Meghan Trainor

Birth Name:

Meghan Elizabeth Trainor

Birth Place:

Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actress, Music department

All About That Bass held the No․ 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight consecutive weeks
Won the International Acoustic Music Award for best female artist in 2009
Received the ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2017
Is the neice of musicians Lisa Toney and Burton Toney of the duo Island Vybe
Wrote her first song at the age of seven, which was her own take on the Hoagy Carmichael song "Heart & Soul․"
Recorded and released three of her own acoustic albums by the time she was 17
Was inspired to become a musician by her father, who is a church organist
Quote: "[on "All About That Bass"] "Writing that song, I was thinking about girls today and how there's even more pressure to be thin now, because of Instagram and selfies and that constant competition ․․․ [the message is to] love your body no matter what․""
Pop singer-songwriter who released her best-selling debut single "All About That Bass" in 2014
Turned down a full scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music

2016GMS Award - Best Song/Recording Created for a Film:Nominated
2016World Soundtrack Award - Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film:Nominated
2017HMMA Award - Best Song - Animated Film:Nominated
2017Mid Tenn Film Festival Award - Best Song:Winner

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