Alessia Cara

When she was 19, she released her debut single Here. The single was a hit and was praised by the public and from critics. It reached number 19 on both the Canadian Hot 100 and Billboard Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named it one of the best songs in 2015. Her debut Know It All album in the year that followed. The third single, Scars to Your Beautiful was one of five tracks to reach the top spots on Billboard as well as the Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100. The track is special because, based on her Rap-Up interview she held with many of the listeners could identify with her journey of finding love for themselves, as well as doubting herself. Cara's music is renowned for her messages of love self-love, self-love and mental wellness. The music of Cara is directly from her struggles with insomnia and mental illness. In an Reuters interview, she described her album as half-tumultuous as well as half-perfected. She says she grew through therapy and she encourages others to seek help in times of need. Alessia Cara is a Canadian artist who was born the 11th of July, 1996 to parents with Italian ethnicity. The parents of her gave her a guitar when she was only 10-years-old. This ignited her love for music. In the age of 13 she began to cover songs she liked on YouTube for the purpose of showing viewers that she had talent and was able to make the decision to pursue the career of a musician. One of her cover songs Sweater Weather is the one that got her noticed by EP Entertainment. They allowed her to compose and record her own songs.