Camila Cabello began her career as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, but then decided to go solo and her career skyrocketed!
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about her life and career!
- Her full name is Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao
- She was born in March 3, 1997
- She is a Cuban-born American singer and songwriter
- She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony
- The group formed on The X Factor (U.S.) in 2012
- They signed a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records
- While a part of Fifth Harmony, Cabello began to establish herself as a solo artist with the release of the collaborations
- Such as “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 U.S chart
- She left the group in December 2016
- Then, Cabello released several other collaborations
- These include “Hey Ma” with Pitbull and J Balvin for The Fate of the Furious soundtrack
- Her debut solo single “Crying in the Club” was released in May 2017
- It peaked at number 47 in the U.S.
- Refocusing her sound to Latin-influenced music thereafter
- Her 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 UK and the U.S.
- The second single “Never Be the Same” also reached the top 10 in several countries
- Cabello was born in Havana, Cuba
- Her parents are Sinuhe Estrabao and Alejandro Cabello
- She grew up in the town of Cojímar in East Havana
- Her father was born in Mexico City
- He is a Mexican who moved to Cuba
- She has a younger sister named Sofia
- 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
- Then 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
- Cabello’s voice type is soprano
- She is mainly a pop and R&B singer
- Influenced by Latin music
- In her first album, Cabello incorporated elements of reggaeton, hip hop and dancehall
- She grew up listening 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 Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran
- She has also cited Michael Jackson, Rihanna and Shakira as influences
- 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 health care 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
- Among her awards, Cabello has won a Billboard Music Award, five MTV Europe Music Award, an iHeartRadio Music Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, three iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, and a Billboard Women in Music award for Breakthrough Artist
- Cabello was in a relationship with dating coach and writer Matthew Hussey
- Whom she met on the set of Today
- They dated from February 2018 to June 2019
- In a 2018 interview with Cosmopolitan UK, Cabello opened up about having obsessive- compulsive disorder
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