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{{Infobox Musical artist
|Name=Camila Cabello
|Img=171207 Camila Cabello for MTV International.png
|Img_capt=Cabello in 2017
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|background=solo_singer
|birth_name=Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1997|3|3}}
|birth_place=[[Cojímar]], [[Cuba]]
|origin=[[Miami, Florida]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|instrument=[[Singing|Vocals]]
|genre={{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[Latin pop]]|[[Dance music|dance]]}}
|occupation={{hlist|Singer|[[songwriter]]}}
|years_active=2013–present
|label={{hlist|Syco|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]}}
|associated_acts=[[Fifth Harmony]]
|URL={{URL|camilacabello.com}}
}}
'''Karla '''Camila Cabello''' Estrabao''' (born March 3, 1997–), known simply as '''Camila Cabello''',{{efn|Pronounced {{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|m|iː|l|ə|_|k|ə|ˈ|b|eɪ|oʊ}}; {{respell|kə|MEE|lə}} {{respell|kə|BAY|oh}}}} is a [[Cuba|Cuban]]-born [[Mexico|Mexican]]-[[United States|American]] singer and songwriter. She began her career in 2013 as a contestant on the American version of ''[[The X Factor (U.S.)|The X Factor]]''. She was eliminated from the show but was brought back with four other girl contestants to create the group [[Fifth Harmony]]. That group finished in third place.<ref name="allmusic.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/camila-cabello-mn0003392996/biography|title=Camila Cabello {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref>

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She launched a solo career in December 2016, leading to successful songs like "Crying in the Club" and "[[Havana (song)|Havana]]", which became her first number-one song in the US. Havanna was number 1 in the UK for four weeks and it still is in the charts.   Her debut solo album, ''[[Camila (album)|Camila]]'', was also at the top of the charts the same week as "Havana" did, making her only the third artist to have their first album and a single at the top of the charts at the same time. Loreal ads and commercials

== Early life ==
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao was born on March 3, 1997, in Cojimar, [[Cuba]].  When she was six, she moved to Miami, Florida, with her Cuban mother and Mexican father. She has a younger sister, Sofia (born April 2, 2007).<ref name="allmusic.com"/>

In 2012, at age 15, she entered the second season of the American reality-talent show [[X Factor]] where she was grouped with four other young female contestants to form the girl group [[Fifth Harmony]]. They ended up placing third in the show, then went on to have success in the mainstream music industry as well,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://concerty.com/artist/camila-cabello-4209|title=Camila Cabello Biography|website=Concerty.com}}</ref> with hits such as ''Worth It'' (2015), and ''Work from Home'' (2016).

== Solo career (2016–present) ==
On December 18, 2016, Cabello announced that she was leaving Fifth Harmony.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5305981/bio|title=Camila Cabello|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref>

Cabello released several singles throughout 2017.  Her most successful, "[[Havana (song)|Havana]]", with rapper [[Young Thug]], was released in August of that year, as the lead single from her first solo album.  The song was at the top of charts in Canada, Australia, and the UK.  After spending seven weeks at number two in the US, the song reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for the week ending January 27, 2018.

Her debut solo album, ''Camila'', was released on January 12, 2018.  It entered at the top of the [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart in the US with over 119,000 combined streams and copies sold.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8095280/camila-cabello-billboard-200-chart-albums-no-1|title=Camila Cabello Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref>  With this, she became only the third artist in history to have their first number-one album and first number-one single in the same week.  Only [[Beyoncé]] and [[Britney Spears]] have done this before in 2003 and 1999, respectively.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8095500/camila-cabello-beyonce-britney-spears-hot-100-billboard-200-first-week-number-1|title=Camila Cabello, Beyonce & Britney Spears: The Last Three Artists to Earn First Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100 & Billboard 200 Simultaneously|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She began dating Canadian singer [[Shawn Mendes]] in July 2019. The relationship caused controversy, as both were accused of attempting to [[Publicity stunt|form a relationship for publicity]],<ref name="Capital 2019">{{cite web |title=Inside Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's relationship |website=Capital FM |date=September 12, 2019 |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/shawn-mendes/camila-cabello-dating-relationship/ |access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/camila-cabello-shawn-mendes-romance-real-j-lo-drake |title=Bad fauxmance: when celebrity couples become PR stunts |last=Cooper |first=Leonie |date=September 13, 2019 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB |access-date=September 18, 2019}}</ref> but Mendes insisted it was "definitely not a publicity stunt". The relationship was confirmed after the release of their song "[[Señorita (Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello song)|Señorita]]".<ref name="Capital 2019" /> In November 2021, Cabello and Mendes announced their breakup.<ref>{{cite web|title=Camila Cabello & Shawn Mendes Announce Their Breakup|url=https://usamagazine.org/camila-cabello-reveals-she-is-taking-a-relaxed-approach-to-her-love-life/|date=2021-11-17|access-date=2021-11-17|archive-date=2023-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723182939/https://usamagazine.org/camila-cabello-reveals-she-is-taking-a-relaxed-approach-to-her-love-life/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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[[Category:Cuban musicians]]
[[Category:Singers from Miami]]
[[Category:American pop singers]]
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