Dee |date=December 10, 2019 |title=The Best Songs of 2019 |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-songs-2019.html |access-date=October 12, 2024 |website=Vulture}} the former named it as one of the "75 Best Breakup Songs of All Time".{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=February 8, 2024 |title=75 Best Breakup Songs of All Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-breakup-songs-all-time/selena-gomez-lose-you-to-love-me/ |access-date=October 12, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} Rare was released on January 10, 2020, and debuted atop the US Billboard 200, earning 112,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.{{cite magazine |title=Selena Gomez Earns Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Rare' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8548614/selena-gomez-rare-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 22, 2020}} It became her third consecutive number-one album in the US, and topped the charts in ten other territories, including Australia, Canada, and Scotland, whilst peaking at number two in the UK.Chart positions:
- {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=ARIA Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=October 24, 2022}}
- {{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Selena+Gomez|title=Discography Selena Gomez|publisher=Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien| access-date=October 24, 2022}}
- {{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5875/selena-gomez/ | title=Selena Gomez | publisher=Official Charts Company | access-date=October 23, 2022 | format=select "Albums" or "Singles"}}{{Cite magazine |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |date=January 17, 2020 |title=Selena Gomez Misses The No. 1 Spot In The U.K. With 'Rare' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2020/01/17/selena-gomez-misses-the-no-1-spot-in-the-uk-with-rare/ |access-date=October 12, 2024 |magazine=Forbes}} Primarily a dance-pop record,{{Cite magazine |last=Johnson |first=Ellen |date=January 13, 2020 |title=Selena Gomez Shares A Little More on Rare |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/selena-gomez/selena-gomez-rare-review/ |access-date=October 12, 2024 |magazine=Paste}} Rare features elements of R&B, electronic music, and alternative pop.
- {{cite news |last1=Luckhurst |first1=Phoebe |date=January 11, 2020 |title=Selena Gomez - Rare review: Polished break-up album ditches self-indulgence for killer pop |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/selena-gomez-rare-album-review-a4331196.html |access-date=October 12, 2024 |work=Evening Standard}}
- {{cite magazine |last1=Lipshutz |first1=Jason |date=October 12, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez Has Found Peace With 'Rare': 'I'm in the Happiest Place I've Ever Been in My Life' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8548013/selena-gomez-rare-interview |access-date=January 16, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}}
- {{cite web |last=Wass |first=Mike |date=January 14, 2020 |title=Album Review: Selena Gomez's 'Rare' Is A Pop Revelation |url=http://www.idolator.com/7905422/album-review-selena-gomezs-rare-is-a-pop-revelation/ |access-date=October 12, 2024 |website=Idolator}} The album received positive reviews from music critics, who praised its production and cohesiveness, with many calling it Gomez's best album to date;
- {{cite news |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=January 9, 2020 |title=Selena Gomez has 165 million Instagram followers. Now she has her first great pop album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-01-09/selena-gomez-rare-new-album-review |access-date=October 12, 2024 |magazine=Los Angeles Times}}
- {{cite web |last1=Daly |first1=Rhian |date=January 10, 2020 |title=Selena Gomez – 'Rare': the quietly confident star wrestles back her own narrative |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/selena-gomez-rare-the-quietly-confident-star-wrestles-back-her-own-narrative-2595207 |access-date=October 12, 2024 |website=NME}}
- {{cite magazine |last1=Spanos |first1=Brittany |title=Selena Gomez Moves Past Her Pain on the Resiliently Upbeat 'Rare' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/album-review-selena-gomez-rare-935984/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 24, 2022 |date=January 10, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Rare by Selena Gomez Reviews and Tracks |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/rare/selena-gomez |website=Metacritic |access-date=January 11, 2020}} Jem Aswad of Variety labeled Rare "one of the best pop albums to be released in recent memory".{{Cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/reviews/selena-gomez-rare-album-review-1203463571/|title=Selena Gomez's 'Rare': Album Review|last=Aswad|first=Jem|magazine=Variety|date=January 10, 2020|access-date=October 24, 2022}} Two other singles were released from the album: the title track, in conjunction with the album, and the third and final single "Boyfriend",{{Cite magazine |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=January 10, 2020 |title=Selena Gomez Is Right at Home Among Rainbows and Butterflies in Delightful 'Rare' Video: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8547746/rare-selena-gomez-video |access-date=October 24, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} released with the deluxe edition in April 2020.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9355755/selena-gomez-writing-boyfriend-apple-music-interview|title=Selena Gomez's New Song 'Boyfriend' Was Born From a Text Message|last=Rowley|first=Glenn|date=April 10, 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2022}}
In January 2020, Gomez voiced a giraffe in the adventure film Dolittle, directed by Stephen Gaghan.{{cite web|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|title=Selena Gomez Joins Robert Downey Jr.'s 'Doctor Dolittle' Movie (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/doctor-dolittle-movie-selena-gomez-joins-robert-downey-jr-1081896|date=February 6, 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=February 7, 2018}}{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/selena-gomez-robert-downey-jr-voyage-of-doctor-dolittle-1202689859/|first=Dave|last=McNary|magazine=Variety|date=February 6, 2018|access-date=October 23, 2022|title=Selena Gomez Joins Robert Downey Jr. in 'The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle'}} The film, starring Robert Downey Jr., was a box office disappointment, and received negative reviews from critics, who called it "too long [and] lifeless".{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/bad-boys-for-life-dolittle-1917-weekend-box-office-1202833726/|title='Bad Boys For Life' So Good With $68M+; 'Dolittle' Still A Dud With $30M+ – Box Office Update|last1=D'Alessandro|first1=Anthony|date=January 18, 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120213703/https://deadline.com/2020/01/bad-boys-for-life-dolittle-1917-weekend-box-office-1202833726/|archive-date=January 20, 2020|url-status=live}} Gomez hosted and executive produced the HBO Max cooking show Selena + Chef, which features her joined by a different chef each episode; this was initially implemented remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=May 5, 2020|title=Selena Gomez To Host & Executive Produce Quarantine Cooking Series For HBO Max|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/selena-gomez-host-executive-produce-quarantine-cooking-series-hbo-max-1202926235/|access-date=May 6, 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood}} Each episode highlights a food-related charity.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/selena-gomez-cooking-show-a-go-at-hbo-max-1293298|title=Selena Gomez Quarantine Cooking Show a Go at HBO Max|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Rick|last=Porter|date=May 5, 2020|access-date=May 6, 2020}} The show premiered in August 2020,{{cite news|first=Sandra|last=Gonzalez|title=Selena Gomez + chef = good times| website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/entertainment/selena-gomez-chef/index.html|date=August 5, 2020|access-date=October 23, 2022}} and was well received by critics.{{cite web|last=D'Addario|first=Daniel|date=August 12, 2020|title='Selena + Chef' Is an Intriguing Document of Celebrity at Human Scale: TV Review|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/reviews/selena-gomez-hbo-max-1234732812/|access-date=October 23, 2022|work=Variety}}{{cite web|last=McFarland|first=Melanie|date=August 22, 2020|title="Love in the Time of Corona" is not a drama worth catching|url=https://www.salon.com/2020/08/22/love-in-the-time-of-corona-review-freeform/|access-date=October 23, 2022|work=Salon.com}} It ran for four seasons till September 2022,{{Cite web |last=Oganesyan |first=Natalie |date=August 3, 2022 |title=Selena Gomez Takes on Malibu (and Torching Desserts) in 'Selena + Chef' Season 4 Trailer |url=https://www.thewrap.com/selena-gomez-season-4-selena-and-chef-trailer/ |access-date=March 29, 2023 |website=The Wrap}} and was nominated for Outstanding Culinary Series at the 50th Daytime Emmy Awards.{{cite magazine|last1=Schneider|first1=Michael|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/daytime-emmys-nominations-2023-cbs-young-and-the-restless-1235594777/|title=Daytime Emmys: 'General Hospital' Leads 2023 Nominations; Variety Lands Two Nods|magazine=Variety|access-date=April 27, 2023|date=April 26, 2023}} Gomez won a Critics' Choice Real TV Award for her work on the program.{{Cite magazine |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=June 12, 2022 |title='Top Chef,' 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Top Critics Choice Real TV Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/selena-gomez-padma-lakshmi-top-critics-choice-real-tv-awards-1235164013/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} In May 2023, Food Network ordered two projects to be hosted by Gomez.{{cite magazine |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=May 17, 2023 |title=Selena Gomez to Host Two New Food Network Series, Including a Show Set in Chefs' Own Kitchens |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/selena-gomez-chef-food-network-shows-1235615183/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=May 17, 2023}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Katrina |date=December 20, 2023 |title='Selena + Chef: Home For The Holidays' Is a Festive Must-Watch |url=https://collider.com/selena-chef-home-for-the-holidays/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |website=Collider}}{{cite magazine |last1=Stenzel |first1=Wesley |last2=Day |first2=Debbie |date=June 9, 2024 |title=2024 Daytime Emmy Awards: Full winners list |url=https://ew.com/2024-daytime-emmy-awards-full-list-of-winners-8659095/ |access-date=August 29, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} The second became Selena + Restaurant, an interactive cooking series co-hosted with Raquelle Stevens; it premiered in May 2024.{{Cite magazine |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=March 29, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez's New Cooking Show 'Selena + Restaurant' Sets Premiere Date and Takes Her Out of the Kitchen (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/selena-gomez-new-show-selena-restaurant-premiere-date-max-food-network-1235955021/ |access-date=April 20, 2024 |magazine=Variety}} Gomez served as a producer for both programs.{{Cite magazine |last=Thompson |first=Jaden |date=October 2, 2023 |title=Selena Gomez Sets Selena + Chef Holiday Special at Food Network |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/selena-gomez-food-network-holiday-special-selena-and-chef-1235742363/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=October 10, 2023}}
In June 2020, Gomez featured in a remix of Trevor Daniel's song, "Past Life".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9407650/selena-gomez-trevor-daniel-past-life-remix-announcement|title=You Guessed It, Selena Gomez & Trevor Daniel Have a New Collab Coming Out This Week|magazine=Billboard|first=Heran|last=Mamo|date=June 23, 2020|access-date=October 18, 2020}} Gomez executive produced two films that year; the romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Gallery,{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/geraldine-viswanathan-dacre-montgomery-cast-broken-heart-gallery-1208801|title=Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery and Utkarsh Ambudkar Cast in 'Broken Heart Gallery'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Scott|last=Roxborough|date=May 8, 2019|access-date=October 24, 2022}} released in September 2020, to positive reviews,{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2020/08/selena-gomez-movie-broken-hearts-gallery-july-release-tenet-1202954752/ |title= 'The Broken Hearts Gallery' Now Set For Early Fall Release – Update |work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date= August 24, 2020|access-date=October 24, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_broken_hearts_gallery|title=The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date=October 24, 2022}} and the teen comedy-drama This Is the Year.{{cite magazine|last=Huff|first=Lauren|title=David Henrie talks flipping '80s rom-com tropes and teaming with Selena Gomez on This Is the Year|date=August 27, 2020|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=https://ew.com/movies/david-henrie-this-is-the-year-film-interview/|access-date=December 5, 2022}} In August, she collaborated with South Korean girl group Blackpink for "Ice Cream".{{Cite magazine|date=August 21, 2020|title=Blackpink & Selena Gomez Just Confirmed the Title of Their Collaboration & It's a Treat|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/9438207/blackpink-selena-gomez-announce-collab-title|access-date=August 21, 2020|magazine=Billboard}} The song peaked at number thirteen in the US,{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |title=Blackpink Hits New Hot 100 High With Debut of Selena Gomez Collab 'Ice Cream' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9445890/blackpink-hits-new-hot-100-high-ice-cream |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 24, 2022 |date=September 8, 2020}} and achieved the third-highest 24-hour debut for a music video on YouTube at the time, with over 79 million views.{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/01/youtube-reveals-official-first-24-hour-views-for-blackpinks-ice-cream-music-video/|title=YouTube reveals official first 24-hour views for Blackpink's 'Ice Cream' music video|last=Hicap|first=Jonathan|date=September 1, 2020|work=Manila Bulletin|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200902000239/https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/01/youtube-reveals-official-first-24-hour-views-for-blackpinks-ice-cream-music-video/|archive-date=September 2, 2020|access-date=October 24, 2022}} That year, Gomez was honored by The Latin Recording Academy as one of the Leading Ladies of Entertainment.{{cite web|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|url=https://www.latingrammy.com/en/news/the-latin-recording-academy-announces-the-2020-leading-ladies-of-entertainment-honorees|title=The Latin Recording Academy® Announces the 2020 Leading Ladies of Entertainment Honorees|publisher=The Latin Recording Academy|date=October 23, 2020|access-date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110103319/https://www.latingrammy.com/en/news/the-latin-recording-academy-announces-the-2020-leading-ladies-of-entertainment-honorees|url-status=dead}} She was also named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888461/selena-gomez/|title=Selenna Gomez: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020|magazine=Time|access-date=October 24, 2022}}
Gomez released her first Spanish-language project, an EP titled Revelación, in March 2021.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/selena-gomez-announces-spanish-language-ep-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/ |title=Selena Gomez Announces Spanish-Language EP, Shares Video for New Song: Watch |date=January 29, 2021 |last=Bloom |first=Madison |website=Pitchfork |access-date=October 24, 2022}} The record blends reggaeton, latin pop, R&B genres with urbano elements, marking a departure from the dance-pop sound of its predecessor, Rare.{{cite web |last=Mylrea |first=Hannah |date=March 12, 2021 |title=Selena Gomez – 'Revelación' EP review: love and self-confidence abound |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/selena-gomez-revelacion-ep-review-2898929 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312185555/https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/selena-gomez-revelacion-ep-review-2898929 |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=NME}}{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Marcus |date=March 10, 2021 |title=Selena Gomez takes a risk that pays off on 'Revelación' |url=https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/selena-gomez-risk-pays-off-revelacion/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312185411/https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/selena-gomez-risk-pays-off-revelacion/ |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2022}} It debuted at number twenty-two in the US,{{cite magazine|last1=Bustios|first1=Pamela|title=Selena Gomez 'Thrilled' to Land First No. 1 on Top Latin Albums Chart With 'Revelación'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9544563/selena-gomez-top-latin-albums-chart-revelacion-reaction/|magazine=Billboard|date=March 22, 2021|access-date=October 24, 2022}} 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 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. The EP received universal acclaim according to Metacritic, a website collecting reviews from professional music critics;{{cite web|title=Revelación [EP] by Selena Gomez|website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/revelacion-ep/selena-gomez|agency=Metacritic|access-date=October 24, 2022}} it was nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite news|last=Melendez|first=Miguel A.|url=https://www.etonline.com/selena-gomez-lands-first-ever-grammy-nomination-with-revelacion-175622|title=Selena Gomez Lands First-Ever GRAMMY Nomination With 'Revelación'|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=November 23, 2021|access-date=October 24, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123190443/https://www.etonline.com/selena-gomez-lands-first-ever-grammy-nomination-with-revelacion-175622|archive-date=November 23, 2021}} It also received Latin Pop Album of the Year nominations from the Billboard Latin Music, Latin American Music and Lo Nuestro award ceremonies.{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9613336/2021-billboard-latin-music-awards-finalists-nominations|title=Bad Bunny Tops 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards Finalists: Complete List |magazine=Billboard|date=August 12, 2021|access-date=November 23, 2022}}{{cite web|last1=Segarra|first1=Edward|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/04/21/latin-american-music-awards-2022-complete-winners-list/7362043001/|title=Latin American Music Awards: Karol G wins artist of the year, Black Eyed Peas pay tribute to Ukraine|work=USA Today|date=April 22, 2022|access-date=November 23, 2022}}{{cite magazine|last1 = Roiz|first1 = Jessica|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/premio-lo-nuestro-2022-nominations-list-1235022347/|title=Christian Nodal, Camilo & J Balvin Lead 2022 Premio Lo Nuestro Nominations: Complete List|magazine=Billboard|date=January 25, 2022|access-date=November 23, 2022}} Gomez's expansion of her artistry was praised;{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/revelacion-mw0003477524|title=Revelación – Selena Gomez|last=Collar|first=Matt|access-date=April 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402215015/https://www.allmusic.com/album/revelaci%C3%B3n-mw0003477524|archive-date=April 2, 2021|url-status=live|website=AllMusic}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9511469/selena-gomez-de-una-vez-single-announcement|title=Selena Gomez's Second Spanish-Language Single 'De Una Vez' Is Coming Incredibly Soon|magazine=Billboard|date=January 14, 2020|access-date=October 24, 2022}}{{cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=March 4, 2021|title=DJ Snake, Selena Gomez Share Surreal Video for 'Selfish Love'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dj-snake-selena-gomez-selfish-love-1137025/|access-date=March 12, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone}} 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.{{cite web|last1 = Cobo|first1 = Leila|last2 = Flores|first2 = Griselda|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/2021-latin-grammys-winners-list-1234999583/|title=Camilo Is Top Winner, Cuban Anthem 'Patria y Vida' Wins Song of the Year at 2021 Latin Grammys: Winners List|magazine=Billboard|date=November 18, 2021 |access-date= October 24, 2022}} Gomez performed at the 2021 UEFA Champions League final opening ceremony in May.{{cite web|last1 = Cobo|first1 = Leila|last2 = Flores|first2 = Griselda|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-khalid-marshmello-uefa-champions-league-final-9577955/|title=Selena Gomez, Khalid, Marshmello to Perform at UEFA Champions League Final Opening Ceremony|magazine=Billboard|date=May 25, 2021 |access-date= November 5, 2022}} In August, she collaborated with Colombian singer Camilo on a song titled "999".{{Cite magazine |last=Lopez |first=Julyssa |date=August 27, 2021 |title=Selena Gomez and Camilo Get Romantic on Breathy New Song '999' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-camilo-999-1217927/ |access-date=April 20, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}
Gomez starred in and executive produced the mystery-comedy series Only Murders in the Building alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short,{{Cite magazine|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=August 7, 2020|title=Selena Gomez To Star With Steve Martin & Martin Short In Hulu Comedy Series 'Only Murders In the Building'|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/selena-gomez-star-steve-martin-martin-short-hulu-comedy-series-only-murders-in-the-building-1203007008/|access-date=August 8, 2020|magazine=Deadline Hollywood}} which premiered on Hulu in August 2021,{{Cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/video/only-murders-in-the-building-trailer-hulu-comedy-series-steve-martin-martin-short-selena-gomez-premiere-date/|title='Only Murders In The Building': Hulu Comedy Series Starring Steve Martin, Martin Short & Selena Gomez Unveils Trailer, Premiere Date|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=May 18, 2021|access-date=October 21, 2022}} and set the record for the most-watched comedy premiere in the platform's history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/only-murders-in-the-building-premiere-ratings-record-hulu-selena-gomez-exclusive/|title='Only Murders in the Building' Is the Most-Watched Comedy Premiere in Hulu History|website=The Wrap|first=Tony|last=Maglio|date=September 3, 2021|access-date=October 31, 2021}} 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".{{cite news|date=August 10, 2021|title=Selena Gomez 'signed life away' to Disney|work=Yahoo! News|url=https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/selena-gomez-signed-life-away-070542122.html|access-date=August 10, 2021}} As of August 2024, Only Murders in the Building is the most-watched original comedy series on Hulu.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2024/08/07/everything-to-know-about-only-murders-in-the-building-season-4/|title=Everything To Know About 'Only Murders In The Building' Season 4|magazine=Forbes|first=Monica|last=Mercuri|date=August 7, 2024|access-date=September 7, 2024}} The series has received critical acclaim throughout its four-season run,{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=only_murders_in_the_building|title=Only Murders in the Building|type=tv|season=1|access-date=October 21, 2022}}{{cbignore}}
