Alessia Cara

At the age of 19, she released her debut single Here. The song received praise both from listeners and music critics. It reached 19th place on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone called the track one of the Top Songs in 2015. That same year, she dropped her debut album Know It All with the third track Scars to Your Beautiful being one of the five original songs which peaked on the Billboard charts, including those of the Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100. The track in question was unique due to her interview with Rap-Up many listeners related to her journey of doubting herself and learning how to love herself. Cara is famous for including messages about mental health love and self-love into her music. She has been struggling with anxiety and insomnia that affected her life. According to an Reuters interview, she describes her album as half-tumultuous and half perfected. The therapy she received made her stronger and she encourages others to do the same. Alessia Cara is a Canadian performer who was born on July 11, 1996, to parents who are of Italian origin. Her parents gifted her with her first guitar when she was just 10 years old. This was her beginning in music. Three years later at 13 she began performing her favourite songs through YouTube one of the biggest media platforms in order to demonstrate to the world that she had the talents and courage to become a professional singer. One of her covers, Sweater Weather, was the first thing that made her stand out. EP Entertainment gave her the opportunity to create and record her own tracks.