Alessia Cara
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1996-07-11
- Works
- 3
Top works
- How Far I'll Go (from Moana)
- How Far I'll Go (from Moana) Sheet Music
- Here
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Alessia Caracciolo, known professionally as Alessia Cara, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She began 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…
Known for
- Rock, Paper, Scissors — Lolly (voice)2024
- Making 'In The Meantime' — Herself2022
- Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World — Self - Guest Judge2022
- Yearly Departed — Self2021
- Alessia Cara: Live From Niagara Falls — Self2021
- The Queen Family Singalong — Self2021
- That's My Jam — Self - Guest2021
- Blade Runner: Black Lotus — Selene (voice)2021
- Star Académie — Self - Guest Artist2021
- The Willoughbys — Jane Willoughby (voice)2020
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,778,909
- Total plays
- 37,823,729
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Alessia Cara (born Alessia Caracciolo on July 11, 1996) is an Italian-Canadian singer-songwriter from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. She signed to EP Entertainment/Def Jam Recordings and is best known for "Here", her debut single from her EP Four Pink Walls and her album Know-It-All, both debuting in 2015. Prior to her work with EP Entertainment/Def Jam, Cara was known for her acoustic song covers on YouTube. Born in Mississauga, Ontario, she wrote poetry and did theater at a young age. <a href="h
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package<sup>*</sup>
· 2018 · cited 6,849x
- Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response of solid tumors to PD-1 blockade
· 2017 · cited 5,665x
- Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis
· 2018 · cited 5,266x
- The Astropy Project: Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package*
· 2022 · cited 4,543x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,394x
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Key facts
- Born
- Alessia Caracciolo , ( 1996-07-11 ) July 11, 1996 (age 29) , Mississauga , Ontario , Canada
- Citizenship
- Canada Italy
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Years active
- 2014–present
- Genres
- Pop R&B
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Labels
- Def Jam Universal
- Website
- alessiacara .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 11 July 1996
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alessia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Mississauga
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Canadian English
- Religion
- deism
Article
Alessia Caracciolo (born July 11, 1996), known professionally as Alessia Cara (/əˈlɛsiə ˈkɑːrə/ ə-LEH-see-ə KAH-rə), is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She began 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 eight on the Canadian Albums Chart and at number nine on the Billboard 200. The album's third single, "Scars to Your Beautiful", peaked at number eight 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".
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