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{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=only_murders_in_the_building|title=Only Murders in the Building|type=tv|season=4|access-date=August 29, 2024}}{{cbignore}} and won numerous accolades.{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/only-murders-building |title=Only Murders in the Building |website=Emmys.com |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=October 21, 2022}}{{cite web|last=Bergeson|first=Samantha|date=April 13, 2022|title='Yellowjackets,' 'Only Murders in the Building,' 'Hacks' Among Peabody Award Nominees
|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/04/peabody-awards-2022-nominations-1234716497/|access-date=April 13, 2022|website=IndieWire}} The performances and chemistry among the main trio were praised by critics;{{cite news|last=Lowry|first=Brian|title='Only Murders in the Building' is Steve Martin's take on a Manhattan murder mystery|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/30/entertainment/only-murders-in-the-building-review/index.html|date=August 30, 2021|access-date=October 23, 2022|website=CNN}}{{cite news|last=Goodykoontz|first=Bill|title=Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short kill it in 'Only Murders in the Building'|url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/movies/billgoodykoontz/2021/08/23/only-murders-in-the-building-tv-review-selena-gomez-steve-martin-martin-short/8219624002/|access-date=October 23, 2022|newspaper=The Arizona Republic}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/tv-reviews/only-murders-in-the-building-review-hulu-selena-gomez-steve-martin/|title=Only Murders in the Building review: A starry caper that settles for broad comedy|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Kristen|last=Baldwin|date=August 23, 2021|access-date=October 23, 2022}} 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."{{cite news|last=Roeper|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Roeper|date=August 30, 2021|title='Only Murders in the Building' stars an unlikely but appealing true-crime trio|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2021/8/30/22647098/only-murders-building-review-hulu-selena-gomez-series-steve-martin-short-true-crime|access-date=October 23, 2022|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times}} Gomez won the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy{{cite web|url=https://www.pressacademy.com/news/the-international-press-academy-announces-winners-for-the-27th-annual-satellite-awards/ |title=The International Press Academy Announces Winners for the 27th Annual SATELLITE Awards|publisher=International Press Academy|date=March 3, 2023|access-date=March 4, 2023}} and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series;{{Cite magazine |last1=Moreau |first1=Jordan |last2=Lang |first2=Brent |last3=Earl |first3=William |date=February 23, 2025 |title=SAG Awards 2025 Full Winners List: 'Conclave', 'Only Murders in the Building' and 'Shōgun' Take Home Top Honors |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/sag-awards-winners-2025-1236313200/ |access-date=February 24, 2025 |magazine=Variety}} she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series,{{Cite magazine |last1=Jackson |first1=Angelique |last2=Shanfeld |first2=Ethan |date=March 13, 2022 |title=Critics Choice Awards 2022: 'The Power of the Dog', 'Ted Lasso', 'Succession' Win Big (Full Winners List) |url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/2022-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-1235203301/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |magazine=Variety}} and thrice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.*{{Cite magazine |last=Snierson |first=Dan |date=January 11, 2023 |title=Golden Globes 2023: See the complete list of winners |url=https://ew.com/awards/golden-globes/golden-globes-2023-winners-list/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
- {{Cite magazine |last1=Lang |first1=Brent |last2=Moreau |first2=Jordan |date=January 7, 2024 |title=Golden Globes: 'Oppenheimer' Leads With Five Wins, 'Succession' Tops TV With Four (Complete Winners List) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/golden-globes-2024-winners-list-1235859774/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |magazine=Variety}}
- {{cite magazine |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/golden-globes-2025-winners-list/ |title=Golden Globes: Full List of Winners |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 7, 2025 |date=January 5, 2025}} 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.{{Cite magazine |last=Davis |first=Clayton |date=July 17, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez Finally Earns Emmy Nomination for Acting, Makes History Following Cannes Best Actress Win |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/awards/selena-gomez-emmys-only-murders-in-the-building-2-1236062450/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |magazine=Variety}} With a third consecutive nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2024, Gomez became the most-nominated Latina producer in the category's history.{{cite magazine |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=July 17, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez Becomes Most Emmy-Nominated Latina Producer With Comedy Nod |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/selena-gomez-2024-emmy-nominations-history-only-murders-in-the-building-producer-1236012461/ |access-date=July 17, 2024 |magazine=Deadline Hollywood}}
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).{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |date=September 17, 2020 |title=Selena Gomez Upped to Executive Producer for 'Hotel Transylvania 4', Returns as Female Lead (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/selena-gomez-hotel-transylvania-4-executive-producer-star-1234773619/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919201123/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/selena-gomez-hotel-transylvania-4-executive-producer-star-1234773619/ |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2020 |work=Variety}} The film was released on Amazon Prime Video in January to mixed reviews.{{Cite web |last=Aurthur |first=Kate |date=October 6, 2021 |title='Hotel Transylvania 4' Heads To Amazon, Sets January Release Date |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/hotel-transylvania-4-amazon-sony-january-premiere-date-1235081967/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006194513/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/hotel-transylvania-4-amazon-sony-january-premiere-date-1235081967/ |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |access-date=October 6, 2021 |work=Variety}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hotel_transylvania_transformania|title=Hotel Transylvania: Transformania|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|access-date=October 21, 2022}} Gomez was nominated as executive producer for a Children's and Family Emmy Award.{{cite web |title=NATAS Announces Nominations for First Annual Children's & Family Emmys as of November 10, 2022 |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CAFE-Nominations-with-Credits-2022-11-10-at-1530.pdf |access-date=November 16, 2022 |work=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences}} She collaborated with British band Coldplay on "Let Somebody Go", released as a single in February.{{Cite magazine|last=Bowenbank|first=Starr|date=February 7, 2022|title=Chris Martin & Selena Gomez Are Caught in a Warped City in Coldplay's 'Let Somebody Go' Video: Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/coldplay-selena-gomez-let-somebody-go-video-watch-1235027985/|access-date=October 26, 2022|magazine=Billboard}} 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.{{cite web |first1=Taila |last1=Lee |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list|title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List|work=Grammy Awards|date=November 16, 2022 |access-date= November 16, 2022}} In May, Gomez hosted an episode of the NBC late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live.{{cite web|last=Ferguson|first=LaToya|date=May 15, 2022|title='Saturday Night Live' Review: The Best and Worst of Selena Gomez's Hosting Debut|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/05/snl-review-selena-gomez-1234724866/|access-date=October 23, 2022|website=IndieWire}} She later made a cameo appearance on the show in December.{{cite magazine|last=Hoglund|first=Andy|title=Saturday Night Live recap: Steve Martin and Martin Short make their triumphant return as hosts|date=August 27, 2020|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=https://ew.com/tv/recaps/snl-recap-season-48-episode-8/|access-date=December 11, 2022}} In July, Gomez executive produced the ViX+ docuseries Mi Vecino, El Cartel.{{cite web|last=Hoglund|first=Andy|title=ViX+ Releases First Trailer and Key Art for "Mi Vecino, El Cartel," Executively Produced by Selena Gomez|date=July 18, 2022|publisher=TelevisaUnivision|url=https://corporate.televisaunivision.com/press/2022/07/18/vix-releases-first-trailer-and-key-art-for-mi-vecino-el-cartel-executively-produced-by-selena-gomez/|access-date=May 16, 2023}}
In August, Gomez was featured on the remix of Nigerian artist Rema's song, "Calm Down".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-rema-calm-down-remix-is-coming-soon-1235129298/|title='Calm Down'! Selena Gomez & Rema's Remix Is Coming Really Soon|magazine=Billboard|date=August 22, 2022|access-date=August 22, 2022}} An international success, it peaked at number three on the Billboard Global 200.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=January 17, 2023 |title=SZA, Rema & Selena Gomez Rule Billboard Global Charts, NewJeans, Bizarrap & Shakira Go Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-rema-selena-gomez-rule-billboard-global-charts-newjeans-bizarrap-shakira-top-10-1235199869/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 14, 2023}} 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.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=June 12, 2023 |title=Morgan Wallen's 'Last Night' Leads Hot 100 for 10th Week, Luke Combs' 'Fast Car' Hits Top Five |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-last-night-luke-combs-fast-car-hot-100-top-10-1235351650/ |access-date=June 13, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} It topped the Global Excl. US, Pop Airplay, and Radio Songs charts for two, five, and 10 weeks, respectively,{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=January 16, 2024 |title=Rema & Selena Gomez's 'Calm Down' Breaks Record for Most Weeks Ever on Pop Airplay Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/selena-gomez-rema-calm-down-breaks-pop-airplay-chart-record-1235581690/ |access-date=June 6, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=August 28, 2023 |title=Oliver Anthony Music's 'Rich Men North of Richmond' Notches Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/oliver-anthony-rich-men-north-of-richmond-hot-100-number-one-two-weeks-1235402004/ |access-date=January 15, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} becoming Gomez's first leader on the former two.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=January 9, 2023 |title=Rema & Selena Gomez's 'Calm Down' Climbs to No. 1 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/rema-selena-gomez-calm-down-number-one-billboard-global-excl-us-chart-1235195762/ |access-date=January 15, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=June 26, 2023 |title=Morgan Wallen & Luke Combs Make for Country Hits at Nos. 1 & 2 on Hot 100 for First Time in 42 Years |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-luke-combs-country-hits-top-two-hot-100-1235361461/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 27, 2023}} "Calm Down" became the highest- and longest-charting African artist-led song on the Hot 100;{{Cite news |last=Rukanga |first=Basillioh |date=June 18, 2024 |title=Rema's Calm Down makes Afrobeats history in the US |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c511682gr1ro/ |access-date=October 12, 2024 |publisher=BBC News}} the longest-running number-one of all time on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart, with 58 weeks at the summit;{{Cite magazine |date= |title=Selena Gomez (Chart History): Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/afro/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 14, 2023}} 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 "Afrobeats' biggest crossover hit{{Cite magazine |last1=Denis |first1=Kyle |last2=Havens |first2=Lyndsey |last3=Lipshutz |first3=Jason |last4=Mamo |first4=Heran |last5=Unterberger |first5=Andrew |date=June 13, 2023 |title=How Did Rema & Selena Gomez's 'Calm Down' Become Afrobeats' Biggest Crossover Hit Yet? |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/rema-selena-gomez-calm-down-afrobeats-hot-100-five-burning-questions-1235352658/ |access-date=June 19, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} while Variety described it as the "song of two summers".{{cite magazine |last1=Horowitz |first1=Steven J. |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/rema-selena-gomez-calm-down-remix-creation-1235815067/ |title=Rema and Selena Gomez's 'Calm Down (Remix)' Took a Village to Turn It Into the 'Song of Two Summers' |magazine=Variety |access-date=October 31, 2024|date=November 30, 2023}} 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.{{cite magazine |last1=Woerner |first1=Meredith |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/artists/2023-mtv-vmas-winners-1235721300/ |title=Taylor Swift Wins Big at MTV VMAs, Plus Full List of Winners |magazine=Variety |access-date=September 14, 2023|date=September 12, 2023}}{{Cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Katie |date=November 19, 2023 |title=Billboard Music Awards 2023 Winners: Full List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2023-billboard-music-awards-bbmas-winners-list-1235491435/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120054950/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2023-billboard-music-awards-bbmas-winners-list-1235491435/ |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |access-date=January 8, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} It became the first African artist-led track to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=September 11, 2023 |title=Selena Gomez Is 'Grateful' After Rema Collaboration Hits 1 Billion Spotify Streams |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-rema-calm-down-1-billion-spotify-streams-1235410546/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} and 1 billion on-demand streams in the US; its music video became the most-viewed Afrobeats song on YouTube.{{Cite news |last=Udugba |first=Anthony |date=June 20, 2024 |title=Rema's 'Calm Down' breaks streaming record in the US |url=https://businessday.ng/life-arts/article/remas-calm-down-breaks-streaming-record-in-the-us/ |access-date=October 12, 2024 |work=Business Day}}{{Cite news |last=Adekunle |first=Musa |date=November 9, 2024 |title=Rema's Calm Down Remix hits 1 billion YouTube Views |url=https://guardian.ng/life/remas-calm-down-remix-hits-1-billion-youtube-views/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |work=The Guardian}} According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), "Calm Down" was the second best-selling song of 2023 globally.{{Cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=February 26, 2024 |title=Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Wins IFPI Global Single Award For 2023 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/miley-cyrus-flowers-ifpi-global-single-award-2023-1235614759/ |access-date=February 26, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} Billboard named it Gomez's biggest Hot 100 hit.{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez's 20 Biggest Hot 100 Hits, From 'Love Song' to 'Lose You to Love Me' |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/selena-gomez-top-songs-billboard-hot-100/back-to-you/ |access-date=October 11, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}
Gomez was the focus of the Alek Keshishian-directed "raw and intimate" documentary film, Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me.{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2022/09/apple-original-films-lands-documentary-feature-selena-gomez-my-mind-and-me-directed-by-alek-keshishian/|title=Apple Original Films lands documentary feature "Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me" directed by Alek Keshishian|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=October 26, 2022|date=September 8, 2022}} The film premiered at the AFI Fest in November 2022,{{cite web|first=Michaela|last=Zee|title='Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me' World Premiere to Open AFI Fest|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/afi-fest-selena-gomez-my-mind-and-me-world-premiere-1235373917/|work=Variety|date=September 15, 2022|access-date=October 26, 2022}} and was released two days after on Apple TV+ and in select movie theaters.{{cite web|first=Justin|last=Curto|title=The Trailer for Selena Gomez's Documentary, My Mind & Me, Is Here|url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/selena-gomez-documentary-my-mind-and-me.html|website=Vulture|date=September 15, 2022|access-date=October 26, 2022}}{{cite web|first=Katie|last=Reul|title=How to Watch Selena Gomez Documentary 'My Mind & Me'|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/selena-gomez-documentary-how-to-watch-my-mind-and-me-1235423680/|work=Variety|date=November 4, 2022|access-date=November 6, 2022}} It was met with a positive critical reception upon release;{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=selena_gomez_my_mind_and_me |type=movie |title=Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me |access-date=November 7, 2022}} the documentary was praised for mental health transparency.{{cite magazine|title='Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me' Review: An Honest Portrait of Stardom|first=Chris|last=Azzopardi|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/movies/selena-gomez-my-mind-and-me-review.html|magazine=The New York Times|date=November 2, 2022|access-date=November 7, 2022}}{{cite web|last1=Ehrlich|first1=David|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/11/selena-gomez-my-mind-and-me-review-1234778731/|title='Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me' Review: This Raw and Messy Pop Doc Tackles Mental Illness Head-On|website=IndieWire|date=November 3, 2022|access-date= November 7, 2022}} 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,{{cite web |title=75th Emmy Awards Complete Nominations List |url=https://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/Downloads/75th-nominations-list-v1.pdf?q=2023 |access-date=July 12, 2023 |work=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences}} and received the Seal of Female Empowerment in Entertainment honor by the Critics Choice Association,{{cite web|title=Critics Choice Association selects "CAUSEWAY" and "SHE SAID" to receive the Seal of Female Empowerment in Entertainment|url=https://www.criticschoice.com/2022/11/16/critics-choice-association-selects-causeway-and-she-said-to-receive-the-seal-of-female-empowerment-in-entertainment/|publisher=Critics Choice Association|date=November 16, 2022|access-date=November 23, 2022}} and also won the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Music Documentary.{{cite magazine|last1=VanHoose|first1=Benjamin|url=https://people.com/movies/mtv-movie-and-tv-awards-2023-winners-list/|title=MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023 Winners: Drew Barrymore, Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift, More Among Honorees
|magazine=People|date=May 7, 2023|access-date=May 8, 2023}} Gomez released the song "My Mind & Me" to coincide with the release of the documentary.{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=November 3, 2022 |title=Selena Gomez Drops Vulnerable 'My Mind & Me' Song and Lyric Video: Listen Here |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-my-mind-me-song-lyric-video-documentary-1235165509/ |access-date=March 29, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} The song received Variety{{'s}} "Film Song of the Year" honor.{{cite magazine|first1=William|last1=Earl|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/dua-lipa-elton-john-selena-gomez-variety-2022-hitmakers-1235438744/|title=Dua Lipa and Elton John, Future, Lizzo, Selena Gomez Among Variety's 2022 Hitmakers; Annual Brunch to Honor Top Songs in Music|magazine=Variety|date=November 21, 2022 |access-date=November 21, 2022}} In March 2023, Gomez appeared in the second-season finale of the Apple TV+ documentary television series Dear....{{cite magazine |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=March 10, 2023 |title=Selena Gomez Says She's Forever 'in Debt' to 'Best Friend' Francia Raisa for Kidney Transplant |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-forever-in-debt-francia-raisa-kidney-transplant-1234694479/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 10, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Rovenstine |first=Rebecca |date=March 14, 2023 |title=How to Watch Selena Gomez's Emotional Episode of 'Dear...' |url=https://www.etonline.com/how-to-watch-selena-gomezs-emotional-episode-of-dear-200903 |access-date=January 8, 2024 |website=ET Online}} She released the standalone single "Single Soon" on August 25, 2023.{{Cite magazine|last=Garcia|first=Thania|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/selena-gomez-new-album-song-single-soon-1235698829/|title=Selena Gomez to Release New 'Single Soon', Teases 'SG3' Album|magazine=Variety|date=August 17, 2023|access-date=August 18, 2023}} It reached the top-twenty of the Billboard Global 200, and in the US and Canada.{{Cite magazine|date=|title=Selena Gomez (Chart History): Global 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/selena-gomez/chart-history/glo/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 14, 2023}}
