Megan Thee Stallion

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Megan Thee Stallion (2019)

Megan Thee Stallion (born February 15, 1995 in Houston , Texas ; real name Megan Pete ) is an American rapper , singer and songwriter .

Life

Pete was born and raised in Houston on February 15, 1995. Her mother Holly Thomas worked as a rapper under the stage name Holly-Wood and regularly took her daughter to the recording studio. She wrote her first rap lyrics at the age of 16. According to her mother's advice, she only started her rap career at the age of 21 due to partly ambiguous texts. In 2013 she first attracted attention because of a cypher against other male colleagues at her then university. Over the course of the year, she was able to build a fan base by regularly posting her freestyles on Instagram . During her youth she was often referred to as a stallion ( English for " stallion "), which ultimately gave her stage name.

On March 22, 2019, she announced her mother's death during a live stream.

Career

Her first mixtape Rich Ratchet and the accompanying single Like a Stallion she released in 2016. The EP Make It Hot followed a year later . At the beginning of 2018 she signed with the label 1501 Certified Ent. her first record deal and released the EP Tina Snow for the first time in June with label support . The name came from a self-made alter ego . The project received consistently positive reviews.

In November 2018, she became the first female rapper to sign with 300 Entertainment . The label change enabled her to break through with the release of the song Big Ole Freak . In April 2019 the single reached the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time and a little later reached number 65. On May 17, 2019, their first commercial mixtape Fever was released, which again met with positive approval from critics. It immediately reached number ten on the Billboard 200 .

June 2019 she was selected as one of the participants of the annual freshman List of XXL magazine announced. Her freestyle during the Cypher received positive feedback.

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2020 Suga
300 Entertainment 		US7 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020US
First published: March 6, 2020

Mix tapes

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2019 Fever
300 entertainment 		US10 (35 weeks)
US
First published: May 17, 2019

EPs

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2018 Tina Snow
1501 Certified / 300 Entertainment 		US166 (4 weeks)
US
First published: June 11, 2018
more EPs
year Title
music label 		Remarks
2017 Make It Hot
1501 Certified 		First published: September 18, 2017

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2019 Big Ole Freak
Tina Snow 		- - - - US65
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)US
First published: March 4th, 2019
Sales: + 1,000,000
Hot Girl Summer
single track 		- - - UK40 (9 weeks)
UK 		US11
platinum
platinum

(16 weeks)US
First published: August 9, 2019
Sales: + 1,000,000; feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla Sign
All Dat
single track 		- - - - US70 (4 weeks)
US
First published: October 10, 2019
with Moneybagg Yo
2020 BITCH
Suga 		- - - - US31
gold
gold

(10 weeks)US
First published: January 24th, 2020
Sales: + 500,000
Captain Hook
Suga 		- - - - US74 (4 weeks)
US
First published: March 10, 2020
Savage
Suga 		DE33 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT23 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH18 (16 weeks)
CH 		UK17th
gold
gold

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020UK 		US1
platinum
platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020US
Initial release: April 7, 2020
Sales: + 1,400,000; Remix feat. Beyoncé
Girls in the Hood
single track 		- - - - US28 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020US
First published: June 26, 2020
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2019 Cash shit
fever 		- - - - US36
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US
Chart entry: July 6, 2019
Sales: + 1,000,000; feat. DaBaby

Guest Posts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2020 WAP
single track 		DE30 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020DE 		AT26 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020AT 		CH10 (... wk.)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020CH 		UK2 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020UK 		US1
gold
gold

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020US
First published: August 7, 2020
Sales: + 500,000; Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2020 Nasty
Blame It on Baby 		- - - - US50 (2 weeks)
US

Chart entry: May 2, 2020 DaBaby feat. Ashanti & Megan Thee Stallion

more publishments

year Title
album 		Remarks
2017 Pull Up Late
Make It Hot 		First published: July 13, 2017
Stalli (Freestyle)
single track 		First published: December 4th, 2017
2018 Cocky AF
Tina Snow 		First published: February 15, 2018
No pressure
single track 		First published: May 29, 2018
Drebae feat. Megan Thee Stallion
Pole dancer
single track 		First published: December 20, 2018
Wale feat. Megan Thee Stallion
2019 Fire in the Booth, Pt.1
single track 		First published: March 10, 2019
with Charlie Sloth
Sex talk
fever 		First published: March 22, 2019
Talk (Remix)
single track 		First published: April 12, 2019
with Khalid & Yo Gotti
Beast
single track 		First published: May 3, 2019
Bhad Bhabie feat. Megan Thee Stallion
She live
single track 		First published: May 10, 2019
Maxo Kream feat. Megan Thee Stallion
Real
fever 		First published: May 16, 2019
Three Point Stance
single track 		First published: June 28, 2019
Juicy J feat. City Girls & Megan Thee Stallion

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 5,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 400,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th

Web links

Commons : Megan Thee Stallion  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Bio. In: megantheestallion.com. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Nandi Howard: Megan Thee Stallion. In: The Fader. August 30, 2018, accessed August 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Hunter Harris: How Did Megan Thee Stallion Become the Next Hottest Rapper Out of Houston? She got it from her mama. In: Vulture. April 25, 2019, accessed on August 12, 2019 .
  4. Jump up ↑ Robby Seabrook III: The Break Presents: Megan Thee Stallion. In: XXL . October 24, 2018, accessed on August 12, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Jack Riedy: NEXT: Megan Thee Stallion Is Taking Rappers To School. In: Vibe. October 3, 2018, accessed on August 12, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Nandi Howard: Rapper Megan Thee Stallion Answers Our Questions (and Releases an EP). In: houstoniamag.com. September 15, 2017, accessed August 12, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Jasmine Grant: Megan Thee Stallion Reveals Her Mother Died From A 'Brain Tumor'. In: Essence. March 26, 2019, accessed on August 12, 2019 .
  8. ^ Anthony Rian: Megan Thee Stallion - "Tina Snow" (album). In: The Hype Magazine. July 18, 2018, accessed August 12, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Lakin Starling: Megan Thee Stallion is the freaky new rapper who might make you feel yourself. In: The Fader. January 4, 2018, accessed August 12, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Eric Torres: "Megan Thee Stallion" - Tina Snow. In: Pitchfork . August 16, 2018, accessed August 12, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Tony M. Centeno: Megan Thee Stallion Signs to 300 Entertainment. In: XXL. November 27, 2018, accessed August 12, 2019 .
  12. ^ Carl Lamarre: Emerging Hip-Hop / R & B: Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby & Polo G Make Waves on Hot 100. In: Billboard . April 16, 2019, accessed on August 12, 2019 .
  13. ↑ a b c Chart sources: Germany Austria Switzerland UK US1 US2
  14. ↑ Fever by Megan Thee Stallion Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic. In: Metacritic . Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  15. ↑ a b c Chart source: US
  16. ↑ XXL Staff: 2019 XXL Freshman Class: Made for This. In: XXL. June 20, 2019, accessed August 12, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Sarah Osei: Megan Thee Stallion & DaBaby Steal the Show at the XXL Freshman Cypher. In: Highsnobiety . July 24, 2019, accessed August 12, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Chart source: US
personal data
SURNAME Megan Thee Stallion
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pete, Megan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas