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Timeline : Selena Gomez

July 22, 1992

Selena Gomez is born in Grand Prairie, Texas. She starts her career in TV, starring in Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place. In 2009 she releases her first album, Kiss & Tell, with her band Selena Gomez & the Scene on Disney's Hollywood Records. Her adult accomplishments include the hits "Lose You to Love Me" and "The Heart Wants What It Wants," and an acclaimed role on the series Only Murders In The Building.

September 23, 2011

Following a Demi Lovato concert at the Nokia Theater, Justin Bieber takes his girlfriend Selena Gomez to The Staples Center, which he has rented out so they can enjoy a private showing of Titanic in the 20,000 seat theater.

January 6, 2012

The TV series Wizards Of Waverly Place, starring Selena Gomez as a teen with supernatural powers, ends its four-season run on the Disney Channel. Gomez, who fronts the band Selena Gomez & The Scene, continues to balance her acting and film careers, issuing her first solo album the following year and doing voice work for the Hotel Transylvania animated films.

February 18, 2012

"Call Me Maybe," a catchy pop song from Canadian Idol alumna Carly Rae Jepsen, goes viral via a YouTube lip dub video by Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. The attention helps send the single to #1.More

November 10, 2012

No longer an item: Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. The pair announce their breakup after dating for about a year. Bieber plays an acoustic version of "Cry Me A River" at his show in Boston. A decade earlier, Justin Timberlake wrote the song about his split with Britney Spears.

July 19, 2013

Selena Gomez, the former star of the Disney Channel series Wizards Of Waverly Place and the frontwoman of the pop-rock outfit Selena Gomez & The Scene, releases her first solo album, Stars Dance. The album goes to #1 in the US and spawns the hit electropop single "Come And Get It."

November 4, 2019

Selena Gomez's "Lose You To Love Me" peaks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the former Disney star her first chart-topping single. The emotional piano ballad, rumored to be inspired by her split from Justin Bieber, is about reclaiming her identity after the end of an all-consuming relationship.

August 31, 2021

The comedy-mystery TV series Only Murders In The Building premieres on Hulu. It stars Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short as an unlikely trio of amateur sleuths who team up to investigate a murder in their historic Manhattan apartment building. The show earns critical acclaim and is picked up for multiple seasons.

March 21, 2025

Real-life couple Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco release the collaborative album I Said I Love You First. It spawns three singles, but it's the album track "Bluest Flame" that garners a nomination for Best Dance Pop Recording at the Grammy Awards in 2026.

September 27, 2025

Selena Gomez and super-producer Benny Blanco get married. Their relationship started professionally in 2015 when Blanco produced two songs on her Revival album. They started dating in 2023.

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