2021 SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR | Alessia Cara | | The JUNO Awards

2018’s “Best New Artist” Grammy Award Winning Canadian singer/songwriter and Def Jam recording artist Alessia Cara emerged onto the music scene in 2015 with her global anthem “Here”. Cara’s first release grabbed the world’s attention when it garnered over 500,000 streams on Soundcloud in its first week going on to become Spotify’s most viral song of 2015 and selling over 3 million copies.

A five-track EP, Four Pink Walls soon followed before the release of the full-length certified platinum KNOW IT ALL. Her multi-platinum #1 hit “Scars to your Beautiful” is Cara’s gut-wrenching take on female identity, on body image and on deleterious behaviours in the name of beauty. “Stay” her #1 hit with Zedd has sold over 2 million copies and “1-800-273-8255″ her most recent #1 smash with Logic went 5x platinum. She was one of the most streamed new female artists of 2017. In 2020 Alessia made her acting debut as the lead role of Jane in Netflix’s original animated film ‘The Willoughbys”.