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| image = Alessia Cara at the Capital Pride Concert.jpeg |
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| birth_name = Alessia Caracciolo |
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| birth_date = July 11, 1996 (age 27) |
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| birth_place = [[Mississauga, Ontario]], Canada |
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| citizenship = Canada, Italy |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1996|7|11}} |
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Tyler Antonius]]|2021}} |
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| children = Lola Belcalis Caracciolo-Bass |
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| signature = Alessia_Cara's_signature.png |
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[Alternative R&B|alternative]]}} |
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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|record producer}} |
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|associated_acts =Newtown Rock Band, Halsey, Fall out boy, Panic! At the disco, Tori Kelly, Melanie Martinez |
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| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}} |
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| label = {{hlist|EP|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]<ref name=NYTimes19May>{{cite news|last1=Caramanica|first1=Jon|title=Alessia Cara Speaks Up for the Outsiders on 'Here'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/arts/music/alessia-cara-speaks-up-for-the-outsiders-on-here.html?_r=0|access-date=1 June 2015|publisher=The New York Times|date=19 May 2015}}</ref>}} |
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posting covers of songs on YouTube at age 13. After uploading acoustic covers of songs such as "[[Love Yourself]]" and "Sweater Weather" online, she signed with EP Entertainment and [[Def Jam Recordings]] in 2014 and released her debut single, "Here", the following year. It peaked at number 19 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] chart and was a sleeper hit in the US, peaking at number 5 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] chart. |
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Cara's debut studio album, ''Know-It-All'' (2015), peaked at number 8 on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]] and at number 9 on the [[Billboard 200]]. The album's third single, "[[Scars to Your Beautiful]]", peaked at number 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2016. In 2017, Cara collaborated with DJ and producer [[Zedd]] on the single "[[Stay]]", which is certified seven-times platinum in Canada, and featured alongside [[Khalid (singer)|Khalid]] on rapper [[Logic (rapper)|Logic]]'s song "[[1-800-273-8255]]". |
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Cara's singing style has been compared to that of [[Norah Jones]] and [[Adina Howard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alessia Cara|publisher=The Singers Room|url=http://singersroom.com/content/2015-05-07/Alessia-Cara-Here|access-date=May 28, 2016}}</ref> |
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Cara has received nominations for four [[Grammy Award]], winning the 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". The album won Juno Award for Album of the Year and Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year while she went on to win [[Juno Award]] for Songwriter of the Year. Her third album, ''In the Meantime'' (2021), was met with generally positive reviews from critics, and she is currently working on her fourth studio album. |
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Cara released her first [[single (music)|single]] "Here" in April 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alessia Cara|publisher=Cut from Steel|url=http://cutfromsteel.com/new-song-alessia-cara-here|access-date=May 28, 2016|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170214/http://cutfromsteel.com/new-song-alessia-cara-here/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The following single, "[[Scars to Your Beautiful]]", was released from her first studio album, ''Know-It-All''. She collaborated with German [[Disc jockey|DJ]] [[Zedd]] on the song "Stay". "Stay", "Here", and "Scars to Your Beautiful" all reached the top ten in the US and was at the top of the US Mainstream Top 40 radio chart. |
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== Early life and education == |
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Alessia Cara was born on July 11, 1996, in [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]], and grew up in [[Brampton, Ontario]], where she attended [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] Ambrozic Catholic [[Secondary school]]. Her family is from [[Calabria]], [[Italy]]; her father was born in [[Canada]] to [[Italian]] parents, and her mother is an [[Italian]] immigrant. Cara is the second of four children. She can speak Italian fluently. As a child, she wrote poetry and performed in [[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 [[Cover song]] that she performed. She saw [[Justin Bieber]] as a career model at the time. |
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== Personal life == |
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Cara lives in Los Angeles, California She has revealed on separate occasions that she experiences synesthesia, and also has keratosis pilaris and alopecia areata. She has also been open about her struggles with mental health and insomnia. Cara has dual Canadian and Italian citizenship. |
