Alessia Cara

She released her debut single, Here in 2015, when she was just at the age of 19. The single was a hit and was praised by critics and listeners alike. The song reached the top spot in both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named the smash one of the best Songs in 2015. This 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 and Billboard Hot 100. This track was special as, due to the interview with Rap-Up that she did with people who listened to her music could identify with her journey of learning to love themselves while battling with her. Cara is well-known to include messages regarding wellbeing, kindness, and love of self in her songs. The music she sings is reflective of her own personal struggles in dealing with anxiety and depression. In an interview with Reuters the magazine, she stated that her album is "half tumultuous" as well as "half perfected". Therapy made her stronger and she encourages her fans to make the same. Alessia Cara is a Canadian singer who was born on July 11, 1996, to parents with Italian ethnicity. Her first guitar was given to her by her parents when she turned 10 and this ignited her enthusiasm for music. A few years later, at age 13, she began covering her favorite songs on YouTube which is a huge media platform in order to demonstrate to the world that she possessed the talent skills as well as the courage to make it an aspiring singer. The cover of Sweater Weather was able to get her discovered by a record company called EP Entertainment which allowed her to write and compose her songs.