Meghan Trainor
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Meghan Elizabeth Trainor (born December 22, 1993 in Nantucket , Massachusetts ) is an American songwriter and pop singer .
biography
Meghan Trainor grew up in a very musical environment and performed in a band with several family members when she was young. She sang at the age of six and wrote her first song at the age of eleven. For four years she was the singer of the band Island Fusion in their homeland on the island of Nantucket and also played guitar, keyboard and trumpet. At the high school in Cape Cod she was a member of the local jazz band as a trumpeter. She had guitar lessons with Johnny Spampinato, a member of NRBQ . She took courses at the Berklee College of Music in Boston , where she twice reached the finals of the songwriting competition. At the age of 18 she was signed to the Big Yellow Dog label as a writer and songs with her participation were recorded by Rascal Flatts and Sabrina Carpenter , among others .
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Meghan Trainor also recorded self-produced albums at an early age, but it wasn't until the song All About That Bass that she got her own record deal in 2014. She had originally written the song with Kevin Kadish for other artists, but when label boss LA Reid heard her version, he signed it to Epic Records . The 50s doo-wop- style song is about the virtues of plump women. The music video, in which, among other things, a heavy man performs dance moves, became an Internet success and reached over 1.5 million views on YouTube in one month in the middle of the year . The single first reached number one in the charts in Australia and New Zealand and then also topped the download charts in the United States. A few weeks later, the song also reached number one on the Hot 100 . After the song was released in Europe in August, it reached number 1 in the charts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Great Britain, among others. The international YouTube hits rose to over 840 million by the end of May 2015. In October, Trainor released their second single, Lips Are Movin . The song reached number 2 in the British charts and number 4 in the US charts. At the 2015 Echo Awards, Meghan Trainor was one of the international show acts. The third single Dear Future Husband was released on March 17, 2015 and was awarded double platinum in the USA. The fourth and final single from her first album Title is Like I'm Gonna Lose You , which she sang with John Legend . The single was released on June 23, 2015 and, like its predecessor, was awarded double platinum in the USA. On October 13, Trainor released the song Better When I'm Dancin ' , which is for the soundtrack of the movie The Peanuts .
Their first concert tour, That Bass Tour , started on February 11, 2015, with the band Sheppard as the opening act. The tour covered 36 concerts in North America, Asia, Oceania and Europe, including three in Germany, namely in Hanover, Hamburg and Cologne. The tour ended on June 6th of the same year with a concert in London and was part of the Summertime Ball there .
On March 4, 2016, NO , the first single produced by Ricky Reed from their album Thank You , was released. The songs Watch Me Do , I Love Me (featuring Lunchmoney Lewis ), Better (featuring Yo Gotti ) and Mom followed as promotional singles . The second single Me Too was released on May 6, 2016 . The video was published on May 9th, but it was deleted after a short time because her body was digitally edited in the video without her knowledge. The next day, the unedited video was superscripted. The album was released worldwide as CD and download on May 13th and was placed 25th in Germany. At the Billboard Music Awards 2016 she presented her single NO live and was nominated in three categories. She released the single Marvin Gaye with Charlie Puth .
On December 22, 2018, she married the actor Daryl Sabara .
Her third album Treat Myself was released on January 31, 2020 .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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| 2015 |
Title Epic |
DE14 (34 weeks) DE |
AT13 (21 weeks) AT |
CH2 (22 weeks) CH |
UK1  (59 weeks)UK |
US1 × 3
(107 weeks)US |
First published:
Jan 9, 2015 Sales: + 1,932,000 |
| 2016 |
Thank you epic |
DE25 (4 weeks) DE |
AT20 (2 weeks) AT |
CH16 (4 weeks) CH |
UK5  (9 weeks)UK |
US3 (47 weeks)US |
First published: May 13, 2016
Sales: + 1,175,000 |
| 2020 | Treat Myself Epic |
DE99 (1 week) DE |
AT67 (1 week) AT |
CH28 (1 week) CH |
UK41 (1 week) UK |
US25 (3 weeks) US |
First published: January 31, 2020
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Tours
- That Bass Tour (2015)
- MTrain Tour (2015)
- The Untouchable Tour (2016)
Awards and nominations
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards - Nomination for Best Newcomer (2015)
- Grammy Awards - Best New Artist Award (2016)
- Billboard Music Awards - Nomination for Best Female Singer (2016)
Filmography
- 2019: Playmobil: The Movie ( Playmobil: The Movie , Voice)
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- ↑ Meghan Trainor in the Internet Movie Database , accessed September 1, 2014
- ↑ Meghan Trainor On 'All About That Bass': It's About 'Loving Your Body… And Your Booty' (Q&A) , Gary Trust, Billboard, July 29, 2014
- ↑ Meghan Trainor On 'All About That Bass': 'I Wish There Was a Song Like This When I Was 13' , Billboard / AP, August 11, 2014
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20160610163157/https://www.br.de/puls/musik/aktuell/meghan-trainor-loescht-video-in-dem-sie-zu-sehr-gephotoshopt -was-100.html
- ↑ Jeff Nelson: Meghan Trainor Marries Daryl Sabara in Backyard Wedding: 'I Got Way More Than I Ever Wished For'. people.com, December 22, 2018.
Web links
- Official Homepage (English)
- Meghan Trainor at Allmusic (English)
- Meghan Trainor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Trainor, Meghan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trainor, Meghan Elizabeth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American songwriter and pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantucket , Massachusetts , United States |