Alessia Cara

The singer released her debut single, Here, in 2015, when she was just 19 years old. The song was an instant success and was praised by both listeners and critics alike. The song reached the top spot at 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 and Billboard Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone named it as one of the top songs of the year. It was the same time when she debuted Know It All. Scars to Your Beautiful is one of her five original tracks featured on the Billboard Charts which include Billboard Hot 100 for Canada, and Billboard 200 for the Canadian Albums Charts. In her Rap-Up interview the listeners discussed Cara's struggle to find self-love as well as the doubts she faced. Cara has earned a name for her messages on the importance of mental health, kindness and self-love in her songs. Cara has struggled with anxiety and insomnia that has influenced her music. In an interview with Reuters, she said that her album was "half tumultuous" and "half flawless". Her growth was aided by therapy and encourages other people to seek assistance if needed. Alessia Cara has been a Canadian artist since 1996. Her parents are of Italian heritage. Her parents gave her a guitar when she was 10 and this led to her passion for music. In 2013, she covered the songs she loved for YouTube, a popular media platform. The goal was to prove that she had the ability and the confidence to pursue a career as an artist. Sweater Weather is one of those covers that led to her being discovered at the time by EP Entertainment. This record label let her write her own songs.