07/26/2026
Happy 34th Birthday to the gorgeous, hugely talented chart-topping, record-breaking, award winning, Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, actress, producer, businesswoman, philanthropist, and fashion and Global Icon, the One & Only Selena Gomez! 👏🥳🎉🎈🌟👑🐐🤍
Selena Gomez is a radiant force of talent and a powerhouse in music! She is one of the top-selling artists of the Era, with over 65 Million digital song sales, and is one of the biggest artists on Spotify with over 26.9 Billion streams across all credits and 7 songs with over a Billion streams each including her global smash hit "We Dont Talk Anymore" which has over 2.67 Billion! Her collaboration "Taki Taki" with DJ Snake, Ozuna & Cardi B earned her a Diamond certification in France and has been certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA! All 3 of her Solo Albums reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and were huge successes internationally! Her Singles are all global smash hits and her "Calm Down" Remix with Rema is the most successful Afrobeats song of All Time and was the 2nd best-selling global single of 2023 according to IFPI with 1.89 Billion subscription stream equivalents worldwide! It's also the highest-charting Afrobeats hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 3, and became the first African song to lead the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart and spend a full calendar year at No. 1 on the U.S. Afrobeats chart! Selena is also the most followed female artist on Instagram with 405 million followers and the #4 most followed person overall!
Selena has built a hugely successful music career, spanning teen pop with her band Selena Gomez & the Scene, solo pop/R&B releases, and major collaborations, achieving incredible commercial success! Her debut Solo album, 'Stars Dance' (2013), was her first album to debut atop the Billboard 200, selling 97,000 copies in its first week in the US, marking her highest-selling album so far! It spawned the top 10 hit single "Come & Get It". 'Stars Dance' was surpassed in sales by its successor, 'Revival' (2015), which sold 117,000 units in the US in its first week and became her 2nd Album to top the Billboard 200, powered by the global smash hits "Good for You", "Same Old Love", and "Hands to Myself". 'Revival' was a top ten hit in 20 countries, including Canada, Brazil, France, Mexico and Australia and was certified platinum for 1 Million sales units by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). 'Rare' followed in 2020, marking Selena's 3rd Billboard 200 chart topper. Its amazing lead single "Lose You Too Love Me" won Selena her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1! The album debuted at No 1 in multiple countries including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway & Portugal and has since been RIAA certified platinum! Her Spanish EP 'Revelación' (2021), became her best-reviewed project on Metacritic! It debuted at #22 on the Billboard 200, marking the biggest sales week for a Latin music album by a female since Shakira's 'El Dorado' (2017)! It also debuted atop the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, becoming the first by a female since 'El Dorado' to do so! 'Revelación' also debuted with 8.57 million streams on Spotify in its first 24 hours, scoring the biggest debut of a female EP on the platform! 'Revelación' was nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, earning Selena her first Grammy nomination. Her 4th studio album 'I Said I Love You First' (2025), a collaborative album with Benny Blanco, reached #2 on the Billboard 200, becoming the first album by a real-life couple to top the Vinyl Albums chart in history! Internationally, the album was a top-10 hit in 15 counties. It was also a critical success with Rolling Stone naming it one of the best albums of 2025!
Selena has won 272 awards out of 644 nominations, including an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, 19 Guinness World Records, 3 iHeartRadio Music Awards, 3 iHeartRadio Titanium Awards, 6 Latin American Music Awards (she is the 3rd most nominated), 2 MTV Video Music Awards, 3 MTV Movie & TV Awards, 5 People's Choice Awards, 18 Teen Choice Awards and 13 Kids' Choice Awards (the most for any Artist)! She has been nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Album of the year as a featuring Artist, a Latin Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Television Awards, 3 NAACP Image Awards, 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 7 Emmy Awards, the most ever for a Latina Producer! Selena was named Billboard's Woman of the Year in 2017, one of the Greatest Pop Songs Artists of All Time in 2018 and one of the 100 most successful artists of the 2010s in 2019! In 2020, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people and the Latin Recording Academy named her one of the Leading Ladies of Entertainment! From 2022-2023, The Hollywood Reporter included her on its annual list of the 100 most powerful women in entertainment! She has appeared in the Time 100 (2020) and Forbes 30 Under 30 (2016 and 2020), and was named Billboard's Woman of the Year in 2017, and Latin Women of the Year in 2025! In 2024 she was made a member of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Government of France.
Selena is an amazing actress and rose to fame as Alex Russo on Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012), earning her 3 Kids’ Choice Awards and an ALMA Award. She has starred in '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). Selena has also produced several series including '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, receiving a 2022 Emmy nomination for her role as executive producer and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Selena's acting accolades also include a Cannes Film Festival Award for 'Best Actress' in Emilia Perez!
Selena is also a hugely successful businesswoman and one of the wealthiest musicians of the Era. In 2020, she founded the cosmetic company, 'Rare Beauty', which has been valued at $2.7 Billion! Selena herself has a net worth of $1.3 billion!
Selena is an advocate for mental health, and gender, racial and LGBT equality! In 2009 at the age 17, she became the youngest-ever UNICEF Ambassador, raising millions for global children’s causes through her work and charity concerts. In 2020, Selena created the Rare Impact Fund to help "young people gain access to mental health resources", committed to raising US$100 million in its first ten years. The Rare Impact Fund has raised over $16 million since 2020, and distributed grants to support 26 mental health-focused organizations across 5 continents! From 2023 to 2024, Gomez and Sephora donated 100 percent of global Rare Beauty sales to the Rare Impact Fund in honor of World Mental Health Day! Selena and Rare Beauty have donated funds to Magen David Adom in Israel and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza and the West Bank, and to UNICEF to help get urgent medical relief and resources to the children of Gaza. In October 2023, Selena signed an Artist4Ceasefire letter, calling on President Joe Biden for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. In January 2025, Selena and her fiancé Benny Blanco, personally distributed basic necessities during the 2025 Southern California wildfires to those who were displaced by the tragedy, and made a donation to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and World Central Kitchen, and were also on the ground providing immediate aid. Selena also donated 100% of All income from the pop-up of the 5th anniversary of her album, 'Rare' to fight the 2025 Southern California wildfires.
From a Disney child star to a multi-talented global icon with billions of music streams, chart-topping albums, numerous singing and acting awards and a billion-dollar beauty empire, Selena continues to captivate audiences worldwide!