=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.{{Cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=January 3, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez Says Her Next Album May Be Her Last: 'I'm Tired' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-smartless-podcast-one-more-album-1234939398/ |access-date=February 22, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Gomez later mentioned feeling "a little too old for the pop-star life",{{cite magazine|last=Bailey|first=Alyssa|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a63525841/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-new-music-tease/|title=Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Tease Her New Music|magazine=Elle|date=January 23, 2025|access-date=March 19, 2025}} but has since retracted this and stated that "music isn't going away" and "I just set it down for a second".{{cite magazine|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-isnt-done-with-music-1235834507/|title=Selena Gomez Isn't Done With Music (Yet): 'I Just Set It Down for a Second'|magazine=Billboard|date=November 20, 2024|access-date=March 19, 2025}} In February, she released the standalone single "Love On",{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=February 22, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez Turns Her 'Love On' With Flirty New Single |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-love-on-video-1234974186/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 23, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} 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 Jacques Audiard.{{Cite web |last=Strecker |first=Erin |date=December 1, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez on the Boundary-Pushing 'Emilia Pérez': 'Just the Beginning of What I Feel I Can Do' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/selena-gomez-emilia-perez-interview-whats-next-1235068988/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=IndieWire}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Setoodeh |first1=Ramin |last2=Jackson |first2=Anjelique |date=May 18, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez Weeps as 'Emilia Pérez' Earns Biggest Cannes Standing Ovation So Far at 9 Minutes |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/selena-gomez-emilia-perez-cannes-standing-ovation-1236008254/ |access-date=May 24, 2024 |magazine=Variety}} She took Spanish lessons for the role,{{Cite magazine |last=Morris |first=Alex |date=November 3, 2022 |title=Selena Gomez Wasn't Sure She Was Ready To Tell This Story |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/selena-gomez-my-mind-and-me-documentary-new-music-only-murders-in-the-building-1234620268/ |access-date=November 3, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} and performed two songs for the film's soundtrack.{{Cite web |last=MacArthur |first=Greg |date=November 13, 2024 |title=Every Song On Emilia Pérez's Soundtrack Explained: When They Play, What They Mean & Where To Listen |url=https://screenrant.com/emilia-perez-movie-soundtrack-songs/ |access-date=November 23, 2024 |website=Screen Rant}} The film premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival,{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=April 11, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez's New Movie 'Emilia Pérez' Will Premiere at Cannes Film Fest: 'Beyond Grateful' |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/selena-gomez-emilia-perez-cannes-film-festival-premiere-1235654027/ |access-date=May 9, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} where it won the Jury Prize{{cite magazine |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=May 25, 2024 |title=Cannes Film Festival: 'Anora' Wins Palme D'Or; 'All We Imagine As Light' Takes Grand Prize; 'Emilia Perez' Jury Prize & Best Actress Ensemble – Full List |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/cannes-film-festival-winners-2024-full-list-1235940952/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |magazine=Deadline Hollywood}} and received one of the longest standing ovations in festival history. Gomez's performance received praise;{{Cite news |last=McIntosh |first=Steven |date=November 13, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez 'shines' in new Oscar-tipped musical |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99vm20jk3eo/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |publisher=BBC News}} she was nominated for supporting actress categories at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards and the 78th British Academy Film Awards.{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Benjamin |date=January 5, 2025 |title=Golden Globes 2025: the full list of winners |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/05/golden-globes-winners-list/ |access-date=January 6, 2025 |work=The Guardian}}{{Cite news |last=Guardian film |first= |date=February 16, 2025 |title=Baftas 2025: the full list of winners |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/16/baftas-2025-the-full-list-of-winners-live/ |access-date=February 17, 2025 |work=The Guardian}} She and the female ensemble of the film collectively won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress,{{cite magazine|last=Debruge|first=Peter|url= https://variety.com/2024/film/news/cannes-film-festival-2024-palme-dor-prizes-awards-1236016498/|title=Cannes Awards: Female-Centered Stories Win Big in Cannes, as Sean Baker's 'Anora' Earns Palme d'Or|magazine= Variety|date= May 25, 2024|access-date= May 25, 2024}} 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 Order of Arts and Letters by the government of France.{{Cite magazine |last=Walters |first=Meg |date=October 4, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez's Plunging Blazer Dress Complemented Her New Boss Acting Medal |url=https://www.instyle.com/selena-gomez-business-plunging-blazer-dress-8723238/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |magazine=InStyle}} Gomez co-produced and appeared in the documentary Louder: The Soundtrack of Change, which was released on October 17 on Max.{{cite web
|date=October 11, 2024 |title=Max Original Documentary Louder: The Soundtrack Of Change Debuts October 17 |url=https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/max-original-documentary-louder-soundtrack-change-debuts-october-17 |access-date=October 12, 2024 |publisher=Warner Bros. Discovery}} She 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.{{cite magazine |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=May 14, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez Reveals Title Of 'Wizards Of Waverly Place' Spinoff; Drops First-Look Photos |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/selena-gomez-rfirst-look-photos-wizards-of-waverly-place-spinoff-title-1235916349/ |access-date=May 24, 2024 |magazine=Deadline Hollywood}}{{Cite magazine |last=Moore |first=Julia |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Selena Gomez Returns as Cheeky Alex Russo for Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 1 Finale: Watch! |url=https://people.com/selena-gomez-returns-as-alex-russo-wizards-beyond-waverly-place-season-1-finale-11686267/ |access-date=March 28, 2025 |magazine=People}} The series, which she also executive produced, premiered on Disney Channel and Disney+ on October 29, 2024.{{cite magazine |last=Bechara |first=Diego Ramos |date=August 29, 2024 |title='Wizards Beyond Waverly Place' Sets October Premiere Date, Raven-Symoné and Danielle Fishel to Direct |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/wizards-beyond-waverly-place-premiere-date-disney-channel-1236124188/ |access-date=September 7, 2024 |magazine=Variety}} Her performance, subtle comedic timing, and dynamic with co-star David Henrie was met with positive reception from critics.* {{Cite magazine |last=Tinubu |first=Aramide |date=October 29, 2024 |title='Wizards Beyond Waverly Place' Is a Hilariously Magical Reboot Even if Selena Gomez Isn't Around Much: TV Review |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/reviews/wizards-beyond-waverly-place-review-disney-1236189003/ |access-date=November 5, 2024 |magazine=Variety}}
- {{Cite web |last=Keller |first=Joel |date=October 29, 2024 |title='Wizards Beyond Waverly Place' Disney Plus Review: Stream It Or Skip It? |url=https://decider.com/2024/10/29/wizards-beyond-waverly-place-disney-plus-review/ |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=Decider}}
- {{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Abigail |date=October 26, 2024 |title=Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Review: A Delightful Disney Channel Revival With Unbelievably Funny Kids |url=https://screenrant.com/wizards-beyond-waverly-place-tv-review/ |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=Screen Rant}}
Gomez and Benny Blanco released the collaborative album, and her fourth studio album, I Said I Love You First on March 21, 2025.{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=March 21, 2025 |title=Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco Celebrate Their Love With 'I Said I Love You First' Album: Stream It Now |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-i-said-i-love-you-first-album-1235928085/ |access-date=March 28, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}} A promotional single, titled "Scared of Loving You", was surprise released on February 13.{{cite magazine |last1=Garcia |first1=Thania |date=February 13, 2025 |title=Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco to Release Collaborative Album, 'I Said I Love You First' |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-collaborative-album-i-said-i-love-you-first-1236307405/ |access-date=February 14, 2025 |magazine=Variety}} It was followed by the lead single "Call Me When You Break Up", featuring Gracie Abrams, on February 21,{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Selena Gomez, Gracie Abrams Wait by the Phone on New Single 'Call Me When You Break Up' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-gracie-abrams-call-me-when-you-break-up-song-1235273888/ |access-date=February 22, 2025 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} and the second single "Sunset Blvd" on March 14.{{Cite magazine |last=Millman |first=Ethan |date=March 13, 2025 |title=Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Release Sultry Single "Sunset Blvd" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-release-single-sunset-blvd-1236163384/ |access-date=March 17, 2025 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} I Said I Love You First was met with mixed to positive reception from music critics;* {{Cite Metacritic|id=i-said-i-love-you-first/selena-gomez-benny-blanco|type=music|title=I Said I Love You First|access-date=March 27, 2025}}
- {{Cite magazine |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=March 21, 2025 |title=Selena Gomez, benny blanco – I Said I Love You First |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-i-said-i-love-you-first/ |access-date=March 22, 2025 |magazine=Clash}}
- {{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=March 21, 2025 |title=Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco: I Said I Loved You First review – besotted but bland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/21/selena-gomez-and-benny-blanco-i-said-i-loved-you-first-review-besotted-but-bland |access-date=March 22, 2025 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
- {{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Georgia |date=March 24, 2025 |title=Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco – 'I Said I Love You First' review: a sweet sentiment that lacks conviction |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-i-said-i-loved-you-first-review-3848641 |access-date=March 24, 2025 |work=NME}}
- {{Cite web |last=Horn |first=Olivia |date=March 25, 2025 |title=Selena Gomez / Benny Blanco: I Said I Love You First Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-i-said-i-love-you-first/ |access-date=March 25, 2025 |work=Pitchfork}}
- {{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=March 24, 2025 |title=Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's Adorable Valentine Album |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/selana-gomez-benny-blanco-i-said-i-love-you-first-review-1235302213/ |access-date=March 24, 2025 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Dakota West Foss of Sputnikmusic called it Gomez's "strongest collection of songs to date".{{Cite web |last=West Foss |first=Dakota |date=March 22, 2025 |title=Review: Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco – I Said I Love You First |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89626/Selena-Gomez-and-Benny-Blanco-I-Said-I-Love-You-First/ |access-date=March 22, 2025 |work=Sputnikmusic}} The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, with 120,000 units, marking Gomez's largest sales week till date, and her seventh top-ten release.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=March 30, 2025 |title=Playboi Carti's 'MUSIC' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/playboi-carti-music-second-week-number-one-billboard-200-1235935042/ |access-date=March 31, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}} I Said I Love You also debuted within the top five in various countries, including Australia, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
- {{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Jessica |date=March 28, 2025 |title=Old Mervs Crack the Top Five on ARIA Albums Chart with Self-Titled Debut |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/old-mervs-crack-the-top-five-on-aria-albums-chart-with-self-titled-debut-74564/ |access-date=March 31, 2025 |magazine=Rolling Stone Australia}}
- {{Cite web |title=Ofiziellecharts.de – Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco — I Said I Love You First |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-548525 |access-date=March 31, 2025 |publisher=GfK Entertainment Charts |language=de}}
- {{Cite web |title=Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-albums-chart/20250328/ie7502/ |access-date=March 31, 2025 |publisher=Official Charts Company}}
- {{Cite web |first=Etan |last=Vlessing |title=The Lottery Winners score second Number One album with 'KOKO': "This is for grassroots music. This is for the working class" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-lottery-winners-score-second-number-one-album-with-koko-this-is-for-grassroots-music-this-is-for-the-working-class-3850188/ |date=March 28, 2025 |website=NME |access-date=March 31, 2025}}
Artistry
=Musical style=
Gomez is described as a pop artist.{{cite web|title=Selena Gomez|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/selena-gomez-mn0000996096|last=Collar|first=Matt|publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation|access-date=April 6, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Selena Gomez Strips Down (Musically) For New 'Hold On' Video|url=http://www.etcanada.com/blogs/etc_115475/selena-gomez-strips-down-musically-for-new-hold-on-video/music/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014033944/http://www.etcanada.com/blogs/etc_115475/selena-gomez-strips-down-musically-for-new-hold-on-video/music/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2014|date=October 9, 2014|publisher=ET Canada|access-date=November 15, 2014}}{{Cite magazine|title=Selena Gomez releases video for new single 'Lose You To Love Me'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/selena-gomez-video-new-single-lose-you-to-love-me-2559923|last=Gwee|first=Karen|date=October 23, 2019|magazine=NME|access-date=October 23, 2019}} Her work is primarily characterized as dance-popSources:
- {{cite web|url=http://axs.com/the-voice-5-reasons-why-selena-gomez-is-a-great-celebrity-adviser-pick-64078|title='The Voice': 5 reasons why Selena Gomez is a great celebrity adviser pick|first=Lori|last=Melton|work=AXS|access-date=October 17, 2015|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208175806/http://www.axs.com/the-voice-5-reasons-why-selena-gomez-is-a-great-celebrity-adviser-pick-64078|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7492455/selena-gomez-stars-dance-los-angeles-live-review|title=Selena Gomez Made The Stars (And Everybody Else) Dance at Staples Center: Live Review|work=Idolator|date=November 7, 2013}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7534086/selena-gomez-interscope-records|title=Selena Gomez Has Allegedly Signed With Interscope Records|work=Idolator|date=September 9, 2014}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2015/10/selena_gomez_announces_nj_date_for_new_tour.html|title=Selena Gomez announces N.J. date for new tour|work=NJ.com|date=October 13, 2015}} and EDM;{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/09/revival-selena-gomez-ew-review|title='Revival' by Selena Gomez|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} however, she has experimented with different music genres. Her debut album with the Scene was influenced by electronic rock and pop rock,{{cite web|url=http://www.axs.com/selena-gomez-s-debut-album-kiss-tell-turns-five-her-top-five-singles-21704|title=Selena Gomez's debut album 'Kiss & Tell' turns five: Her top five singles|publisher=AXS|access-date=November 11, 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1070830/selena-gomez-the-scene-kiss-tell |title=Selena Gomez & the Scene, "Kiss & Tell" |magazine=Billboard |date=September 25, 2009 |access-date= May 7, 2014}} while her subsequent records with the band opted for a dance-pop{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/selena-gomez_0910.htm |title=Selena Gomez & The Scene – A Year Without Rain | album reviews |work=musicOMH|access-date=October 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008101817/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/selena-gomez_0910.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/03/selena-gomez-when-sun-goes-review|title=Selena Gomez & the Scene: When the Sun Goes Down – review|first=Kitty|last=Empire|work=The Guardian|date=July 2, 2011|access-date=August 12, 2015}} sound. A Year Without Rain noted synth-pop characteristics,{{cite web|url=http://nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503444&objectid=11009049|title=Album Review: A Year Without Rain – Selena Gomez & The Scene|work=The New Zealand Herald|first=Kim|last=Gillespie|date=November 11, 2010}} and When the Sun Goes Down featured a more electropop{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/when-the-sun-goes-down-20110802 |title=Selena Gomez & The Scene "When The Sun Goes Down" |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 2, 2011 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-date=November 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119101116/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/when-the-sun-goes-down-20110802 |url-status=dead }} and electro-disco musical direction.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2011/07/10/when-sun-goes-down-review-selena-gomez-scene|title=When the Sun Goes Down|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 12, 2015}} Her debut solo album Stars Dance was rooted in the EDM-pop{{cite web|url=http://www.voxxi.com/selena-gomez-stars-dance-edm/ |title=Selena Gomez's new album 'Stars Dance' goes EDM |first=Jonathan |last=Munoz |work=Voxxi |publisher=Voxxi Ltd |date=July 22, 2013 |access-date=July 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923022942/http://www.voxxi.com/selena-gomez-stars-dance-edm/ |archive-date=September 23, 2013 }} genre—Gomez herself described it as "baby dubstep"{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a480566/selena-gomez-inspired-by-skrillex-to-record-baby-dubstep-for-new-album.html|title=Selena Gomez inspired by Skrillex to record 'baby dubstep' for new album|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=August 12, 2015|date=May 10, 2013}}—drawing elements from electronic, disco, techno, and dancehall.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1710587/selena-gomez-stars-dance-teaser.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718083216/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1710587/selena-gomez-stars-dance-teaser.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2013 |title=Selena Gomez Throws Epic Dance Party With Stars Dance Teasers |first=Jocelyn |last=Vena |publisher=MTV News |date=July 15, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2013}}{{cite web|first=Tim |last=Sendra |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stars-dance-mw0002551764 |title=Stars Dance – Selena Gomez | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |access-date=July 21, 2013}} Her songs "The Heart Wants What It Wants" and "Good for You" have been described as "minimalistic" and "grown-up",Sources:
- {{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/11/selena-gomez-heart-wants-what-it-wants|title="The Heart Wants What It Wants": Is Selena Gomez Singing, Crying About Justin Bieber in New Single?|work=Fuse|access-date=June 26, 2015}}
- {{cite web|author=Lukas, Erin|url=http://www.nylon.com/articles/selena-gomez-the-heart-wants-what-it-wants-video|title=Watch Now: Selena Gomez's New Video "The Heart Wants What It Wants"|work=Nylon|date=November 6, 2014|access-date=August 27, 2015}}
- {{cite web|author=Lindner, Emilee|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2197217/selena-gomez-good-for-you-video/|title=Watch Selena Gomez's Steamy 'Good For You' Music Video|work=MTV News|date=June 26, 2015|access-date=June 27, 2015|archive-date=June 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625104541/http://www.mtv.com/news/2197217/selena-gomez-good-for-you-video/|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite news|author=Strecker, Erin|url=http://m.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6605591/selena-gomez-good-for-you-listen|title=Selena Gomez Shares Sexy New Song 'Good for You,' Featuring A$AP Rocky|magazine=Billboard|date=June 22, 2015|access-date=June 22, 2015}} introducing a more adult pop sound into her repertoire.{{cite news|author=Menyes, Carolyn|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/41326/20150622/selena-gomez-good-for-you-review-asap-rocky-new-single-stream-listen.htm|title=Selena Gomez 'Good for You' Review: New Single Transitions Disney Star to Adult Pop Artist [LISTEN]|work=Music Times|date= June 22, 2015|access-date=August 28, 2015}}
=Influences=
