Camila Cabello Makes History as “Never Be the Same” Reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Pop Songs Chart

Camila Cabello is making history …

The 21-year-old Mexican and Cuban singer’s “Never Be the Same” rises 2-1 on Billboard‘s Adult Pop Songs radio airplay chart, dated June 30.

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The track previously led the Pop Songs airplay chart for three weeks beginning May 12.

The song is Cabello’s second No. 1 on each list from her debut album, Camila, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated January 27. The set’s lead single, “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, led Pop Songs for seven weeks (beginning December 9) and Adult Pop Songs for one frame (March 3).

With “Never” following “Havana,” Cabello is the first artist to crown both the Pop Songs and Adult Pop Songs charts with the first two promoted singles from a debut LP.

Lorde had previously come closest to achieving the feat, as “Royals,” the lead single from her first studio full-length, Pure Heroine, ruled both rankings in 2013. Follow-up “Team” topped Adult Pop Songs but peaked at No. 2 on Pop Songs.

The Pop Songs chart, which began in 1992, measures total weekly plays, as tabulated by Nielsen Music, among its reporting panel of 160 mainstream top 40 stations. Adult Pop Songs (launched in Billboard magazine in 1996) reflects airplay on 84 adult top 40 stations.

While “Never” is Cabello’s second total Adult Pop Songs No. 1, after “Havana,” “Never” became her third leader on Pop Songs, after “Havana” and “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly, for two weeks in February 2017.

Additionally, Fifth Harmony, with Cabello as a member, led Pop Songs for two frames with “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, in June 2016; Cabello was a member of the now-on-hiatus group from its 2012 inception to December 2016.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana” Reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Streaming Songs Chart

Life is but a stream for Camila Cabello

The 20-year-old Cuban and Mexican singer and former Fifth Harmony member’s hit single “Havana” is the new No. 1 on Billboards Streaming Songs chart (dated January 27).

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Cabello’s latest No. 1 on the Billboard chart coincides with the song’s ascent to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

“Havana,” featuring Young Thug, scores 44.9 million streams in the week ending January 18, a boost of 34 percent compared to the previous week, according to Nielsen Music.

It becomes both Cabello and Young Thug’s first No. 1 on the chart. Previously, Cabello rose as high as No. 11 (“Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly, in February 2017), while Young Thug reached No. 4 as part of Rich Gang’s “Lifestyle” (November 2014).

“Havana” also makes gains on the On-Demand Streaming Songs chart, shooting 7-2 with 15.5 million on-demand audio streams (Post Malone’s “Rockstar” remains No. 1 with 16.8 million). The rise marks Cabello’s first top five on the chart and Young Thug’s second (he was featured on Drake’s “Sacrifices,” which reached No. 5 in April 2017).

Cabello ends up landing two songs in the top 10 of On-Demand Streaming Songs, as “Never Be the Same,” the album’s follow-up single to “Havana,” leaps 46-7 and is the chart’s greatest gainer. It racks up 12.8 million on-demand audio streams, up 102 percent.

The streaming increases are due to the release of Cabello’s debut solo album, Camila, which concurrently rules the Billboard 200 with 119,000 equivalent album units earned.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana” Reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart

Camila Cabello has reason to dance…

The 20-year-old Mexican and Cuban singer and former Fifth Harmony member cruises to her first No. 1 on BillboardDance/Mix Show Airplay chart dated December 23, as “Havana” climbs 2-1.

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As a soloist, Cabello had hit a previous No. 3 high on the Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart with “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly, in February.

As a member of Fifth Harmony, which she left nearly a year ago, she hit a No. 5 best with the group’s “Worth It,” featuring Kid Ink, in 2015.

Cabello’s smash single had previously hit No 1. on Billboard’s Pop Songs chart.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana” Reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Songs Chart

She may have left her heart in Havana, but Camila Cabello is also leaving her mark on the Billboard music charts.

