Cara (singer)

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Cara
Birth nameAnna Cacopardo
Born1999 (age 2526)
Milan, Lombardy, Italy [1]
Origin Crema, Lombardy, Italy
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2019–present

Anna Cacopardo (born 1999), known professinally by the mononym Cara, is an Italian singer-songwriter.

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Life and career

Cacopardo approached music from a young age, attending the modern singing and piano class at the "Folcioni" Institute in Crema. In 2017, she participated in Mogol's Tour Music Fest, reaching the semifinals in Rome. That same year, she made it to the finals of the Area Sanremo Tour competition. [2] [3]

She made her debut as a singer-songwriter under the name Cara in 2019 with the song "Mi serve", her first single with Polydor Records, and "Mi serve RMX", which featured Samuel Heron and was awarded the Lunezia "Iren" Prize for its musical and literary value. [3] [4]

In March 2020, Cara released the single "Le feste di Pablo", written in collaboration with Dargen D'Amico, Davide Simonetta, Paolo Antonacci, and Sixpm. A few weeks later, the track was re-released with the collaboration of Fedez. [5] This new version peaked at number one on the FIMI singles chart, achieving gold certification within a few weeks, with over 13 million streams on Spotify and more than 7 million views on YouTube. [6] In September of the same year, the song received a platinum certification. [7] All these early singles were included in her debut EP 99, released on 5 November 2020 by Polydor and Universal. [8] [9] [10]

On 28 April 2021, she released the single "Il primo bacio", and in June, the summer single "Que tal" in collaboration with Boro Boro. [11] In November 2021, she featured on the track "Fuori dai guai" on Fedez's album Disumano. [12] The song peaked at number 67 on the FIMI chart. [13]

In March 2022, Cara released the single "Preferisco te", in collaboration with Chadia Rodríguez, which topped the cover of Spotify's "Graffiti Pop" playlist and reached number one in Apple Music's "Swipe Pop". [14] [15]

Discography

EPs

TitleEP details
99

Singles

As lead artist
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum/EP
ITA
[16]
"Mi serve"
(solo or with Samuel Heron)
201999
"Le feste di Pablo"
(solo or with Fedez)
20201
"Lentamente"
"Tevere"
"Il primo bacio"2021Non-album singles
"Que tal"
(with Boro Boro)
"Preferisco te"
(with Chadia Rodríguez)
2022
"Come mai
"Verso casa"2024
"Giulia"
"Fulmini"
"Il mio compleanno"2025

Guest appearances

List of songs, with chart positions and album name
SingleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
ITA
[16]
"Fuori dai guai"
(Fedez featuring Cara)
202167Disumano

References

  1. "Una vita in musica: Cara al Galilei di Crema". La scuola fa notizia. 19 February 2021.
  2. Oldrini, Marco (17 July 2019). "Anna Cacopardo, il singolo Mi serve alla Universal". Crema Online.
  3. 1 2 "Cara, chi è la giovane cantante che ha collaborato con Fedez". Sky TG24 . 10 April 2020.
  4. ""Mi Serve RMX" di Cara e Samuel Heron vince il Premio IREN al Premio Lunezia". Eclectic.
  5. Uzzo, Cecilia (16 April 2020). "'Le feste di Pablo', il nuovo singolo di Cara feat. Fedez". GQ .
  6. "Le Feste di Pablo (brano di Cara in collaborazione con Fedez) è Disco d'Oro con oltre 10 milioni di stream". Musicalnews. 16 June 2020.
  7. "Cara: "Le feste di Pablo" in collaborazione con Fedez è disco di platino". SMS News Quotidiano. 14 November 2020.
  8. Spinelli, Andrea (5 November 2020). "Cara: io, la musica, Fedez. E la mia fragilità". Il Giorno .
  9. Moretti, Carlo (6 November 2020). "Cara, la musica dei vent'anni: "Abbiamo imparato a resistere e a ripartire"". la Repubblica .
  10. Basso, Fabrizio (11 November 2020). "Cara cala il 99...e la sua musica è energia pura in una bolla magica". Sky TG24 .
  11. "Boro Boro e Cara, "Que Tal" è il loro nuovo singolo". Radio Zeta. 23 June 2021.
  12. "Fedez: il nuovo album si intitola Disumano ed esce il 26 novembre". Radio Italia . 1 November 2021.
  13. "Cara". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana .
  14. Basso, Fabrizio (28 March 2022). "Cara, Preferisco Te è una libera dichiarazione d'amore 3.0". Sky TG24 .
  15. "Chi è Cara? La biografia della cantante". Imusicfun. 15 August 2023.
  16. 1 2 "Italian Charts – Cara". Italiancharts.com. Retrieved 14 July 2025.