1. 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 Martinez came to fame cultivating a doll-like look complemented by babydoll dresses and emotive facial expressions.
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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, where her teacher Mr Nadien taught her to sing.
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Melanie Martinez began writing poetry in kindergarten and was a shy, emotional child with few friends, often 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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Melanie Martinez has narrated several audiobooks, including Voices, In the Time of the Butterflies, and Toys Go Out in 2007, New Stories from the South in 2011, Bronx Masquerade in 2014, and A Nation of Women - An Early Feminist Speaks Out in 2021.
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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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Melanie Martinez then 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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Melanie Martinez auditioned singing Britney Spears's "Toxic" with three of the four judges hitting their "I Want You" button.
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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 promoted the EP with the Dollhouse Tour which lasted from June 2014 to March 2015.
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On June 1,2015, Melanie Martinez released the single "Pity Party", which sampled Lesley Gore's "It's My Party".
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Melanie Martinez went on the Cry Baby Tour to promote the album, which lasted from 2015 to 2017.
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In May 2016, Melanie Martinez released her second EP, Pity Party, in Ireland, Mexico and the UK exclusively.
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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 "Gingerbread Man", a Christmas-themed single which was initially released in December 2015 on SoundCloud but later released as a solo single in January 2016.
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In October 2016, Melanie Martinez released a commercial for her fragrance, Cry Baby Perfume Milk, noting that the "idea for this perfume has been cultivating in my brain since the moment I finished writing" Cry Baby.
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On December 22,2017, Melanie Martinez released the song "Piggyback" on SoundCloud, believed to reflect on allegations made by her former friend, Timothy Heller.
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On February 10,2020, Melanie Martinez released a stand-alone single, "Copy Cat" which featured Tierra Whack, marking Melanie Martinez's first feature.
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On February 18,2023, after archiving all her Instagram posts, Melanie Martinez teased her third studio album, Portals.
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Melanie Martinez embarked on the Portals Tour in May 2023.
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Melanie Martinez was nominated for the VMA's Best Visual Effects, for the music for her single "Void".
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In November 2023, Melanie Martinez announced the launch of Portals Perfume, a collection of four fragrances developed in collaboration with indie perfumery Flower Shop Perfumes.
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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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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 listened to Christina Aguilera, Brandy, Britney Spears, The Beatles, Tupac Shakur, Shakira, and Biggie Smalls growing up, and wanted to be a singer from a young age.
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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 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 July 19,2024, Heller issued a new video statement reaffirming her story, as well as refuting claims that she had "admitted to lying" and accused several other prolific female artists besides Melanie Martinez of assaulting her.