Camila Cabello is an American singer who rose to prominence through the girl group Fifth Harmony.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about her life and career thus far.
- Her full name is Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao
- She was born in March 3, 1997
- She is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress
- She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony
- The group became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time
- While in Fifth Harmony, Cabello began to establish herself as a solo artist
- She released the collaborations “I Know What You Did Last Summer” with Shawn Mendes and “Bad Things” with Machine Gun Kelly
- The latter reaching number four on the US Billboard Hot 100
- Camila left the group in late 2016
- She released several other collaborations, including “Hey Ma” with Pitbull and J Balvin for The Fate of the Furious soundtrack (2017) and “Crying in the Club”
- Cabello released her debut studio album, Camila in 2018
- The album reached number one on the US Billboard 200
- The Latin music–influenced pop album was well-received critically
- It earned a Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
- Its lead single “Havana” topped charts in several countries, including the US and UK
- The follow-up single “Never Be the Same” reached the Top Ten in multiple countries
- Cabello’s 2019 duet with Mendes, “Señorita”, became her second single to top the Billboard Hot 100
- Her second studio album, Romance (2019), peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and at number one in Canada
- In 2021, Cabello made her acting debut
- She starred as the title character from the film Cinderella
- Cabello released her third studio album Familia on April 8, 2022
- With the lead single “Don’t Go Yet” being released in July 2021 alongside the announcement of the album’s title
- The second single from Familia, Bam Bam was released in March, 2022
- The song reached the Top 5 of the Billboard Global 200 Chart
- This is Cabello’s highest entry
- It also peaked at 21 on the Billboard Hot 100
- Cabello has amassed billions of streams on music platforms
- “Havana” became the best-selling digital single of 2018, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
- Cabello’s many awards include two Latin Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and one Billboard Music Award
- In October 2021, “Havana” was certified Diamond by the RIAA
- Making Cabello the first Hispanic woman to receive this certification
- Cabello was born in Havana, Cuba
- Her parents are Alejandro Cabello and Sinuhe Estrabao
- She grew up in the town of Cojímar in East Havana
- Her father was born in Mexico City and 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
- When Cabello was six years old, she relocated to Miami, Florida, in the United States, with her mother
- Her father was unable to obtain a visa at the time and joined the family approximately 18 months later
- Cabello acquired American citizenship in 2008
- She attended Miami Palmetto High School
- She left during the 2012–2013 school year while she was in 9th grade to pursue her singing career
- She later earned her high school diploma
- Cabello was in a relationship with dating coach and writer Matthew Hussey
- They met on the set of The Today Show
- They dated from February 2018 to June 2019
- She began dating Canadian singer Shawn Mendes in July 2019
- The relationship caused controversy, as both were accused of attempting to form a relationship for publicity
- While Mendes denied it stating it is “definitely not a publicity stunt”
- The relationship was confirmed after the release of their song “Señorita”
- In November 2021, Cabello and Mendes announced their breakup
- Cabello has anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorder
- Cabello purchased a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) home in the Hollywood Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles in 2019
- In December 2021, it was reported that she sold the home for $4.3 million
- In December 2019, Tumblr posts that Cabello had reblogged between 2012 and 2013 surfaced on Twitter
- The posts contain racial slurs and derogatory language, including uses of the slur “nigger” and mocking Chris Brown’s 2009 assault on Rihanna
- Her Tumblr account was deleted soon afterward
- Cabello issued an apology, stating that she was “uneducated and ignorant” when younger and that she was deeply embarrassed to have ever used “horrible and hurtful” language
- She added that “those mistakes don’t represent” her and that she “only [stands] and [has] ever stood for love and inclusivity”
- In March 2021, Cabello said she had taken part in weekly racial healing sessions administered by the racial equity group National Compadres Network
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