Alessia Cara

In 2015 at 19 she debuted her first single Here. It was a huge smash and garnered praise from both listeners and critics alike. The song reached the top spot in both Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone called the song one of their Top Songs in the year 2015. Her debut Know It All album in the year that followed. The third single, Scars to Your Beautiful was one of five tracks that made it to the top charts on Billboard including Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200 in addition to Billboard Hot 100. In her Rap-Up Interview, many listeners spoke about Cara's journey to self-love and her fears. Cara is well-known for her ability to incorporate songs about mental health, love and self-love into her songs. The inspiration for her music is drawn from her own personal journey as she has struggled with mental health issues as well as insomnia. According to a Reuters interview, she has said that her album was half turbulent and half-perfected. Her growth was aided by therapy and advises people to seek help if necessary. Alessia Cara has been a Canadian artist since 1996. Her parents are of Italian origin. Alessia Cara's parents bought her her first guitar when she was just 10 years old. This was her beginning with music. In 2013, she covered some of her most loved songs on YouTube, a popular media platform. This was to demonstrate that she had the ability and the confidence to pursue a career as an artist. Sweater Weather is one of the covers that resulted in her being discovered by EP Entertainment. This record label gave her the opportunity to create the songs she wrote herself.