The 20-year-old Cuban and Mexican singer has earned her second No. 1 as a solo artist on Billboard‘s Pop Songs radio airplay chart, as “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, rises 3-1 on the tally dated December 9. Young Thug reigns in his first visit to the chart.

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The Pop Songs chart, which began in 1992 measures total weekly plays, as tabulated by Nielsen Music, among its reporting panel of 162 mainstream top 40 stations.

Cabello previously crowned Pop Songs for two weeks beginning February 18 with “Bad Things,” alongside Machine Gun Kelly.

As a member of Fifth Harmony, Cabello led Pop Songs when the group’s “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, began a two-week rule that June 4.

Cabello is additionally just the fifth artist to post multiple Pop Songs No. 1s as a soloist while also having ruled the ranking with a group. She joins an illustrious group that includes Beyoncé, Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani and Justin Timberlake.

With its Latin vibe (fueled by its new Spanglish mix with Daddy Yankee, the track debuted on the Deember. 2 Latin Pop Songs chart at No. 18), “Havana” “stands out in a big way and it raises its hand among all the noise of straight-ahead pop-sounding singles,” Brian Kelly, program director of Pop Songs reporter WXSS Milwaukee (and Entercom top 40 format captain), recently told Billboard, adding that Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee‘s smash “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, “knocked down the door [for] this type of sound.

“What once seemed like an impossible fit all of a sudden makes sense.”

On the all-genre airplay, streaming and sales-based Billboard Hot 100, “Havana” has reached a No. 2 high, for the past three weeks.

Cabello Collaborating with Pitbull & J Balvin

Camila Cabello is becoming the collaboration queen…

The 19-year-old Cuban singer and former Fifth Harmony member, who earned her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Songs chart with her Machine Gun Kelly duet “Bad Things,” is joining voices with Latin superestrellas Pitbull and J Balvin for a new collaboration.

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Cabello, who appears on the cover of Billboard‘s current issue, took to social media to share photos alongside Mr. Worldwide and J Balvin while shooting a music video in Miami.

Cabello captioned the photo “vroom vroom,” and in another pic she posted of herself holding the Cuban flag, she wrote: “For my Latin people, stand up.”

In a recent interview with Billboard, Cabello talked about her solo career, new music and finding herself in the process.

“I’m most looking forward to just finding more about myself as a person,” she said. “In creating these songs I’ve really had to dig deep into what I want to talk about and what I want to say. And not just how I’m feeling but what do I want to tell the world about myself. Like who am I? My culture, my heritage. I just want to make music that I would want to listen to.”

Cabello Joins Voices with Cashmere Cat for “Love Incredible”

Camila Cabello is spreading the love

The 19-year-old Cuban American singer and former Fifth Harmony appears on Cashmere Cat‘s latest single “Love Incredible.”

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Cabello shines in the R&B pop tune from Cashmere Cat’s upcoming debut LP Wild Love.

“Love Incredible” is sparse and just a little bit haunting as Cabello’s high-pitched croon pierces the snowy atmosphere.

The tune was co-produced by Sophie, another of dance music’s most experimental and certainly most pop-influenced composers.

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It’s Cabello’s first project since leaving Fifth Harmony to pursue a solo career.

Her previous collaborations as a solo artist include her hit single “Bad Things with Machine Gun Kelly and her Shawn Mendes collab I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Cabello Reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Songs Chart with “Bad Things”

It’s a special first for Camila Cabello

The 19-year-old Cuban American singer and former Fifth Harmony member and Machine Gun Kelly have reached the summit on BillboardPop Songs radio airplay chart with “Bad Things.”

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Cabello and Machine Gun Kelley’s collaboration climbs 2-1 on the list dated February 18.

Cabello reigns in her second visit as a soloist. A year ago, she reached No. 10 with Shawn Mendes on I Know What You Did Last Summer.

As a member of Fifth Harmony (from 2012 until this past December), Cabello charted seven Pop Songs entries, including “Work From Home” (featuring Ty Dolla $ign), which led for two weeks in June 2016.

