Alessia Cara

At the age of 19, she published her first single here. This single received high praise in both the reviews and from the listeners. The single peaked at 19th in both the Canadian Hot 100 as well as Billboard Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named it as one of the most memorable songs of 2015. The is the same year that she dropped Know It All. Scars to Your Beautiful is one of the five original tracks to make it onto the charts of Billboard. The song is special since based on her interview with the Rap-Up show, many fans shared their experiences through self-doubt and discovering how to appreciate herself. Cara is known for including messages on mental health, kindness and self-love into her songs. Her music is an expression of her own personal struggles with insomnia and mental health. In a conversation with Reuters the magazine, she said that her album was "half turbulent" as well as "half finished". She claims she has grown through therapy, and urges other people to get help when necessary. Alessia Cara was born to Italian parents on the 11th July 1996. The parents of her gave her an instrument at just 10. This sparked her enthusiasm for music. Three years later at 13 years old, she began to record her own songs using YouTube which is a huge media platform in order to demonstrate to the world that she was gifted and courage to become an artist. The cover she did, Sweater Weather, was what got her noticed. EP Entertainment gave her the opportunity to create and compose her own music.