Alessia Cara

At the age of 19 She released Here, her first single. The single garnered a lot of praise and was well-received from critics as well as listeners. The song was ranked in the top 19 on both the Billboard Hot 100 in Canada and on the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone listed the hit as among the Top Songs of 2015. That same year she debuted her first album Know It All, the single Scars to Your Beautiful ranked in the Billboard Hot 100 as well as the Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200. It was also one of the five original songs. In her interview with Rap-Up, many listeners spoke about Cara's struggle to find self-love as well as the doubts she faced. Cara incorporates messages about kindness and loving yourself into her music. Every song Cara sings comes directly from her battle with mental illness, insomnia and other health issues. Reuters reported that she called the album "half tumultuous, half perfected". The therapy she received helped her grow and urges people to try it too. Alessia Cara has been a Canadian artist since the year 1996. Her parents are of Italian origin. Her first guitar was purchased by her parents after she was 10, which ignited her passion for music. At 13 years old, she began performing her favourite songs via YouTube a major media platform to prove to the world she had the talents and determination to develop into a professional singer. In fact, one of the covers Sweater Weather got her attention by a record label called EP Entertainment which allowed her to compose and record the songs.