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Camila is a Mexican soft rock group which reached staggering success in their home country and all over Latin America upon the release of their debut album Todo Cambió.

The group includes Mario Domm, singer, musician and songwriter who has been producer of major hits for Alejandra Guzmán, Reyli, Kalimba, Paulina Rubio and Thalía.

Pop success

The group's name came from a friend's idea of calling the group "Camila" because it means "close to God". Their first single, "Abrázame" became a major airplay success upon its release. The song was played in the radio stations before the group even chose a name for themselves.It is also one of the most successful bands in Mexico.

It would then go on to U.S. Latin Top 30, largely helped by its massive pop airplay.

In late 2006, the group was nominated for Best New Artist at the Premios Lo Nuestro. In December, they announced their nominee to Premios Lo Nuestro and won two out of the two they were nominated in.

The follow-up to their debut single "Coleccionista de Canciones", which was used as the theme song for the Mexican telenovela Las Dos Caras de Ana, starring Ana Layevska. Radio airplay once again was key to its success and quickly helped the song reach the Mexican Top 3.

The third single, Todo Cambió was released in March 2007. The song quickly surpassed "Abrázame" to become the group's most important single yet. It reached the U.S. Latin Top 15, the group's highest position ever, and has reached the Top 3 in Pop Airplay.

As of June 2007, the album is certified Platinum and Gold, and it has sold over 150,000 copies in Mexico alone.

The group is set to release "Solo Para Ti" as the fourth single in the U.S. and Mexico.

Thanks to their participation in the Premios Juventud and the important success of the song Todo Cambió, Camila's album had reached number 4 in the U.S. Top Latin Albums.

On August 29, 2007, Mario Domm received a Latin Grammy nomination as a writer for the hit single "Todo Cambió" which is up for Song of the Year. This single ranked at number 18 on the Billboard Top 50 Latin songs of the year.^[1]

On early 2008 Camila excepted to Put Their Voices in one Track of the Upcoming Album by Kenny G.

On February 21, 2008, Camila won 2 Premios LoNuestro For Song Of the Year for Todo Cambio,and Group or Duo of the year.

On March 2008, Camila re-recorded "Abrázame" featuring Brazilian singer Wanessa Camargo. The song, retitled as "Abrázame / Me Abrace", was included in both the Brazilian edition of Todo Cambió and in Wanessa's Total album (originally released in 2007) re-release. It was also included in the soundtrack of the Brazilian telenovela A Favorita.

On April 10, 2008 Camila won two Latin Billboard Awards out of three nominations. Also Camila performed two songs, "Todo Cambió", and at the end "Yo Quiero". At the end of the last song came out Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Alexis Y Fido to remix the song.

Camila received five nominations for the upcoming Awards Premios juventud. On July 17, 2008 The band won 2 awards out of the 5 nominations.

On March 26, 2009, Camila won 1 award at Premios LoNuestro. Beating RBD, Reik, Belanova, and Jesse & Joy.

Their second studio album "Dejarte de Amar" (which means "Stop Loving You" in Spanish) was released on February 8th, 2010. The first single of this new album "Mientes" was released on November 16, 2009. ^[2]. On the iTunes Store "Dejarte de Amar" was rated a 5 star album by customer ratings and is currently their most successful album yet.

Discography

Albums

Certifications

References

External links

• Camila Videos - videos