Melanie Adele Martinez was born on April 28,1995 and is an American singer and songwriter.
41 Facts About Melanie Martinez
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Melanie Martinez later released her debut studio album, Cry Baby, which went on to be certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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Melanie Adele Martinez was born on April 28,1995 in Astoria, Queens, to parents Mery and Jose Martinez, who are of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent.
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Melanie Martinez's family moved to Baldwin, New York, on Long Island, when Martinez was four.
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Melanie Martinez attended Plaza Elementary School, crediting her teacher Mr Nadien with teaching her how to sing, and in kindergarten, Melanie Martinez began writing poetry.
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Melanie Martinez says she had few friends growing up and was a homebody, as she was "very emotional" and found it difficult to explain her feelings, crying when overwhelmed.
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At fourteen, Melanie Martinez taught herself how to play guitar by studying chord diagrams of songs she enjoyed, which she found online, and wrote her first song by adding her poetry to one of the chord diagrams, but says that playing guitar "eventually got stale".
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In 2012, during her junior year of high school, Melanie Martinez participated in the MSG Varsity Talent Show, a televised talent competition.
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Melanie Martinez sang The Beatles' rendition of "Money " by Barrett Strong and "Shake Me, Wake Me " by The Four Tops.
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Later in 2012, Melanie Martinez auditioned for the third season of The Voice.
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Melanie Martinez had not watched the show herself prior to the audition.
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Several months after the initial audition, while at Roosevelt Field Mall, Melanie Martinez received word that she had advanced to the "second round".
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Melanie Martinez then received multiple callbacks until she was finally selected to audition on the show itself.
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Levine eliminated James, and Melanie Martinez moved on to the Live Rounds as one of the five remaining members of Team Adam.
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In week one of the Live Rounds, Melanie Martinez sang "Hit the Road Jack".
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Melanie Martinez was eliminated by audience vote in week five, along with the fellow Team Adam member Amanda Brown, leaving Levine with no artists.
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Melanie Martinez released her debut single, "Dollhouse", on February 9,2014.
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Melanie Martinez released her debut EP, Dollhouse, on May 19,2014.
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On June 1,2015, Melanie Martinez released the single "Pity Party", which was certified gold by the RIAA, and the chorus of which samples Lesley Gore's "It's My Party".
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On July 10,2015, Melanie Martinez released the album's second single "Soap".
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Melanie Martinez released a Christmas-themed single, "Gingerbread Man", in December 2015.
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Melanie Martinez initially released the song on SoundCloud on December 21,2015, as a "gift for her fans", but later released the track on iTunes in January 2016 as a single.
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The karaoke-style music video for "Alphabet Boy", which Melanie Martinez directed, was released on June 2,2016.
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Melanie Martinez finished recording her second album, describing it as the stories of characters living in Cry Baby's neighborhood.
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In November 2016, Melanie Martinez released her third EP, Cry Baby's Extra Clutter, a physical vinyl release of the bonus tracks from Cry Baby as well as Melanie Martinez's single, "Gingerbread Man".
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Melanie Martinez released the music video for her song "Pacify Her" followed in December 2016 by a video for "Mrs Potato Head".
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In January 2020, Melanie Martinez announced an EP titled After School, revealing the title through her Instagram stories.
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On February 10,2020, Melanie Martinez's management issued the first single from After School, titled "Copy Cat".
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Melanie Martinez later released a second single from the EP, "Fire Drill", on June 26,2020.
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On February 18,2023, after archiving all her Instagram posts, Melanie Martinez teased her third studio album Portals by posting an Instagram video of a mushroom in a foggy, dream-like forest, with "RIP Cry Baby" engraved in its stem, accompanied by a snippet of a new song.
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Melanie Martinez performed at 2023 Lollapalooza on March 19 to promote Portals, which was released on March 31.
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Melanie Martinez's music has been described as pop, alternative pop, art pop, electropop, and dark-pop.
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The subject matter of Melanie Martinez's songs is typically based on personal experiences.
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Melanie Martinez's music has been described by The Guardian as "off-kilter, sweary electropop".
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Melanie Martinez describes her alter ego and the protagonist of her debut album, Cry Baby, as a "fairy tale" version of herself.
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Melanie Martinez has cited the Beatles, Neutral Milk Hotel, Feist, Kimbra, Zooey Deschanel, Regina Spektor, and CocoRosie as influences of hers.
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Melanie Martinez listened to Brandy, Britney Spears, Shakira, The Beatles, Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls and Christina Aguilera growing up, and wanted to be a singer from a young age.
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Melanie Martinez named Tim Burton as a large influence of hers, and has said that to make a movie with him would be her "one dream".
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At age sixteen, after watching 101 Dalmatians, Melanie Martinez dyed half of her hair blonde, in the same vein as Cruella de Vil.
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Melanie Martinez became known for the look, as well as her "baby doll"-inspired outfits in music videos and when performing.
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On December 9,2017, Melanie Martinez released a second statement, thanking her fans for citing Heller's "false statements".