Alessia Cara

Alessia Cara (2017)

Alessia Cara (* 11. July 1996 in Mississauga , Ontario ; full name Alessia Caracciolo ) is a Canadian pop - and R & B - singer of Italian descent.

biography

Alessia Cara at the Capital Pride Concert 2018

Alessia Cara grew up in Brampton , Ontario . She began to learn guitar at the age of eleven. At the age of 14, she decided to start a YouTube channel and discontinue cover versions of well-known songs. Through her interpretation of Sweater Weather from The Neighborhood , which she uploaded in 2013, she was discovered and signed by the Def Jam label . Their first production was completed in 2015. Her first release was the song Here . It contains a sample from Ike's Rap II by Isaac Hayes , which has also been used in other songs. The song was also featured on the Four Pink Walls EP , which came out in the fall. The song and EP hit the charts in Canada and the USA and here was also successfully released in Europe.

At the end of 2015, their debut album Know-It-All was released. Cara was also involved in all of the songs as a songwriter. The album reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200 . Here also made it into the top 10 and was sold over 3.5 million times by the end of 2016. In the UK, where the song had not yet appeared at the time, Alessia Cara was shortlisted for the BBC's Sound of 2016 at the end of the year . Wild Things was released as the second single and exceeded the success in their home country.

The third single, Scars to Your Beautiful, was released on July 26th, 2016. In Europe, the song became her greatest success to date, reaching the official single charts in over 15 countries. In Germany, the song climbed to number 75 and continued to climb week after week. The success was strengthened by the increased use in airplay towards the end of 2016.

In November 2016, she contributed the song How Far I'll Go to the soundtrack of the Disney animation film Vaiana - Paradise has a catch . The song hit the singles charts in Canada and the United States. On December 29, 2016, German DJ Zedd announced on Twitter that he would be working on a single with Cara. The result was the song Stay , which was released on February 24, 2017. She was also listed in Forbes magazine's list of the top 30 young musicians . At the Grammy Awards 2018, Alessia Cara was named Best New Artist . In November of the same year she released her second album, The Pains of Growing .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2015	Know-It-All	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	CH50 (1 week) CH	UK14th silver (3 weeks)UK	US9 platinum (92 weeks)US	CA8th platinum (77 weeks)CA	First published: November 13, 2015 Sales: + 1,160,000
2018	The Pains of Growing	-	-	-	-	US71 (1 week) US	CA21 (3 weeks) CA	First published: November 30, 2018

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2015	Four Pink Walls	-	-	-	-	US31 (12 weeks) US	CA11 (4 weeks) CA	First published: August 28, 2015
2019	This summer	-	-	-	-	-	CA52 (... weeks) CA	First published: September 6, 2019

More EPs

• 2019: Spotify Singles (Initial Release: April 24, 2019)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2015	Here know-it-all	DE59 (18 weeks) DE	AT63 (7 weeks) AT	CH44 (18 weeks) CH	UK28 gold (14 weeks)UK	US5 × 3 Triple platinum (34 weeks)US	CA19th × 3 Triple platinum (39 weeks)CA	First published: April 30, 2015 Sales: + 3,805,000
2016	Wild Things Know-It-All	DE76 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH51 (15 weeks) CH	UK63 silver (11 weeks)UK	US50 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	CA14th × 3 Triple platinum (33 weeks)CA	First published: February 2, 2016 Sales: + 2,660,000
	Scars to Your Beautiful Know-It-All	DE19th gold (27 weeks)DE	AT18 (25 weeks) AT	CH18 (32 weeks) CH	UK55 gold (13 weeks)UK	US8th × 2 Double platinum (43 weeks)US	CA14th platinum (30 weeks)CA	First published: July 26, 2016 Sales: + 3,135,000
	How Far I'll Go Vaiana - Paradise has a catch (OST)	DE53 (8 weeks) DE	AT58 (5 weeks) AT	CH66 (7 weeks) CH	UK49 gold (13 weeks)UK	US56 platinum (19 weeks)US	CA46 (19 weeks) CA	First published: October 28, 2016 Sales: + 1,830,000
2017	Stay	DE13 platinum (24 weeks)DE	AT6 (24 weeks) AT	CH16 (26 weeks) CH	UK8th platinum (21 weeks)UK	US7th × 2 Double platinum (31 weeks)US	CA9 × 4 Quadruple platinum (29 weeks)CA	First published: February 23, 2017 with Zedd ; Sales: + 3,110,000
2018	Growing Pains The Pains of Growing	-	-	-	-	US65 (8 weeks) US	CA36 (20 weeks) CA	First published: June 15, 2018
	Trust My Lonely The Pains of Growing	-	-	-	-	-	CA55 (20 weeks) CA	First published: October 5, 2018
2019	Out of Love The Pains of Growing	-	-	-	-	-	CA62 platinum (… Where.)CA	First published: Jan 29, 2019 Sales: + 80,000
	Rooting for You This Summer	-	-	-	-	-	CA47 (... weeks) CA	First published: September 6, 2019
	Make it to Christmas	-	-	-	-	-	CA89 (1 week) CA	First published: November 8, 2019

