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Meghan Trainor
Trainor performing at The Today Show during Fleet Week New York in May 2015
Background information
Birth name	Meghan Elizabeth Trainor
Born	(1993-12-22) December 22, 1993 (age 31) Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.
Origin	North Eastham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	Pop R&B doo-wop
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals ukulele guitar keyboards piano trumpet
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Epic
Website	meghan-trainor.com

Meghan Elizabeth Trainor (born December 22, 1993) is an American singer and songwriter. Interested in music from a young age, Trainor wrote, recorded, performed, and produced three independently-released albums between ages 15 and 17. In 2011, she signed a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music and pursued a career in songwriting. After signing with Epic Records, Trainor's debut single, "All About That Bass", was released on June 30, 2014 and was on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight, albeit non-consecutive, weeks. The song topped the national charts of 58 countries with sales of over 11 million units internationally.

Along with "All About That Bass", Trainor's debut major-label studio album, Title (2015), was supported by three singles: "Lips Are Movin", "Dear Future Husband" and "Like I'm Gonna Lose You". Her second major-label studio album, Thank You (2016), spawned the singles: "No", "Me Too", and "Better".

Influenced by the 1950s and 1960s eras in music, Trainor's music has been noted by critics for its retro style. Common themes in the lyrics of her songs include the subjects of modern womanhood, body image, and empowerment. The singer's work has been recognized with several awards and nominations. Trainor received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards and has received four ASCAP Pop Music Awards as well as two Billboard Music Awards.

Trainor became engaged to actor Daryl Sabara in December 2017.

Life and career

1993–2008: Early life

Meghan Elizabeth Trainor was born on December 22, 1993, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the daughter of Kelly Anne "Kelli" (Jekanowski) and Gary Trainor, both jewelers. Trainor has an elder brother named Ryan, and a younger brother named Justin. Trainor began singing at age six, initially singing with her father at church. She began writing music at age 11, starting with her own arrangement of the song "Heart and Soul" (1938). Trainor attributes her early career progress to being born into a musical family. Trainor's father was a music teacher and musician, and plays organ in a Methodist church. Her great-uncle Bob LaPalm was in a prior band with Al Anderson of the rock band NRBQ, and Trainor's aunt and Trinidadian uncle, Lisa and Burton Toney, are soca music performers and songwriters.

At age 11, Trainor told her father that she wanted to become a recording artist and began writing songs, recording them using GarageBand from her MacBook. "She did a lot by ear", her mother recalls. Her father encouraged her to explore various musical genres. At age 12, Trainor began performing as part of Island Fusion, an "all-purpose party band" which performed covers, soca music, and Trainor's compositions. The band included her aunt, her younger brother, and her father. Trainor played piano, guitar, and bongo drum, and sang with the band for four years. By age 13, Trainor had written her first original song, "Give Me a Chance". When she was in the eighth grade, the family left Nantucket. They temporarily relocated to Orleans, Massachusetts before moving to North Eastham, Massachusetts, where the children attended Nauset Regional High School. At Nauset Regional High, Trainor studied guitar and was a substitute cheerleader. Additionally, Trainor sang and played trumpet in a jazz band for three years.

While she was still a teenager, Trainor's parents encouraged her to attend songwriting conventions, and they took her to venues where production companies were searching for new artists and songwriters. At age 15, she took guitar lessons from former NRBQ band member Johnny Spampinato. During this time, Trainor used Logic Studio to record and produce her compositions, and later worked independently from a home studio that her parents constructed for her.

