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Release Date
13 November 2015
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13 tracks
Know-It-All is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Alessia Cara. It was released on November 13, 2015 through Def Jam. The album followed the release of her debut extended play (EP) Four Pink Walls (2015), which Cara regarded as a preview of the album. Know-It-All contains the five original songs from Four Pink Walls as well as five new songs recording for the album. Cara co-wrote all the tracks and worked closely with Pop & Oak and Sebastian Kole amongst others.
"Here" was released on April 30, 2015 as the lead single from Cara's extended play (EP) Four Pink Walls. The song became Cara's first top-5 single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, upon reaching the peak position of five for the week of January 27, 2016 and Cara performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon with their house band The Roots. The song received an official video, which was directed by Aaron A.
"Wild Things" was released on October 27, 2015. The song was sent to US contemporary hit radio on February 2, 2016, as the album's second single, and has ever since has had moderate success peaking at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100. Cara announced that "Scars to Your Beautiful" would be released as the third single. It was sent to contemporary hit radio on July 26, 2016. It peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.
Know-It-All received generally positive reviews from music critics, receiving a 70 out of 100 on the review aggregate website Metacritic based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Know-It-All debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 with first week sales of 36,000 equivalent album units (22,000 pure album sales). On May 22, 2017, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.
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