Meghan Trainor

Meghan Elizabeth Trainor is an American singer-songwriter and talent show judge. She rose to prominence after signing with Epic Records in 2014 and releasing her debut single \”All About That Bass\”, which reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Trainor has released three studio albums with the label and has received various awards and nominations, including the 2016 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. She has had voice roles in the animated films Smurfs: The Lost Village and Playmobil: The Movie.

About Meghan Trainor in brief

Summary Meghan TrainorMeghan Elizabeth Trainor is an American singer-songwriter and talent show judge. She rose to prominence after signing with Epic Records in 2014 and releasing her debut single \”All About That Bass\”, which reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Trainor has released three studio albums with the label and has received various awards and nominations, including the 2016 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Her music is influenced by the popular music of the 1950s, and blends the genres pop, R&B, doo-wop and blue-eyed soul. She has had voice roles in the animated films Smurfs: The Lost Village and Playmobil: The Movie. She served as a judge on the television talent show The Four: Battle for Stardom and currently is aJudge on The Voice UK. She is the daughter of jewelers Kelli and Gary Trainor and has an older brother named Ryan and a younger brother named Justin. She began singing at age six, at a Methodist church with her father who was a music teacher and organist. At the age of 12, Trainor began performing as part of the cover band Island Fusion, which also included her aunt, younger brother, and father. She was in the group for four years, singing and playing piano, guitar, and bongo drums. At 15, she took guitar lessons from former NRBQ member Johnny Spampinato. Between the ages of 15 and 17 Trainor released three albums of material recorded, performed, and produced.

She enrolled in the Summer Performance Program at the Berklee College of Music in 2009. Her debut album Meghan Trainor was released on December 25, 2009, and the following year she released the acoustic albums I’ll Sing with You and Only 17. At a music conference in Nashville in 2010, she introduced herself to former NR BQ member Al Anderson. He was impressed by Trainor’s song “Take Care of Our Soldiers,” which benefited the United Service Organizations and Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops. In 2013, she began writing and producing songs for other artists in 2013. In 2015, she 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\” She followed this with the holiday album A Very Trainor Christmas later that year. In 2016, she created her third album with Epic, the electronic dance music-influenced Treat Myself, as an attempt to adapt to ongoing musical trends. The single \”No\” led her follow-up album, the R&b album Thank You, both of which reachednumber three on the respective charts. She also appeared in the film SmurFS:  The Lost Village and PlayMobil:  The Movie and has had a role in the TV series The Voice: The Four: Battle for Stardom.