Rose to fame for her starring role as Alex Russo on Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place. In 2008, she formed the band Selena Gomez & the Scene. She released three hit albums with the band, then embarked upon her solo career. Her first two solo albums, Stars Dance (2013) and Revival (2015), hit #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart. Pre-FameShe grew up observing her mother rehearsing for theater productions. Before Wizards of Waverly Place, she played minor roles in Spy Kids 3, Walker, Texas Ranger : Trial by Fire, and Barney & Friends. AboutShe voices the character Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania films and she plays lead roles in the movies Another Cinderella Story, Princess Protection Program and Ramona and Beezus. In October 2015, she announced that she had lupus, and two years later, Francia Raisa donated a kidney to her. In February of 2023, she became the most followed person on instagram surpassing Kylie Jenner.Family LifeShe was named after famed singer Selena Quintanilla. Her parents are Mandy Teefey and Ricardo Joel Gomez. She has two half-sisters named Gracie and Tori. She had an on-off relationship with pop star Justin Bieber. She also previously dated R&B singer The Weeknd, actor Taylor Lautner and DJ Anton Zaslavski, AKA Zedd. Her mother remarried to a man named Brian Teefey. In May 2022, she confirmed she was single. In August 2022, rumors spread that she was dating producer Andrea Iervolino. In December of 2023, she confirmed that she was dating Benny Blanco.Connected withShe appeared alongside Miley Cyrus in three episodes of the series Hannah Montana from 2007 to 2009.