Early in her career, 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".{{cite web|date=May 21, 2011|title=Selena Gomez Talks About Being Inspired By Bruno Mars|url=http://www.disneydreaming.com/2011/05/21/selena-gomez-talks-about-being-inspired-by-bruno-mars/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113063902/http://www.disneydreaming.com/2011/05/21/selena-gomez-talks-about-being-inspired-by-bruno-mars/|archive-date=January 13, 2014|access-date=January 13, 2014|publisher=Disney Dreaming}} Gomez has also cited Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift as influences.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/music/selena-gomez-taylor-swift-friendship-trust/|title=Selena Gomez Says Taylor Swift Is the Go-To Friend She Trusts to Run New Music by First|last=Juneau|first=Jen|date=October 29, 2019|magazine=People|access-date=February 11, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/selena-gomez/news/taylor-swift-new-album/|title=Selena Gomez Inspired By Taylor Swift On Her New "Grown-Up" Album 'Stars Dance'|date=July 25, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2020}}{{cite web|title = Selena Gomez's New Album Was Inspired by Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' |website= Idolator.com |url = http://www.idolator.com/7606741/selena-gomez-revival-album-inspired-by-christina-aguilera-stripped |access-date = September 21, 2015|date= September 2, 2015 }}{{cite web |url= http://www.disneydreaming.com/2009/12/01/selena-gomez-looks-up-to-rihanna/ |title= Selena Gomez Looks Up To Rihanna |publisher= Disney Dreaming |access-date= February 23, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131103130202/http://www.disneydreaming.com/2009/12/01/selena-gomez-looks-up-to-rihanna/ |archive-date= November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |df= mdy-all }}{{cite web |url= http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/July/24Selena_Gomez_Talks_New_Album,_Bradley_Cooper_and_Beyonce.shtml |title= Selena Gomez Talks New Album, Bradley Cooper and Beyonce |publisher= Iconoclast Entertainment Group |access-date= November 10, 2013}}{{cite web |url= http://archive.entertainmentwise.com/news/114072/i-died-the-first-time-selena-gomez-admits-shock-at-receiving-compliment-from-idol-britney-spears |title= 'I Died The First Time': Selena Gomez Admits Shock at Receiving Compliment From Idol Britney Spears |first= Alicia |last= Adejobi |work= EntertainmentWise |access-date= August 12, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150927092722/http://archive.entertainmentwise.com/news/114072/i-died-the-first-time-selena-gomez-admits-shock-at-receiving-compliment-from-idol-britney-spears |archive-date=September 27, 2015 }} Gomez's debut solo album Stars Dance (2013) was prominently influenced by Spears, Swift, and EDM producer Skrillex;{{cite web|first=Carl |last=Williott |url=http://idolator.com/7457134/selena-gomez-in-style-cover-new-album-justin-beiber |title=Selena Gomez Tells 'In Style' 'Stars Dance' May Be Her Last Album, And It Has A Song About Justin Bieber|publisher=Idolator.com |date=May 8, 2013 |access-date=June 4, 2013}} her second album, Revival, was mainly inspired by Aguilera's album Stripped (2002), as well as Janet Jackson and Spears.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2RjaCgBuz0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/j2RjaCgBuz0 |archive-date=December 17, 2021|url-status=live|title=Selena Gomez Talks "Revival" Cover Art, Secret Event | On Air with Ryan Seacrest |publisher=YouTube |date=September 11, 2015 |access-date=October 9, 2015}}{{cbignore}}
=Songwriting=
In regard to Gomez's writing craft, co-writer Ali Tamposi revealed the following to 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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/interviews/a43242/it-aint-me-songwriter-ali-tamposi-on-selena-gomez-justin-bieber-lyrics/|title="It Ain't Me" Songwriter Ali Tamposi on Writing About Heartbreak With Selena Gomez|date=February 22, 2017|website=ELLE}}
During a conversation with Amy Schumer for 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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/selena-gomez-amy-schumer-spring-2020|title=Selena Gomez and Amy Schumer Discuss the Stuff That Matters (And Some Stuff That Doesn't)|first=Ernesto|last=Macias|date=April 13, 2020|website=Interview Magazine}}
On The Kelly Clarkson Show, Gomez opened up about of processing her own feelings through songwriting, calling it "the best therapy".{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbc.com/the-kelly-clarkson-show/video/selena-gomez-on-processing-feelings-through-songwriting-its-the-best-therapy/ACCN230469666|title=Watch The Kelly Clarkson Show - Official Website Clip: Selena Gomez On Processing Feelings Through Songwriting: 'It's The Best Therapy' - NBC.com|via=www.nbc.com}}
In a conversation with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, Gomez was joined by Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter to talk about the creative process, incl. collaborative songwriting for her album, Rare. Gomez co-wrote every song on that album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-579gP9maHM|title=Selena Gomez: Songwriting, Collaborating with 6LACK and Kid Cudi, and Mental Health | Apple Music|date=January 13, 2020|via=YouTube}}
Philanthropy and advocacy
=UNICEF=
File:Selena Gomez UNICEF 3, 2012 (cropped).jpg 2012 Snowflake Ball in New York City]]
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1382-stars-hit-the-catwalk-for-st-judes|title=Stars Hit The Catwalk For St. Judes|publisher=Looktothestars.org|date=October 14, 2008|access-date=August 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714140908/https://www.looktothestars.org/news/1382-stars-hit-the-catwalk-for-st-judes|archive-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/photos/8131/celeb-do-gooders-young-hollywood-gives-back|title=Celeb Do-Gooders: Young Hollywood Gives Back!|work=E! News|date=August 10, 2014|access-date=March 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023191142/https://www.eonline.com/photos/8131/celeb-do-gooders-young-hollywood-gives-back|archive-date=October 23, 2022|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|date=October 9, 2008|title=Selena Gomez Trick-Or-Treats For UNICEF|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1350-selena-gomez-trick-or-treats-for-unicef|access-date=August 6, 2009 |publisher=Looktothestars.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714141026/https://www.looktothestars.org/news/1350-selena-gomez-trick-or-treats-for-unicef|archive-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live}} In August 2009, Gomez, then 17 years old, became the youngest UNICEF ambassador (Millie Bobby Brown later surpassed this record).{{cite web |first=Keith |last=Caulfield |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/millie-bobby-brown-announced-as-unicef-youngest-ever-goodwill-ambassador |title=Millie Bobby Brown Has Been Announced as UNICEF's Youngest-Ever Goodwill Ambassador |publisher=TeenVogue|date=November 21, 2018 |access-date=December 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714141200/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/millie-bobby-brown-announced-as-unicef-youngest-ever-goodwill-ambassador|archive-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Charity, Action, Now! (C.A.N.)|url=https://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/celebrities/ambassadors/selena-gomez/can|website=UNICEF USA|access-date=May 6, 2020}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS178135+03-Sep-2009+PRN20090903 |title=Teen Sensation Selena Gomez Appointed UNICEF Ambassador |work=Reuters |date=September 3, 2009 |access-date=October 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906225400/https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS178135%2B03-Sep-2009%2BPRN20090903 |archive-date=September 6, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gXQVPHT2lU525QpACXyin-pm1sjAD9B37HM81 |archive-date=October 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008052617/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gXQVPHT2lU525QpACXyin-pm1sjAD9B37HM81 |title=Selena Gomez: Trip to Africa was 'life-changing'|work=GoogleNews.com|date=October 2, 2009|agency=Associated Press|access-date=November 1, 2012}} 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."{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFwJxxPzSpg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/dFwJxxPzSpg |archive-date=December 17, 2021|url-status=live|publisher=YouTube|agency=Associated Press |title=Selena Gomez: Trip to Africa Was 'Life-Changing'|date=October 2, 2009|access-date=October 25, 2009}}{{cbignore}} 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.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128020348/http://youth.unicefusa.org/trickortreat/selena-gomez.html |archive-date=January 28, 2010|url=http://youth.unicefusa.org/trickortreat/selena-gomez.html |year=2009|title=Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Spokesperson Selena Gomez :: Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF:: Youth Action :: U.S. Fund for UNICEF – UNICEF USA|work=Youth. UnicefUsa.org|access-date=November 1, 2012}} 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{{cite web |url=http://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/100611|title=Meet Selena Gomez at the Concert of Your Choice |publisher=CharityBuzz.com |access-date=October 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714141400/https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/100611|archive-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live}} and hosted a live web cast series on Facebook in support of the Trick-or-Treat campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1/UNICEF-Ambassador-Selena-Gomez-named-spokesperson-for-Trick-or-Treat-for-UNICEF-campaign6260.shtml|title=UNICEF Ambassador Selena Gomez named spokesperson for Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign|author=UNICEF|date=October 8, 2009|publisher=StamFordPlus.com|access-date=October 26, 2009|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220714140713/http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1/UNICEF-Ambassador-Selena-Gomez-named-spokesperson-for-Trick-or-Treat-for-UNICEF-campaign6260.shtml|archive-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live}} She returned as the UNICEF spokesperson for the 60th anniversary of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign in 2010.{{cite news|title=Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF celebrates 60 years of America's youth making a difference throughout the world |date=May 26, 2009 |url=http://www.unicefusa.org/news/releases/trick-or-treat-for-unicef-long-lead-release.html |access-date=May 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608210941/http://www.unicefusa.org/news/releases/trick-or-treat-for-unicef-long-lead-release.html |archive-date=June 8, 2010}} In celebration of the organization's 60th anniversary, Gomez and the Scene held a benefit concert, donating all proceeds to the campaign.{{cite news |title=Selena Gomez & The Scene Announce a Charity Concert in Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Trick-or-Treat for Unicef |date=October 6, 2011 |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/selena-gomez--the-scene-announce-a-charity-concert-in-celebration-of-the-60th-anniversary-of-trick-or-treat-for-unicef-104432868.html|access-date=August 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714142505/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/selena-gomez--the-scene-announce-a-charity-concert-in-celebration-of-the-60th-anniversary-of-trick-or-treat-for-unicef-104432868.html|archive-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live}} Gomez also encouraged teenagers to donate via social media. She also auctioned personal items to 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.{{cite magazine|title=Selena Gomez and Her Charity Work|url=https://www.borgenmagazine.com/selena-gomez/|magazine=Borgen|date=January 13, 2023|access-date=June 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504123802/https://www.borgenmagazine.com/selena-gomez/|archive-date=May 4, 2023|url-status=live}}
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".{{cite news|title=UNICEF Ambassador Selena Gomez visits Chile|date=February 2, 2011 |url=http://www.unicefusa.org/news/releases/unicef-ambassador-selena-gomez-chile.html |access-date=August 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714142729/https://www.unicefusa.org/press/releases|archive-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|title=Celebrities Team Up with UNICEF Tap Project to Provide Safe, Clean Drinking Water to Children around the World|date=March 13, 2011|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/celebrities-team-up-with-unicef-tap-project-to-provide-safe-clean-drinking-water-to-children-around-the-world-117899059.html|access-date=August 21, 2011|archive-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220714140745/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/celebrities-team-up-with-unicef-tap-project-to-provide-safe-clean-drinking-water-to-children-around-the-world-117899059.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|title=Selena Gomez: UNICEF Tap Project 2012|url=https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/selena-gomez-unicef-tap-project-2012|work=Youth. UnicefUsa.org|date=March 16, 2012|access-date=July 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608024204/https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/selena-gomez-unicef-tap-project-2012|archive-date=June 8, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Selena's Support for UNICEF|url=https://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/celebrities/ambassadors/selena-gomez/selenas-support-unicef|work=Youth. UnicefUsa.org|access-date=February 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608024217/https://www.unicefusa.org/about-unicef-usa/partnerships/our-supporters/celebrities/selena-gomez|archive-date=June 8, 2023|url-status=live}} She was also featured in videos that promoted the campaign.{{cite news |title=LOL: Selena Gomez is crazy... about UNICEF |date=March 29, 2011 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lol-selena-gomez-is-crazy-about-unicef/ |access-date=August 21, 2011 |work=CBS News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231161502/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lol-selena-gomez-is-crazy-about-unicef/ |archive-date=December 31, 2014}}{{cite news |title=Selena Gomez fills her Celebrity Tap bottle |date=April 20, 2011 |url=http://fieldnotes.unicefusa.org/2011/04/selena_gomez_fills_her_celebri.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714143606/https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/selena-gomez-fills-her-celebrity-tap-bottle/6980|archive-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live}} 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 and Central Africa.{{cite web|url=https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/selena-gomez-encourages-youth-help-children-sahel-food-crisis|title=Selena Gomez Encourages Youth To Help Children In Sahel Food Crisis|work=Youth. UnicefUsa.org|date=April 19, 2012|access-date=June 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626211732/https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/selena-gomez-encourages-youth-help-children-sahel-food-crisis|archive-date=June 26, 2023|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/selena-gomez-performs-sold-out-concert-benefit-unicef|title=Selena Gomez Performs Sold Out Concert to Benefit UNICEF|work=Youth. UnicefUsa.org|date=January 25, 2012|access-date=June 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302030523/https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/selena-gomez-performs-sold-out-concert-benefit-unicef|archive-date=March 2, 2023|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicefusa.org/press/selena-gomez-concert-benefiting-us-fund-unicef-raises-more-150000|title=Selena Gomez Concert Benefiting the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Raises More Than $150,000|work=Youth. UnicefUsa.org|date=January 24, 2013|access-date=June 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129054358/https://www.unicefusa.org/press/selena-gomez-concert-benefiting-us-fund-unicef-raises-more-150000|archive-date=November 29, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=How is Selena Gomez Impacting the World Right Now?|url=https://hhssoaringeagle.com/2703/news/how-is-selena-gomez-impacting-the-world-right-now/|last=Wilcox|first=Hailey|work=Hauppauge High School The Soaring Eagle|date=May 3, 2022|access-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609190741/https://hhssoaringeagle.com/2703/news/how-is-selena-gomez-impacting-the-world-right-now/|archive-date=June 9, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10359373.htm|title=Selena Gomez Concert Benefiting the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Raises More Than $150,000|work=Cision|date=June 27, 2023|access-date=June 27, 2023|archive-date=June 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626200918/https://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10359373.htm|url-status=dead}} In 2014, Gomez visited Nepal to raise awareness for children in need.{{cite news |title=Selena Gomez Visits Nepal on Behalf of UNICEF—See the Pics! |date=May 29, 2014 |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/546586/selena-gomez-visits-nepal-on-behalf-of-unicef-see-the-pics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714143849/https://www.eonline.com/news/546586/selena-gomez-visits-nepal-on-behalf-of-unicef-see-the-pics|archive-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |title=Selena Gomez |url=https://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/celebrities/ambassadors/selena-gomez |access-date=March 18, 2022 |website=UNICEF USA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714144131/https://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/celebrities/ambassadors/selena-gomez|archive-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live}} In June 2021, Gomez signed a UNICEF open letter urging the G7 "to donate more coronavirus vaccines to the international COVAX initiative."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-selena-gomez-katy-perry-unicef-letter-covid-19-vaccination-donations-9584078/|title=Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry & More Sign UNICEF Letter Urging COVID-19 Vaccination Donations|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=June 8, 2021|access-date=February 22, 2023}}
=Other charity work=
Gomez was involved in the UR Votes Count campaign, which encouraged teenagers to learn more about 2008 presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.{{cite web|last=Dagostino|first=Mark|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20235767,00.html|title=Selena Gomez: 'I'll be 30 Before I Get My License!'|work=People|date=October 27, 2008|access-date=August 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219230610/https://people.com/tv/selena-gomez-ill-be-30-before-i-get-my-license/|archive-date=December 19, 2022|url-status=dead}} 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: "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 [...]."{{cite web|url=http://popdirt.com/selena-gomez-cares-for-dogs-in-puerto-rico/72217|title=Selena Gomez Cares For Dogs in Puerto Rico|publisher=popdirt.com|date=March 8, 2009|access-date=August 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314003941/http://popdirt.com/selena-gomez-cares-for-dogs-in-puerto-rico/72217/|archive-date=March 14, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last= Roth|first=Madeline|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/26odhk/selena-gomez-kill-em-with-kindness|title=7 Times Selena Gomez Killed 'Em With Kindness|work=MTV|date=April 27, 2016|access-date=August 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219230610/https://people.com/tv/selena-gomez-ill-be-30-before-i-get-my-license/|archive-date=December 19, 2022|url-status=dead}} She joined while filming Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie in Puerto Rico.{{cite web|url=http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2009/06/tonights-guest-selena-gomez |title=Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – Video Blogs – Tonight's Guest: Selena Gomez |date=June 2009 |work=Late Night With Jimmy Fallon |access-date=August 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812053810/http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2009/06/tonights-guest-selena-gomez/ |archive-date=August 12, 2009}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2789-celebrities-raise-hope-for-congo|title=Celebrities Raise Hope For Congo|work=Looktothestars.org|date=July 10, 2009|access-date=August 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314003939/https://www.looktothestars.org/news/2789-celebrities-raise-hope-for-congo|archive-date=March 14, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Malkin|first=Marc|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/288374/why-is-selena-gomez-going-to-the-congo|title=Why Is Selena Gomez Going to the Congo?|work=E! News|date=January 24, 2012|access-date=March 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203033315/https://www.eonline.com/news/288374/why-is-selena-gomez-going-to-the-congo|archive-date=December 3, 2023|url-status=live}}
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.{{Citation|title = Selena Gomez – Friends For Change|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sjHD9N2ums|date = October 28, 2010|access-date = February 22, 2016}} Gomez, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, and the Jonas Brothers recorded the charity single "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.{{cite press release|url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2009/doc/Send_It_On_Disneys_Friends_for_Change%20_081909.doc|title="Send it on", an anthem by the world's biggest teen stars|date=August 6, 2009|publisher=Disney Channel|access-date=August 20, 2009|format=DOC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511155245/http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2009/doc/Send_It_On_Disneys_Friends_for_Change%20_081909.doc|archive-date=May 11, 2011}} 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).{{cite magazine |title=The 100 Greatest Disneyverse Songs of All Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-disney-songs-movies-tv/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 27, 2023 |date=May 25, 2023}} In April 2012, Gomez was named ambassador to the Ryan Seacrest Foundation.{{cite web|first=Ed |last=Cunicelli |url=http://ryanseacrest.com/2012/04/20/selena-gomez-ryan-seacrest-foundation |title=Selena Gomez Named Ambassador to the Ryan Seacrest Foundation [VIDEOS] | Ryan Seacrest |publisher=Ryan Seacrest |date=April 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027021652/http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2012/04/20/selena-gomez-ryan-seacrest-foundation/ |archive-date=October 27, 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/selena-gomez-ryan-seacrest-foundation-ambassador-314621|first=Lacey|last=Rose|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 20, 2012|title=Selena Gomez Tapped as an Ambassador to The Ryan Seacrest Foundation}} 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.{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Eunice|url=https://people.com/tag/selena-gomez/|title=First Look: Selena Gomez's Cell-Free Safety Pitch – Good Deeds, Selena Gomez|work=People|date=February 3, 2009|access-date=August 6, 2009}} Gomez provided the narration for 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.{{cite web|first=Liz|last=Raftery|date=October 8, 2012|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/girl-rising-help-1054348/|title=Girl Rising to Help Launch CNN Films|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306042948/https://www.tvguide.com/news/girl-rising-help-1054348/|archive-date=March 6, 2023|url-status=live}}
