Alessia Cara

At 19 years old at the time, she dropped Here, her first single. It received lots of praise and was well-received from critics as well as listeners. The song reached the top 19 of both Billboard Hot 100 in Canada and also on the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named it as one of the top songs of 2015. In that same year she debuted her album Know It All with the third song Scars to Your Beautiful being one of five original tracks which reached the top of Billboard charts, including those of the Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200 as well as the Billboard Hot 100. It was a special track because, based on her Rap-Up interview she conducted, many of her listeners were able to relate to her experience in finding love for themselves, and doubting her. Cara's music often contains positive message about mental health, and how important it is to love yourself. She has been struggling with anxiety and insomnia that have influenced her journey. In an interview with Reuters, she declared her album to be "half tumultuous" and "half flawless". She found that therapy helped her grow and urges others to do the same. Alessia Cara is a Canadian performer who was born on July 11, 1996, to parents from Italian descent. Her parents gave her an instrument when she was 10 and this led to her passion for music. Three years later, when she was 13 years old, she started to sing songs she loved through YouTube. It was an excellent opportunity to show others the fact that she had the talent and the courage. Actually she covered one of her tracks Sweater Weather became the track that got her noticed by EP Entertainment. They allowed her to write as well as record herself music.