2009–2013: Career beginnings

Between the ages of 15 and 17, Trainor independently released three albums of material she wrote, recorded and performed herself. Her eponymous debut album, Meghan Trainor, was released on December 25, 2009, receiving airplay from local radio station WCIB. Trainor enrolled in the Summer Performance Program at the Berklee College of Music during the summers of 2009 and 2010, reaching the finals of the program's songwriting competition. Trainor released "Take Care of Our Soldiers" on April 16, 2010, a charity song in support of American troops abroad. In 2011, Trainor released two acoustic albums, I'll Sing with You and Only 17. During this time, she received the accolade for Best Female Artist at the 2009 International Acoustic Music Awards, and the Grand Prize at the 2010 New Orleans Songwriter's Festival, the 2011 Tennessee Concerts Song Contest and John Lennon Love Song Songwriting Contest.

At a music conference in Colorado, Trainor was introduced to former NRBQ member, Al Anderson. Impressed by Trainor's songwriting ability, Anderson referred Trainor to his publisher, Carla Wallace at Big Yellow Dog Music, urging Wallace to sign Trainor. At this time, Trainor was offered a full scholarship to the Berklee College of Music; however, Trainor decided to forego college to pursue a career in songwriting instead. Wallace offered Trainor a publishing deal with Nashville-based Big Yellow Dog Music, which Trainor signed at age 17. She began her career as a songwriter-for-hire in part due to her ability to write in a number of genre styles. She gravitated to song publishing, unsure of herself as a recording artist. "She thought she was one of the chubby girls who would never be an artist", her father recalls. Trainor graduated from Nauset Regional High School in 2012. Her second promotional single, "Who I Wanna Be", was released on April 24, 2012.

Throughout 2013, Trainor traveled to Nashville, New York City and Los Angeles, where she wrote and helped produce country and pop music. She also sang lead and background vocals on demos for other artists, with her vocals occasionally making the final cut. She earned her first songwriting royalties by penning for artists from Italy and Denmark. In June 2013, Trainor met producer Kevin Kadish in Nashville through a referral from Wallace and a mutual friend. Kadish and Trainor shared a love for retro style music and began recording together that month. Trainor later became frustrated with commuting to Los Angeles for songwriting sessions. Her parents did not want her to relocate, describing a move there as expensive. In November 2013, Trainor decided to relocate to Nashville instead. There, she wrote songs for a number of acts, including Hunter Hayes, Rascal Flatts, R5, and Sabrina Carpenter.

2014–2015: Title

Kadish and Trainor wrote "All About That Bass" in 2013. Trainor recorded the song in September that year, and performed it for Epic Records chairman L.A. Reid in February 2014, which led to her signing a deal with the label. Trainor hired Troy Carter as her manager. "All About That Bass" was released on June 30, 2014, and its music video became a viral hit. "All About That Bass" reached number one in 58 countries and became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with worldwide sales of 11 million units as of December 2014. "All About That Bass" preceded Trainor's debut extended play (EP), Title, released on September 9, 2014. It was composed entirely by Trainor and Kadish, and peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 and number 17 on the Canadian Albums Chart. Trainor released her second single, "Lips Are Movin" on October 21, 2014. The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the fifth female artist to follow up her chart-topping debut hit with another top 5 single.

"Lips Are Movin" also reached the top 10 in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. In November 2014, she appeared as a guest mentor on the seventh season of American series The Voice. Billboard ranked Trainor as the fourth Top New Artist of the year, and placed her 12th on their own 21 Under 21 2014 list. Trainor's three self-released albums were pulled from circulation in the build-up to her major label debut studio album, Title. It replaced her EP of the same name, and was released on January 9, 2015. The album debuted atop the U.S. Billboard 200, making her the 13th female artist with a debut number 1 song and album. On March 3, 2015, Trainor released "Dear Future Husband" as the third single from the album, which eventually reached the Hot 100's top 20. Trainor was featured on Charlie Puth's debut single, "Marvin Gaye", which was also released that month. Her next single, "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" featuring John Legend, became her second number-one on the Australian Singles Chart and third top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Trainor's first headlining concert tour, That Bass Tour, began on February 11, 2015, with Australian band Sheppard as the opening act. The album was further promoted through the MTrain Tour, with Charlie Puth and Life of Dillon as opening acts. It was set to begin on July 3, 2015. However, she was diagnosed with a vocal cord hemorrhage that month, and was ordered by her medical team to undergo complete vocal rest. This led to the delay of the first two dates of the MTrain Tour. On August 11, 2015, Trainor announced that she was canceling the remainder of her North American tour due to further vocal cord hemorrhage and would get surgery "to finally fix this once and for all." In July 2015, it was announced that Trainor was writing a song for The Peanuts Movie soundtrack, entitled "Better When I'm Dancin'". In October 2015, Trainor appeared on Undateable as the musical guest, and also made a cameo appearance. In late 2015, American singer Who Is Fancy released the single "Boys Like You", featuring Trainor and Ariana Grande. Title was the ninth best-selling album of 2015 worldwide, with 1.8 million copies sold according to IFPI.

