Alessia Cara

At the age of 19, she debuted her first single Here. The song received praise both from listeners and music critics. The Canadian Hot 100, and Billboard Hot 100, ranked it as 19. Even Rolling Stone named it as one of the top songs of the year. The singer released her debut Know It All album in the year that followed. The third track, Scars to Your Beautiful was among five tracks that made it to the top of the charts on Billboard including Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200 as well as Billboard Hot 100. In her interview with Rap-Up fans discussed Cara's struggle to find self-love as well as her doubts. Cara has a reputation for her messages on the importance of mental health, kindness and love of self in her songs. She has been struggling with anxiety and insomnia, both of which affected her life. According to Reuters interview, she's said that her album was half turbulent however, it is half finished. Therapy helped her grow and encourages other people to seek out help when needed. Alessia Cara grew up in Toronto in Canada. She was born on July 11, 1996 to parents of Italian heritage. Alessia Cara's parents gave her their first guitar when she was just 10 years old. That was her first step in music. Three years later, when she was 13 years old, she started to sing her most loved songs through YouTube. It was a great way to showcase to others the fact that she had the talent and the courage. Sweater Weather was her most famous album. An album label, EP Entertainment, noticed her and let her compose songs.