Yes, and the credits tell a clear before-and-after story. Fifth Harmony's Reflection lists no writing credit for her on its standard edition, and the group's 7/27 credits her on "All in My Head (Flex)" only on digital versions of the album. Every track on her solo debut Camila (2018) credits her as a writer, so does every track on Romance (2019), so does everything on Familia (2022) apart from its short instrumental opener, and on C,XOXO (2024) she is credited on every song she performs. She works the way chart pop works, inside a co-writing room rather than alone: "Havana" credits her alongside Frank Dukes, Brittany Hazzard, Ali Tamposi, Brian Lee, Andrew Watt, Pharrell Williams, Louis Bell, Kaan Gunesberk and Young Thug. Sole credits are not the measure here. Being in the room on everything she releases is.
By the Numbers
4
Studio Albums
51
Tracks Credited
96%
Self-Written
45.5 million albums and singles in the US
Records Sold
14
Years Active
227
Collaborators
Authorship Breakdown 49 / 51 self-written
Who wrote the songs?
Across all 51 tracks: how many Camila Cabello wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Camila Cabello has a writing credit96%
96%
4%
Sole author0tracks0%
Co-written49tracks96%
Outside writers2tracks4%
Role Fingerprint how they contribute
Camila Cabello's roles across the catalogue
Share of all 51 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Lyricist (words)96%
Composer (music)96%
Producer0%
Performer94%
Authorship Over Time writing credit per album
Camila Cabello's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
avg 96%
100%
100%
92%
93%
2018Camila
2019Romance
2022Familia
2024C,XOXO
Early · 100% written
Late · 92% written
Authorship by Decade track-weighted
100%
2010s
Camila, Romance
92%
2020s
Familia, C,XOXO
Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author
Where Camila Cabello sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Camila Cabello
Other artists on the site
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
Written by Camila Cabello, Young Thug, Frank Dukes, Starrah, Ali Tamposi, Brian Lee, Andrew Watt, Pharrell Williams, Louis Bell, Kaan Güneşberk, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Jeffery Lamar Williams, Adam Feeney, Brittany Hazzard, Andrew Wotman
Co-wrote
Never Be the Same
Camila
Written by Camila Cabello, Frank Dukes, Rami Dawod, Jacob Olofsson, Noonie Bao, Sasha Yatchenko, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Adam Feeney, Leo Rami Dawod, Jacob Ludwig Olofsson, Jonnali Mikaela Parmenius, Alexandra Artourovna Yatchenko
Co-wrote
Consequences
Camila
Written by Camila Cabello, Amy Wadge, Nicolle Galyon, Emily Weisband, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao
Co-wrote
Señorita
Romance
Written by Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes, Andrew Watt, Benny Blanco, Ali Tamposi, Charli XCX, Jack Patterson, Cashmere Cat, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Andrew Wotman, Benjamin Levin, Alexandra Tamposi, Charlotte Aitchison, Magnus August Høiberg
Co-wrote
My Oh My
Romance
Written by Camila Cabello, DaBaby, Louis Bell, Frank Dukes, Savan Kotecha, Ant Clemons, Pochi Marambio, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Jonathan Kirk, Adam Feeney, Anthony Clemons Jr., Alejandro Guillermo Marambio Altamirano
Co-wrote
Liar
Romance
Written by Camila Cabello, Andrew Watt, Ali Tamposi, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson, Jon Bellion, Jenny Berggren, Jonas Berggren, Malin Berggren, Ulf Ekberg, Lionel Richie, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Andrew Wotman, Alexandra Tamposi, Jonathan Bellion
Co-wrote
Shameless
Romance
Written by Camila Cabello, Andrew Watt, Ali Tamposi, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson, Jon Bellion, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Andrew Wotman, Alexandra Tamposi, Jonathan Bellion
Co-wrote
Don't Go Yet
Familia
Written by Camila Cabello, Ricky Reed, Mike Sabath, Scott Harris, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Eric Frederic
Co-wrote
Bam Bam
Familia
Written by Camila Cabello, Ed Sheeran, Scott Harris, Ricky Reed, Edgar Barrera, Cheche Alara, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Edward Christopher Sheeran, Eric Frederic
Co-wrote
Psychofreak
Familia
Written by Camila Cabello, Willow Smith, Tom Peyton, Ricky Reed, Scott Harris, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Eric Frederic
Co-wrote
Hasta los Dientes
Familia
Written by Camila Cabello, María Becerra, Edgar Barrera, Ricky Reed, Big One, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, María de los Ángeles Becerra, Eric Frederic, Daniel Real
Co-wrote
I Luv It
C,XOXO
Written by Camila Cabello, Playboi Carti, El Guincho, Jasper Harris, Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Tarik Adolemiui, Gucci Mane, Bangladesh, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Jordan Terrell Carter, Pablo Díaz-Reixa, Radric Davis, Shondrae Crawford
Co-wrote
Hot Uptown
C,XOXO
Written by Camila Cabello, Drake, Boi-1da, Mingiedi Mawangu, Johann Deterville, Jasper Harris, El Guincho, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Aubrey Graham, Matthew Samuels, Pablo Díaz-Reixa
Co-wrote
He Knows
C,XOXO
Written by Camila Cabello, Lil Nas X, Ojerime Smith, El Guincho, Daniel Aged, Jasper Harris, Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao, Montero Hill, Pablo Díaz-Reixa
Co-wrote
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
Discography 4 albums
The Cinderella soundtrack is a film cast album she shares with the rest of the cast rather than one of her own records, so it is not listed here. The two live albums also sit outside the studio catalogue. Her Fifth Harmony work is credited to that group rather than to her, so it is not listed either.
