Camila Cabello Essentials

Born in Havana, Cuba in 1997, Camila Cabello sang with the reality-show group Fifth Harmony before launching a solo career in 2017. Her most impactful songs—“Havana” (2017), “Crying in the Club” (2017), “Sēnorita” (2019), and “Bam Bam” (2022)—merge the hallmarks of classic Latin music like Celia Cruz and Calle 13 with contemporary R&B and the singer-songwriter intimacy of Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift. As much as Cabello is a product of her upbringing, she’s also a reflection of the mix of Latinx culture with the global mainstream. She leaned further into the simmering rhythms of Latin pop while exploring her roots on 2022’s Familia, and began indulging her more idiosyncratic sides on 2024’s “I LUV IT” with Playboi Carti and “HE KNOWS” with Lil Nas X.