![]() ![]() ![]() That year, Selena’s newly formed band Selena Gomez & the Scene released their debut album Kiss & Tell, spinning off two more charting hits in the rocker “Falling Down” and the club-ready “Naturally,” her biggest hit to that point. She also began a longstanding stint as a UNICEF ambassador, a philanthropic role that took her around the globe. That same year, a starring role in the musical comedy Another Cinderella Story begat her first single to crack Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know.” In 2009, Selena starred alongside her fellow Disney star, Texan, and Barney alum Demi Lovato in the Disney Channel original movie Princess Protection Program. It was a breakthrough role for Selena, one that became a gateway into music as she sang the show’s theme song. She guested on two of Disney’s most popular series, The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody and Hannah Montana, and by 2008 was starring in a hit show of her own, playing the magically inclined Alex Russo on The Wizards of Waverly Place. Not long after she aged out of the Barney role, Selena attended an open casting call in Austin and was welcomed into the Disney Channel’s universe of youth programming. Pageants led to acting work, first on Barney And Friends from 2002-2004, and soon in movies like Spy Kids. It wasn’t long before she felt compelled to step into the spotlight too. Born in the summer of 1992 to a young stage actress, she was famously named for Tejano superstar Selena. Few performers have navigated the path out of child stardom into a lasting entertainment career as gracefully as Selena Gomez.
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