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Señorita (Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello song)

2019 single by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ64729088 ↗
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"Señorita" is a song by Canadian singer Shawn Mendes and American singer and songwriter Camila Cabello. It was released on June 21, 2019, through Island Records. This song was included on the deluxe edition of Mendes' third album Shawn Mendes and Cabello's second album Romance (2019) . The song was written by Mendes, Cabello, Charli XCX, Ali Tamposi, Jack Patterson, and its producers Andrew Watt, Benny Blanco, and Cashmere Cat.

The song marks Mendes and Cabello's second collaboration, following "I Know What You Did Last Summer" from Mendes' debut album, Handwritten (2015). "Señorita" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as topping the charts in a record setting 40 countries worldwide. It is certified multiplatinum in thirteen countries, including Diamond in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, India, and Mexico, as well as double diamond in Poland. "Señorita" received highly positive reviews from music critics. The single has won an American Music Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, a People's Choice Award, and received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The song was the biggest song of 2019 in Malaysia and according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), it was the third best-selling single of 2019 worldwide, with combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 16.1 million units globally.

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