Alessia Cara

At 19 years old, she released Here, her first single. The single was a success and was praised by both listeners and critics alike. It reached number 19 in both Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named the hit one of the Best Songs of 2015. In the same year, she released Know It All. Scars to Your Beautiful is one of five original songs that reached Billboard's charts. In her Rap-Up interview fans discussed Cara's struggle to find self-love as well as her fears. Cara's music often contains positive messages regarding mental health and how important it is to love yourself. She's been in the midst of anxiety and insomnia that has influenced her music. Reuters reported that she called the album "half turbulent, and half finished". She says she grew by therapy and is adamant about encouraging other people to get help when necessary. Alessia Cara is a Canadian performer who was born on July 11, 1996, to parents from Italian heritage. The guitar was gifted to her from her parents at the time she turned 10 which ignited the passion for music. A few years later, at 13 she started covering her most loved songs via YouTube one of the biggest media platforms in order to demonstrate to the world that she was talented and the determination to be a singer. One of her covers, Sweater Weather, was what got her noticed. EP Entertainment gave her an opportunity to develop and record her own tracks.