Camila Cabello

Camila Cabello Musical Artist - Born 3 March 1997 · Havana, Cuba

Birth name Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao

Nicknames Mila, Camz, Kaki, Cami

Height 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)

Mini Bio Camila was born on March 3, 1997 in Havana, Cuba. In 2012, she auditioned for the X-Factor and joined a girl group, Fifth Harmony, in which she was known as the lead singer. Cabello and her band-mates released one EP and two studio albums. Her departure from the group was announced in December 18th 2016. As a lead artist, Cabello released two hit singles with Shawn Mendes 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and Machine Gun Kelly's 'Bad Things'. In 2017, Cabello prepared for the release of her debut solo album. Camila scored features with artists such as Cashmere Cat's 'Love Incredible' and Pitbull and J Balvin's 'Hey Ma' scoring the artists and Camila herself a Grammy nomination. While Cabello received these achievements she scored herself a Guess deal to become an official Guess girl and to be the face of their 2017 Fall campaign. Cabello was welcomed to join the Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour as an Opening act. She performed a total of 20 shows. Cabello release her hit single 'Havana' on August 3, 2017 as a gift to her fans. Due to the success of the single, Cabello then announced in an interview 'Havana' is the official first official single of her debut album scrapping her old song 'Crying In The Club', which was originally planned as the debut single. The hit 'Havana' scored #1 on Hot 100 Billboard, #1 In the UK Official charts and over 80 more #1's on iTunes. 'Havana" became #1 on the official worldwide charts thus making a name for her as a solo artist and giving Camila the record of holding the #1 spot the longest by a female artist in 2017. In just 11 months of a solo career, Camila had won a total of 18 awards, became a multi-platinum artist with over 50 certifications, sold over 17 million units and gained over 4 billion combined YouTube and Spotify streams all without an album out. Camila Cabello's debut album called 'Camila' was released January 12th 2018 racking up a score of 76 on metacritic and over 100 #1's. 'Camila' debuted at #1 on Billboard 200.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Roger H Gold

Relationship

Shawn Mendes

Matthew Hussey (tpx 26085880) (February 2018 - June 2019)

Family Parents

Sinuhé Estrabao

Alejandro Cabello

Trademarks

Her use of the vocal fry register.

Long black hair

Trivia

Camila is the first female to ever reach over 41,000,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

As of November 14th 2017, Cabello is the #1 most listened to female artist on Spotify and is the #5 most listened to artist in the world.

Camila Cabello is a Cuban-Mexican immigrant who moved to the United States when she was 6 years old.

Taylor Swift threw Camila a surprise birthday party for her 18th Birthday.

Cabello was asked to be in Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' music video but turned down the offer because her band-mates weren't asked to join.

Ex-Member of Fifth Harmony.

Her go to quote is "Love Only".

In a relationship Shawn Mendes since June 2019.

She is Cuban on her mothers side and Mexican on her fathers side.

Camila was the second youngest member of Fifth Harmony.

Her favorite Disney Princess movie growing up is The Little Mermaid. She also loves Tangled(2010).

Camila voiced her own character in Barbie.

She creates her own Spotify playlists (camilistening1 / Camila Cabello).

In late 2017, Cabello joined Lin-Manuel Miranda and multiple other Latin artists on the song "Almost Like Praying" to benefit those in Puerto Rico who were affected by Hurricane Maria.

Cabello's song 'Bad Things' with Machine Gun Kelly is 3x Platinum, 3x Gold and 1x Silver and scored them a peak of #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

Cabello's song 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' with Shawn Mendes was written backstage after Taylor Swift's concert.

All of the music Camila has released (minus when she was in Fifth Harmony) are all written by her.

In 9 months of just being a solo artist, Camila reached a number 1 in the UK on 7th October 2017.

Her first solo performance was at the Billboard Music Awards.

If Camila wasn't a singer, she claimed she would like to be a dentist.

Camila in 2017 said that 'a little over a year ago,' whilst penning her music in hotel bathrooms, 'I was completely broken during that time, I was in the kind of pain that's uncomfortable to talk about, and it was the kind of chapter you never want to read out loud...' she said. 'I couldn't write another song for 6 months because writing meant I had to feel everything.'.

Camila reached a peak of the 2nd most listened to artist on Spotify on December 30th 2017.

Barack Obama said that one of his favorite songs of 2017 is 'Havana" by Camila Cabello.

Ryan Tedder (award winning record producer) has said he's intimidated by Camila.

