Camila Cabello

Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (born March 3, 1997) is an American singer and songwriter.

She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.

While in Fifth Harmony, Cabello began to establish herself as a solo artist with the release of her collaborative singles "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (with Shawn Mendes) and "Bad Things" (with Machine Gun Kelly)—the latter peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Cabello acquired American citizenship in 2008.

Cabello attended Miami Palmetto High School, but left during the 2012–2013 school year (while she was in 9th grade) to pursue her singing career.

Later, she earned her high school diploma.

Camila Cabello auditioned for the TV talent competition show The X Factor in Greensboro, North Carolina, with Aretha Franklin's "Respect"; however, her audition was not aired because the series did not get the rights for the song.

After elimination during the "bootcamp" portion of the process in Miami, Florida, Cabello was called back to the stage along with other contestants Ally Brooke, Normani, Lauren Jauregui, and Dinah Jane to form the girl group that would later become known as Fifth Harmony.

After finishing in third place on the show, they signed a joint deal with Syco Music, owned by Simon Cowell, and Epic Records, L.A. Reid's record label.

The group released the EP Better Together (2013) along with the studio albums Reflection (2015) and 7/27 (2016).

The latter two generated the singles "Worth It" and "Work from Home", respectively, which reached the top 10 in several international charts.

From 2013 through the end of 2016, Cabello performed in various tours with Fifth Harmony.

In November 2015, Cabello collaborated with Canadian singer Shawn Mendes on a duet titled "I Know What You Did Last Summer", a song they wrote together.

The single charted at number 20 in the US and 18 in Canada and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

She left the group in late 2016.

On October 14, 2016, American rapper Machine Gun Kelly released a joint single with Cabello called "Bad Things", which reached a peak of number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Also that year, Time magazine included Cabello on "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2016" list.

On December 18, 2016, Fifth Harmony announced Cabello's departure, with both sides giving contradictory explanations of the circumstances for her exit.

Her debut studio album, Camila (2018), peaked atop the US Billboard 200, received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and saw generally positive critical reception.

Largely influenced by Latin music, its lead single "Havana" (featuring Young Thug) received diamond certification by the RIAA, peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and did so in 23 other countries, including the UK and Canada.

Its follow-up, "Never Be the Same" reached the top ten in multiple countries.

Cabello has amassed billions of streams on music platforms, and "Havana" became the best-selling digital single of 2018, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).

Cabello's awards include two Latin Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and one Billboard Music Award.

In 2021, Cabello starred as the title character from the film Cinderella

Cabello was born in the Habana del Este district of Cojímar, Havana, Cuba to Alejandro Cabello and Sinuhe Estrabao.

Her father is Mexican and was born in Mexico City, before moving to Cuba.

She has a younger sister named Sofia.

Cabello spent much of her early life moving back-and-forth between Cuba and Mexico.

Camila has Mexican citizenship.

When Cabello was six years old, she relocated to Miami, Florida with her mother, crossing the border from Mexico to the United States and taking a 36-hour Greyhound bus-ride to Miami, after waiting only one day at the border before being granted permission to enter the US.

Cabello was told by her mother that she was going to Disneyworld as an incentive to go to the US; they moved into Cabello's grandfather's colleague's home, who would later become her godmother.

Cabello's mother took night courses to study English.

Cabello's father was unable to obtain a visa at the time, and joined the family approximately 18 months later; upon his arrival in the country, he would work washing cars in front of Dolphin Mall.

Cabello's mother—a trained architect with a degree earned in Cuba—initially worked at Marshalls, stacking shoes, until one day, two other Cuban women approached her at work and told her that they had a brother who worked in architecture; she was told that the brother needed someone who worked in AutoCAD, and Cabello's mother learned the program in a week.

In time, she had earned enough money to move out of her father’s colleague’s house and into an apartment with her children.

Cabello's mother and father eventually formed a construction company named after Camila and Sofia.

Her 2019 duet with Shawn Mendes, "Señorita" was met with similar success as the former—becoming her second song to peak the Billboard Hot 100—and was included on her second album, Romance (2019).

The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and spawned the top 20 single "My Oh My" (featuring DaBaby).

Further leaning into Latin pop, she released her third studio album Familia (2022) to continued success; it was preceded by the single "Don't Go Yet" and peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200.

Its second single, "Bam Bam" (featuring Ed Sheeran), reached the top five of the Billboard Global 200—Cabello's highest entry on the chart—and peaked within the top ten in several countries, and number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.