Alessia Cara facts for kids
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Alessia Cara
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Cara in 2015
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| Birth name | Alessia Caracciolo |
| Born | July 11, 1996 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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Alessia Caracciolo (born July 11, 1996), known professionally as Alessia Cara, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is best known for her hit songs "Here" and "Wild Things".
Cara's singing style has been compared to that of Norah Jones and Adina Howard.
Cara released her first single "Here" in April 2015. The following single, "Scars to Your Beautiful", was released from her first studio album, Know-It-All. She collaborated with German DJ Zedd on the song "Stay". "Stay", "Here", and "Scars to Your Beautiful" all reached the top ten in the US and topped the US Mainstream Top 40 radio chart.
In 2018, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, one of the "Big Four" awards.
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Cara performing in Sydney, Australia in 2018
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