Alessia Cara

Her debut song Here came out in 2015. The single was a hit and received praise from critics and listeners alike. The song reached the top spot at 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 and Billboard Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named the track one of the top Songs in 2015. That same year she debuted her first album Know It All, the song Scars to Your Beautiful ranked in the Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200. It also was one of the five original songs. The track is special due to the Rap-Up interview that she did with people who listened to her music could connect to her experiences of finding love for themselves, and rethinking their beliefs about her. Cara is known for including messages on emotional health, kindness, and self-love into her music. The music that she has written stems from her personal struggles to conquer mental health issues and insomnia. Reuters reported that she called her album "half tumultuous, half perfected". She found that therapy made her stronger and she encourages other artists to follow the same path. Alessia Cara grew up in Toronto, Canada. She was born on July 11, 1996 to parents with Italian descent. Her parents gave her a guitar when she was 10 and this led to her passion for music. A few years later, at the age of 13 she started covering her most loved songs on YouTube an important media platform to prove to the world she had the talents and determination to develop into a professional singer. Sweater Weather is one of those covers that led to being discovered by EP Entertainment. This record label let her write new songs of her own.