Cabello's song 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' with Shawn Mendes is 4x Platinum, 2x Gold and 1x Silver and scored them in the top #20 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

Her last name Cabello is the Spanish word for "hair".

Was in a relationship with British dating coach Matthew Hussey (February 2018 - June 2019).

She would like to collaborate/collaborate more with Ed Sheeran.

When Camila was the lead singer of her girl group, She said "pry" instead of cry when she was introducing Demi Lovato in their X Factor finals performance of Give Your Heart A Break.

Her mother once made her take tennis classes, but Camila claims she was no good.

Camila and her little sister Sofi were both born on a Monday.

Camila has made of 20 song's with Major Lazer.

Dated Austin Mahone from October 2013 to November 2014.

Quotes

Don't let fear trick you into thinking life is anything but beautiful. Be brave and get hurt and get back up and find the guts to be brave again.

Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.

One day I'm going to move to New York.

Before the X Factor, I didn't really sing in front of people. I was like trapped in my room like a little hermit crab.

This is the thing with TV shows-I can't watch them because I have no self-control. I'll get addicted to them and I won't sleep. I will become a zombie. I had Netflix one time, and I watched Gossip Girl for 24 hours straight!

All I do is sing karaoke and watch One Direction videos.

You can take my life, you can take my home, you can everything, just please not my friend plantains.

No, I don't! I don't fart! Well... everybody farts.

The TCAs day is so surreal. Seeing literally everyone I'm obsessed with on the carpet and being a couple feet away from them and acting as if I weren't having heart palpitations was just insane.

My must-have tour essentials are headphones, a book, and cold turkey. I LOVE cold turkey!

I take long showers, but I don't sing. I just stare off into the universe.

I am a daughter to a Cuban mother and a Mexican father. I remember being on the bus to go to my new home with my "Winnie the Pooh" journal, thinking I was going to Disney World. I was born in a country where the roads are almost as broken as the hope of the people. We left them with only the clothes on our backs to come to a land where we only knew the word 'yes' and 'no.' We built a new life from the ground up in hopes of getting opportunities to be the people we couldn't be in our own country. My mom went to night to learn English. I didn't speak any English when I came to Miami. I learned it through TV and cartoons. On my first of school, they asked me if I knew how to speak English. I don't know if I misunderstood or was too embarrassed, but I said, 'Yeah, I speak English.' So I never actually took an ELL class, but I picked up English really easily. Today I got to hug and thank Barack Obama with tears in my eyes for everything he does in supporting immigration. I am a Cuban, Mexican, proud American citizen. I look behind me and I see my family - and the families to come - wiping the sweat off our brows, looking up, and thanking God that we made the choice to come here.

[My mom's] taught me that no matter where you come from, if you work hard and are good to people, life will be good to you, too.

[M magazine-Stars' confidence tips] You just need to say, "I look good right now!" Then it'll start to reflect on how you feel.

You know what i mean?

If you don't want to piss people off, be a vegetable. Dance like an idiot at parties, laugh like a walrus at serious meetings, sing pop songs at the top of your lungs in front of your indie friends, wear red socks when the dress code is black and white. The point isn't rebellion, the point is expression. The point is the world would be a much better place if we were taught to be fascinated by our differences instead of fearing them, if we were taught to explore individuality instead of controlling it. If we were taught that even if we disagree with somebody's way of expression, we have no authority to ever tell somebody they can't be who they are. Free yourself, or let us be free.

Feel everything, that is the difference between living and existing.

No matter how old you get, crying in your mom's arms will always make you feel three years old.

Kisses are the best form of communication. It is your chance to say everything words can't express. when you feel weak and fragile and you've given them so much of your heart they could break it at any second, say it.. kiss slowly, kiss softly, fingers running through their spine, face between hands. When you feel like you're on fire, like no matter how close you are to each other you'll never be close enough, say it. Hands running through hair, whispers in between, desperate kisses, laughter in their mouth. I'm all for words, but, trust me, kisses are better than poetry.

Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (/kəˈmiːlə kəˈbeɪoʊ/; Spanish: [kaˈmila kaˈbeʎo]; born March 3, 1997) is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which was formed on the second season of the American edition of The X Factor in 2012, and thereafter signed to a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records for their music releases.

