Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is an American singer and songwriter.
71 Facts About Camila Cabello
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Camila Cabello rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.
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In 2021, Camila Cabello made her acting debut, starring as the title character from the film Cinderella.
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Camila Cabello released her third studio album Familia in April 2022, with the lead single "Don't Go Yet" released in July 2021.
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Camila 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.
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Camila Cabello's father was born in Mexico City and is a Mexican who moved to Cuba.
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When Camila Cabello was six years old, she relocated to Miami, Florida with her mother by crossing the border from Mexico to the United States and taking a 36 hour long Greyhound bus ride to Miami after waiting only a day at the border before being granted permission to enter the US.
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Camila Cabello was told by her mother that she was going to Disneyworld as an incentive to go to the US; they moved into Camila Cabello's grandfather's colleague's house who later became her godmother.
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Camila Cabello's father was unable to obtain a visa at the time and joined the family approximately 18 months later where he would first work washing cars in front of Dolphin Mall.
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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.
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From 2013 through the end of 2016, Camila Cabello performed in various tours with Fifth Harmony.
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In November 2015, Camila Cabello collaborated with Canadian singer Shawn Mendes on a duet titled "I Know What You Did Last Summer", a song they wrote together.
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On October 14,2016, American rapper Machine Gun Kelly released a joint single with Camila Cabello called "Bad Things", which reached a peak of number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
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Camila Cabello recorded "Hey Ma" with rappers Pitbull and J Balvin for The Fate of the Furious soundtrack.
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In May 2017, Camila Cabello announced the future release of her first studio album, at the time titled The Hurting.
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Camila Cabello joined Bruno Mars' 24K Magic World Tour as an opening act for several shows in 2017 and partnered with clothing brand Guess as the face of their 2017 Fall campaign.
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Camila Cabello 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.
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Camila Cabello later won an MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year for "Havana".
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Camila Cabello was featured in "Sangria Wine", a song she recorded with Pharrell Williams.
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In May 2018, Camila Cabello made a cameo appearance in Maroon 5's music video for "Girls Like You".
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Camila Cabello headlined an arena for the first time on July 31,2018, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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Camila Cabello was featured in the remix version of "Beautiful", a song from American singer Bazzi.
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In October 2018, Camila Cabello announced she would start working on new music in the new year after the holidays.
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On June 21,2019, Camila Cabello released "Senorita" with Canadian singer Shawn Mendes, along with the music video.
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Camila Cabello recorded the song "South of the Border" with British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and American rapper Cardi B, which was released in July 2019 and reached Number 4 on the UK Singles Chart.
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On September 1,2019, Camila Cabello posted a clip on Instagram, teasing the release of her second studio album Romance.
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In mid-March 2020, Camila Cabello participated in iHeart Media's Living Room Concert for America, a benefit to raise awareness and funds for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On July 23,2021, Camila Cabello released "Don't Go Yet" as the lead single from her third studio album Familia, announced alongside the release of the single.
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On October 15,2021, Camila Cabello premiered "La Buena Vida", from Familia, during her NPR Tiny Desk Concert.
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On October 29,2021, Camila Cabello released "Oh Na Na" with Myke Towers and Tainy, though it is not included on the album.
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Camila Cabello performed a cover of Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U", which later won the iHeartRadio Music Award for Best Cover Performance.
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The film received mixed reviews from critics, though Camila Cabello's performance received favourable reviews.
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In November 2021, Camila Cabello released an Amazon Exclusive of the Bing Crosby song "I'll Be Home for Christmas".
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Camila Cabello performed the single at the Michael Buble's Christmas in the City special on NBC and for PBS' In Performance at The White House: Spirit of the Season.
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In November 2022, Camila Cabello's "I'll Be Home for Christmas" was released on all streaming platforms.
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Camila Cabello opened for them in Colombia, Peru and Chile, with additional dates added.
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Camila Cabello performed at Rock in Rio that same month.
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On February 21,2022, Camila Cabello announced that her collaboration with Ed Sheeran titled "Bam Bam" would arrive on March 4,2022.
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Camila Cabello debuted the song with a performance on The Late Late Show with James Corden on the day of release.
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On May 15,2022, Camila Cabello announced via her TikTok account that she would be a coach on the US version of The Voice for its twenty-second season replacing Kelly Clarkson.
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On July 27,2022 Stromae released a remix of his song "Mon amour" starring Camila Cabello, with an accompanying music video that is a play on shows like Love Island.
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Camila Cabello provided a verse she recorded in LA and sang in French for the song.
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In September 2022, Camila Cabello released a collaboration with Camilo,"Ambulancia" is on Camilo's new album De adentro pa afuera.
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In December 2022, Camila Cabello released her third non-album collaboration of 2022, a remix of "KU LO SA" by Oxlade.
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In September 2022, Camila Cabello departed Epic Records and signed to Interscope Records, a label of Universal Music Group.
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Camila Cabello grew up listening to artists such as Alejandro Fernandez and Celia Cruz.
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Camila Cabello's debut studio album is a pop record, influenced by Latin music.
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In February 2016, Camila 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.
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Camila Cabello has partnered with the Children's Health Fund, a non-profit dedicated to providing health care to low-income families with children.
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Camila Cabello sang to patients at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital on May 8,2017.
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Camila Cabello announced she was donating all proceeds of "Havana" to the ACLU for DREAMers.
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Camila Cabello donated portions of proceeds from VIP sale packages to the Children's Health Fund while on the 2018 Never Be the Same tour.
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In November 2018, Camila Cabello became an ambassador for Save the Children.
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In March 2019, Camila Cabello announced she donated $10,000 to a GoFundMe campaign for a homeless immigrant.
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In September 2019, Camila Cabello pledged to raise $250,000 for Save the Children organization.
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In October 2019, Camila Cabello performed at the We Can Survive concert which donates to breast cancer.
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On October 22,2019, Camila Cabello appeared with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Kensington Palace in support of the finalists for the BBC Radio 1 Teen Heroes Awards.
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In March 2020, Camila Cabello participated in iHeart Media's Living Room Concert for America, a benefit to raise awareness and funds for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In March and April 2020, Camila Cabello participated in Global Citizen Festival's Together at Home virtual concert to raise awareness and funds for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In January 2021, Camila Cabello partnered with the nonprofit Movement Voter Fund to launch The Healing Justice project, a project to identify ten organizations to receive grants to pay for mental health resources for their frontline workers.
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Camila Cabello pledged the seed money for the venture, $250,000, and has pledged to continue to support the project going forward.
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Camila Cabello is an outspoken advocate for climate change and regularly speaks about this on her social media and in interviews.
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In September 2021 Camila Cabello recruited over 60 artists to sign an open letter to several entertainment companies including Amazon, Facebook and Apple, calling on them to ask Congress to pass the climate action that President Biden called for in his Build Back Better agenda.
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In March 2022, Camila Cabello performed at the Concert for Ukraine benefit concert.
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Camila Cabello performed a cover of "Fix You" by Coldplay and her single "Bam Bam", with Ed Sheeran joining her on stage for their first live performance of the song together.
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In May 2022, Camila Cabello launched and hosted a benefit concert to support the emergency "Protect Our Kids" fund.
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Camila Cabello called this an 'honour' and the song debuted on August 28,2022, incorporated in the first trailer for the show.
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Camila Cabello was in a relationship with dating coach and writer Matthew Hussey, whom she met on the set of The Today Show.
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Camila Cabello began dating Canadian singer Shawn Mendes in July 2019.
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Camila Cabello has spoken openly about engaging with therapy and the importance of looking after one's mental health and well-being.
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Camila Cabello purchased a 3,500-square-foot home in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles in 2019.