Alessia Cara

At the age of 19, she debuted her first single Here. This single received a lot of praise and was well-received from critics as well as listeners. It reached the top spot at 19th on both the Canadian Hot 100 as well as the Billboard Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named the song one of the Top Songs of the year. It was the same time when she debuted Know It All. Scars to Your Beautiful is one of her five original tracks that was featured on the Billboard Charts which include Billboard Hot 100 in Canada as well as Billboard 200 for Canada's Album Charts. The song was unique since a lot of people reacted to the conversation she conducted in collaboration with Rap-Up regarding her struggles in learning to love and embrace her. Cara includes messages of compassion and self-love into her music. Her music is an expression of her own personal struggles in dealing with anxiety and depression. In a Reuters interview, she describes her album as half-tumultuous and half well-crafted. She claims she has grown by therapy and is adamant about encouraging others to seek help when they need it. Alessia Cara grew up in Toronto in Canada. She was born July 11, 1996, to parents with Italian descent. At the age of 10 old, her parents gifted her a guitar which became the beginning of her love for music. A few years later, at 13 she started covering her most loved songs on YouTube one of the biggest media platforms to prove to the world she possessed the talent skills and the determination to be an artist. Sweater Weather was her most popular cover. A record label, EP Entertainment, noticed her and allowed her write songs.