Alessia Cara

In the year 2015, at age 19, she debuted her first single Here. It was a huge hit and received praise from critics and listeners alike. It reached the top 19 of both the Billboard Hot 100 in Canada and on the Canadian Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone called the track one of the Top Songs in the year 2015. The same year, she released Know It All. Scars to Your Beautiful is one of five songs she wrote that made it to Billboard's charts. In her Rap-Up Interview the listeners discussed Cara's journey to self-love and her fears. Cara's music often contains positive message about mental wellness and how important it is to love yourself. The music of Cara is directly from her struggle with depression, insomnia and other issues. Reuters reported that she called the album "half tumultuous, half perfected". She claims she has grown through therapy, and encourages others to seek help when necessary. Alessia Cara was born to Italian parents on July 11, 1996. Her first guitar was purchased by her parents after she was 10 years old, which sparked her musical passion. At the age of 13 she began performing her favourite songs through YouTube a major media platform to prove to the world she possessed the talent skills and the determination to be a professional singer. Sweater Weather is one of these covers which led to her being discovered by EP Entertainment. This record label gave her the opportunity to create new songs of her own.