While a part of Fifth Harmony, Cabello began to establish herself as a solo artist with the release of several collaborations, including "I Know What You Did Last Summer" with Shawn Mendes and "Bad Things" with Machine Gun Kelly, the latter reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. After leaving the group in December 2016, Cabello released her debut solo single "Crying in the Club" to a modest commercial performance. Refocusing her sound to Latin-influenced music thereafter, her eponymous debut studio album Camila (2018) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, with its lead single "Havana" topping the charts in several countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States. The second single "Never Be the Same" also reached the top 10 in several countries.

Early life Cabello was born in Cojimar, Eastern Havana, Cuba, to Sinuhe Estrabao and Alejandro Cabello. Her father was born in Mexico City and is a Mexican who moved to Cuba. For most of her early life, Cabello and her family moved back and forth between Havana and Mexico City, before relocating to Miami, Florida, in the United States when Cabello was aged five. Cabello acquired American citizenship in 2008. She attended Miami Palmetto High School but left in the 2012–2013 school year, while she was in 9th grade, to pursue her singing career. She later earned her high school diploma.

CareerCamila Cabello auditioned for 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 Fifth Harmony tours.

On December 18, 2016, the group announced Cabello's departure, with both parts explaining contradictory circumstances of the exit. She appeared in a previously taped performance with the group on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. Writing about Cabello's time on the group, a Billboard journalist noted it is "rather uncommon for someone to stand out in a collective as much as Cabello has over the past years.

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). 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. Time.com included her on "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2016" list.

On January 25, 2017, "Love Incredible", a collaboration with Norwegian DJ Cashmere Cat, leaked online. The official version of the song was released on February 16, and later featured on Cashmere's debut studio album, 9. Cabello recorded "Hey Ma" with Pitbull and J Balvin for The Fate of the Furious: The Album. The Spanish version of the single and its music video were released on March 10, 2017, and the English version was released on April 6. The singer was also featured on a collaboration with Major Lazer, Travis Scott and Quavo, for the song "Know No Better". In May 2017, Cabello announced the future release of her first studio album, at the time titled The Hurting. The Healing. The Loving., which she described as "the story of my journey from darkness into light, from a time when I was lost to a time when I found myself again." Her first solo single "Crying in the Club" was released on May 19, 2017, followed by a performance at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. The single peaked at number 47 in the United States. She joined Bruno Mars' 24K Magic World Tour as an opening act for several of its dates, and also partnered with clothing brand Guess as the face for their 2017 Fall campaign.

New writing and recording sessions for her album were influenced by the success of her single "Havana", which postponed its original release date. Upon its release, the single reached number one in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Hungary and the United States. It also spent seven weeks atop the US Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart. The song became Spotify's most-streamed song ever by a solo female artist in June 2018 (over 888 million streams). Titled Camila, her debut album is a pop record containing Latin-influenced songs and ballads. Camila was released on January 12, 2018 and debuted at number one in the United States with 119,000 album-equivalent units, including 65,000 from pure album sales. The album was eventually certified platinum in the country. "Never Be the Same" was released as the second single, later becoming her third top 10 entry on the Hot 100. "Havana" and "Never Be the Same" made Cabello the first artist to top the Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40 airplay charts with the first two singles from a debut studio album. In April 2018, Cabello embarked on the Never Be the Same Tour, her first as a solo artist. In May 2018, she began performing as the opening act for Taylor Swift's Reputation Tour in between the European leg of the Never Be the Same Tour. She headlined an arena for the first time on July 31, 2018 at the Mohegun Sun Arena.

Artistry Camila Cabello is mainly a pop and R&B singer, influenced by Latin music. She incorporated elements of reggaeton, hip hop and dancehall in her first album. Growing up, Cabello listened to artists such as Alejandro Fernández and Celia Cruz. For her first record she took inspiration from contemporary Latin artists such as Calle 13 and J Balvin, and from the songwriting of Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift. She has also cited Michael Jackson, Rihanna and Shakira as influences.

Philanthropy On February 28, 2016, Cabello announced she had partnered with Save the Children to design a limited-edition "Love Only" T-shirt to help raise awareness of issues involving girls' equal access to education, health care and opportunities to succeed. In June 2016, Cabello, producer Benny Blanco, and members of the nonprofit arts organization OMG Everywhere helped to create the charity single "Power in Me". Cabello has also partnered with the Children's Health Fund, a non-profit dedicated to providing healthcare to low-income families with children.

In late 2017, Cabello joined Lin-Manuel Miranda and multiple other Latin artists on the song "Almost Like Praying" to benefit those in Puerto Rico who were affected by Hurricane Maria.