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Alessia has given birth to her first child, a baby girl named '''Lola Belcalis Caracciolo-Bass''', with husband [[Tyler Antonius]] on November 22, 2023. |
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Alessia Cara got married on June 15, 2021 to her husband [[Tyler Antonius]]. Alessia gave birth to their daughter '''Lola Belcalis Caracciolo-Bass''' on November 22, 2023 |
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As of early 2020, Alessia began dating fellow rapper [[Tyler Antonius]]. They became married on June 15, 2021. On April 7, 2023, during her second performance on [[Saturday Night Live]], Alessia revealed her pregnancy; she was about 3 months pregnant at the time. |
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== Career == |
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=== 2014–2017: Career beginnings and ''Know-It-All'' === |
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In July 2014, Cara, accompanied by her father, went to New York, where she signed a management deal with EP Entertainment, and began work on her debut studio album later that same year. She briefly took the professional name simply of Alessia before adding a clipping of her surname to become known as Alessia Cara. 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 about her personal experience with going to a party and being 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''<nowiki/>'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. |
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=== 2021–present: ''In the Meantime'' === |
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On July 2, 2021, Cara announced that the lead singles "Sweet Dream" and "Shapeshifter" from her third studio album would be released on July 15, 2021. The announcement of this release came after five days of cryptic posts on Instagram and Twitter, each with pictures that would turn out to be related to the music videos for the singles. The music video for "Sweet Dream" was released that same day, while the music video for "Shapeshifter" was released on July 23, 2021. A riddle to help fans decode the title of the album was sent to Cara's emailing list the day before. |
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On August 2, 2021, it was announced that Cara would be releasing "The Use In Trying", an original song for the 2021 animated movie ''PAW Patrol: The Movie'', on August 10, 2021. On August 5, 2021, it was announced that Cara wrote and sang "Feel You Now", the theme song for ''Blade Runner: Black Lotus''. |
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On August 31, 2021, another clue about the album was sent to Cara's emailing list, this time an image of five clocks all pointing towards 9:24. On September 2, 2021, Cara revealed the album's cover and announced that it is titled ''In the Meantime'' and would be released on September 24, 2021. On September 10, 2021, Cara collaborated with the Mexican rock band The Warning, on a cover of "Enter Sandman", which was released on the charity tribute album ''The Metallica Blacklist''. This particular cover was famously used for the teaser trailer of the 2022 strategy role-playing video game ''Marvel's Midnight Suns''. |
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On September 24, 2021, Cara's album ''In the Meantime'' was released alongside the music video for the song "Best Days". The album was met with critical acclaim from music critics, praising Cara's introspective and vulnerable lyricism. |
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On December 23, 2021, the 2021 edition of ''Yearly Departed'' was released on Amazon Prime Video, featuring Cara performing "My Heart Will Go On" at the end of the production. |
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In 2023, she participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health. |
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In August 2023, Cara confirmed on an X posting that she is working on her fourth studio album. |
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In 2018, she won the [[Grammy Award]] for Best New Artist, one of the "Big Four" awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/60th-annual-grammy-awards-2017|accessdate=March 12, 2024|title=60th Annual Grammy Awards: Winners & Nominees|publisher=[[Grammy Awards]]}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:46, 11 July 2024
Alessia Caracciolo (born July 11, 1996), known professionally as Alessia Cara (/əˈlɛsiə ˈkɑːrə/), is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She began
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| Born | Alessia Caracciolo July 11, 1996 (age 27) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canada, Italy |
| Years active | 2009–present |
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| Children | Lola Belcalis Caracciolo-Bass |
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posting covers of songs on YouTube at age 13. After uploading acoustic covers of songs such as "Love Yourself" and "Sweater Weather" online, she signed with EP Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings in 2014 and released her debut single, "Here", the following year. It peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart and was a sleeper hit in the US, peaking at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Cara's debut studio album, Know-It-All (2015), peaked at number 8 on the Canadian Albums Chart and at number 9 on the Billboard 200. The album's third single, "Scars to Your Beautiful", peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016. In 2017, Cara collaborated with DJ and producer Zedd on the single "Stay", which is certified seven-times platinum in Canada, and featured alongside Khalid on rapper Logic's song "1-800-273-8255".
