Alessia Cara is one of the most popular and richest R&B Singer who was born on July 11, 1996 in Brampton, Canada. R&B, alternative pop singer-songwriter who made waves with her smash single “Here,” the debut single from her debut album Know-It-All. She began her musical career by uploading acoustic song covers to YouTube before signing with EP Entertainment/Def Jam Recordings. She won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2018.
Her singing style has been compared to Lorde.
In 2014, she flew to U.S.A and signed a management deal with EP Entertainment. In April 2015, Cara released her official debut single through Def Jam. Titled “Here”, it was described by MTV as “a song for everyone who secretly hates parties.” Produced by Pop & Oak and Sebastian Kole, the song is her personal experience with going to a party and being super uncomfortable at it. On May 5, 2015, the song was chosen as the “can’t-miss” track by Spin, as well as being listed as a “must hear song” by Cosmopolitan. The song was also named one of the best Canadian songs of April by Complex and included on Billboard’ s “20 Pop Songs You Need For Your Summer Playlist” in June 2015. Rolling Stone later ranked “Here” at number 21 on its year-end list of the 50 best songs of 2015. On July 29, 2015, Cara made her television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “Here” then received a nomination for “Original Song” at the Streamy Awards. She released the EP Four Pink Walls, containing five songs, including her debut single. Her debut album, Know-It-All, was released on November 13, 2015.
Cara’s debut studio album, Know-It-All (2015), reached number 8 on the Canadian Albums Chart and number 9 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. The album’s third single, “Scars to Your Beautiful”, reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016. In 2017, Cara collaborated with DJ and producer Zedd to create the single “Stay”, and with rapper Logic to feature in his song “1-800-273-8255” . Cara has received nominations for four Grammy Awards, including a win for Best New Artist in 2018. She was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 2019 Latin Grammys for her collaboration with Juanes on “Querer Mejor”. Her second studio album, The Pains of Growing (2018), saw the moderate commercial success of the singles “Growing Pains” and “Trust My Lonely”.
She was born Alessia Caracciolo in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Both of her parents are Italian. She has three siblings, Dario, Dante and Danica. She has been romantically linked to fellow musician Kevin Garrett.