Cabello, thus, joins an elite troop of artists who’ve topped Pop Songs (which launched in 1992) both as a soloist and as part of a group.

Here’s Cabello’s fellow group-to-solo successes below.

Justin Timberlake (eight Pop Songs No. 1s) / *NSYNC (two)
Beyonce (six) and Kelly Rowland (one) / Destiny’s Child (two)
Adam Levine (two) / Maroon 5 (nine)
Gwen Stefani (two) / No Doubt (three)
Fergie (one) / The Black Eyed Peas (three)
Wyclef Jean (one) / Fugees (one)
Nate Ruess (one) / fun. (one)
Rob Thomas (one) / matchbox twenty (one)

Also for “Bad Things” on Pop Songs: It reigns more than 17 years after the song that originally provided its chorus hit No. 8 on the chart: Fastball‘s “Out of My Head.”

Cabello Leaving Fifth Harmony to Pursue Solo Career

Camila Cabello is ready to fly solo…

The 19-year-old Cuban-American singer and member of Fifth Harmony has left the all-girl group.

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In a message posted on social media and signed by “Ally, Normani, Dinah and Lauren,” the group writes, “After four and a half years of being together, we have been informed via her representatives that Camila has decided to leave Fifth Harmony. We wish her well.”

The remaining members, Ally Brooke Hernandez, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane Hansen and Lauren Jauregui, state that they will continue the group as a foursome.

As recently as December 9, when the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball tour hit New York City, the group had announced plans to release a new album. Kordei told radio personality Elvis Duran, “2017, it’s going to be popping,” and Jane Hansen added, “The third album is definitely going to be so lit. We’re really excited.”

Fifth Harmony was formed by Simon Cowell on the second season of the The X Factor US in July 2012. In January 2013, they signed a joint deal with Syco Music, owned by Cowell, and Epic Records, L.A. Reid‘s record label, after finishing in third place on the show.

To date, The group has sold 424,000 albums, 7 million digital songs and earned 1.6 billion on-demand streams in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music.

Their honors include three MTV Video Music Awards, an American Music Award, a Billboard Women in Music award and seven Teen Choice Awards.

In the last two years, Cabello released two singles which reached the top 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100: “I Know What You Did Last Summer” with Shawn Mendes in 2015, and “Bad Things” with Machine Gun Kelly earlier this year.

Cabello & Machine Gun Kelly’s New Single “Bad Things” Released

It’s a Bad world for Camila Cabello

The 19-year-old Cuban American singer and Fifth Harmony member has partnered with rapper Machine Gun Kelly for the single “Bad Things,” which dropped Friday.

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Over an ominous keyboard bed, Cabello kicks the song off singing, “Am I out of my head? Am I out of my mind?/ If you only knew I like/ Don’t think that I can explain it/ What can I say, it’s complicated.”

Produced by The Futuristic (Bruno Mars, Three 6 Mafia), the instant earworm four-minute ode to dark pleasure has Cabello telling bad boy MGK “No matter what you say/ Don’t matter what you do/ I only want to do bad things to you.”

He’s down for anything, though, responding, “Nothing’s that bad if it feels good/ So you come back like I knew you would/ And we’re both wild and the night’s young.” Nails scratching backs, teeth biting lips, scars on his body… it’s complicated.

The song is available on all major digital platforms.

Cabello Partners with Machine Gun Kelly for New Single “Bad Things”

Camila Cabello is up to bad things

The 19-year-old Cuban American singer and Fifth Harmony member has joined voices with Machine Gun Kelly for a new joint single “Bad Things,” which will be released on Friday.

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Billboard has the exclusive first look at the cover art, which features a set of lips adorned in flowers over a blue background.

No word yet on the song’s sound or whether it will end up on a new album from MGK or Cabello.

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It’s the second venture outside of Fifth Harmony for Cabello…

She previously collaborated with Shawn Mendes on the 2015 single “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” which hit the Billboard Hot 100 top 20.