80 Facts About Meghan Trainor

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Meghan Elizabeth Trainor was born on December 22,1993 and is an American singer-songwriter and television personality.

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Trainor became interested in music at a young age; she wrote, recorded, and produced three independently released acoustic albums, Meghan Trainor, I'll Sing with You, and Only 17.

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Meghan Trainor began writing and producing songs for other artists in 2013.

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In 2015, Meghan Trainor released her pop and hip hop major-label debut studio album, Title, which included the top-10 singles "Lips Are Movin" and "Like I'm Gonna Lose You"; it debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.

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In 2020, Meghan Trainor released the electronic dance music-influenced album Treat Myself and the holiday album A Very Meghan Trainor Christmas.

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Outside of the music industry, Meghan Trainor has had voice roles in the animated films Smurfs: The Lost Village and Playmobil: The Movie.

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Meghan Trainor served as a judge on the television talent shows The Four: Battle for Stardom, The Voice UK and Australian Idol.

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Meghan Trainor's accolades include a Grammy Award, four ASCAP Pop Music Awards, and two Billboard Music Awards.

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Meghan Elizabeth Trainor was born on December 22,1993, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, to jewelers Kelli and Gary Trainor.

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Meghan Trainor has an older brother named Ryan and a younger brother named Justin.

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Meghan Trainor began singing at age six, at a Methodist church with her father who was a music teacher and organist.

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Meghan Trainor's family encouraged her to pursue her musical interests and she had told her father she wanted to become a recording artist.

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Meghan Trainor began writing songs and recording them using the digital audio workstation software GarageBand.

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Meghan Trainor started with her own arrangement of the song "Heart and Soul".

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Meghan Trainor's father wanted her to explore every musical genre.

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At the age of 12, Meghan Trainor began performing as part of the cover band Island Fusion, which included her aunt, younger brother, and father.

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Meghan Trainor was in the group for four years, singing and playing piano, guitar, and bongo drums.

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Meghan Trainor attended Nauset Regional High School and studied guitar, played trumpet, and sang in a jazz band for three years, and was a substitute cheerleader.

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Between the ages of 15 and 17, Meghan Trainor independently released three albums of material she had written, recorded, performed, and produced.

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Meghan Trainor enrolled in the Summer Performance Program at the Berklee College of Music during the mid-year months of 2009 and 2010.

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Meghan Trainor released the song "Take Care of Our Soldiers" on April 16,2010, all the proceeds from which benefited the United Service Organizations and Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops.

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At a music conference in Nashville, Meghan Trainor introduced herself to former NRBQ member Al Anderson.

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Meghan Trainor was impressed by Trainor's songwriting and referred her to his publisher Carla Wallace of Nashville-based music publishing firm Big Yellow Dog Music.

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Meghan Trainor began her career as a songwriter-for-hire because of her ability to compose in a variety of genres, publishing songs for other artists but being unsure about becoming a recording artist herself.

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Meghan Trainor's father said, "She thought she was one of the chubby girls who would never be an artist".

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Meghan Trainor released her song "Who I Wanna Be" for digital download on April 24,2012.

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Meghan Trainor sang lead and background vocals on demos for other artists and her vocals were occasionally used on the final recordings.

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Meghan Trainor co-wrote the song "In the Sun", which was released as a single by Danish artist Aya Katrine in May 2013.

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In June 2013, Meghan Trainor met producer Kevin Kadish in Nashville via Wallace and a mutual friend.

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Meghan Trainor later became frustrated with commuting from Nantucket to Los Angeles for songwriting sessions.

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Meghan Trainor's parents did not want her to relocate as it would be expensive so in November 2013, Trainor decided to relocate to Nashville instead.

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Kadish and Meghan Trainor co-wrote "All About That Bass" in November 2013.

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Reid, during which Meghan Trainor performed the song for Reid, who signed her 20 minutes later.

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Subsequently, Meghan Trainor hired Troy Carter as her manager and released "All About That Bass" on June 30,2014.

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Meghan Trainor justified her use of the lyric by stating "just kidding, I know even you think you are fat" right after it.

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Meghan Trainor's debut extended play, Title, was released on September 9,2014.

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Meghan Trainor's three self-released albums were removed from sale in the build-up to the release of her major-label debut studio album Title, which replaced her EP of the same name on the iTunes Store, and was released on January 9,2015.

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Meghan Trainor performed a duet with Charlie Puth on his debut single "Marvin Gaye", which was released in February 2015.

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Meghan Trainor began her first headlining concert tour, That Bass Tour, on February 11,2015, with Australian band Sheppard as the opening act.

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Meghan Trainor appeared as a musical guest on the third season of the American television sitcom Undateable.

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Meghan Trainor won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.

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Meghan Trainor told MTV News the album was influenced by the music of Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Bruno Mars, and includes a collaboration between her and R City.

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Meghan Trainor co-wrote multiple songs that year, including Jennifer Lopez's "Ain't Your Mama" and "You Gotta Not" from Little Mix's album Glory Days.

