Alessia Cara

The single came out in 2015, when she turned 19. The track was highly praised by critics as well as listeners. It was ranked in the Canadian Hot 100, and Billboard Hot 100, ranked the single at 19. Even Rolling Stone named it as one of the top songs of 2015. The same year she launched her debut album Know It All, the track Scars to Your Beautiful ranked in the Billboard Hot 100 as well as the Canadian Albums Chart Billboard 200. It was also among the first five songs. Based on an interview she gave together with Rap Up, this particular track had lots of significance for a lot of the listeners who related to her personal story of learning to accept and love your self. Cara includes messages of kindness and loving yourself throughout her songs. The inspiration for her music is derived from her own struggle to overcome mental health problems as well as insomnia. According to a Reuters interview she describes her album as half tumultuous and half complete. She found that therapy helped her grow and urges others to do the same. Alessia Cara grew up in Toronto, Canada. Her birth date was July 11th, 1996 to parents with Italian heritage. In 2010, her parents bought her a new guitar, which she used to develop her passion for music. She started covering the songs she loved at thirteen to show everyone that she was a talented musician and the confidence required to become a singer. In fact, one of her cover tracks Sweater Weather is the track that got her noticed by EP Entertainment. They allowed her to write and create her own music.