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).
Cata Balzano In today’s borderless music business, a label still needs territorial expertise to make a go of an international act.
John Janick, chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA) since 2014, has long realized that with a roster full of superstars under his purview — among them: Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and Imagine Dragons — who can sell out an arena in Boston as easily as they can in Berlin.But as he looked to the likes of Selena Gomez, who released her first Spanish-language EP “Revelacion” earlier this year, and Kali Uchis, whose “Telepatia” currently sits at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, he saw artists crossing over to a booming non-English market within which Interscope didn’t have the institutional pedigree.
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