Gomez formed the pop rock band Selena Gomez & the Scene through her record deal with Hollywood Records.[9][10] After releasing three studio albums, she confirmed in early 2012 that she would be taking a break from music, placing the group on hiatus.[11] Despite earlier claims, she began to work on solo material.[12] Her first solo studio album, Stars Dance, was released in July 2013, and debuted atop the US Billboard 200, as well as in Canada.[13][14] Its lead single, "Come & Get It", reached the top ten in the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom.[15] Having spent seven years with Hollywood Records, the singer signed a recording contract with Interscope Records in 2014.[16] To officially end her contract with her former label, she released the compilation album For You (2014), which spawned the US and Canada top-ten single "The Heart Wants What It Wants".[8]
Gomez's second studio album, Revival (2015), debuted at number one in the US,[17] and spawned three US top-ten entries: "Good for You", "Same Old Love", and "Hands to Myself".[8] With these singles, she became the sixth woman to score at least three number-one singles on the Pop Airplay chart from a single set.[18] From 2016 to 2019, she released several standalone singles and collaborations, beginning with the global hit "We Don't Talk Anymore", which reached the top ten in the US, Australia, France, while topping the charts in Italy.[19] She scored international chart toppers with "It Ain't Me", which attained top five peaks in Australia, Canada, Germany and many European countries, and as a guest vocalist on DJ Snake's "Taki Taki", which topped the charts in several Latin American countries and became a success all across Europe—both songs reached the top ten of most major music charts worldwide, attaining top ten peaks in over thirty countries.[20] She also released "Wolves", which achieved worldwide success and reached the top ten in over twenty countries, and the international top-ten single "Back to You".[21] From 2011 to 2018, the singer had a streak of 16 consecutive top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, which is the longest active run of any artist.[22]
Gomez's third studio album, Rare (2020), became her third consecutive number one in the US, and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and several other territories, peaking at number two in the UK.[23][24] Its lead single, "Lose You to Love Me", was an international hit and reached the top five of various national charts worldwide, becoming her first number-one song in the US, Canada, and Ireland.[25] Gomez's first Spanish-language project, an EP titled Revelación (2021), debuted at number one on the US BillboardTop Latin Albums chart, becoming the biggest week for a Latin album by a woman since 2017.[26] With this EP and the single "Baila Conmigo", she became the first female act to lead the US Latin Albums and Latin Airplay charts simultaneously in over a decade.[26] Her collaboration with Rema on the remix of "Calm Down" is widely regarded as the most successful Afrobeats song of all time,[27][28] and became the second best-selling song of 2023 globally.[29] The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Hot 100,[30][8] and topped the Canadian,[31] and Radio Songs charts.[32][33] It became the longest-running song atop the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart,[34] and the song with the most weeks ever spent on the Billboard U.S. Pop Airplay.[35]
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