Meghan Trainor Biography

Fast Facts

• Received the ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2017
• 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
• 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