Alessia Cara
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| Birth name | Alessia Caracciolo |
| Also known as | Alessia Cara |
| Born | July 11, 1996 |
| Origin | Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Website | alessiacara |
Alessia Caracciolo (Italian pronunciation: [aˈlɛssja kaˈrattʃolo]; born July 11, 1996), professionally known as Alessia Cara, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is signed to EP Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings and is best known for "Here", her debut single from the debut studio album, Know-It-All, released November 13, 2015. A sleeper hit, the song reached the top 5 in the United States and the top 20 in Canada. Prior to her work for Def Jam, she produced acoustic covers on YouTube.
Caracciolo is from Brampton, Ontario where she attended Cardinal Ambrozic Catholic Secondary School. She is of Italian descent from Calabria; her father was born in Canada, to Italian parents, and her mother is an Italian immigrant. As a child, she wrote poetry, and did theatre. She began playing guitar at the age of 10 and taught herself how to play various songs. At the age of 13 she began her own YouTube channel where she posted covers of songs that she performed.
Cara's singing and writing style has been compared to singers such as Lorde, Rihanna, and Norah Jones. She also appeared on various radio stations; including 15 Seconds of Fame on Mix 104.1 Boston. In 2015, she signed a deal with EP Entertainment imprint, along the distribution of Def Jam Recordings.
In April 2015, Cara released her official debut single, through Def Jam. Titled "Here", it was described as a "song for everyone who secretly hates parties" by MTV. Produced by Pop & Oak and Sebastian Kole, the song is her personal experience with going to a party before realizing how much she hated parties. 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.
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