Camila Cabello

Born in Havana in 1997, 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), “She Loves Control” (2018), “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. “I do feel like I'm a weirdo,” Cabello told Apple Music about the new direction. “And that's the music that I love, and that's the music that I feel the most proud of making.”

As big as she gets, Cabello continues to stay grounded. “The human part of life is what makes you happy,” she says. “Just, like, conversations with people. Even walking in the street and having a stranger smile at you—that’s what really makes you happy.”