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. Showing the 150 most frequent of 216. FD Frank Dukes · BS Bart Schoudel · EG El Guincho · PD Pablo Díaz-Reixa
The Authorship Story
Data Insight
Camila Cabello writes on 49 of her 51 tracks and not once by herself. Every credit she holds is shared, which is the pop norm: the songs get built in rooms and her name sits beside a producer's. Three collaborators tie at 14 tracks each, Frank Dukes, El Guincho and Jasper Harris, with Ricky Reed at 11 and Louis Bell at nine behind them. The pattern barely moves across four albums, from Camila in 2018 to C,XOXO in 2024, with no stretch where she pulls the writing in or hands it off. Two tracks carry no credit for her at all.
Quick Facts
Fifth Harmony exitThe group announced her departure on December 18, 2016, with the two sides giving contradictory accounts of why she left.
"Havana"Certified diamond in the US by the RIAA, the first by a Hispanic female artist, and the IFPI named it the best-selling digital single worldwide of 2018.
CinderellaShe played the title role in the Sony Pictures film, released in select theatres and on Amazon Prime Video on September 3, 2021.
Born in CojimarBorn in Cojimar, in the Habana del Este district of Havana, to a Cuban mother and a Mexico City-born father, and moved to Miami with her mother when she was between 6 and 7.
Label moveShe left Epic Records for Interscope in September 2022, and C,XOXO came out on Geffen and Interscope.
The VoiceShe coached the twenty-second season of the US show, replacing Kelly Clarkson, and did not return for the next season.
Creative Fingerprint
Fifth Harmony's Reflection carries no writing credit for her on its standard edition and 7/27 credits her on "All in My Head (Flex)" only on digital versions, while her own records list her as a writer on every track of Camila and Romance, each album built around one anchor producer: Frank Dukes, then Ricky Reed, then El Guincho.
The Story
Camila Cabello is an American singer and songwriter, born Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao in Havana in 1997 and raised in Miami. She was placed in Fifth Harmony on The X Factor in 2012 and left in 2016, then took her first solo album to number one on the Billboard 200 with "Havana" on it. Four albums on, she writes on essentially everything she releases.
Awards & Recognition
Won Video of the Year for "Havana" at the MTV Video Music Awards (2018)
Won Artist of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards (2018)
Won New Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards (2018)
Won Collaboration of the Year, Video of the Year and Favorite Pop/Rock Song for "Havana" at the American Music Awards (2018)
Won Collaboration of the Year for "Senorita" at the American Music Awards (2019)
Won Best Collaboration and Best Cinematography for "Senorita" at the MTV Video Music Awards (2019)
Won Record of the Year and Best Pop Song for "Mi Persona Favorita" with Alejandro Sanz at the Latin Grammy Awards (2019), and was nominated there for Song of the Year
Won Best Song, Best Video, Best Artist and Best US Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards (2018)
Won Best Pop at the MTV Europe Music Awards (2017)
Won Breakthrough Artist at Billboard Women in Music (2017)
Won the Chart Achievement award at the Billboard Music Awards (2018)
Won Best International Artist at the ARIA Music Awards (2018)
Won the Global Impact Award at Billboard Latin Women in Music (2024)
Nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album for Camila and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Havana (Live)" at the Grammy Awards (2019)
Nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Senorita" with Shawn Mendes at the Grammy Awards (2020)
Nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Bam Bam" with Ed Sheeran at the Grammy Awards (2023)
Nominated for International Female Solo Artist at the BRIT Awards (2019)
Nominated for Best Tropical Song for "Ambulancia" with Camilo at the Latin Grammy Awards (2023)
Frequently Asked Questions Camila Cabello
Does Camila Cabello write her own songs?