Cara has received nominations for four Grammy Award, winning the 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". The album won Juno Award for Album of the Year and Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year while she went on to win Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year. Her third album, In the Meantime (2021), was met with generally positive reviews from critics, and she is currently working on her fourth studio album.
Early life and education
Alessia Cara was born on July 11, 1996, in Mississauga, Ontario, and grew up in Brampton, Ontario, where she attended Cardinal Ambrozic Catholic Secondary school. Her family is from Calabria, Italy; her father was born in Canada to Italian parents, and her mother is an Italian immigrant. Cara is the second of four children. She can speak Italian fluently. As a child, she wrote poetry and performed in 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 Cover song that she performed. She saw Justin Bieber as a career model at the time.
Personal life
Cara lives in Los Angeles, California She has revealed on separate occasions that she experiences synesthesia, and also has keratosis pilaris and alopecia areata. She has also been open about her struggles with mental health and insomnia. Cara has dual Canadian and Italian citizenship.
Alessia has given birth to her first child, a baby girl named Lola Belcalis Caracciolo-Bass, with husband Tyler Antonius on November 22, 2023.
Alessia Cara got married on June 15, 2021 to her husband Tyler Antonius. Alessia gave birth to their daughter Lola Belcalis Caracciolo-Bass on November 22, 2023
As of early 2020, Alessia began dating fellow rapper Tyler Antonius. They became married on June 15, 2021. On April 7, 2023, during her second performance on Saturday Night Live, Alessia revealed her pregnancy; she was about 3 months pregnant at the time.
Career
2014–2017: Career beginnings and Know-It-All
In July 2014, Cara, accompanied by her father, went to New York, where she signed a management deal with EP Entertainment, and began work on her debut studio album later that same year. She briefly took the professional name simply of Alessia before adding a clipping of her surname to become known as Alessia Cara. 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 about her personal experience with going to a party and being 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.
2021–present: In the Meantime
On July 2, 2021, Cara announced that the lead singles "Sweet Dream" and "Shapeshifter" from her third studio album would be released on July 15, 2021. The announcement of this release came after five days of cryptic posts on Instagram and Twitter, each with pictures that would turn out to be related to the music videos for the singles. The music video for "Sweet Dream" was released that same day, while the music video for "Shapeshifter" was released on July 23, 2021. A riddle to help fans decode the title of the album was sent to Cara's emailing list the day before.
On August 2, 2021, it was announced that Cara would be releasing "The Use In Trying", an original song for the 2021 animated movie PAW Patrol: The Movie, on August 10, 2021. On August 5, 2021, it was announced that Cara wrote and sang "Feel You Now", the theme song for Blade Runner: Black Lotus.
On August 31, 2021, another clue about the album was sent to Cara's emailing list, this time an image of five clocks all pointing towards 9:24. On September 2, 2021, Cara revealed the album's cover and announced that it is titled In the Meantime and would be released on September 24, 2021. On September 10, 2021, Cara collaborated with the Mexican rock band The Warning, on a cover of "Enter Sandman", which was released on the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist. This particular cover was famously used for the teaser trailer of the 2022 strategy role-playing video game Marvel's Midnight Suns.
On September 24, 2021, Cara's album In the Meantime was released alongside the music video for the song "Best Days". The album was met with critical acclaim from music critics, praising Cara's introspective and vulnerable lyricism.
On December 23, 2021, the 2021 edition of Yearly Departed was released on Amazon Prime Video, featuring Cara performing "My Heart Will Go On" at the end of the production.
In 2023, she participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health.
In August 2023, Cara confirmed on an X posting that she is working on her fourth studio album.
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