Before topping the charts with her 2018 debut solo
album, Camila, vocalist Camila Cabello found fame as a member of the girl group
Fifth Harmony.
With her resonant voice, buoyant charisma, and
Latin roots, Cabello was a standout member of the band, which formed while
competing on the second season of Fox's The X Factor in 2012.
After the show ended, the singer and her bandmates
enjoyed several years of break-out success, scoring two Top Five Billboard 200
albums with 2015's Reflection and 2016's 7/27, and spawning hits like
"BO$$," "Worth It," and "Work from Home." While
still with the group, she began branching out, collaborating on songs like
"I Know What You Did Last Summer" with Shawn Mendes, and "Bad
Things" with Machine Gun Kelly, the latter of which hit number four on the
Billboard Hot 100.
However, it was after her heavily publicized
departure from Fifth Harmony in 2017 that Cabello achieved her biggest success,
debuting on top of the Billboard 200 with Camila, and nabbing her first solo
number one Top 40 single with "Havana."
Born Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao in Cojimar,
Cuba, Cabello moved to Miami at the age of six. Growing up in a
Spanish-speaking environment (her mother is Cuban and her father is Mexican),
she fostered her love of music by listening to Celia Cruz and Alejandro
Fernández. At the age of 15, Cabello auditioned for The X Factor in Greensboro,
North Carolina.
Even though she was eliminated (along with her
four future groupmates), the judges brought her back. Simon Cowell combined the
girls into a quintet and formed Fifth Harmony.
Despite finishing in third place, they went on to
be the most successful contestants from that season.
The group's debut EP, Better Together, was
released in October 2013, with acoustic reworkings, Spanish versions (Juntos
and Juntos Acoustic), and a remix album following a month later. Their debut
single, "Miss Movin' On," was the highest-charting U.S. X Factor
single at the time, a feat beaten only by each successive Fifth Harmony single.
The group's debut LP, Reflection, was released in
early 2015, featuring the hits "Sledgehammer" (written by Meghan
Trainor) and "Worth It," featuring rapper Kid Ink. While backstage on
Taylor Swift's 1989 world tour, Cabello wrote a duet with Canadian
singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes. "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was
released in November 2015 and immediately hit the Billboard Top 20. Fifth
Harmony's sophomore set, 7/27, was issued in 2016, supported by a world tour
and the hit single "Work from Home."
Outside of Fifth Harmony, Cabello joined rapper
Machine Gun Kelly for the October 2016 single "Bad Things."
Well-received, the track made a slow climb toward the top of the Billboard
singles chart, and ultimately garnered the singer her first Top Ten song as a
solo artist. That December, Cabello announced her departure from Fifth Harmony.
Following her exit, she collaborated with Cashmere Cat on "Love
Incredible" and with Pitbull and J Balvin on "Hey Ma" from the
Fate of the Furious soundtrack.
In May 2017, Cabello released her debut
(non-album) solo single, the Sia Furler co-written "Crying in the
Club," which peaked in the Top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. She also
joined Bruno Mars as the opening act on his 24K Magic World Tour. In early
2018, she returned with her debut full-length solo album, Camila, featuring
production by Frank Dukes, Jarami, and others. Buoyed by the singles
"Havana" featuring Young Thug and "Never Be the Same," the
album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
A second version of "Never Be the Same,"
featuring country singer Kane Brown, arrived in 2018. By year's end she had
also picked up several Grammy nominations, including Best Pop Solo Performance
for a live version of "Havana" and Best Pop Vocal Album.
Following a tour, Cabello returned to the studio
and in June 2019 and issued the single "Señorita" with singer Shawn
Mendes. The single hit number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and paved the way
for the duo's headline-grabbing performance of the song that November at the
American Music Awards, where they also took home the award for Favorite
Collaboration.
The song also earned them a Grammy nomination for
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. In December 2019, Cabello released her
sophomore full-length album, Romance, which featured songwriting and production
contributions by Andrew Watt, Finneas O'Connell, Justin Tranter, and others.
Along with "Señorita," Romance also featured the tracks
"Liar," "Shameless," and "Living Proof."
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