Alessia Cara Admits Grammy Win Allows Her ‘More Leverage’: ‘It’s Very Hard to Prove Yourself’

Alessia Cara is happy about her Grammy win earlier this year — but she doesn’t think it’s fair that the award holds so much sway in the music industry.
Speaking to PEOPLE at the Jingle Ball lineup announcement event in New York City on Tuesday, Cara, 22, says, “It’s very hard to prove yourself as a young woman in the industry. It’s dumb because it shouldn’t be that way, but having that title has helped me gain some leverage and have people trust me more.