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).
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Selena Gomez is reportedly now a billionaire
nme.comSelena Gomez has reportedly reached billionaire status.Gomez recently appeared in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking for the first time and is now reportedly worth a staggering $1.3 billion.
In analysing her wealth, Bloomberg considered the estimated value of her stake in the beauty brand Rare Beauty, album sales, acting, and streaming deals.While her music has been popular, it’s one of the smallest sources of her overall wealth, and it’s been noted that unlike her close friend Taylor Swift, she isn’t well-known for writing her own material – and could stand to double her earnings by penning her own songs.A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez)Another major difference between Gomez and Swift is that touring accounted for less than 5 per cent of her wealth, with album and record sales even less so, at 2 per cent.The ‘Hands to Myself’ singer hasn’t toured since 2016, when she was forced to cancel her ‘Revival’ tour after 55 shows due to mental health struggles. “As many of you know, around a year ago I revealed that I have lupus, an illness that can affect people in different ways,” she said in a statement at the time.“I’ve discovered that anxiety, panic attacks and depression can be side effects of lupus, which can present their own challenges.”The singer and actress has been candid about her mental health struggles, detailing her diagnosis of bipolar disorder in her 2022 documentary My Mind & Me. “There was a lot of people that cared about me more than I cared about myself that really wanted me to do things I wasn’t ready for.
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