In 2017, during her partnership with 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 Los Angeles high schools. She conversed with the girls and gifted them new Coach bags.{{Cite web|last=Gonzales|first=Erica|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a21608/selena-gomez-surprises-high-school-students/|title=Selena Gomez Surprises High School Students in LA|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|date=March 24, 2017|access-date=March 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521185529/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a21608/selena-gomez-surprises-high-school-students/|archive-date=May 21, 2022|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Matera|first=Avery|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/selena-gomez-coach-mentor-high-school-students|title=Selena Gomez Returns to School as a Mentor to Young Girls|magazine=W|date=March 24, 2017|access-date=March 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510105200/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/selena-gomez-coach-mentor-high-school-students|archive-date=May 10, 2023|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a19868991/selena-gomez-bff-kidney-transplant-we-day/|first=Katie|last=O'Malley|magazine=Elle|date=April 20, 2018|title=Selena Gomez Just Made A New BFF After Bonding Over Kidney Transplant}} Her participation in We Day 2019 was her first appearance after an extended break from the spotlight.{{cite news|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2019/4/11/selena-gomez-participating-in-annual-we-day-california-on-ap.html|title=Selena Gomez participating in annual WE Day California on April 25|agency=ABC News Radio|access-date=June 24, 2019|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223152421/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2019/4/11/selena-gomez-participating-in-annual-we-day-california-on-ap.html|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1101761/why-selena-gomez-s-philanthropic-trip-to-kenya-is-unforgettable|title=Why Selena Gomez's Philanthropic Trip to Kenya Is Unforgettable|date=December 19, 2019|work=E!|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427050827/https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1101761/why-selena-gomez-s-philanthropic-trip-to-kenya-is-unforgettable|archive-date=April 27, 2023|url-status=live}} During the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, Gomez donated US$3 million to fight Australia wildfires and urged followers to do the same.{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/australia-fires-celebrities-donate-relief-efforts-2020-1|title=Celebrities who donated their time and money to Australia fire relief efforts|magazine=Insider|date=January 17, 2020|access-date=February 19, 2023}}{{cite web|last=Haddrick|first=Milly|url=https://www.girlfriend.com.au/all-the-celebrities-donating-to-australian-bushfire-list|title=All the celebrities that have donated to the Australian bushfires|magazine=Girlfriend|date=January 7, 2020|access-date=August 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523030226/https://www.girlfriend.com.au/all-the-celebrities-donating-to-australian-bushfire-list|archive-date=May 23, 2022|url-status=live}}
In 2020, she created the 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.{{cite magazine|last1=Gold|first1=Jessica|title=Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty Pledges To Raise $100 Million For Mental Health|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicagold/2020/07/22/selena-gomezs-rare-beauty-pledges-to-raise-100m-for-mental-health/|magazine=Forbes|date=July 22, 2020|access-date=February 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228232650/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicagold/2020/07/22/selena-gomezs-rare-beauty-pledges-to-raise-100m-for-mental-health/|archive-date=December 28, 2022|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Stables|first1=Paige|title=Selena Gomez Has Rewritten the Script for Beauty Start-Ups|url=https://www.allure.com/story/selena-gomez-rare-beauty-impact-interview|magazine=Allure|date=February 10, 2022|access-date=June 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329101707/https://www.allure.com/story/selena-gomez-rare-beauty-impact-interview|archive-date=March 29, 2023|url-status=live}} For each episode of her HBO Max cooking show Selena + Chef (2020–2023), the show donated $10,000 to the charity of the chef's choice, often food related.{{cite magazine|last=Mamo|first=Heran|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-selena-and-chef-season-2-trailer-9509704/|title=Selena Gomez Reveals Season 2 Trailer for 'Selena + Chef' With More Kitchen Fires & More Papa|magazine=Billboard|date=January 11, 2021|access-date=February 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306042953/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-selena-and-chef-season-2-trailer-9509704/|archive-date=March 6, 2023|url-status=live}} In 2021, over the first two seasons of the show, $360,000 was raised for nonprofit organizations.{{cite web|last=Mier|first=Tomás|url=https://people.com/food/selena-gomez-cooking-show-raises-360k-kitchen-fire/|title=Selena Gomez's Cooking Show Raises $360,000 for Charity — See Her Remain Cool During Kitchen Fire|magazine=People|date=February 1, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306042953/https://people.com/food/selena-gomez-cooking-show-raises-360k-kitchen-fire/|archive-date=March 6, 2023|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|last=Muhammad|first=Latifah|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/selena-gomez-our-place-collaboration-shop-collection-1235070246/|title=Selena Gomez's Our Place Cookware Is on Sale: Here's How to Save Up to 29% Off Her New Collection|magazine=Billboard|date=July 3, 2023|access-date=July 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629160938/https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/selena-gomez-our-place-collaboration-shop-collection-1235070246/|archive-date=June 29, 2023|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |last=Tingley |first=Anna |date=June 21, 2023 |title=Selena Gomez and Our Place's Summer Collection Is Back in Stock for a Limited Time |url=https://variety.com/shop/selena-gomez-our-place-always-pan-1235265141/ |access-date=June 22, 2023 |magazine=Variety|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623191759/https://variety.com/shop/selena-gomez-our-place-always-pan-1235265141/|archive-date=June 23, 2023}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.sephora.com/in-honor-of-world-mental-health-day-sephora-commits-to-donating-100-percent-of-rare-beauty-by-selena-gomez-product-sales-to-the-rare-impact-fund/|title=In Honor of World Mental Health Day, Sephora Commits to Donating 100 Percent* of Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Product Sales to the Rare Impact Fund|website=Sephora Newsroom|date=October 4, 2023|access-date=October 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205114001/https://newsroom.sephora.com/in-honor-of-world-mental-health-day-sephora-commits-to-donating-100-percent-of-rare-beauty-by-selena-gomez-product-sales-to-the-rare-impact-fund/|archive-date=December 5, 2023|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Momenian|first=Donya|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/selena-gomez-sephora-donate-all-rare-beauty-sales-to-rare-impact-fund-for-world-mental-health-day|title=Selena Gomez Announced Sephora Will Donate All Rare Beauty Sales to Mental Health Fund for One Day|magazine=Teen Vogue|date=October 4, 2023|access-date=October 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109011152/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/selena-gomez-sephora-donate-all-rare-beauty-sales-to-rare-impact-fund-for-world-mental-health-day|archive-date=January 9, 2024|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Hopkins|first=Kathryn|url=https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/beauty-features/selena-gomez-sephora-donate-rare-beauty-sales-to-rare-impact-fund-1236667600/|title=Selena Gomez Team With Sephora to Donate 100 Percent of Rare Beauty Sales to the Rare Impact Fund on Mental Health Day|magazine=WWD|date=October 2, 2024|access-date=March 15, 2025}} 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 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.{{cite web |last=Vulpo |first=Mike |date=April 28, 2022 |title=Selena Gomez Shares Her New Initiative and Advice for Mental Health Awareness Month |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1328810/selena-gomezs-3-simple-steps-to-improving-mental-health-could-change-your-life |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720104801/https://www.eonline.com/news/1328810/selena-gomezs-3-simple-steps-to-improving-mental-health-could-change-your-life |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |access-date=October 30, 2023 |magazine=E! News}} In October, Gomez co-founded Wondermind, a mental health-focused digital platform.{{cite magazine|last1=Dolan
|first1=Kerry A.|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2022/10/03/new-mental-health-wellness-site-from-selena-gomez-and-entrepreneur-daniella-pierson-launches-backed-by-serena-williams-vc-firm/|title=New Mental Health Wellness Site Cofounded By Selena Gomez And Backed By Serena Williams' VC Firm Launches|magazine=Forbes|date=October 3, 2022|access-date=June 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115132022/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2022/10/03/new-mental-health-wellness-site-from-selena-gomez-and-entrepreneur-daniella-pierson-launches-backed-by-serena-williams-vc-firm/?sh=5a54349719b4|archive-date=November 15, 2023|url-status=live}} In December 2022, she donated exclusive items to the 2nd Annual ASCAP Foundation, which supports music education and talent development programs across the US.{{Cite press release |title=2nd Annual ASCAP Foundation Silent Auction Kicks Off Online With Exclusive Items Donated by Olivia Rodrigo, Selena Gomez, Chris Stapleton, Kelsea Ballerini, Ashanti, The Chainsmokers, Kevin Durant, Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Stephen Schwartz, Paul Williams and More |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2nd-annual-ascap-foundation-silent-auction-kicks-off-online-with-exclusive-items-donated-by-olivia-rodrigo-selena-gomez-chris-stapleton-kelsea-ballerini-ashanti-the-chainsmokers-kevin-durant-quincy-jones-diane-keaton-step-301691357.html |agency=PR Newswire |access-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216093925/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2nd-annual-ascap-foundation-silent-auction-kicks-off-online-with-exclusive-items-donated-by-olivia-rodrigo-selena-gomez-chris-stapleton-kelsea-ballerini-ashanti-the-chainsmokers-kevin-durant-quincy-jones-diane-keaton-step-301691357.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |last=Nicholson |first=Jessica |date=December 1, 2022 |title=Olivia Rodrigo, Chris Stapleton, Selena Gomez & More Donate Items for ASCAP Foundation Auction |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/olivia-rodrigo-selena-gomez-donate-items-for-ascap-auction/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216093923/https://www.billboard.com/pro/olivia-rodrigo-selena-gomez-donate-items-for-ascap-auction/ |archive-date=February 16, 2023 |access-date=February 16, 2023}}
In response to the Gaza war, Gomez and her cosmetics brand Rare Beauty issued a statement about the 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.{{cite web|last=Bowenbank|first=Starr|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-rare-beauty-palestine-donations-relief-efforts-1235464980/|title=Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty to Donate to Gaza Relief Effort: 'Palestinian Civilians Must Be Protected'|magazine=Billboard|date=November 6, 2023|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231150141/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-rare-beauty-palestine-donations-relief-efforts-1235464980/|archive-date=December 31, 2023|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2023 |title=Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty Is Being Accused Of "Misleading" People With Its Latest Post On Gaza |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/heres-why-selena-gomez-rare-180817578.html |access-date=December 30, 2023 |agency=Yahoo! News}}{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2023 |title=Fans 'Boycotting' Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty Over Comments On Israel-Hamas War |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fans-boycotting-selena-gomez-rare-164531716.html |access-date=December 30, 2023 |publisher=Yahoo! Entertainment}}{{Cite web |last=Dunn |first=Billie Schwab |date=November 7, 2023 |title=Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty faces fresh criticism over Israel-Gaza |url=https://www.newsweek.com/rare-beauty-faces-fresh-israel-gaza-criticism-1841480 |access-date=December 30, 2023 |magazine=Newsweek}} 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".{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=David|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/dec/02/hollywood-divide-israel-gaza-conflict-susan-sarandon-cynthia-nixon|title='People are being penalised': Hollywood divided over Israel-Hamas conflict|work=The Guardian|date=December 2, 2023|access-date=December 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114044510/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/dec/02/hollywood-divide-israel-gaza-conflict-susan-sarandon-cynthia-nixon|archive-date=January 14, 2024|url-status=live}} In December 2023, she attended Ramy Youssef's fundraiser for Gaza.{{cite news |title=Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez among celebrities attending Gaza aid fundraiser |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-selena-gomez-gaza-fundraiser-b2463425.html |work=The Independent |date=December 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118061718/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-selena-gomez-gaza-fundraiser-b2463425.html|archive-date=January 18, 2024|url-status=live}}
In January 2025, Gomez volunteered to help distribute basic necessities during the 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 Foundation and World Central Kitchen, who are on the ground providing immediate aid.{{Cite web|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-volunteering-los-angeles-fires-1235877826/|title=Selena Gomez Volunteers to Help Distribute Food to Los Angeles Fire Victims|magazine=Billboard|date=January 16, 2025|access-date=March 15, 2025}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/complexstaff3/selena-gomez-rare-pop-up-complex-la-valentines|title=Complex LA to Host Selena Gomez's 'Rare' Pop-Up and Valentine's Shop|magazine=Complex|date=February 11, 2025|access-date=March 15, 2025}}
= Advocacy =
File:Selena Gomez at White House.jpg in 2022]]
Gomez advocates for various causes. She is known for frequently raising awareness on mental health.{{Cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |title=10 Times Selena Gomez Has Stressed Mental Health Awareness |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-mental-health-awareness-month-9566194/ |access-date=March 18, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |date=May 5, 2021}} In 2019, she received the McLean Award for mental health advocacy.{{cite web|url=https://www.mcleanhospital.org/news/selena-gomez-receives-2019-mclean-award-mental-health-advocacy|title=Selena Gomez Receives 2019 McLean Award for Mental Health Advocacy|publisher=McLean Hospital|access-date=November 3, 2022|date=September 25, 2019}} The Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab honored her with the first ever Mental Health Innovations Award for Excellence in Mental Health Advocacy in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://innovations.stanford.edu/mental-health-summit/selena-gomez-awarded-mental-health-innovations-award-for-excellence-in-mental-health-advocacy/|title=Selena Gomez Awarded "Mental Health Innovations" Award for Excellence in Mental Health Advocacy|publisher=Stanford University School of Medicine|date=November 10, 2022 |access-date=November 11, 2022}} That year, she also received the Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion by the Ruderman Family Foundation.{{Cite web|last=Etienne|first=Vanessa|title=Selena Gomez Accepts Award for Mental Health Awareness in Exclusive Clip: 'Together We Can Bring Change'|url=https://people.com/health/selena-gomez-accepts-award-for-mental-health-awareness/|date=November 14, 2022|access-date=November 14, 2022|work=People}} Gomez has shown support for the LGBTQ community. She joined numerous celebrities to write a "love letter" during pride month, as a part of Billboard{{'}}s 30 Days of Pride during the month of June 2016. She also 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.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7424145/britney-spears-pink-selena-gomez-hands-orlando|title=Britney Spears, Pink, Selena Gomez Join 'Hands' for Orlando: How the All-Star Song Came to Life|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328085602/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7424145/britney-spears-pink-selena-gomez-hands-orlando|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}} That year, she donated proceeds of her Revival Tour 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.{{Cite magazine|url=https://people.com/chica/selena-gomez-letter-lgbtq-pride-month/|title=Selena Gomez Writes Letter to LGBTQ Community for Pride Month|last=Diaz|first=Thatiana|date=June 5, 2017|magazine=People|access-date=October 22, 2020}} In 2023, Gomez and her cosmetics brand Rare Beauty, participated in the 53rd annual Los Angeles Pride Parade,{{Cite web|url=https://www.indtagram.com/p/CtZmSMbutQu/?igsh=ZndmNW1qZTI5ZWdh|title=Rare Beauty|via=Instagram|access-date=June 18, 2022}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://rareimpactfund.org/partners/|title=The Rare Impact Fund|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110034836/https://rareimpactfund.org/partners/|archive-date=January 10, 2024|url-status=live}} In April 2024, Gomez participated as one of the speakers at the 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.{{cite web |last=Syed |first=Armani |date=April 24, 202 |title=Selena Gomez Talks Getting 'Mouthy' on Instagram and Leading a Mental Health Focused Beauty Brand |url=https://time.com/6968785/selena-gomez-time100-summit-beauty-impact/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502205837/https://time.com/6968785/selena-gomez-time100-summit-beauty-impact/ |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |access-date=May 3, 2024 |magazine=Time}} 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 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.{{Cite web|last=Saunders|first=Angel|url=https://people.com/selena-gomez-reflects-mental-health-rare-beauty-summit-8642243|title=Selena Gomez Reflects on How Mental Health 'Means So Much' at Rare Beauty Summit|magazine=People|date=May 2, 2024|access-date=May 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503044420/https://people.com/selena-gomez-reflects-mental-health-rare-beauty-summit-8642243|archive-date=May 3, 2024|url-status=live}}
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, 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.{{Cite web|last=Peters|first=Mitchell|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-on-controversial-pray-for-gaza-instagram-post-i-am-6168905/|title=Selena Gomez on Controversial 'Pray for Gaza' Instagram Post: 'I Am Not Picking Any Sides'|magazine=Billboard|date=July 19, 2014|access-date=March 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320130238/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/selena-gomez-on-controversial-pray-for-gaza-instagram-post-i-am-6168905/|archive-date=March 20, 2024|url-status=live}} In the wake of the Alabama abortion ban in May 2019, Gomez spoke out on Instagram in favor of abortion rights in the United States.{{Cite magazine|url=https://peopleenespanol.com/chica/selena-gomez-talks-about-abortion-ban/|title=Selena Gómez Under Fire for Speaking Out Against Alabama Abortion Ban in Pro-Choice Instagram Post|last=Hansen|first=Lena|date=May 20, 2019|magazine=People|access-date=October 22, 2020}} 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."{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2022/06/27/roe-v-wade-overturn-celebrities-reactions-abortion/7744430001/ |title=Roe v. Wade overturn: Celebrities react to abortion ruling |work=USA Today |date=July 13, 2022 |access-date=July 31, 2022}} Gomez is a critic of racism and supported the Black Lives Matter movement, lending her Instagram account to Alicia Garza, co-creator of Black Lives Matter and one of the founders of Black Futures Lab, in June 2020.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/selena-gomez-shares-message-of-support-for-black-lives-matter-there-is-a-deep-pain-that-needs-to-be-healed-2692061|title=Selena Gomez shares message of support for Black Lives Matter: "There is a deep pain that needs to be healed"|last=Richards|first=Will|date=June 19, 2020|magazine=NME|access-date=October 22, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.buro247.me/lifestyle/news/social-media-action-black-lives-matter.html|title=Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga and more hand over their Instagram accounts to leading black female figures|last=Mekkaoui|first=Meeran|date=June 9, 2020|website=Buro|access-date=October 22, 2020}} In May 2021, 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. The event urged people to ask their governments to pledge $22.1 billion in aid to the vaccine distribution.{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Rebecah |title=SELENA GOMEZ TO HOST AND J.LO TO PERFORM AT VAX LIVE CONCERT TO HELP RAISE $22M FOR GLOBAL VACCINATIONS |url=https://us.hola.com/entertainment/20210413fxnfwc5v53/selena-gomez-to-host-and-jlo-to-perform-at-vax-live-concert |access-date=April 17, 2021 |work=Hola! |date=April 13, 2021|via=www.us.hola.com}} 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 Biden-Harris Administration.{{cite web|last1=Applefeld Olson|first1=Cathy|title=Selena Gomez Joins 'White House Conversation On Youth Mental Health' Hosted By MTV|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyolson/2022/05/18/selena-gomez-joins-white-house-conversation-on-youth-mental-health-hosted-by-mtv/|work=Forbes|date=May 18, 2022|access-date=November 4, 2022}}
Business and ventures
= Products and endorsements =
In 2009, Gomez was part of Sears's back-to-school fashion campaign and featured in television commercials.{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Gomez-set-to-star-in-Sears-clothing-ads/79821248985911/|publisher=United Press International|date=July 30, 2009|title=Gomez set to star in Sears clothing ads}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2011/06/18/selena-gomez-photos-hot-hollywood-celebrity-photo-gallery-of-the-week/|first=Diana|last=Ransom|publisher=Hollywood News|date=June 18, 2011|title=Selena Gomez Photos: Hot Hollywood Celebrity Photo Gallery of the Week|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016031118/https://www.hollywoodnews.com/2011/06/18/selena-gomez-photos-hot-hollywood-celebrity-photo-gallery-of-the-week/|url-status=dead}} She also became the spokesperson for Borden Milk and starred in campaign's print ads and television commercials for the brand.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2293848/have-you-seen-selena-gomezs-borden-milk-ads/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013047/http://www.mtv.com/news/2293848/have-you-seen-selena-gomezs-borden-milk-ads/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 11, 2018|first=Tamar|last=Anitai|publisher=MTV|date=May 26, 2009|title=Have You Seen Selena Gomez's Borden Milk Ads?}}
File:Selena Gomez for Pantene 2.png in 2015]]
