小档案
姓 名 Alessia Caracciolo
别 名 Alessia Cara
职 业 歌手
地 区 欧美
唱片公司 Def Jam Recordings
艺人资料
阿莱西娅•卡拉,加拿大女歌手。1996年出生。阿莱西娅•卡拉不仅大眼睛厚嘴唇,而且音域广,肺活量突出,有着与众不同的音乐理念。她深受著名女歌手艾米•豪森影响,沿袭了蓝调灵魂歌手的演唱风格,甚至可以和风格相近的音乐前辈比较。在YouTube上积累了一定人气后,女孩令人眼热地签约了美国著名嘻哈唱片公司Def Jam Recordings。
2015年4月27日,阿莱西娅•卡拉发行单曲《Here》;8月26日,她发行EP《Four Pink Walls》。2015年11月13日,她发行录音室专辑《Know-It-All》。
2016年荣获朱诺奖年度突破艺人。凭借单曲《Here》荣获多音乐视频奖最佳加拿大艺术家。同年4月,Alessia应邀助阵乐队Coldplay的A Head Full of Dreams巡演。6月,她在Glastonbury音乐节上表演。
Life and career
Alessia Caracciolo born July 11, 1996), professionally known as Alessia Cara, is a Canadian singer and songwriter.She is signed to EP Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings and is best known for "Here", her debut single from the debut studio album, ‘Know-It-All’, released November 13, 2015.A sleeper hit, the song reached the top 5 in the United States and the top 20 in Canada.Prior to her work for Def Jam, she produced acoustic covers on YouTube.
Cara's singing and writing style has compared to singers such as Lorde, Rihanna, and Norah Jones.She also appeared on various radio stations; including 15 Seconds of Fame on Mix 104.1 Boston. In 2015, at the age of 18, she signed a deal with EP Entertainment imprint, along the distribution of Def Jam Recordings.
In April 2015, Cara released her official debut single, through Def Jam.Titled "Here", it was described as a "song for everyone who secretly hates parties" by MTV. Produced by Pop & Oak and Sebastian Kole, the song is her personal experience with going to a party before realizing how much she hated parties. 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 first-televised debut performing her single, "Here" on ‘The Tonight Show Starring’ Jimmy Fallon. "Here" then received a nomination for the "Original Song" at the Streamy Award. She released the EP ‘Four Pink Walls’, containing five songs; including her debut single, "Here". Her debut album ‘Know-It-All’ was released on November 13, 2015.She was short-listed for the BBC Music Sound of... award for 2016 and finished as the runner-up.
Cara was awarded as Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the 2016 Juno Awards.On March 7, 2016, the official video for "Wild Things" was released.In April 2016, Cara was announced to be one of the supporting acts of British alternative rock band Coldplay in the European and North American legs of their A Head Full of Dreams Tour. On June 23, 2016, Cara was featured in a re-released version of the song "Wild" by Troye Sivan. She played Glastonbury Festival on 24th June in the Acoustic tent.