Becky G

The fact that Gomez has claimed that Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez are two of her biggest influences is indicative of two of the key facts you should know about her. One, that she aims to emulate other major pop stars with Latin roots of the past decade or so; and two, that despite occasional forays into hip hop in the way that she delivers her own brand of pop, she’s by no means a conventional rapper. That’s not to say that she had an upbringing that was incompatible with typical hip hop rags-to-riches stories, though; her childhood in Los Angeles was marked with financial difficulty.

She got her break, as with so many young pop stars of the digital age, through her YouTube channel. In particular, a take on the Watch the Throne track ‘Otis’ caught the attention of revered producer Dr. Luke, who snapped her up for his Kemosabe Records label. She’s gone on to high-profile guest spots on tracks like ‘Oath’ by Cher Lloyd and ‘Problem’ by will.i.am, and released a remix of her hero Lopez’s ‘Jenny from the Block’, titled ‘Baby from the Block’. She has also toured with Katy Perry. Her debut album is entitled ‘Shower’.