Yes, and the credits tell a clear before-and-after story. Fifth Harmony's Reflection lists no writing credit for her on its standard edition, and the group's 7/27 credits her on "All in My Head (Flex)" only on digital versions of the album. Every track on her solo debut Camila (2018) credits her as a writer, so does every track on Romance (2019), so does everything on Familia (2022) apart from its short instrumental opener, and on C,XOXO (2024) she is credited on every song she performs. She works the way chart pop works, inside a co-writing room rather than alone: "Havana" credits her alongside Frank Dukes, Brittany Hazzard, Ali Tamposi, Brian Lee, Andrew Watt, Pharrell Williams, Louis Bell, Kaan Gunesberk and Young Thug. Sole credits are not the measure here. Being in the room on everything she releases is.
Did she write anything for Fifth Harmony?
Almost nothing that shipped on the standard albums. Reflection's tracks were built by outside teams, with "Sledgehammer" written by Jonas Jeberg, Meghan Trainor and Sean Douglas and "Top Down" by Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anton Malmberg Hard af Segerstad and Maurice Simmonds. Her name turns up on the Japanese deluxe bonus tracks "Don't Wanna Dance Alone" and "Who Are You", both credited to all five members. The exception outside the group was "I Know What You Did Last Summer" in 2015, a duet she wrote with Shawn Mendes while she was still in Fifth Harmony.
Why do her songs list so many writers?
Because a modern pop credit covers melody, lyric, track and anything borrowed. Some of the longest lists on her records are interpolation credits rather than people who sat in the session: "Liar" carries Jenny Berggren, Jonas Berggren, Malin Berggren, Ulf Ekberg and Lionel Richie next to her own name, and "B.O.A.T." on C,XOXO adds Raymond Davies, Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards and Armando Perez. Reading the length of a credit list as a measure of how little the artist did gets it backwards.
Who produced her albums?
A different anchor each time. Frank Dukes was executive producer on Camila and produced or co-produced most of it, with Skrillex, T-Minus, Louis Bell and Jarami on individual tracks. Romance spread wider, across Andrew Watt, The Monsters and the Strangerz, Louis Bell, Jon Bellion, Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Mattman & Robin, John Hill, Ricky Reed and Finneas. Familia was Ricky Reed's record, with Mike Sabath, Scott Harris, Cheche Alara, Edgar Barrera, Jose Castillo and Tom Peyton. C,XOXO went to El Guincho and Jasper Harris, joined by Boi-1da, Daniel Aged, FnZ, Kid Masterpiece, Aaron Shadrow and Yogi.
Who are her regular co-writers?
Frank Dukes, credited as Adam Feeney, and Louis Bell run through Camila and Romance. Ali Tamposi is on "Havana" and on much of Romance, alongside Andrew Wotman. Familia is a Scott Harris and Eric Frederic partnership, with Edgar Barrera on the Spanish-language material. On C,XOXO the constants are Pablo Diaz-Reixa, who records as El Guincho, and Jasper Harris, who share writing credit on nearly every song.
Did she write "Havana"?
She is the first name on the credit, sharing it with Frank Dukes, Brittany Hazzard, Ali Tamposi, Brian Lee, Andrew Watt, Pharrell Williams, Louis Bell, Kaan Gunesberk and Young Thug. Frank Dukes produced it, with Matt Beckley as vocal producer. The song is certified diamond by the RIAA, the first by a Hispanic female artist, and BMI later named it among its Award Winning Songs.
Did she write "Senorita"?
Yes, with Shawn Mendes, Andrew Wotman, Benjamin Levin, Alexandra Tamposi, Charlotte Emma Aitchison, Jack Patterson and Magnus August Hoiberg. Andrew Watt and Benny Blanco produced it, with Cashmere Cat as additional producer. The song sits on Romance and on the deluxe edition of Mendes' third album, which is why it turns up in both discographies.
Has she written for other artists?
Rarely, and the outside work is easy to list: "Be Right Here" for Kungs and Stargate featuring Goldn in 2018, and "Ain't Easy" for Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine. She also wrote and sang "Take Me Back Home" with Hans Zimmer for the documentary series Frozen Planet 2, which won Original Song/Score - Trailer at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (2022).
How did her writing change from Camila to C,XOXO?
Camila started as a break-up record called The Hurting. The Healing. The Loving., then got scrapped and rebuilt around reggaeton and Latin pop after "Havana" broke, with Calle 13 and J Balvin as reference points. Romance widened into the big eighties sounds she has cited, and Queen. Familia went bilingual and family-facing, written with Scott Harris and Edgar Barrera and recorded partly at her own house in Los Angeles. C,XOXO handed the sound to El Guincho and Jasper Harris and brought in Playboi Carti, Lil Nas X and Drake, a turn Rolling Stone described as the start of her hyperpop era.
Has her songwriting been recognised on its own?
BMI has named "Bad Things", "All in My Head (Flex)", "Havana", "Never Be the Same" and "Beautiful" among its Award Winning Songs. Camila was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards (2019). Her collaboration with Alejandro Sanz, "Mi Persona Favorita", won Best Pop Song at the Latin Grammy Awards (2019), a category decided on the writing.
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