Her career has expanded into the música industry; Gomez is the lead singer and founder of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which has released two RIAA oro certified studio albums, kiss & Tell and A año Without Rain and spawned two RIAA Platinum certified singles, "Naturally" and "Who Says". As of April 2011, the band has sold 1,354,000 albums in the United States.Gomez has also contributed to the soundtracks of Tinker Bell, Another cenicienta Story, Wizards of Waverly Place, and Shake It Up after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records. In 2008, Gomez was designated a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas. She is the daughter of former stage actress Mandy Dawn Teefey (née Cornett) and Ricardo Joel Gomez. Her father is from Mexico, and her mother is of part Italian descent. Regarding her Hispanic heritage, Gomez 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." Her birth parents divorced when she was five years old, and she was raised as an only child por her working mother. In 2006, Mandy remarried Brian Teefey. She is named after Tejano singer Selena. In a 2009 interview with People, Gomez mentioned that she developed an early interest in actuación from watching her mother prepare for and act in theater productions. She earned a high school diploma through homeschooling in May 2010
In early 2007 Gomez was cast in the disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place as one of the three main characters, Alex Russo. The mostrar premiered to an audience of 5.9 million, becoming a hit. Many news outlets began dubbing Gomez the siguiente 'Miley Cyrus' causing some controversy and a reported 'feud'. Gomez clarified that there was no feud and that she was flattered por the comparison, saying: "It's a little overwhelming, but I think really, it's a compliment. She's obviously extremely successful, and I think she's a wonderful performer ... So being compared to her, I was very, very flattered."
In 2008, Gomez appeared in Another cenicienta Story, the direct-to-DVD sequel to the 2004 Hilary Duff film, opposite Drew Seeley. She also had a minor voiceover role as one the Mayor's ninety-six daughters in Horton Hears a Who! which released in March of that year. In April, Lacey Rose, of Forbes ranked Gomez as being fifth on their "Eight Hot Kid Stars To Watch" list; and Rose described Gomez as having been "a multitalented teen".
In February 2009, Gomez signed on to estrella as one of the two female leads in Ramona and Beezus, a film adaption of the children's novel series por Beverly Cleary. Gomez stated that she felt no pressure in taking más adult roles: "I think I’m fully aware of my audience and I’m still just a kid myself. I wouldn’t do a role I don’t feel comfortable doing o that my audience wouldn’t feel comfortable seeing."
In June 2009, Gomez did a guest appearance as herself in one episode of best friend Demi Lovato's disney Channel televisión show, Sonny with a Chance, entitled "Battle of The Network Stars". That same mes Gomez appeared alongside Lovato in the made-for-television disney Channel movie, Princess Protection Program. The telecast garnered 8.5 million viewers becoming, at the time, the third most watched disney Channel Original Movie. One mes later, Gomez, along with two cast members of Wizards of Waverly Place appeared in a televisión three-way cross-over episode with Hannah Montana and The Suite Life on Deck, entitled Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana.
On August 28, two months after appearing in Princess Protection Program, Gomez starred in Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, a made-for-television film based on the show. The film premiered to an audience of 11.4 million viewers becoming cable's No. 1 scripted telecast of 2009 and disney Channel's segundo los más vistos film premiere after High School Musical 2. In 2010, the film adaptation won Wizards of Waverly Place its segundo consecutive Emmy for "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards over its televisión series counterpart which had won in the same category at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.
Formed in 2009, Selena Gomez & the Scene (aka Selena & The Scene) is a teen pop band which consists of Selena Gomez on vocals, Ethan Roberts on guitar, Joey Clement on bass, Greg Garman on drums and Dane Forrest on keyboards. kiss & Tell is the band's debut studio album and was released on September 29, 2009 por Hollywood Records. On March 5, 2010, the album was certified oro por RIAA.The album's single, "Naturally", was certified Platinum por the RIAA on July 15, 2010. The band's segundo album A año Without Rain was released on September 17, 2010. The record debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 4, selling 66,000 copies. On January 19, 2011, the album was certified oro por RIAA. The band's third album When the Sun Goes Down, previously titled Otherside, released on June 28, 2011. The album debuted at Number 4 on the Billboard 200, selling 78,000 copies its first week, becoming their highest sales week ever. The following week the album rose to Number 3 on the Billboard chart and became the band's highest charting album yet. The album's lead single, "Who Says" was certified Platinum por RIAA on June 23, 2011 and has become the bands highest charting song on Billboard to fecha peaking at number 21
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2008 Cruella de Vil
2008 Tell Me Something I Don't Know
2008 Fly to Your corazón
2009 One and the Same
2009 Magic
2009 Send It On
2009 Falling Down
2009 Naturally
2010 Round & Round
2010 A año Without Rain
2011 Who Says
2011 amor tu Like a amor Song
Gomez was part of Sears back-to-school fashion ad campaign. As part of the campaign Gomez was featured in the televisión commercials. In August 2009, Gomez also hosted the "Sears Arrive Air Band Casting Call" – to select five people for the first-ever "Sears Air Band", which performed at the 2009 mtv Video música Awards.
In October 2008, Gomez launched her own production company, July Moon Productions, and partnered with XYZ Films to create estrella vehicles for Gomez. As part of the agreement Gomez will have the opportunity to be able option articles, hire writers and create talent packages to comprar to studios. Also, as part of the deal, "XYZ Films will allow Gomez to estrella in and produce at least two films. Variety reported that: "In August, XYZ [Films] inked a similar deal with Time Inc. and management-production company the Collective to finance the development of the print media giant's content for the bigscreen [...] As part of the July Moon-XYZ deal, [Selena] Gomez will have the ability to cherry-pick projects from the vast Time Inc. library, which includes Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Life."
In October 2009, Gomez announced her plan to launch her own fashion line, called "Dream Out Loud por Selena Gomez". The clothing line launched in the fall of 2010.The collection consists of and features bohemian dresses, floral tops, jeans, skirts, jackets, scarves and hats, all made from recycled o eco-friendly materials.Gomez dicho that the line will reflect her own personal style and described the clothing as being "pretty, feminine, and bohemian," and: "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 o down, and the fabrics being eco-friendly and organic is super important [...] Also, the etiquetas will all have some of my inspirational frases on them. I'm just looking to send a good message." Gomez, who has no background in fashion, teamed up with designers Tony Melillo and Sandra Campos, both who have worked with big-name fashion houses. Gomez dicho of the partnering: "When I met Tony and Sandra, I was instantly comfortable with them and now they are just like family to me [...] They are so creative and I amor how I can just call them up whenever and talk to them about everything, even if it's just about changing a button [...] They've been so cool about everything." The brand will be manufactured by, Melillo and Campos teamed with New York-based Adjmi Apparel and formed por Adjmi CH Brands LLC; which is the holding company for the brand.
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 the actress' fragrance. It is expected to debut in the spring of 2012. Chairman and C.E.O. of Adrenalina, Ilia Lekach, said, "We are incredibly enthused to be working with Ms. Gomez and will reveal más details pertaining to the fragrance as we get closer to the launch date
