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).
Selena Gomez Reveals the Song She 'Fought' to Release While at Disney
justjared.comSelena Gomez is looking back on her music career when she was still operating with her band The Scene and signed to Disney.
The 31-year-old Rare pop star launched her pop era as the frontwoman of the band. They released three albums together before she stepped out and went fully solo.
During a recent appearance at Twilio’s SIGNAL conference, Selena explained that she “fought” Disney for the right to release a song that was initially intended for another artist. Read more about the song Selena Gomez “fought” for… The song in question was “Who Says,” which arrived in 2011. “It’s actually a funny story: I was working with Disney at the time, and they were actually giving the song to another artist,” Selena recalled, via People. “And I cried — I remember, I was with my mom — because I loved the song so much,” she continued, explaining that she made a case for keeping the track. “I basically said to my label, ‘I feel like my fans are young and they need it.’ That’s all I kept saying because I was 16 at the time.
I was like, ‘I think my fans really need it; tell [them] my fans really need the song.’” Of course, it ended up working out in her favor. Selena reflected on what “Who Says” meant to her, saying, “And I love, love that song, and it has carried with me through my whole career, and I fought for it.” At the time, “Who Says” became Selena‘s biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No.
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