Alessia Cara

She released her debut single, Here in 2015 at the age of 19 years old. It became a huge hit immediately with both critics as well as fans praised it. It reached the top spot at 19th at both Canadian Hot 100 as well as the Billboard Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named the song one of the Top Songs of 2015. This same year, she released Know It All. Scars to Your Beautiful is one of the five original songs that reached the Billboard charts. This track was special since, in light of the Rap-Up interview that she conducted, many of her listeners were able to identify with her journey of discovering their own love as well as doubting herself. Cara's music often contains positive thoughts about mental wellness and the importance of loving oneself. All of it is a result of her personal journey as she has struggled with mental health issues and insomnia. In a Reuters interview, she described her album as half tumultuous and half well-crafted. Her growth was aided by therapy and advises people to seek out help when needed. Alessia Cara has been a Canadian artist since 1996. Her parents come from Italian heritage. The guitar was gifted to her from her parents at the time she was 10 years old, which sparked her passion for music. At 13 she began performing her favourite songs through YouTube one of the biggest media platforms to prove to the world she had the talents and courage to become a singer. Indeed one of the covers Sweater Weather was able to get her attention by a record label called EP Entertainment which allowed her to create and write the songs.