2016–2017: Thank You

Trainor revealed to E! Online on January 7, 2016, that she was almost finished working on her second major-label studio album Thank You. She told MTV News that the album was influenced by Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Bruno Mars, and features a collaboration between her and R. City. Trainor won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. The album's first single, "No", was produced by Ricky Reed, and released on March 4, 2016. It peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was certified double platinum in the country. Shortly after, Trainor released four promotional singles, "Watch Me Do", "I Love Me", "Better" (featuring American rapper Yo Gotti), and "Mom" which features her mother Kelli Trainor. The second single from the album, "Me Too", was released on May 5, 2016. The accompanying video was released on May 9, 2016, but was later removed that day due to unapproved digital manipulation of Trainor's body. It was corrected to the unedited version and re-released the next day. The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was eventually certified triple platinum in the US, indicating sales in excess of three million copies.

Thank You was released exclusively on Apple Music on May 6, 2016, and saw a standard commercial release on May 13, 2016. In July 2016, Trainor embarked on The Untouchable Tour, in support of the album, with Hailee Steinfeld and Common Kings as opening acts. "Better" was released as the album's third single in August 2016, and its music video featured a cameo from Beau Bridges. Thank You was certified platinum in the US for sales in excess of one million units. Trainor was featured on several songs in 2016, including "Forgive Me Father" from DJ Khaled's album Major Key, "Someday" from Michael Bublé's album Nobody but Me, and "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Brett Eldredge's album Glow. She also co-wrote multiple songs during this time period including Jennifer Lopez's "Ain't Your Mama" and "You Gotta Not" from British girl group Little Mix's album Glory Days. On February 24, 2017, she released the single "I'm a Lady" for the film Smurfs: The Lost Village. She also voiced a character called Smurfmelody in the movie. In December 2017, she was revealed to be one of the judges on Fox's television show The Four: Battle for Stardom, alongside Sean Combs, DJ Khaled and Charlie Walk.

2018: Treat Myself

In 2018, Trainor appeared as a judge on both, season one and season two of the television show The Four: Battle for Stardom. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Trainor stated that her third major-label studio album had been completed, and added that "it's really special, my entire family sings on every song and Daryl sings on every song. My father plays the piano and organs on one song." Its lead single, "No Excuses", was released in March 2018, and peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. The respective second and third singles, "Let You Be Right" and "Can't Dance", followed two months later. The album, titled Treat Myself, was originally scheduled for release on August 31, 2018, but has been delayed until January 2019. The song "All The Ways" was released on June 20, 2018, along with the pre-order of the album. She released the title track to the album on July 20, 2018. That year, Trainor was featured on Jason Mraz's song "More than Friends". In collaboration with Sigala and Ella Eyre, Trainor released the single "Just Got Paid", which featured American rapper French Montana. The song was a hit in some countries, reaching number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, number seven in Scotland, and number 20 in Ireland.

Treat Myself is scheduled for release on January 25, 2019. Trainor will voice the character of a fairy god-mother in the upcoming film Playmobil: The Movie.

