Selena Marie Gomez is an American singer, producer and actress. She is mainly known for her appearance in the Disney Channel television show “Wizards of Waverly Place”. After the show, she became more and more famous, and gradually shed her Disney princess image to become more mature in showbiz.
Throughout her singing career to date, Selena Gomez has been nominated 125 times, winning noble awards for her songs as well as excellent performances. She was also honored as “Woman of the Year” by the Glamor Awards.
However, people know Selena Gomez not only for her artistic talent, but also for her strong spirit and resilient will, which has helped her overcome many difficulties to assert herself today. now. Let’s look back at Selena Gomez’s 30s, with miracles that not everyone can do
“Huge” assets from diverse revenue sources
Selena Gomez began her solo music career in 2013 with her debut album Stars Dance. Her album and song Come And Get It immediately took the number one spot on the Billboard chart. The tours of this album and the Revival album also helped her earn up to 20.3 million USD and 35.6 million USD. In addition, pure music sales alone help Selena earn up to 16 million USD.
An international celebrity and influencer, she has become the face of several major brands, including Pantene, Coca-Cola, and Adidas. In 2017, she announced a long-term partnership with Puma, while earning a whopping $30 million. She also signed a deal with luxury brand Coach, and pocketed $10 million.
In the summer of 2020, Selena Gomez self-released her makeup line online called Rare Beauty. This product chain has brought in up to 60 million USD in profits and 3 million followers on Instagram, becoming one of the most successful brands owned by celebrities.
Acting ability in addition to singing ability also gives Selena Gomez a significant source of income. For example, in 2021, she participated in the mystery show Only Murders In The Building, and was paid $600,000 per episode. Up to now, Selena Gomez owns an estimated assets of 95 million USD.
With an abundant source of income, it is easy to understand why Selena Gomez spends money on many valuable real estate. She bought a 5-bedroom and 8-bathroom mansion worth $2.2 million in Tarzana, California.
Selena Gomez used to be the owner of a villa with an area of more than 900 square meters located in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The villa has an estimated value of about 2.7 million dollars. This was the singer’s residence in 2015 – 2016. After that, Selena Gomez wanted to spend more time working in Los Angeles so she did not keep this house.
In 2014, she bought another villa in Calabasas for $3.7 million. She also owns real estate in Texas and Studio City, LA. In 2020, she added a huge $4.9 million mansion in Encino, California to her collection.
Not only that, Selena Gomez also has a luxury car collection. She owns a BMW X6 worth $67,350, a black Audi A6 upgraded in 2013, a Mercedes GLA 250 worth $54,590, and a Cadillac Escalade. The most expensive car in the collection is a Mercedes Maybach worth $180,000.
Selena is also famous for being willing to play when needed. Not far away, she just wore a necklace worth up to 1 million USD at the SAG Awards earlier this year.
The struggle with illness and depression
In 2013, Selena discovered she had the autoimmune disease Lupus, causing side effects of depression and anxiety. The illness caused many difficulties for Selena’s career, causing her to cancel a tour for treatment. Even during the treatment process, there were rumors that Selena was abusing stimulants. These malicious rumors caused her representative to deny them.
Malicious rumors and scrutiny about her personal life and love affairs made her condition even worse. She struggled to overcome this terrible mental illness..
After months of being subjected to harsh words, Selena spoke up: “I was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Lupus, and I went through chemotherapy. That’s what I did during my time.” I took a break recently, because if I didn’t treat it, I could have had a stroke… It’s terrible to walk into a restaurant, everyone’s eyes are on you, and you know exactly what they’re talking about you. . I had to confine myself for a while until I felt confident and comfortable again.”
After her health situation gradually stabilized, Selena kicked off her new tour Revival, and also had another famous hit with Charlie Puth – “We Don’t Talk Anymore”. But then last September, Lupus and depression once again caused Selena to cancel the tour for treatment. This news caused a big shock to fans. Even for many months, Selena did not update her situation on social networks and did not appear in front of the media.
However, Selena did not fall. As soon as she realized she had a psychological problem, she sought support from doctors and professional treatment centers.
She is also very interested in physical health, willing to invest in $300 an hour sessions to learn pilates in a heated room with music.
After a period of treatment, the young girl reappeared splendidly at the American Music Awards and was honored to take home an award. At work, she also continues to work tirelessly. No longer standing in front of the camera, Selena has now become a film producer and has had great success with the series “13 Reasons Why”. The song “It Ain’t Me” by her and Kygo also reached the Top 10 on the charts in the US and many other countries.
Past trauma is also the motivation for Selena Gomez to create a charity fund to help people today. As Forbes mentioned, the fund will raise $100 million over the next 10 years to help organizations and facilities respond to mental health services, especially in underserved communities.
Rare friendship with Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez started getting close when Taylor turned 16 and Selena was only 13. Taylor and Selena’s friendship came naturally and the two best friends were always there for each other through the ups and downs of their careers. Taylor and Selena also did not hesitate to share the difficulties of maintaining a close friendship despite time, distance and differences.
“Taylor is one of my closest friends, with me through many ups and downs. Her family also supports me wholeheartedly and she is always by my side at decisive moments in my life and career” “, Selena once shared.
However, the two young girls do not always get along. They are still separated at times and argue fiercely because of many disagreements. Taylor is said to object to Selena repeatedly forgiving her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber, causing tension in their friendship. But Taylor also affirmed that friendship is more important to her than love, and vowed not to maintain a relationship in which she can no longer be herself, or lose friends.
Wanting to let go of everything
Recently, the 30-year-old actress and singer revealed her plan to “escape” showbiz life and spend time on charity work and raising children.
“I hope to get married and become a mother. Eventually, I get tired of all this, so I’ll probably devote most of my time to charity work before retiring. rest.”
Selena also revealed that her 8-year-old half-sister made her want to have children of her own.
She said: “She puts things in perspective. I’m basically watching this little person grow up. There’s no better feeling than that. I feel like a my father and mother”
“It’s helpful to just take a simple look at life at a time. I want to enjoy life the same way as her.”
