Alessia Cara

Her debut single, Here in 2015 when she was 19. It received praise by music critics as well as listeners. It made it to the top 19 in both Billboard Hot 100 in Canada and also on the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named it as one of the top songs of 2015. In the same year, she also released Know It All. Scars to Your Beautiful is one of five songs she wrote that made it to the Billboard charts. In an interview that Cara did together with Rap Up, this song held a lot of meaning for many people who listened to her personal story of accepting and loving yourself. Cara has earned a name for incorporating messages about emotional health, kindness, and love of self in her songs. The music she sings is reflective of her personal struggle with insomnia and mental health. Reuters reported that she called the album "half tumultuous, half perfected". Therapy helped her grow and she encourages others to seek assistance if needed. Alessia Cara was born to Italian parents on July 11, 1996. At the age of 10 old, her parents gifted her a guitar, which was the beginning of her passion for music. 2013 was the year she recorded her favorite songs for YouTube which is a well-known platform for media. It was done to show that she had both the talent and confidence to be an artist. Sweater Weather is among these covers which led to being discovered by EP Entertainment. This record label let her write new songs of her own.