Alessia Cara

Her debut song Here was released in the year 2015. It quickly became a hit, and both critics and the fans were awed by it. The track was ranked in the top 19 on both Billboard Hot 100 in Canada as well as the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone listed the hit as among the Top Songs of 2015. In that same year she dropped her debut album Know It All with the third single Scars to Your Beautiful being one of the five original songs that peaked at Billboard charts, including The Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100. Based on an interview she did with Rap Up, this song had a lot of meaning for many people listening who were drawn to her story about learning to accept and love your self. Cara is famous for including messages about mental health love and self-love into her songs. Her music is an expression of her personal struggle with mental illness and insomnia. Reuters said that she described her album "half chaotic, but half done". She says she grew through therapy and she encourages other people to get help when necessary. Alessia Cara, a Canadian musician was born in Canada on the 11th of July 1996 of Italian parents of Italian descent. Her first guitar was purchased from her parents at the time she was 10 years old, which sparked the passion for music. In the age of 13she began covering songs she loved on YouTube in order to show her fans that she had talent and was able to make a profession of an artist. Sweater Weather is one of the covers that resulted in her being noticed to be signed by EP Entertainment. This record label let her write her own songs.