Artistry

Influences

Growing up, Trainor was introduced to 1950s music, doo-wop, jazz, and the works of James Brown by her father. Trainor was raised around soca and other Caribbean styles. She credits 1950s music, soca, and Frank Sinatra for influencing her hip hop, pop musical blend. As a songwriter, she is influenced by songs performed by Sinatra. "No one writes like that anymore, because it's hard", she said. She is inspired by Stevie Wonder and Phil Collins, and has named the 1999 Tarzan soundtrack—on which Collins features—as her favorite album during her youth. She also cites Bruno Mars as one of her biggest influences. Other artists she credits as influences are Christina Aguilera, The Andrews Sisters, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, The Chordettes, Ray Charles, Earth, Wind & Fire, Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, NSYNC, Ariana Grande, Jason Mraz, T-Pain and Beyoncé.

Musical style and themes

Trainor is a singer-songwriter. Her sound is predominantly characterized as "Neo-Retro", a "mix-mash" of R&B, pop, doo-wop, and blue-eyed soul. Trainor's debut EP Title comprises throwback style sound, and 1950s doo wop-inspired songs that straddle the line between modern R&B and melodic pop. Her work is reminiscent of the famous Brill building composers, such as Goffin-King, Greenwich-Barry, etc.; comparisons also to that of American singer-songwriters Neil Sedaka, Jenny Lewis, Neko Case, and to 1960s singers such as Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, Betty Everett, Lesley Gore, and Eydie Gormé. Trainor plays a variety of musical instruments: bass, guitar, ukulele, keyboard, trumpet, percussion, and piano. She feels that a song's melody is more important than its lyrics. She composes in a variety of genres, including country, hip hop, reggae and soca, but prefers doo-wop and reggae.

Trainor's vocals have been described as "soulful" and "highly resonant", and "a reedy cross" between Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. Chris DeVille of Stereogum opined that she is "a very capable singer", and added that Trainor "project lots of character and emotion within a relatively limited range". When singing, Trainor uses a Southern American English patois. The harmonies in her music have been likened to those of 1960s girl groups. Trainor's lyrics are recognized to contemplate 21st-century womanhood. She has said that she aims to "break the chains" of the "absurd standards of thinness" promoted by the beauty industry with her lyrics.

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In 2014, Rolling Stone deemed Trainor the year's "Most Unlikely Pop Star". While promoting her first album, she was noted for serving as an inspiration to youth who struggle with body image and bullying. The Guardian called her "the poster girl for the larger woman" and "pop's emblem for self-acceptance", while Fashion Times wrote that Trainor "inspired many women to embrace their curves". Media company Mic has described Trainor as anti-feminist suggesting she seeks self-worth based on the opinions of men, but in an interview in 2016, Trainor clarified that she considered herself a feminist after learning more about it. In March 2015, Trainor partnered with FullBeauty Brands to relaunch their website fullbeauty.com, and to help create clothing for women of different body types. In July 2016, Trainor began dating actor Daryl Sabara. They became engaged on December 22, 2017, Trainor's 24th birthday. In March 2018, the singer opened up about her battle with depression and anxiety. She said "I thought, My God, is it going to be over for me forever? I fell into a crazy, deep hole of depression and anxiety."

Awards and nominations

During her career, Trainor has won three ASCAP Pop Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, a People's Choice Award, and received one Grammy Award. She was named the "Breakthrough Artist of the Year" by the Music Business Association in 2014. Among her achievements, Trainor became the 21st woman to land her debut single at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, and the fifth female artist to follow up her chart-topping debut single with another top 5 release. On the Billboard Year-End charts for 2015, Trainor was listed seventh on Top Artists and second on Top Female Artists.

Discography

• Title (2015)
• Thank You (2016)
• Treat Myself (2019)

Tours

• That Bass Tour (2015)
• MTrain Tour (2015)
• The Untouchable Tour (2016)

Filmography

Film

Television

See also

• List of highest-certified music artists in the United States
• List of number-one artists on the Billboard Artist 100

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