Having previously announced plans to launch a fashion line, Gomez released the Dream Out Loud collection in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2009/10/15/selena-gomez-introduces-dream-out-loud-her-own-line-of-eco-friendly-bohemian-clothes|title=Selena Gomez Introduces 'Dream Out Loud,' Her Own Line of Eco-Friendly, Bohemian Clothes|first=Lauren|last=Joskowitz|publisher=MTV News|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=October 22, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019045734/http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2009/10/15/selena-gomez-introduces-dream-out-loud-her-own-line-of-eco-friendly-bohemian-clothes|archive-date=October 19, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b149093_selena_gomez_gets_her_own_fashion_line.html|title=Seelna Gomez Gets Her Own Fashion Line|first=Ella|last=Ngo|publisher=E!|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=October 22, 2009}} It consisted of bohemian dresses, floral tops, jeans, skirts, jackets, scarves and hats, all of which were made from recycled or eco-friendly materials.{{cite web|url=http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=130338&cat=2|title=Selena Gomez to Launch Clothing Line|publisher=TransWorldNews.com|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=October 22, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611234416/http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=130338&cat=2|archive-date=June 11, 2010}} 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."{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/lifestyle/fashion/news/article_1507339.php/Selena-Gomez-launches-fashion-line-in-fall-2010 |title=Selena Gomez launches fashion line in fall 2010 |first=April |last=MacIntyre |publisher=Monsters and Critics |date=October 15, 2009 |access-date=October 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031091634/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/lifestyle/fashion/news/article_1507339.php/Selena-Gomez-launches-fashion-line-in-fall-2010 |archive-date=October 31, 2009}} Gomez teamed up with designers Tony Melillo and Sandra Campos for the project, both of whom had previously worked with 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.wwd.com/markets-news/denim/as-a-designer-selena-gomez-has-big-dreams-2343323|work=Women's Wear Daily|date=October 15, 2009|title=Disney Star Selena Gomez Launching Fashion Brand|first=Julee|last=Kaplan|access-date=October 25, 2009}} From 2010 to 2014, Gomez worked with retailer Kmart to release the clothing line.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2551435/selena-gomez-introduces-dream-out-loud-her-own-line-of-eco-friendly-bohemian-clothes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117120130/http://www.mtv.com/news/2551435/selena-gomez-introduces-dream-out-loud-her-own-line-of-eco-friendly-bohemian-clothes/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2016 |title=Selena Gomez Introduces 'Dream Out Loud,' Her Own Line of Eco-Friendly, Bohemian Clothes |publisher=MTV |date=October 15, 2009 |access-date=December 8, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://wwd.com/business-news/business-features/selena-gomez-and-kmart-dream-out-loud-3017222/|first=Khanh T.L.|last=Tran|publisher=Women's Wear Daily|date=March 30, 2010|title=Selena Gomez and Kmart Dream Out Loud|access-date=November 3, 2022}}
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."{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/adrenalina-inc-signs-exclusive-global-fragrance-agreement-with-selena-gomez-2011-07-14?reflink=MW_news_stmp |title=Adrenalina Inc. Signs Exclusive Global Fragrance Agreement with Selena Gomez |publisher=MarketWatch |date=July 18, 2011 |access-date=July 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717010137/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/adrenalina-inc-signs-exclusive-global-fragrance-agreement-with-selena-gomez-2011-07-14?reflink=MW_news_stmp |archive-date=July 17, 2011}} The perfume was released in May 2012.{{cite web |first=Selene |last=Milano |url=http://www.instyle.com/news/selena-gomezs-signature-scent-launches-macys |title=Selena Gomez's Signature Scent Launches at Macy's |publisher=InStyle |date=June 11, 2012 |access-date=December 8, 2016 |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214205912/http://www.instyle.com/news/selena-gomezs-signature-scent-launches-macys |url-status=dead }} In 2013, she released her second fragrance, Vivamore by Selena Gomez.{{cite web|url=http://celebrityperfumestore.com/index.php/selena-gomez-perfume/ |title=Selena Gomez Perfume | Celebrity Perfumes |publisher=Celebrityperfumestore.com |access-date=December 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022171043/http://celebrityperfumestore.com/index.php/selena-gomez-perfume/ |archive-date=October 22, 2016 }} She also created her own collection of nail polish colors for Nicole by OPI.{{cite web|url=http://celebrityclothingline.com/brand/nicole-by-opi-x-selena-gomez/ |title=Nicole by OPI x Selena Gomez | Nails | Buy Online |publisher=Celebrityclothingline.com |date=July 22, 1992 |access-date=December 8, 2016}}
From 2013 to 2015, Gomez was a spokesperson and partner for Neo by Adidas.{{cite web|last=Hope |first=Kristine |url=http://www.twistmagazine.com/posts/selena-gomez-finishes-her-partnership-with-adidas-neo-81028 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220174518/http://www.twistmagazine.com/posts/selena-gomez-finishes-her-partnership-with-adidas-neo-81028 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2015 |title=Selena Gomez Finishes Her Partnership with Adidas NEO |magazine=Twistmagazine.com |access-date=December 8, 2016}} In 2015, Gomez signed $3 million endorsement deal with Pantene.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/666866/find-out-how-much-selena-gomez-is-making-with-her-pantene-deal |title=Find Out How Much Selena Gomez Is Making With Her Pantene Deal! | E! News |publisher=Eonline.com |date=June 15, 2015 |access-date=December 8, 2016}} In 2016, Gomez appeared in a fashion campaign for luxury brand Louis Vuitton.{{cite web|last=Alexis |first=Lauren |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/news/a16182/selena-gomez-louis-vuitton-series-5-campaign/ |title=Selena Gomez in Louis Vuitton Series 5 Campaign – Selena Gomez Louis Vuitton Fashion Campaign Photos |publisher=Harpersbazaar.com |date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=December 8, 2016}} 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.{{cite magazine|first=Keith |last=Caulfield |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7350343/selena-gomez-coca-cola-campaign-interview |title=Selena Gomez Is 'Stoked' to Be Part of Coca-Cola's Share a Coke and a Song Campaign |magazine=Billboard |date=April 29, 2016 |access-date=December 8, 2016}} In 2017, Gomez confirmed her collaboration with Coach, beginning with their fall line, thereby becoming the new face of the brand.{{cite news|last1=Schneider| first1=Matthew|title=Coach Confirms Its Partnership With Selena Gomez| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/fashion/selena-gomez-coach-partnership-confirmed.html|website=The New York Times| date=December 16, 2016|access-date = January 12, 2017}} The limited-edition collection of handbags was called the "Selena Grace" line.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.sg/gallery/coach-x-selena-gomez-grace-bag/|first=Alyssa|last=Hardy|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|date=August 11, 2017|title=Exclusive! See The Making Of Coach's Selena Grace Bag|access-date=February 22, 2023}} Gomez's second collection and "first ever ready-to-wear collection for Coach", named Coach X Selena Gomez, included clothing, outerwear, and bags.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.sg/gallery/coach-x-selena-gomez-ready-to-wear-full-collection/|title=See Every Piece From The Coach X Selena Gomez New Collection|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|date=August 14, 2018|access-date=February 22, 2023}} That year, Gomez signed a $30 million contract with the athletic brand Puma as brand ambassador, appearing in campaigns such as those for the Phenom Lux sneakers released in March.{{cite magazine|last1=Gray|first1=Yasmine |title=Selena Gomez Debuts 'Phenom' Sneaker Collaboration With Puma|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/8046187/selena-gomez-puma-phenom-sneaker-collaboration|magazine=Billboard |date=November 21, 2017|access-date=December 9, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2018/03/28/selena-gomez-has-a-new-puma-collaboration-and-we-are-already-obsessed/23397864/|first=Sarah|last=Stiefvater|publisher=AOL|date=March 28, 2018|title=Selena Gomez has a new Puma collaboration and we are already obsessed}}{{cite web|url=https://vogue.com.au/fashion/news/selena-gomez-tapped-as-the-new-face-of-puma-for-30-million/news-story/fa8ade915a2f21e9674a1a0d2c7c003e|magazine=Vogue|title=Selena Gomez tapped as the new face of Puma for $30 million|date=September 19, 2017|access-date=February 3, 2023|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206173003/https://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/news/selena-gomez-tapped-as-the-new-face-of-puma-for-30-million/news-story/fa8ade915a2f21e9674a1a0d2c7c003e|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |title=Selena Gomez wants women to look within for strength |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/selena-gomez-women-strength/story?id=59525293 |website=ABCnews |access-date=October 23, 2020}} 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.
- {{cite web|first=Farai|last=Bennett|url=https://www.insider.com/selena-gomez-highest-paid-celebrities-instagram-2017-6|title=Selena Gomez is the highest-paid celebrity on Instagram|website=Insider|date=July 1, 2017|access-date=July 22, 2023}}
- {{cite web|first=Zameena|last=Mejia|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/31/kylie-jenner-makes-1-million-per-paid-instagram-post-hopper-hq-says.html|title=Kylie Jenner reportedly makes $1 million per paid Instagram post—here's how much other top influencers get|website=CNBC|date=August 1, 2018|access-date=July 22, 2023}}
- {{cite web|first=Myelle|last=Lansat|title=The 75 celebrities and influencers who make the most money per Instagram post, ranked |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-influencers-who-make-the-most-money-instagram-2018-9#2-selena-gomez-74 |website=Insider |access-date=May 7, 2019}}
- {{cite web|url=https://izea.com/resources/highest-earning-instagrammers/|title=Top Highest-earning Instagrammers in 2020|website=IZEA|date=March 12, 2020|access-date=July 22, 2023}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3139620/instagrams-2021-rich-list-cristiano-ronaldo-highest|title=Instagram's 2021 rich list: Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest earner, pushing Dwayne Johnson into second with Ariana Grande third|magazine=South China Morning Post|date=July 3, 2021|access-date=July 22, 2023}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.in.mashable.com/culture/39335/kylie-jenner-to-christiano-ronaldo-top-10-highest-paid-celebrities-on-instagram-in-2022|title=The Highest Paid Celebrities On Instagram In 2022|magazine=Mashable|access-date=October 18, 2022|archive-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018143944/https://in.mashable.com/culture/39335/kylie-jenner-to-christiano-ronaldo-top-10-highest-paid-celebrities-on-instagram-in-2022|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|first=Corey|last=Atad.|url=https://etcanada.com/photos/1007224/the-highest-paid-celebrities-for-instagram-sponsored-posts-ranked/#image-1007231|title=The Highest-Paid Celebrities For Instagram Sponsored Posts, Ranked|magazine=Entertainment Tonight Canada|date=July 19, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230929010200/https://etcanada.com/photos/1007224/the-highest-paid-celebrities-for-instagram-sponsored-posts-ranked/%23image-1007231 |archive-date=September 29, 2023}}
In April 2020, Gomez became an owner and investor of the ice cream brand Serendipity.{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/serendipity-brands-co-owned-by-selena-gomez-and-rare-impact-fund-kick-off-partnership-ahead-of-mental-health-awareness-month-301535346.html|title=Serendipity Brands, Co-Owned by Selena Gomez, and Rare Impact Fund Kick off Partnership Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Month|publisher=PR Newswire|date=April 28, 2022|access-date=November 6, 2022}} In July 2021, she released a swimwear line with La'Mariette.{{cite web |last=Elizabeth |first=De |date=July 3, 2021 |title=Selena Gomez Partners With La'Mariette on Swim Collection |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/selena-gomez-lamariette-swim-collection |access-date=June 30, 2023 |website=Teen Vogue}} In November, Gomez co-founded the mental health media platform Wondermind.{{cite web |last1=Dolan |first1=Kerry A. |title=New Mental Health Wellness Site Cofounded By Selena Gomez And Backed By Serena Williams' VC Firm Launches |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2022/10/03/new-mental-health-wellness-site-from-selena-gomez-and-entrepreneur-daniella-pierson-launches-backed-by-serena-williams-vc-firm/ |work=Forbes |date=October 3, 2022 |access-date=November 3, 2022}} The following month, Gomez became an investor in the food delivery company Gopuff.{{cite magazine |last1=Mier |first1=Tomás |title=Selena Gomez Invests in $15 Billion Grocery Delivery Company Gopuff: 'I Was Blown Away'|url=https://people.com/music/selena-gomez-invests-in-gopuff/|magazine=People|date=December 14, 2021 |access-date=November 24, 2022}} In May 2022, she collaborated with Our Place on a cookware line, the Summer Collection.{{cite magazine |last1=Directo-Meston |first1=Danielle |title=Selena Gomez's Colorful New Cookware with Our Place Is Fit For Stylish Chefs|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/shopping/selena-gomez-our-place-collaboration-1235145781/|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 22, 2022 |access-date=November 24, 2022}} A second edition of the range was released in June 2023.{{Cite web |last=Gruber |first=Lauren |date=June 21, 2023 |title=Selena Gomez and Our Place Launch New Summer Cookware Collection |url=https://www.etonline.com/selena-gomez-and-our-place-launch-new-summer-cookware-collection-206753 |access-date=June 22, 2023 |work=Entertainment Tonight}} In February 2025, Gomez and Benny Blanco's collaboration "Talk" was previewed as the soundtrack to an Apple advertisement for the IPhone 16e, before its release the following month.{{Cite magazine |date=March 4, 2025 |title=Kim Gehrig Directs New iPhone 16e Spot With Dancing Wiggleman |url=https://www.bandt.com.au/kim-gehrig-directs-new-iphone-16e-spot-with-dancing-wiggleman/ |access-date=March 28, 2025 |magazine=B&T}}
= Rare Beauty =
{{Further|Rare Beauty}}
In September 2020, Gomez launched her own makeup and cosmetics brand, Rare Beauty.{{cite magazine |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=September 3, 2020 |title=Selena Gomez Celebrates Rare Beauty's Virtual Launch: 'This is Just the Beginning!!!' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9444455/selena-gomez-celebrates-rare-beauty-launch |access-date=October 18, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}} The brand "[instead of selling an unattainable image] aims to help people feel good about themselves" by promoting inclusivity and mental health initiatives;{{Cite magazine |last=Feldman |first=Lucy |date=May 29, 2024 |title=How Selena Gomez Is Revolutionizing the Celebrity Beauty Business |url=https://time.com/6979619/rare-beauty/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |magazine=Time}} it sells cruelty-free and vegan products packaged with recyclable materials certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).{{cite web |title=Environmental Impact |url=https://www.rarebeauty.com/pages/sustainability |website=RareBeauty.com |publisher=Rare Beauty |access-date=17 December 2022}} Following its release on its official webstore and Sephora stores in the US,{{cite magazine |last=Robin |first=Marci |title=Selena Gomez Finally Announced the Launch Date for Rare Beauty |url=https://www.allure.com/story/rare-beauty-selena-gomez-launch-date |magazine=Allure |date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=September 7, 2024}} the brand was eventually made available in the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
- {{Cite web |date=May 21, 2021 |last=Tng |first=Sheryl |title=Insider Roundup: Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty To Arrive In Asia & More |url=https://thebeaulife.co/art-entertainment-news/selena-gomez-rare-beauty-insider-roundup |access-date=September 7, 2024 |website=TheBeauLife}}
- {{Cite magazine |last=Somerville |first=Michaela |date=May 4, 2021 |title=Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty is Launching in the Middle East |url=https://en.vogue.me/beauty/selena-gomez-rare-beauty-launching-middle-east/ |access-date=September 7, 2024 |magazine=Vogue Arabia}}
- {{cite magazine |last=Lindsay |first=Grace |title=Selena Gomez just launched Rare Beauty in the UK (and we want it all) |url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/beauty-news/rare-beauty-uk-launch-763965 |magazine=Marie Claire UK |date=February 1, 2022 |publisher=Marie Claire |access-date=September 7, 2024}}
- {{Cite magazine |last=Chitrakorn |first=Kati |date=April 20, 2022 |title=Why Space NK is powering pop-ups for emerging beauty brands |url=https://www.voguebusiness.com/beauty/why-space-nk-is-powering-pop-ups-for-emerging-beauty-brands |access-date=September 7, 2024 |magazine=Vogue Business}}
- {{Cite magazine |last=Sharma |first=Sonakshi |date=June 10, 2023 |title=Exclusive: As Selena Gomez brings Rare Beauty to India—Vogue chats with the star about inclusivity and self-acceptance through beauty|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/exclusive-selena-gomez-brings-rare-beauty-to-india-vogue-chats-about-inclusivity-and-self-acceptance-through-beauty |access-date=September 7, 2024 |magazine=Vogue India}} It was named Startup of the Year at the 2020 WWD Beauty Inc Awards.{{cite web|last1=Manso|first1=James|url=https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/beauty-features/selena-gomez-wins-entrepreneur-of-the-year-beauty-inc-awards-1234673323/|title=Selena Gomez Wins Startup of the Year at Beauty Inc Awards |work=Women's Wear Daily|access-date=November 3, 2022|date=December 10, 2020}} Rare Beauty was named as Time{{'}}s most influential company of 2024.{{Cite news |date=May 30, 2024 |title=This Celebrity-Owned Beauty Brand Is The Most Influential Company In The World! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/beauty/this-celebrity-owned-business-is-the-most-influential-beauty-brand-in-the-world/articleshow/110551666.cms |access-date=May 30, 2024 |work=Times of India}}{{Cite magazine |last=Lapid |first=Alyssa |date=May 30, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez Just Made CEO Dressing Look So Chic |url=https://www.bustle.com/style/selena-gomez-time-magazine-cover/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |magazine=Bustle}}
As of May 2024, the brand is valued at $2 billion.$2 billion valued sources:
- {{Cite web|last=Matlins|first=Seth|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/sethmatlins/2024/04/15/the-2024-forbes-entrepreneurial-cmo-50/#anchorTag-4-661578b863f8d16fa03986b7|title=The 2024 Forbes Entrepreneurial CMO 50|magazine=Forbes|date=April 15, 2024|access-date=May 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502181132/https://www.forbes.com/sites/sethmatlins/2024/04/15/the-2024-forbes-entrepreneurial-cmo-50/#anchorTag-4-661578b863f8d16fa03986b7|archive-date=May 2, 2024|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Priya|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/beautys-most-sought-after-ma-targets-in-2024/|title=Beauty's Most Sought-After M&A Targets in 2024|magazine=The Business of Fashion|date=January 16, 2024|access-date=January 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117141552/https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/beautys-most-sought-after-ma-targets-in-2024/|archive-date=January 17, 2024|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Lucas |last2=Tse |first2=Crystal |last3=Ceron |first3=Ella |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/selena-gomez-weighs-sale-of-cosmetics-brand-valued-at-2-billion|title=Selena Gomez Weighs Sale of Cosmetics Brand Valued at $2 Billion|agency=Bloomberg News|date=March 18, 2024|access-date=March 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319012218/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/selena-gomez-weighs-sale-of-cosmetics-brand-valued-at-2-billion|archive-date=March 19, 2024|url-status=live}} It is one of the best-selling brands at Sephora and the fastest-growing celebrity beauty brand on social media.{{Cite magazine|last=Muhammad|first=Latifah|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/selena-gomez-rare-beauty-blush-sales-70-million-1235377562/|title=Rare Beauty Takeover: Selena Gomez Has Reportedly Sold $70 Million in Blush|magazine=Billboard|date=July 24, 2023|access-date=September 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823171558/https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/selena-gomez-rare-beauty-blush-sales-70-million-1235377562/|archive-date=August 23, 2023|url-status=live}} 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 media impact value of US$313,198,657 on the two platforms alone.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.voguebusiness.com/beauty/rare-beauty-and-makeup-by-mario-outperform-on-tiktok-vogue-business-beauty-index|title=Rare Beauty and Makeup by Mario outperform on TikTok|magazine=Vogue Business|date=October 24, 2023|access-date=November 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029191951/https://www.voguebusiness.com/beauty/rare-beauty-and-makeup-by-mario-outperform-on-tiktok-vogue-business-beauty-index|archive-date=October 29, 2023|url-status=live}} That year, the estimated revenue for the line reached US$300 million, up approximately 50 percent from 2022.{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Priya|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/beautys-most-sought-after-ma-targets-in-2024/|title=Beauty's Most Sought-After M&A Targets in 2024|magazine=The Business of Fashion|date=January 16, 2024|access-date=January 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117141552/https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/beautys-most-sought-after-ma-targets-in-2024/|archive-date=January 17, 2024|url-status=live}} In September 2024, it was reported that Gomez had become a billionaire, with an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion;{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2l7v200d1o|title=Selena Gomez joins billionaire celebrity rich list|last=Sherman|first=Natalie|date=September 6, 2024|access-date=September 6, 2024|publisher=BBC News}} Bloomberg News estimated that roughly 81% of it originated from Rare Beauty.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/7018967/selena-gomez-net-worth-estimations-billionaire-index/|title=Here's What We Know About Selena Gomez's Net Worth as She's Named on Billionaires Index|last=Schneid|first=Rebecca|date=September 7, 2024|access-date=September 7, 2024|magazine=Time}} Bloomberg also stated that at age 32, she had become "one of the country's youngest female self-made billionaires".{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-06/selena-gomez-is-a-billionaire-after-rare-beauty-success-exclusive|title=Selena Gomez Is a Billionaire Thanks to Her Beauty Brand|last=Li|first=Diana|date=September 6, 2024|access-date=September 7, 2024|url-access=subscription|publisher=Bloomberg News}}
