Alessia Cara

The singer released her debut single, Here in 2015, when she was just 19 years old. The single was praised highly as well from critics and listeners. It ranked 19th in both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named the hit one of the Best Songs of 2015. This year she dropped her debut album Know It All with the third track Scars to Your Beautiful being among the five original tracks that peaked at Billboard charts. This includes The Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200 as well as the Billboard Hot 100. It was unique in that many people related to the interviews she gave with Rap-Up regarding her struggles in learning to love and admit to her. Cara is known to include messages regarding emotional health, kindness and self-love within her music. The music of Cara is directly from her experience with insomnia and mental illness. In an Reuters interview she describes her album as half tumultuous and half perfected. She found growth through therapy and encourages other people to seek help if necessary. Alessia Cara, a Canadian musician was born in Canada on 11 July 1996 of Italian parentage. Her parents gave her an instrument at only 10 years old. It ignited her passion for music. At the age of 13 she began covering music she loved on YouTube to prove to her fans that she was talented and could not resist the opportunity to establish music as a profession. Indeed, one of her songs she covered Sweater Weather was the track that made her the focus of EP Entertainment. They allowed her to write and record her songs.