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On February 24,2017, Meghan Trainor released the single "I'm a Lady", which she recorded for the film Smurfs: The Lost Village, in which she voiced a character called Smurfmelody.

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Meghan Trainor competed against singer Shania Twain in an episode of TBS's show Drop the Mic, which aired in January 2018; both were declared winners.

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In collaboration with Sigala and Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor released the single "Just Got Paid" which features American rapper French Montana.

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Meghan Trainor launched The Salvation Army's 128th annual Red Kettle Campaign on November 22,2018, performing at a Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins game.

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That month, Meghan Trainor released an EP, The Love Train, which was promoted through music videos and includes "All the Ways".

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Meghan Trainor recorded the songs "Badass Woman" and "Run Like the River" for the 2019 films The Hustle and Playmobil: The Movie, respectively.

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Meghan Trainor voiced a fairy godmother in Playmobil: The Movie.

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Meghan Trainor released "Wave" as the second single from Treat Myself, on September 27,2019.

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Meghan Trainor wrote enough material for four albums while trying to adapt to new trends in the music industry, Treat Myself was released on January 31,2020, along with its third single "Nice to Meet Ya" which features Nicki Minaj, to mixed reviews which resulted in a Metacritic score of 51 based on four of them.

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Meghan Trainor released a deluxe version of the album in July 2020, preceded by the single "Make You Dance".

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Meghan Trainor released a holiday album, A Very Trainor Christmas, on October 30,2020.

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On June 21,2022, Meghan Trainor announced the lead single from her upcoming fifth studio album.

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On September 7,2022, Meghan Trainor announced "Don't I Make It Look Easy" as a promotional single, which was released on September 9,2022.

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On September 28, Australia's Seven Network announced that Meghan Trainor will serve as a judge on Australian Idol in 2023.

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Meghan Trainor grew up listening to soca and Caribbean music, and credits 1950s music, soca, and the music of Frank Sinatra for influencing her blend of hip hop and pop music.

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Meghan Trainor had been introduced to soca at the age of seven when her aunt married Trinidadian soca singer Burton Toney.

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Meghan Trainor has described Stevie Wonder and Phil Collins as inspirations, and has cited Bruno Mars as one of her biggest influences.

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Meghan Trainor considers doo-wop the "catchiest stuff" and has stated that she wants to write a song in the vein of The Chordettes' "Lollipop".

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Meghan Trainor has credited Beyonce as "the one performer [she] stud[ies] a lot".

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Meghan Trainor has cited artists like Ariana Grande, Jason Mraz, and T-Pain as influences on the "upbeat and happy" nature of her music.

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Meghan Trainor plays a variety of instruments: bass, guitar, ukulele, keyboard, trumpet, percussion, and piano.

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Meghan Trainor incorporated empowerment as a lyrical theme on Treat Myself, and continued the theme of feminism with its lyrics; the latter drew criticism from PopMatters Jessica Brant.

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Chris DeVille of Stereogum said Meghan Trainor is "a very capable singer" and that she "project[s] lots of character and emotion within a relatively limited range".

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Meghan Trainor has said that her accent is "the Gary Meghan Trainor thing", and that her father is "very soulful" and emulates Brown sometimes.

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In March 2015, Meghan Trainor partnered with plus-size retailer FullBeauty Brands as a consultant for the creation of clothing for women with varying body types.

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Meghan Trainor did not identify as a feminist in a 2014 Billboard interview, but two years later, she had changed her views.

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Meghan Trainor met actor Daryl Sabara in 2014 at a house party in Los Angeles and began a relationship with him in July 2016.

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On October 7,2020, Meghan Trainor announced on The Today Show that she and Sabara were expecting their first child together, and confirmed later that month on The Kelly Clarkson Show that she was pregnant with a baby boy.

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On January 30,2023, Meghan Trainor announced she and Sabara were expecting their second child together, and confirmed in April 2023 on The Kelly Clarkson Show that she was pregnant with a baby boy.

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Meghan Trainor has partnered with the American Cancer Society, and made public appearances in charity events such as We Day California, as well as The Hollywood Reporters 24th annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast.

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Meghan Trainor held a Live At-Home concert series to raise money for Feeding America.

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In 2016, Meghan Trainor said she had never voted in a United States presidential election and did not intend to do so in the future.

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Meghan Trainor said she preferred Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election.

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Meghan Trainor is outspoken about LGBTQ rights and gun control, and was among the 200 artists and music executives to sign Billboards open letter to the United States Congress demanding an end to gun violence.

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Meghan Trainor has won four ASCAP Pop Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, a People's Choice Award, and a Grammy Award.

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Meghan Trainor was awarded Best Female Artist at the 2009 International Acoustic Music Awards and the Grand Prize at the 2010 New Orleans Songwriter's Festival; she has won the 2011 Tennessee Concerts Song Contest and the John Lennon Love Song Songwriting Contest.

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Meghan Trainor was named the "Breakthrough Artist of the Year" by the Music Business Association in 2014.