Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
Spanglish duets -- a song with Spanish and English lyrics -- have become a growing trend in the music industry in recent years.
Though artists such as Shakira and Beyonce, and Christina Aguilera and Alejandro Fernandez teamed up for fiery collabs, Romeo Santos and Usher were two of the first artists to not shy away from singing in both languages, as heard in the 2011 “Promise.” In 2017, Justin Bieber dropped his verse in Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” featuring Daddy Yankee, which inspired a revolution of bilingual collaborations and fusions of musical styles.
Last year alone, Yankee and Snow launched “Con Calma,” Benny Blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez and J Balvin teamed up for “I Can’t Get Enough,” Kane Brown recruited Becky G for his “Lost in the
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