Selena Gomez Has No Qualms About Turning 30 Anymore

Selena Gomez will be 30 on July 22nd, and as the date
approaches, she has expressed her excitement for the forthcoming milestone.

“I love growing up,” the singer told People in a
recent interview about her role in the new Hotel Transylvania movie. “When I
was younger, I was scared of it, and I thought by now my life would look so
different. But now I’m like, ‘Wow, this is not what I ever expected, and I
couldn’t be more thrilled.’ I’ve stopped caring about what people have to say,
and that’s been wonderful.”

Gomez also has reason to be "overjoyed" at her first-ever Grammy nomination. Revalación by the artist is nominated for best latin pop album at the 2022 ceremony, which has been postponed owing to the COVID-19 Omicron variant spike.

“I’m so excited!” she
said of the nomination. “It’s cool because I put my heart and soul into that
album. I’m not fluent in Spanish, but, funny enough, it’s actually easier for
me to sing in Spanish than it is to speak it. I wanted to make sure that we
were covering all the bases, that the words were beautiful, that it matched
where I was in my life and that every little part of the song sounded
authentic. I couldn’t be more proud.”

Revelación debuted at No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart on March 27. According to MRC Data, her first-ever Spanish-language album garnered 23,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week of March 18, 2021, making it the greatest week for a Latin album by a woman since 2017.

“I never go into anything expecting a No. 1 so I do
not take it for granted,” Gomez told Billboard at the time. “It’s always a bit
nerve racking before releasing any music because as artists we put so much of
ourselves out there. For this EP specifically, I was the most nervous I have
been in a long time because my heritage means so much to me and I have been
talking about doing this for over 10 years. I wanted it to be perfect. I am
thrilled to see the response from my fans and also from people who might not
have listened to my other music.”

"Baila Conmigo" with Rauw Alejandro, the
album's lead song, spent 22 weeks on the Hot Latin Songs chart, peaking at No.
4 on February 13, 2021.