Public image
Initially a teen idol, she has been referred to as a pop icon,{{Cite magazine |last=Chakraborty |first=Riddhi |date=March 12, 2021 |title=COVER STORY: The Many Triumphs of Selena Gomez |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/cover-story-the-many-triumphs-of-selena-gomez/ |access-date=September 6, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone India}} as a "triple threat", owing to her successful singing, performing, and acting careers,Sources on "triple threat" status:
- {{Cite magazine |last=Lustig |first=Hanna |date=July 22, 2018 |title=11 Selena Gomez Facts You Might Not Have Known |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/selena-gomez-things-you-didnt-know |magazine=Teen Vogue |access-date=February 21, 2022}}
- {{Cite news |last=Willis |first=Jackie |date=March 21, 2017 |title=Selena Gomez Reveals the One Thing People Would Be Surprised to Know About Her – and It's Sorta Sad |agency=Yahoo! Finance |url=https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/selena-gomez-reveals-one-thing-172700275.html |access-date=February 21, 2022}}
- {{cite news |last=Schnurr |first=Samantha |date=October 31, 2017 |title=Selena Gomez Honored as Billboard's 2017 Woman of the Year |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/890625/selena-gomez-honored-as-billboard-s-2017-woman-of-the-year |access-date=February 21, 2022 |agency=E!}}
- {{cite news |last=Catherine|first=Walthall|url=https://americansongwriter.com/womens-history-month-triple-threat-female-artists-who-can-sing-write-act/|title=Women's History Month: Triple Threat Female Artists Who Sing, Write, and Act|magazine=American Songwriter|access-date=August 20, 2023}} and as one of the most influential Latina in entertainment.{{Cite magazine|last1=Sun|first1=Rebecca|last2=Fekadu|first2=Mesfin|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/most-powerful-latino-celebrities-executives-hollywood-2023/|title=The Hollywood Reporter's 40 Biggest Celebrity Entrepreneurs in 2022|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 9, 2023|date=November 8, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ctinsider.com/culture/celebrities/slideshow/Variety-Latino-Presents-Power-of-Latinos-20-94753.php|title=Variety Latino reveals its 'Power of Latinos: 20 Most Influential Stars' list|newspaper=Connecticut Post|date=October 1, 2014|access-date=December 1, 2022}} Gomez is one of the most successful child stars.{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/disney-and-nickelodeon-pop-stars-power-rankings.html|title=Disney and Nickelodeon Stars Gone Pop: A Power Ranking|magazine=Vulture|date=November 19, 2015|access-date=November 28, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/01/disney-and-nick-stars-gone-pop-an-updated-power-ranking.html|title=Disney and Nickelodeon Stars Gone Pop: A Ranking|magazine=Vulture|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=November 28, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/most-successful-2000s-kids-shows-actors/|title=10 Most Successful Actors From 2000s Kids' Shows|magazine=Comic Book Resources|date=September 25, 2022|access-date=November 28, 2024}} 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".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/21/selena-gomez-interview|title=Selena Gomez, tween queen|newspaper=The Guardian|date=July 21, 2011|access-date=November 28, 2024}} Billboard ranked her number 38 on its Decade-End listicle of the most successful artists of the 2010s decade.{{Cite magazine |date= |title=Top Artists - 2010s |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/top-artists/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326040714/https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/top-artists/ |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |access-date=November 3, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} With an estimated net worth of US$1.3{{ }}billion, 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.{{cite magazine|last=Shaw|first=Gabbi|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaire-musicians-how-they-made-their-money-2024-9|title=Selena Gomez is a billionaire. She joins 4 other musicians in this elite club.|magazine=Business Insider|date=September 9, 2024|access-date=March 17, 2025}}{{cite magazine|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-billionaire-bloomberg-1235769025/|title=Selena Gomez Is Now a Billionaire, According to Bloomberg|magazine=Billboard|date=September 6, 2024|access-date=March 17, 2025}}{{cite magazine|last=Aizin|first=Rebecca|url=https://people.com/selena-gomez-net-worth-movies-business-8710343|title=Selena Gomez Is Worth Over $1 Billion! Here's How the Singer Built Her Wealth|magazine=People|date=October 1, 2024|access-date=March 17, 2025}}
With over 690 million followers across various platforms, Gomez is the most-followed woman globally on social media, as of September 2024.{{cite news |last=Gerken |first=Tom |date=September 13, 2024 |title=Cristiano Ronaldo hits 1bn social media followers |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5r5nk4ry6o |access-date=November 23, 2024 |publisher=BBC News}} She 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.{{cite magazine|last=McAfee|first=Tierney|url=https://people.com/sports/cristiano-ronaldo-surpasses-selena-gomez-most-followed-person-instagram/|title=Cristiano Ronaldo Surpasses Selena Gomez as the Most Followed Person on Instagram|magazine=People|access-date=December 23, 2024|date=October 31, 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 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.{{cite web|last1=Stephenson|first1=Kristen|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2017/12/7-huge-records-which-took-social-media-to-new-heights-in-2017-506935|title=7 huge records which took social media to new heights in 2017|work=Guinness World Records |access-date=September 18, 2021| date=December 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405131941/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2017/12/7-huge-records-which-took-social-media-to-new-heights-in-2017-506935|archive-date=April 5, 2023|url-status=live}} She is the seventh-most-followed woman on Twitter.{{cite web|title=Most followers on Twitter for an actor (female)|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/108324-most-followers-on-twitter-for-an-actress|work=Guinness World Records|date=April 23, 2018|access-date=February 19, 2023}} The actress with the most likes on Facebook, she is also the third-most-followed woman on the platform.{{Cite web|title=Most likes for an actor on Facebook (female)|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/441735-most-likes-for-an-actor-on-facebook-female|work=Guinness World Records|date=August 23, 2016|access-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219122209/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/441735-most-likes-for-an-actor-on-facebook-female|archive-date=February 19, 2023|url-status=live}}
Impact
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She has had a huge impact on social media,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/12/01/selena-gomez-ran-music-on-instagram-in-2016/|title=Selena Gomez Ran Music On Instagram In 2016|magazine=Forbes|date=December 1, 2016|access-date=November 23, 2024}} 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". She was named as the number one positive influencer on social media in 2022.{{cite web |last=Gomez |first=Shirley |date=September 16, 2022 |title=2022 statistics reveal Selena Gomez as the #1 positive influencer in the world |url=https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20220916337144/selena-gomez-as-the-1-positive-influencer-in-the-world/ |access-date=November 23, 2024 |magazine=Hola!}} David Amsden from 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".{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/selena-gomez-liked-by-many|title=Selena Gomez: Liked by Many|magazine=W|date=February 4, 2016|access-date=November 23, 2024}} Variety considers her a key personality in global media, owing to her "multi-hyphenate" presence incorporating music, films, television, cosmetics, and social activism.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/selena-gomez/|title=Selena Gomez – Principal/Artist|magazine=Variety|date=September 26, 2017|access-date=June 20, 2020}}
In 2021, Rolling Stone India regarded her as one of the most influential 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.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/collection/firsts/4921998/firsts-full-list/|title=TIME Firsts Women Leaders: See the Full List|magazine=Time|access-date=November 3, 2022}} Gomez was included in The Hollywood Reporter{{'s}} 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".{{Cite magazine|last=O'Connell|first=Mikey|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/the-hollywood-reporters-2022-women-in-entertainment-power-100/|title=The Hollywood Reporter's 2022 Women in Entertainment Power 100|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=December 7, 2022|date=December 7, 2022}}{{Cite magazine |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |date=December 7, 2023 |title=The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s 2023 Women in Entertainment Power 100 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/most-powerful-women-hollywood-2023/selena-gomez-10/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite magazine |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |date=December 4, 2024 |title=The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s 2024 Women in Entertainment Power 100 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/most-powerful-women-hollywood-2024/selena-gomez-11/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/selena-gomez-more-representation-entertainment-women-in-entertainment-1236077182/|title=Selena Gomez Calls for More Representation in Emotional Speech at THR's Women in Entertainment Gala: "It Reshapes the Way We Understand Each Other"|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 4, 2024|access-date=December 10, 2024}} People named Gomez as one of 15 women who are "changing the music industry today".{{cite web |last=Henini |first=Janine |date=March 16, 2022 |title=Women Changing the Music Industry Today: 'I Deserve the Spotlight' |url=https://people.com/music/women-changing-music-industry-today/ |access-date=March 18, 2022 |magazine=People}} Vogue India named her as one of the "women who has inspire this generation", calling her "newsmaker" of pop culture headlines.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/on-international-womens-day-vogue-editors-pick-the-intrepid-women-who-inspire-them|title=On International Women's Day, 8 Vogue editors pick the intrepid women who inspire them|magazine=Vogue India|date=March 8, 2023|access-date=November 23, 2024}} The Guardian credited her with popularizing "whisper pop", a style of pop music characterized by soft, hushed and breathy vocals.{{Cite news|last=Robinson|first=Peter|date=November 11, 2017|title='Whisperpop': why stars are choosing breathy intensity over vocal paint-stripping|url=https://theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/11/whisperpop-why-stars-choosing-breathy-intensity-over-vocal-paint-stripping|access-date=February 21, 2022|newspaper=The Guardian}}
A wax figure of Gomez has been exhibited at Madame Tussauds Wax Museums since 2010, in Hollywood,{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/madame-tussauds-unveils-selena-gomez-wax-figure-hollywood-222501920.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJY8klGrXJ5gWBfXZamHQ81fTj6nk81zZzaElbZrHDgcAVonrCF-QDseY_BK8p_ne6im0Lx2KFJ-LgAIhy1Hulaf8uELyIdVbEwOYK2XF-hslcpw5ztKf4A_fevG5ma_dJ4E-iW0k3mzksQn7w-sX8cTSCMLUBkHDYK_Ga9EX6_9&guccounter=2|title=Madame Tussauds Unveils Selena Gomez Wax Figure in Hollywood|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=November 23, 2024}} New York City,{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/worst-celebrity-wax-figures-of-all-time|title=The Most Cursed Celebrity Wax Figures of All Time, From Ariana Grande to Lindsay Lohan|magazine=W|date=October 25, 2023|access-date=November 23, 2024}} Washington,{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/35-pop-star-wax-figures/18-1044399-carrie-underwood-wax-617-409/|title=35 Pop Star Wax Figures|magazine=Billboard|date=March 22, 2011|access-date=November 23, 2024}} Berlin,{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/berlin/en/what-s-inside/awards-party/selena-gomez/|title=Selena Gomez|access-date=November 23, 2024}} and her wax figure was the first in Orlando.{{cite web|url=https://www.j-14.com/posts/selena-gomez-will-have-the-first-wax-figure-at-madame-tussauds-orlando-45099/|title=Selena Gomez Will Have The First Wax Figure At Madame Tussauds Orlando|magazine=J-14|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=November 28, 2024}} Gomez's work has inspired or influenced artists and entertainers such as Billie Eilish,{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/selena-gomez-billie-eilish-bad-guy-wizards-of-waverly-place-theme-song-video-2020-1|title=Selena Gomez reacted to Billie's Eilish's 'Bad Guy' being inspired by the 'Wizards of Waverly Place' theme FM song: 'That's so cool'|magazine=Business Insider|date=January 14, 2020|access-date=November 28, 2024}} Hailee Steinfeld,{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/video/hailee-steinfeld-at-billboard-women-in-music-2015-i-have-so-many-musical-influences-6805713/|title=Hailee Steinfeld at Billboard Women in Music 2015: 'I Have So Many Musical Influences'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 28, 2024}} Vanessa Hudgens,{{cite web|url=https://975now.com/selena-gomez-vanessa-hudgens-unicef/|title=Selena Gomez Inspires Vanessa Hudgens to Get Involved With UNICEF|publisher=97.5 NOW FM|date=November 27, 2013|access-date=November 28, 2024}} Miranda Hart,{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/selena-gomez-cries-miranda-hart-my-mind-and-me/#:~:text=Actress%20and%20comedian%20Miranda%20Hart,struggles%20in%20a%20new%20book.|title=Selena Gomez Cries Over Her Apple TV+ Documentary's Impact on Miranda Hart {{!}} Video|magazine=The Wrap|date=October 12, 2024|access-date=November 28, 2024}} Lady Gaga,{{cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a18953/lady-gaga-selena-gomez-amas/|title=Lady Gaga Was Selena Gomez's Number One Fan at the AMAs|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|date=November 21, 2016|access-date=November 28, 2024}} Britney Spears,{{cite web|url=https://www.nrj.fr/artistes/britney-spears/actus/britney-spears-comment-selena-gomez-l-a-inspiree-pour-glory-341238|title=Britney Spears : comment Selena Gomez l'a inspirée pour «Glory»|publisher=NRG|date=September 28, 2016|language=French|access-date=November 28, 2024}} and the beginning of the careers of Jenna Ortega{{cite web|url=https://people.com/chica/jane-the-virgin-jenna-ortega-on-pressures-disney-child-star/|title='Jane the Virgin' 's Jenna Ortega on Being a Child Star and Looking Up to Gina Rodriguez|magazine=People|date=November 9, 2017|access-date=November 28, 2024}} and Joey King.{{cite web |date=February 13, 2019 |title=Joey King Still Looks Up to Selena Gomez Years After Ramona and Beezus |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/joey-king-selena-gomez-ramona-and-beezus |access-date=November 28, 2024 |magazine=Teen Vogue}} In 2015, Justin Bieber called Gomez an inspiration and muse of his songwriting at the time.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/justin-bieber-selena-gomez-inspires-my-songwriting/|title=Justin Bieber: Selena Gomez Inspires My Songwriting|magazine=People|date=April 3, 2015|access-date=November 28, 2024}} His album Purpose was inspired by Gomez; he also wrote songs about her such as "What Do You Mean?", "Sorry", "Mark My Words", "All That Matters",{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/492273/justin-bieber-on-ex-girlfriend-selena-gomez-i-love-her-til-this-day-watch-now|title=Justin Bieber on Ex-Girlfriend Selena Gomez: "I Love Her Till This Day"—Watch Now!|magazine=E News|date=December 18, 2013|access-date=November 28, 2024}} and "Beauty and a Beat".{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/justin-bieber/news/selena-gomez-beauty-and-a-beat-lyrics/|title=Justin Bieber To Remove Selena Gomez From 'Beauty And A Beat' Lyrics After Split?|publisher=Capital FM|date=November 14, 2012|access-date=November 28, 2024}} Britney Spears also named Gomez the main muse of her album, Glory.{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/media/videos/britney_spears_says_her_20s_were_horrible_is_inspired_by_selena_gomez-199250#|title=Britney Spears Says Her 20s 'Were Horrible,' Is Inspired by Selena Gomez|magazine=Entertainment Tonight|access-date=November 28, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.algoafm.co.za/entertainment/britney-spears-comeback-album-inspired-by-selena-gomez|title=Britney Spears 'comeback' album inspired by Selena Gomez|publisher=Algoa FM|date=September 28, 2016|access-date=November 28, 2024}}
The Latin Recording Academy honored Gomez as
one of the Leading Ladies of Entertainment for her "tremendous commercial success as a singer, actress and producer". In October 2024, the Government of France granted Gomez the title of 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
{{Further|List of awards and nominations received by Selena Gomez}}
Gomez has won various awards including: an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, a Cannes Film Festival, 16 Guinness World Records, three iHeartRadio Music Awards, six Latin American Music Awards (she is the fourth most-awarded female artist), three MTV Movie & TV Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and five People's Choice Awards.{{efn|name=Awards|Adapted from List of awards and nominations received by Selena Gomez.}} For her music work, she was nominated for two Grammy Awards (including Album of the Year as featuring artist) and a Latin Grammy Award.{{efn|name=Awards}} For her acting work, she won a Satellite Award, and was nominated for three Critics' Choice Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.{{efn|name=Awards}} As a producer, she was nominated for six Emmy Awards including: three times as producer for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, marking her the most-nominated Latina producer in the category's history.{{cite magazine|last1=Davis|first1=Clayton|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/awards/selena-gomez-emmys-only-murders-in-the-building-2-1236062450/|title=Selena Gomez Finally Earns Emmy Nomination for Acting, Makes History Following Cannes Best Actress Win|magazine=Variety|date=July 17, 2024|access-date=July 17, 2024|archive-date=July 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717204707/https://variety.com/2024/tv/awards/selena-gomez-emmys-only-murders-in-the-building-2-1236062450/|url-status=live}} With 18 wins, Gomez is the fourth-most awarded solo artist at the Teen Choice Awards.{{cite magazine|last1=Warner|first1=Denise|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-retiring-from-music-hints-9537182/|title=Selena Gomez Hints At Possibly Retiring From Music: 'Why Do I Keep Doing This?'|magazine=Billboard|date=March 9, 2021|access-date=November 3, 2022|archive-date=October 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021170008/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-retiring-from-music-hints-9537182/|url-status=live}} She currently holds the record for the most Kids' Choice Awards wins (12) for an individual.{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/427708-most-nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards-won-by-an-individual|title=Most Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards blimps won by an individual|website=Guinness World Records|date=April 9, 2022|access-date=April 27, 2022|archive-date=April 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427092803/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/427708-most-nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards-won-by-an-individual|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Atkinson|first1=Katie|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2023-kids-choice-awards-winners-list-1235279886/|title=Here Are the Winners of the 2023 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards: Complete List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 5, 2023|date=March 4, 2023|archive-date=March 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305020703/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2023-kids-choice-awards-winners-list-1235279886/|url-status=live}} In addition, she has also won numerous awards for her philanthropic, charity work and mental health advocacy, including the McLean Award, the Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab Award, the 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.{{cite magazine |last1 = Grein |first1 = Paul |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9447732/selena-gomez-honored-hispanic-heritage-awards |title=Selena Gomez to Be Honored at Hispanic Heritage Awards |magazine=Billboard |date=September 11, 2020 |access-date=September 11, 2020}}
Having amassed 45 billion streams globally as of 2022,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2022/09/20/news/selena_gomez_shares_trailer_for_uniquely_raw_documentary_about_her_life-2834881/|title=Selena Gomez shares trailer for 'uniquely raw' documentary about her life|magazine=The Irish News|access-date=December 23, 2024|date=September 21, 2022}} Gomez is one of the most-streamed artist of all time.{{Cite web|url=https://kworb.net/spotify/artists.html|title=Spotify most streamed artists of all time|website=kworb.net|access-date=December 27, 2023|date=December 27, 2023}} She was the eight-most streamed and one of the most-streamed female artist of 2010s decade on both Spotify and Apple Music.{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/|website=Spotify|title=Celebrating a Decade of Discovery on Spotify|access-date=December 23, 2024|date=October 10, 2018}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thewrap.com/apple-music-most-streamed-females-ariana-grande-taylor-swift/|title=Ariana Grande Tops List of Most Streamed Female Artists on Apple Music (Exclusive)|magazine=The Wrap|access-date=December 23, 2024|date=March 8, 2019}} In 2017, she was third most streamed female artist on Spotify.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/12/05/spotifys-most-popular-artists-of-2017-ed-sheeran-drake-and-rihanna-beat-them-all/|title=Spotify's Most Popular Artists Of 2017: Ed Sheeran Beats Drake For Most-Streamed Artist Of The Year|magazine=Forbes|access-date=December 23, 2024|date=December 5, 2017}} In November 2018, Gomez surpassed Drake and became 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 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 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. Billboard named Gomez the Woman of the Year in 2017, included her in its list of Greatest of All Time Pop Songs Artists in 2018 (at number 31),{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-pop-songs-artists/|title=Greatest of All Time Pop Songs Artists|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 9, 2023}} and named her one of the 100 most successful artist of the 2010s in 2019, ranking her at number 38. Time included her on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in 2020.