More singles

• 2019: Ready
• 2019: Okay Okay
• 2019: October
• 2019: Another Place (with Bastille )
• 2020: I Choose

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2017	1-800-273-8255 Everybody	DE45 gold (14 weeks)DE	AT42 (12 weeks) AT	CH50 (14 weeks) CH	UK9 platinum (23 weeks)UK	US3 × 6 Six-fold platinum (42 weeks)US	CA6th × 5 Quintuple platinum (31 weeks)CA	First published: April 28, 2017 Logic feat. Khalid & Alessia Cara; Sales: + 7,770,000
2019	Let Me Down Slowly	-	-	-	-	US79 × 2 Double platinum (6 weeks)US	CA49 gold (20 weeks)CA	First published: January 7th, 2019 Alec Benjamin feat. Alessia Cara; Sales: + 2,155,000

Further guest contributions

• 2016: Wild ( Troye Sivan feat.Aessia Cara)
• 2019: Querer mejor ( Juanes feat. Alessia Cara) (US:gold)

Others

• 2016: I Can Only ( JoJo feat. Alessia Cara - on the album Mad Love )
• 2016: Remember Home (Sebastian Kole feat. Alessia Cara - on the album Soup )
• 2017: Cuore Nerd ( J-Ax & Fedez feat. Alessia Cara - on the album Comunisti col Rolex )
• 2018: Babies (Kyle feat. Alessia Cara - on the album Light of Mine )
• 2018: Vale per semper ( Eros Ramazzotti feat. Alessia Cara - on the album Vita Ce N'è )

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2019: for the album Know-It-All  Belgium 2017: for the single 1-800-273-8255  Brazil 2017: for the single Scars to Your Beautiful  Denmark 2016: for the single Here  France 2017: for the single 1-800-273-8255 2018: for the single Here  Italy 2016: for the single Here 2016: for the single Wild Things  Japan 2018: for the single stay 2020: for the Streaming Stay

Platinum record  Australia 2016: for the single Here 2019: for the single Let Me Down Slowly  Belgium 2017: for the single stay  Brazil 2018: for the single How Far I'll Go  Denmark 2017: for the single stay 2018: for the single How Far I'll Go 2018: for the single Scars to Your Beautiful 2019: for the album Know-It-All 2019: for the single Let Me Down Slowly  France 2017: for the single stay  Italy 2018: for the single 1-800-273-8255 2019: for the single How Far I'll Go  Portugal 2018: for the single 1-800-273-8255  Sweden 2016: for the single Here 2016: for the single Wild Things

3 × gold record  Mexico 2018: for the single stay 2 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single Wild Things  Denmark 2020: for the single 1-800-273-8255  Italy 2017: for the single stay 2017: for the single Scars to Your Beautiful  Sweden 2017: for the single stay 3 × platinum record  Australia 2018: for the single 1-800-273-8255 2019: for the single How Far I'll Go  Brazil 2018: for the single stay  Sweden 2017: for the single Scars to Your Beautiful 2017: for the single How Far I'll Go 4 × platinum record  Australia 2018: for the single stay 2019: for the single Scars to Your Beautiful

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	18 × platinum18th	1,295,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	platinum1	45,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	180,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	590,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	800,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	325,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	6 × platinum6th	350,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	2 × gold2	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	18 × platinum18th	1,480,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	platinum1	90,000	amprofon.com.mx
Portugal (AFP)	-	-	platinum1	10,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	10 × platinum10	400,000	sverigetopplistan.se
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	19 × platinum19th	19,030,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	2,660,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	18 × gold18th	89 × platinum89

swell

1. ↑ Alessia Cara Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED - YouTube. Accessed August 31, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Sound of 2016 - Alessia Cara (profile), BBC, December 2015.
3. ↑ Antenne Bayern : New presentation of the week: Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful ( Memento from January 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ 1Live : New for the sector: Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful ; As of October 30, 2016
5. ↑ N-Joy : New in the program: Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful ; As of December 23, 2016
6. ↑ Zedd : Who's ready for Zedd X Alessia Cara ??!?!? on Twitter
7. ↑ Séverine Baron: Alessia Cara Makes The Famous '30 Under 30 'Forbes List on "iHeartRadio"
8. ↑ 2018 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List , accessed January 29, 2018.
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: Germany Austria Switzerland UK US CA1 CA2 Canada ( Memento from November 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Platinum for 1-800-273-8255 in Portugal ( Memento from March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Alessia Cara  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Homepage (English)
• YouTube / VEVO
• Alessia Cara at Allmusic (English)