Alessia Cara

Rule-breaker Alessia Cara Talks Feminism & Challenging The World's Status Quo On Beauty

... on social media. “I’m constantly attacked on social media in terms of how I dress. I’ve never understood that. That’s been very hard. As a female, and someone who’s young, I’m still coming into my own and I still have struggles,” she said. However, she says she was determined to not change her appearance in order to make a statement that she is worth far more than just her appearance. “I make it a point to show people that those things don’t matter. I have had to have awkward talks in the industry: “Maybe you should change your hair, dress like this.” Those talks are always uncomfortable. It’s just about standing your ground…I’m not here to be easy on your eyes—I’m here to say a lot more,” she said, a powerful message we need to hear more of from women in the public eye. Alessia has been in partnership with non-profit organization I Am That Girl , dedicated to empowering young women to know their worth and get connected to a community that will encourage them in their endeavors. It is a mission Alessia takes seriously, being a role model to younger women, especially since the election of Donald Trump despite the many sexist and derogatory statements he has made ...

Alessia Cara Joins Kylie Jenner, Hilary Duff On 'forbes 30 Under 30' List

... with 2016 hit 'Here.' The single shifted more than two million copies," the publication noted. "The accompanying album, Know-It-All went gold. She has since supported Coldplay on tour, and even sung a Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned song for Disney movie Moana.". Though the 20-year-old has yet to comment on the honour publicly, she's no doubt thrilled with the recognition. VIEW GALLERY. Newlywed Margot Robbie also made the cut. In the past year she's gone from You Tube star to one of Canada's most promising musicians. She won Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the 2016 Juno Awards and she took home the Best New Canadian Artist award at the 2016 i Heart Radio Much Music Video Awards. She also achieved one of her greatest goals by playing a stadium show (alongside the aforementioned Coldplay). Speaking to the BBC about the accomplishment she said: "It's insane and the most surreal thing in the entire ...

Alessia Cara On 'saturday Night Live

... sporting plain white T-shirts and bomber jackets. But when she took the stage for the HALO Awards this year, she rocked a pair of ripped jeans that were covered in iridescent sequins, spicing up her typical street-chic vibe. A photo posted by ALESSIA CARA (@alessiasmusic) on. Nov 11, 2016 at 6:36 pm PST. If not a sequined pair of jeans, we're thinking Cara will come up with some sort of fashion statement for her SNL debut. Give one of her empowering speeches. If you've ever seen Cara in concert, you know that she doesn't shy away from talking to her fans in between every song - especially her latest Hot 100 smash "Scars to Your Beautiful." She typically says something compelling and uplifting, encouraging fans to be themselves and not conform to society's standards (similar to the speech she gave upon receiving the Rule Breaker award at Billboard's Women In Music event in December). Amid recent not-so-positive controversies, it'd be cool to hear one of ...

Migos Hold Atop Hot 100, Alessia Cara Hits Top 10

... last year's No. 1 "Pillowtalk" (while he also made three trips to the tier as a member of One Direction), and Swift scores her 11 th top five and first since the No. 5-peaking "Wildest Dreams" in November 2015. Rae Sremmurd 's "Black Beatles," featuring Gucci Mane, slides 3-6 on the Hot 100, following its seven-week command; Maroon 5 's "Don't Wanna Know," featuring Kendrick Lamar , rebounds to its Hot 100 highpoint (9-7), while ruling Radio Songs for a seventh week (136 million, down 4 percent); The Weeknd 's "Starboy" descends 5-8 on the Hot 100 after its one week at No. 1, while leading Hot R&B Songs for an 18 th week; and Drake 's "Fake Love" returns to the Hot 100's top 10 (11-9) and its peak to date (previously set on the Jan. 14 and 21 charts, becoming his 18 th top 10). "Fake" also becomes Drake's 18 th Radio Songs top 10 (11-10; 78 million, up 2 percent), a sum second among solo males only to Lil Wayne's 19 (in the chart's 26-year history); Rihanna leads all acts with 28. Capping ...

Expectations For Kristen Stewart

... “ Saturday Night Live ” airing in just a matter of hours, and this one certainly looks to be all sorts of interesting. How else would you describe a show that offers you up the chance to see Kristen Stewart as host for the first time? She’s a bit of an enigmatic host to us given that she’s been relatively quiet away from her work the past several years, and we don’t know enough of her comedy background to know what sort of characters that she’d want to play. If we had it our way, Kristen could be similar to someone like a Chris Hemsworth: A movie star who comes in and is simply game for almost anything, even if they embarrass themselves in the process. So long as you throw caution to the wind, odds are you’ll find some ways to entertain. You don’t want to force anything, though — a great example of someone who probably tried too hard to be the wacky character in almost every sketch they were a part of was Russell Crowe, and his show ...