Selena Gomez

• Genre: Teen Beat

About

Thus far in her young career, Selena Gomez has mostly been known as an actress and as half of a much-ballyhooed BFF-ship with fellow tween star Demi Lovato (plus the target of Miley Cyrus's ire in a battled waged in YouTube videos, possibly over Nick Jonas). Raised in Texas, Gomez, like Lovato, got her start on Barney and Friends before getting discovered by Disney and making the rounds on the Channel. After guest shots on several shows and TV movies (including Princess Protection Program with her BFF), she eventually got a starring gig on Wizards of Waverly Place. Like everyone in the Disney stable, however, Gomez is a double threat who also sings: She's recorded tracks for several of her acting projects and signed a deal with Disney's Hollywood Records in 2008.

- Rachel Devitt