About

Alessia Cara uses pop music as a diary. Since catapulting to stardom with quintessential loner anthem “Here” in 2015, the singer/songwriter has matured alongside her audience, capturing the highs and lows of adolescence and young adulthood with camera-like clarity. In many ways, Cara’s new era is a snapshot of an artist finally processing her meteoric rise in the music industry. The Grammy winner’s debut single, “Here,” peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to sell three million copies. Her platinum-selling debut album, Know-It-All, delivered another smash hit with “Scars to Your Beautiful” and she memorably contributed “How Far I’ll Go” to the Moana soundtrack. She then added further platinum plaques to her collection with “Stay,” a dizzying club collaboration with Zedd, and an unforgettable feature on Logic’s “1-800-273-8255.” The Brampton, Ontario, native returned in 2018 with The Pains of Growing, which won a Juno Award for Best Album and Songwriter of the Year cemented Cara as one of her generation’s foremost singer/songwriters. Now, she is ready to soar even higher in 2021 with the release of her new singles “Sweet Dream” and “Shapeshifter.”

“Cara has an exemplary voice, and she doesn’t have to push hard to extract meaning.” – the NY Times

Artist Highlights

14+ Billion Global Career Streams // 6+ Billion US Streams 

Over 1+ Billion YouTube Views

1x Grammy Winner Best New Artist ‘18 // 4x Grammy Nominee

21 Awards Show Wins Including “Best Video” MTV VMA’s ‘17

Vevo DSCVR Ones to Watch ‘16  | Vevo LIFT  ‘15  | Original Live Performance ‘18

Saturday Night Live Performance ‘17

PAW Patrol: The Movie Original Song “The Use In Trying” Releasing August 2021

“Enter Sandman” from The Metallica Blacklist Album featuring The Warning Releasing September 10, 2021

Blade Runner: Black Lotus Animated Series Original Theme Song “Feel You Now” Releasing Summer 2021

 

Film & TV

Disney’s Moana Original Song “How Far I’ll Go” – November 2016

The Willoughby’s Netflix Original Film – Lead Character Role “Jane Willoughby” – April 2020

The Willoughby’s Netflix Original Film – Original Song “I Choose” – April 2020

PAW Patrol: The Movie Original Song “The Use In Trying” – August 2021

The Other Two (HBO Max/Comedy Central) – Season 2 Guest Star Role – September 2021

Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Adult Swim) – Character Role “Selene” – November 2021

 

2021 Marketing Initiatives

“Sweet Dream” BBC Radio 1 First Play with Annie Mac 

Upcoming  TV Performances: Colbert, Live with Kelly 

Press campaign including Glamour, Billboard, Refinery 29, Buzzfeed, CBS and more 

Radio interview run including Elvis Duran, Ryan Seacrest and more 

“Sweet Dream” + “Shapeshifter” Tik Tok influencer campaign

Top 40 and Hot AC radio impact 

Album track by track releases

“Shapeshifter” Relationship Q&A Game Show Series release 

“Shapeshifter” + “Sweet Dream” tarot reading Video Content 

DSP Pre-save Campaign

MTV Global Premiere + IG Takeover + Times Square Premiere

 

RIAA Certifications: 

1x Platinum Album (Know It All

4x Platinum “Scars to Your Beautiful” and “Here” 

2x Platinum “Wild Things”

1x Platinum Singles  “How Far I’ll Go (from Moana)” 

1x Gold Singles “Out of Love”, “I’m Yours”, “Seventeen”, “River of Tears”

 

Featured Track RIAA Certifications: 

7x Platinum single “1-800-273-8255”

2x Platinum Singles “Stay”, “Let Me Down Slowly”

1x Platinum Singles “Querer Mejor”, “Wild”

 

Accolades: 

 American Music Awards: 2x Nominations 

ASCAP Pop Music Awards:  1x Win, 3x Nominations 

BBC Music Awards: 1x Nomination

BET: 1x Nomination

Billboard Music Awards: 2x Nominations

Canadian Radio Music Awards: 3x Win, 4x Nominations 

Canadian Screen Awards 

Grammy Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

iHeart Radio Music Awards

iHeart Radio MMVA’s

Juno Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards

People’s Choice Awards

Radio Disney Music Awards

SOCAN Awards

Soundie Music Video Awards

Streamy Awards

Teen Choice Awards

 

7 Total #1s across Top 40, Hot AC and AC 

Alessia Cara “Here” – T40

Alessia Cara “Scars To Your Beautiful” – T40

Logic feat. Alessia Cara, Khalid “1-800-273-8255” – T40

Zedd & Alessia Cara “Stay” – T40

Alessia Cara “Here” – Rhythmic

Alessia Cara “Scars To Your Beautiful” – Hot AC

Alessia Cara “Scars To Your Beautiful” – AC

 

4 Billboard Hot 100 top 10 peaks

Logic feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid “1-800-273-8255” – Peaked #3

Alessia Cara “Here” – Peaked #5

Zedd & Alessia Cara “Stay” – Peaked #7

Alessia Cara “Scars To Your Beautiful” – Peaked #8

 

International:

 

Awards

JUNOS

2016 – Breakthrough Artist Of The Year 

2017 – Know It All Pop Album Of The Year 

2020 – The Pains Of Growing Pop Album Of The Year

2020 – The Pains Of Growing Album Of The Year

2020 – Songwriter Of The Year

 

CANADA RADIO MUSIC AWARDS 

2016 – Best New Group or Solo Artist: CHR 

2016 – Fan Choice Award

2017 – “Here” Best New Group or Solo Artist: Mainstream AC

 

MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS 

2018 – Best World Stage

 

Radio 

Scars to Your Beautiful

#1 Airplay in Germany and Canada (Hot AC) and Netherlands 

 

Certifications

Know It All  

2X Platinum in Canada 

 

Touring 

Opened for Coldplay on their World Tour in 2016

Opened for Shawn Mendes during his World Tour in 2019 

2 Sold out headline tours in 2016 (Know It All Tour) and 2019 (Pains of Growing Tour) 

 

Press Highlights: 

SNL Performance 

Billboard Cover 

CBS Sunday Morning Feature

Late Show Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Live From Jimmy Kimmel Live!

 

Demographics + Key Stats: 

Currently averaging: 50+ Million Monthly listeners 

Audience Breakdown: 

Age: 

18-24 52% 

13-17 11%

25-34 32%

Gender: 70% Female 30% Male

 

Social Handles 

Apple

Spotify  9+M Subscribers 

Instagram  3.7+ M Subscribers 

Twitter  1.2+ Subscribers 

Tik Tok  224k Subscribers

Youtube 4.1+ M Subscribers 

Shazam 40.9+ M Shazams

Advanced Music

2021 Release Timeline

July 15

“Sweet Dream” & “Shapeshifter” Singles

“Sweet Dream” Official Video

July 23

“Shapeshifter” Official Video

August 10

PAW Patrol: The Movie Original Song “The Use In Trying” Release

August 20

“Sweet Dream” Lullaby Version Release

August 26

The Other Two Season 2 Premiere (HBO Max/Comedy Central)

September 10

“Enter Sandman” with The Warning The Metallica Blacklist Tribute Album

September 25

Global Citizen Live Performance

November 5

Blade Runner: Black Lotus Series Premiere (Adult Swim)

 

Album Release TBC Q3/ Q4

Photos

Videos

Sweet Dream

Here (Official Video)

Scars To Your Beautiful

Out of Love

Growing Pains

Trust My Lonely (Official Video)

Not Today

Seventeen