Gomez has the most successful Afrobeats 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 Pop Airplay 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 "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. Gomez became the second woman to became Spotify's most-streamed artist in November 2018, with 46 million monthly listeners.
Gomez has broken many variety of world records. Gomez has topped the Billboard 200 three consecutive times, and the Billboard Hot 100 once, and Billboard Artist 100.{{Cite magazine|last=Zellner|first=Xander|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rare-selena-gomez-no-1-artist-100/|title=Selena Gomez Hits No. 1 on Artist 100 For First Time, Thanks to 'Rare' Album Debut|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 27, 2023|date=December 27, 2023}} As of May 2017, she has sold 24.3 million songs in the United States,{{cite magazine | url =http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7793086/ask-billboard-selena-gomezs-career-album-song-sales | title = Ask Billboard: Selena Gomez's Career Album & Song Sales | author =Trust, Gary|magazine=Billboard|date = May 14, 2017|access-date= October 18, 2022}} and as of August 2023, she has sold 3.6 million albums in the US, and shifted more than 11.5 million album-equivalent units.{{efn|name=the Scene|including her releases with The Scene.}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Denis |first1=Kyle |date=August 24, 2023 |title=Miley Cyrus & Selena Gomez on the Charts: Ahead of 'Used to Be Young' & 'Single Soon,' How Do They Compare? |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/miley-cyrus-selena-gomez-chart-history-comparison-used-to-be-young-single-soon/best-selling-albums-singles/ |access-date=October 25, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she has 63 million certified units in the US.{{efn|name=the Scene}}{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Selena Gomez|access-date=October 25, 2023|type=album}} She is one of the most-streamed artists on Spotify globally. Seven of Gomez's songs have reached over one billion streams on Spotify,{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX7iB3RCnBnN4|title=BILLIONS CLUB|publisher=Spotify |access-date=March 23, 2023}}
{{cite magazine|last1=Dailey|first1=Hannah|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/selena-gomez-lose-you-to-love-me-1-billion-spotify-streams-reaction-1235291586/|title=Selena Gomez Celebrates 'Lose You to Love Me' Reaching 1 Billion Spotify Streams|magazine=Billboard|date=March 23, 2023|access-date=March 23, 2023}} and two of her music videos have reached over two billion views on YouTube ("We Don't Talk Anymore" is the most-viewed music video published in 2016 on it).{{Cite magazine|last=Roiz|first=Jessica|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/ozuna-j-balvin-most-villion-view-videos-youtube-1235250485/|title=Ozuna Ties J Balvin as Artist With Most Videos in YouTube's Billion Views Club|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 27, 2023|date=December 27, 2023}}
Personal life
=Property=
Gomez owned a $6.6 million home in Calabasas, Los Angeles.{{cite web|last=Torres|first=Alejandra|url=https://www.hola.com/us/lifestyle/20211021314748/selena-gomez-calabasas-mansion-tour-1/|title=Step inside Selena Gomez's stunning $6,6 million Calabasas Mansion|magazine=¡Hola!|access-date=January 2, 2023|date=March 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102192545/https://www.hola.com/us/lifestyle/20211021314748/selena-gomez-calabasas-mansion-tour-1/|archive-date=January 2, 2023|url-status=live}} In 2014, she sold her mansion in Tarzana, Los Angeles for $3.5 million.{{cite news|last=Beale|first=Lauren|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-selena-gomez-20141001-story.html|title=Selena Gomez sells Tarzana house she expanded, remodeled|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 2, 2023|date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925012759/https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-selena-gomez-20141001-story.html|archive-date=September 25, 2022|url-status=live}} In 2015, she purchased a mansion in Fort Worth, Texas, for $3.5 million, and in October 2018 the house was sold.{{cite news|last=Gilthorpe|first=Darla Guillen|url=https://www.chron.com/z-archived-homes/article/Selena-Gomez-sells-fort-worth-Texas-mansion-13299025.php|title=After two years on the market, Texas native Selena Gomez finally sells her Fort Worth mansion|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|access-date=January 2, 2023|date=October 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306042951/https://www.chron.com/z-archived-homes/article/Selena-Gomez-sells-fort-worth-Texas-mansion-13299025.php|archive-date=March 6, 2023|url-status=live}} In 2020, Gomez moved to a $5 million mansion in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Encino.{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Dominic-Madori|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tom-petty-former-encino-mansion-for-sale-2019-10|title=Selena Gomez just bought singer Tom Petty's Encino mansion for $5 million — here's a look inside the sprawling Encino property|website=Business Insider|access-date=July 22, 2023|date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306043601/https://www.businessinsider.com/tom-petty-former-encino-mansion-for-sale-2019-10|archive-date=March 6, 2023|url-status=live}} In the same year, she sold her house in Studio City, Los Angeles for $2.3 million.{{cite magazine|last=David|first=Mark|url=https://www.dirt.com/gallery/entertainers/performers/selena-gomez-house-studio-city-1203342245/|title=Inside Selena Gomez's Former Studio City Home|magazine=Dirt|access-date=January 2, 2023|date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322131408/https://www.dirt.com/gallery/entertainers/performers/selena-gomez-house-studio-city-1203342245/|archive-date=March 22, 2023|url-status=live}}
=Beliefs=
Gomez was raised 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.{{cite magazine|last1=Nunez|first1=Alanna|title=Selena Gomez Is Not Embarrassed That She Stopped Wearing a Purity Ring|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a45329/selena-gomez-justin-bieber-purity-ring/|magazine=Cosmopolitan|date= August 25, 2015|access-date=December 22, 2017}} In 2014, Gomez said that she listened to "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" by Hillsong United before performing at the 2014 American Music Awards.{{cite web|last=Law|first=Jeannie|title= Selena Gomez Revealed She Listened to Hillsong's 'Oceans' Before Hitting the Stage for Emotional AMA Performance [Watch Here]|url=http://www.breathecast.com/articles/selena-gomez-reveals-listening-hill-songs-oceans-before-hitting-stage-emotional-ama-22734/|date=December 16, 2014|access-date=September 8, 2018}} In 2016, she appeared at a Hillsong Young & Free concert in Los Angeles, leading worship by singing her song "Nobody".{{cite web|url=http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/entertainment/2017/june/pop-star-selena-gomez-takes-new-steps-toward-god-sings-with-hillsong|title=Pop Star Selena Gomez Takes New Steps Toward God, Sings with Hillsong|work=CBN News|date=June 12, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://godtv.com/selena-gomez/|title=Watch Selena Gomez Lead Worship at Hillsong and Talk About Her Relationship With God!|work=GodTV|date=August 13, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UFgtIly20A |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/9UFgtIly20A |archive-date=December 17, 2021|url-status=live|first=Selena|last=Gomez|title=Nobody w/Hillsong Young & Free|publisher= YouTube|date=February 26, 2016|access-date=September 7, 2018}}{{cbignore}} When a fan on Twitter asked her who the lyrics to "Nobody" refer to, Gomez replied that they refer to God.{{cite web|url=https://godtv.com/selena-gomez/|title=Watch Selena Gomez Lead Worship at Hillsong and Talk About Her Relationship With God!|work=GodTV|quote= For one fan, the lyrics were a little too ambiguous. After the fan inquired who the lyrics referred to, Selena gave a straightforward answer on Twitter, "God."|date=August 13, 2018}} She also covered Hillsong Worship's song "Transfiguration" during her Revival Tour.{{cite web|last=Brasted|first=Chelsea|title=Selena Gomez dedicates song to Orlando shooting victims during N.O. tour stop: 'People should love people'|url=http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2016/06/selena_gomez_orlando_shooting.html|work=The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate|date=June 14, 2016|access-date=July 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629152701/http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2016/06/selena_gomez_orlando_shooting.html|archive-date=June 29, 2016|url-status=dead}} 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."{{cite news|last1=Gibbs|first1=Contance|title=Selena Gomez Religion|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/selena-gomez-doesn-religion-faith-article-1.3247221|newspaper=New York Daily News|access-date=December 22, 2017}} In 2017, she began to worship at Hillsong Church in Los Angeles,{{cite magazine |last1=Petit |first1=Stephanie |title=Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Head to Church (Again!) for Wednesday Worship |url=https://people.com/music/justin-bieber-selena-gomez-attend-church/ |access-date=September 5, 2020 |magazine=People |date=November 30, 2017}} and has said that she does not consider herself religious, but is more concerned with her faith and connection to God.{{cite news |last1=Gibbs |first1=Constance |title=Selena Gomez says she doesn't 'believe in religion' but maintains her faith |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/selena-gomez-doesn-religion-faith-article-1.3247221 |access-date=September 8, 2020 |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=June 14, 2017}}{{cite web |title=The Ballad of Selena Gomez |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/selena-gomez-interview-cover-story-rare-11576604845|first=Derek |last=Blasberg |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=January 8, 2020 |access-date=January 8, 2020}} In 2021, she claimed to maintain her Christian faith and having read three times the book The Purpose Driven Life by Baptist Christian pastor Rick Warren.{{cite web|author= Jia Tolentino |title= Selena Gomez on Politics, Faith, and Making the Music of Her Career |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/selena-gomez-cover-april-2021 |date= March 9, 2021 |magazine=Vogue|access-date=February 26, 2025}}
=Health=
Gomez was diagnosed with lupus sometime between 2012 and early 2014. In September 2017, she revealed on Instagram 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.Respers France, Lisa (September 15, 2017). [http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/14/entertainment/selena-gomez-kidney-transplant/index.html "Selena Gomez's best friend gave her a kidney this summer"]. CNN.Petti, Stephanie (September 14, 2017). [http://people.com/music/selena-gomez-kidney-transplant-from-best-friend-francia-raisa/ "Selena Gomez Reveals She Is Recovering from a Kidney Transplant – and Her Best Friend Was the Donor!"] People.{{cite web|last1=McRady|first1=Rachel|title=Selena Gomez Shocking Kidney Transplant|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/music/celebrity/selena-gomez-reveals-actress-pal-francia-raisa-donated-her-kidney-to-her-shares-photos-of-transplant-surgery/ar-AArUOPd?li=AAadgLE&ocid=ientp|publisher=MSN|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172626/http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/music/celebrity/selena-gomez-reveals-actress-pal-francia-raisa-donated-her-kidney-to-her-shares-photos-of-transplant-surgery/ar-AArUOPd?li=AAadgLE&ocid=ientp|archive-date=September 14, 2017|url-status=dead}} During the transplant, an artery broke and emergency surgery was conducted to build a new artery using a vein from her leg.{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4072867/selena-gomezs-kidney-transplant-almost-killed-her/|first=Katie|last=Scott|publisher=Global News|date=March 9, 2018|title=Selena Gomez's kidney transplant almost killed her, says donor friend}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/news/a42223/selena-gomez-complications-death-kidney-transplant-francia-raisa/|first=Katie|last=O'Malley|magazine=Elle|date=March 9, 2018|title=Selena Gomez 'Could Have Died' Following Kidney Transplant, Says BFF Francia Raisa}}{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/health/francia-raisa-selena-gomez-depression-after-kidney-transplant/|first=Karen|last=Mizoguchi|magazine=People|date=March 14, 2018|title=Selena Gomez's BFF Francia Raisa Says They 'Went Through a Depression' After Kidney Transplant}}
Gomez has been open about her struggles with both anxiety and 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.{{cite web|title=Selena Gomez Reveals What Having Depression Feels Like: 'My Lows Would Take Me Out for Weeks at a Time'|url=https://www.health.com/condition/depression/selena-gomez-shares-what-depression-felt-like|work=Health|access-date=October 23, 2020|date=January 9, 2020}} In April 2020, she revealed she has bipolar disorder.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a32036149/selena-gomez-bipolar-miley-cyrus-instagram-live/|title=Selena Gomez Opens Up About Bipolar Diagnosis on Miley Cyrus's Instagram Live|last=Sanchez|first=Chelsey|date=April 3, 2020|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|access-date=April 6, 2020}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/selena-gomez-reveals-bipolar-diagnosis-1288499|title=Selena Gomez Reveals Bipolar Diagnosis|last=Mamo|first=Heran|date=April 3, 2020|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 6, 2020}}
In October 2022, Gomez canceled an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon after testing positive for COVID-19.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-26/selena-gomez-covid-19-tonight-show-canceled|title=Selena Gomez cancels 'Tonight Show' appearance after contracting COVID-19|last=Carras|first=Christi|date=October 26, 2022|access-date=October 26, 2022|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} 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.{{Cite magazine |last=Desta |first=Yohana |date=September 9, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez on Her Best Role Yet and Romance With Benny Blanco: "I've Never Been Loved This Way" |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/selena-gomez-cover-interview |access-date=September 10, 2024 |magazine=Vanity Fair}} In November 2024, she disclosed her suffering with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newsweek.com/selena-gomez-hits-back-body-shaming-sibo-experience-1979723 |title=Selena Gomez Hits Back at Body-Shaming, Speaks About Experience With SIBO |magazine=Newsweek |date=November 4, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024}}
=Relationships=
Gomez dated singer Nick Jonas in 2008. She appeared in the music video for his band's song "Burnin' Up".{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20214531,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726074827/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20214531,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 26, 2008 |title=Nick Jonas & Selena Gomez: Are They Dating? |work=People |date=July 23, 2008 |access-date=October 22, 2022}} From December 2010 to March 2018, Gomez was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Canadian singer Justin Bieber.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/justin-bieber-selena-gomez-break-up-for-good-rumors|first=Marissa G.|last=Muller|magazine=W Magazine|date=March 27, 2018|title=Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez May Have Broken Up for Good This Time}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a45332/justin-bieber-selena-gomez-relationship-timeline/|first1=Anna|last1=Lewis|first2=Dusty|last2=Baxter-Wright|magazine=Cosmopolitan|date=March 28, 2018|title=Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez: a timeline of their relationship}} During their breakups, she briefly dated Russian-German disc jockey Zedd and Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd.{{cite web|title=Selena Gomez's Ex Zedd Reveals The One Annoying Thing About Dating The Singer |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/news/a37706/selena-gomezs-zedd-dating-relationship/|magazine=Elle|access-date=October 22, 2020|date=August 11, 2017}}{{Cite magazine|url=http://people.com/music/selena-gomez-the-weeknd-breakup/|title=Selena Gomez and The Weeknd Split After 10 Months Together|last=Chiu|first=Melody|date=October 30, 2017|magazine=People|access-date=October 30, 2017}}
As of June 2023, Gomez is in a relationship with record producer Benny Blanco.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/entertainment/selena-gomez-relationship-benny-blanco-intl-scli/index.html|title=Selena Gomez confirms she's in a relationship with Benny Blanco
|first=Hafsa|last=Khalil|agency=CNN|date=December 8, 2023|accessdate=December 8, 2023}}{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/who-is-benny-blanco-selena-gomez-8412327|title=Who Is Selena Gomez's New Boyfriend? All About Benny Blanco|first=Kelsie|last=Gibson|magazine=People|date=December 7, 2023|accessdate=December 8, 2023}} She formally announced their engagement on December 11, 2024,{{Cite web |last1=Watts |first1=Marina |last2=Strohm |first2=Emily |date=December 11, 2024 |title=Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Are Engaged: 'Forever Begins Now' |url=https://people.com/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-are-engaged-married-8661420 |access-date=December 12, 2024 |website=People |language=en}} following a period of media rumors.{{Cite web |last=Bonner |first=Mehera |date=September 16, 2024 |title=Breaking Down the Recent Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Engagement Rumors |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a61818741/are-selena-gomez-benny-blanco-engaged/ |access-date=December 12, 2024 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US}}
Filmography
{{Main|Selena Gomez videography}}
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According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, Gomez's television and film projects include The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2006), Hannah Montana (2007), Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012), Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), The Muppets (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), Hotel Transylvania (2012–2022), 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), Selena + Chef (2020–2023), Only Murders in the Building (2021–present), Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (2022), Emilia Pérez (2024), and Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (2024–2025).{{cite web |title=Selena Gomez |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/1187613-selena_gomez |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=May 22, 2021}} Gomez also executive produced the television series 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020) and Living Undocumented (2019).
Discography
{{Main|Selena Gomez discography|List of songs recorded by Selena Gomez|Selena Gomez & the Scene discography}}
Selena Gomez & the Scene studio albums
- Kiss & Tell (2009)
- A Year Without Rain (2010)
- When the Sun Goes Down (2011)
Solo studio albums
- Stars Dance (2013)
- Revival (2015)
- Rare (2020)
Collaborative studio albums
- I Said I Love You First (with Benny Blanco) (2025)
Tours
{{Main|List of Selena Gomez live performances}}
Selena Gomez & the Scene tours
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- 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 (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
- History of Mexican Americans in Dallas–Fort Worth
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