“I don't wear a lot of makeup ever, even when I do interviews or when I'm on TV. I just keep it me, and I think it's important to show people I'm a regular person and regular people are beautiful, too.”

Canadian singer and songwriter

Alessia Cara, born Alessia Caracciolo, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She became known after posting song covers on YouTube as a teenager, then signed to EP Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings in 2014. Her debut single, "Here", arrived the next year. It reached number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 and became a sleeper hit in the United States, where it peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.