Biography
Who is Alessia Cara?
Early life and real name
Alessia Caracciolo was born on July 11, 1996. She grew up in Brampton. She attended Cardinal Ambrozic Catholic Secondary School. Her parents have roots in Calabria, Italy. Her mother moved from Italy to Canada. Her father was born in Canada. Alessia speaks Italian fluently.
As a child, she wrote poetry. She also acted in theatre. She started playing guitar when she was 10. She taught herself to play songs. At 13, she started a YouTube channel. She posted song covers there. She looked at Justin Bieber as a model for her career.
How Alessia became famous
Alessia posted acoustic covers on YouTube. She sang songs like Sweater Weather and Love Yourself. In July 2014, she traveled to New York with her father. She signed a management deal with EP Entertainment. She also signed with Def Jam Recordings. She originally used the name Alessia. Later, she added part of her last name to become Alessia Cara.
Her first official single was called Here. It came out in April 2015. The song describes her feeling uncomfortable at parties. It reached number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100. In the US, it hit number 5 on the Billboard chart. MTV called it a song for people who hate parties. Rolling Stone put it at number 21 on its 2015 best songs list.
Career highlights and albums
Her first studio album, Know-It-All, was released on November 13, 2015. It reached number eight on Canada's album chart. The Billboard 200 saw it at number nine. The song Scars to Your Beautiful hit number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016. In 2017, she worked with Zedd on the song Stay. This track is seven-times platinum in Canada. She also sang on Logic's song 1-800-273-8255 with Khalid.
Alessia won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 2018. She was the first Canadian to win it. Some people criticized her Grammy win in 2018. This led to her receiving hateful messages. Her second album, The Pains of Growing, arrived on November 30, 2018. It hit number one on the US iTunes Pop Charts. Singles from this album include Growing Pains and Trust My Lonely. This work won Juno Awards for Pop Album and Album of the Year. She also won a Juno for Songwriter of the Year.
Later projects and music
In 2019, she released an EP called This Summer. It featured songs like Ready, Rooting for You, and October. She collaborated with Bastille on a track named Another Place. This song reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart. She also released a single called Make It to Christmas.
Her third album, In the Meantime, came out in 2021. Critics gave it positive reviews. Her fourth studio album is called Love & Hyperbole. This project was released on February 14, 2025. It also received positive feedback from listeners and critics. Alessia has also performed as a voice actor and composer. She toured as an opening act for Shawn Mendes in the US, UK, and Europe.
Birthday and age
Alessia Cara was born on July 11, 1996, which makes Alessia 30 years old today. That birthday falls under the Cancer sign. Alessia shares the date with 36 other famous people.
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