Alessia Cara

She released her debut single, Here in 2015, when she was just 19. The single was praised highly in both the reviews and from the listeners. It ranked 19th in both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone ranked the song among 2015's Best Songs. That same year, she debuted her album Know It All with the third track Scars to Your Beautiful being among the five original tracks that peaked at Billboard charts including those of the Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100. The track was distinctive because many people related to the interview she conducted with the rapper Rap-Up on her journey to learn to love and be herself. Cara has a reputation to include messages regarding wellbeing, kindness, and love of self in her songs. Her music is an expression of her own personal struggles in dealing with anxiety and depression. According to a Reuters interview, her album is described as both turbulent and yet perfectly crafted. She claims that she gained strength through therapy, and urges anyone else to seek out help whenever needed. Alessia Cara was born to Italian parents on the 11th of July 1996. Her first guitar was given to her by her parents after she became a teenager and it sparked her enthusiasm for music. She began covering her favorite songs when she was 13 in order to show everyone that she was a singer with the talent and courage required to become a professional singer. One of her covers, Sweater Weather, was the one that got her attention. EP Entertainment gave her the chance to write and write her own songs.