30 Facts About Meghan TrainorMeghan Trainor is one of those super special artists who can do just about anything. A musical genius, this young lady composes, performs, and plays multiple instruments making her a new star the likes of Alicia Keys. Meghan.
Meghan Trainor is one of those super special artists who can do just about anything. A musical genius, this young lady composes, performs, and plays multiple instruments making her a new star the likes of Alicia Keys. Meghan has a history of lifelong study and application that has paid off in hit records, accolades, and financial success. She’s topped the charts and broken records along the way. If you’re a fan, check out these top 30 fun facts!
- Her full name is Meghan Elizabeth Trainor. She is 23 years old and was born on 22nd December 1993 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
- Meghan Trainor has two brothers Ryan and Justin and her parents are Gary and Anne “Kelli” Trainor, who are both jewelers.
- She began singing in church at the age of six, as her father used to play the organ.
- Her father is also a music teacher and Meghan attributes her talent to having grown up in a musical family.
- Meghan Trainor began writing music at 11 years of age with a personal take on the song “Heart and Soul”.
- She attended Nauset Regional High School, graduating in 2012.
- She was actually a substitute cheerleader in high school.
- During high school, Trainor played in a jazz band, playing the trumpet.
- Meghan’s great-uncle, Robert LaPalm played in a rock n roll band called NRBQ. He committed suicide before Meghan was born.
- Meghan took guitar lessons with Johnny Spampinato from NRBQ.
- She turned down a full scholarship to the Berklee College of Music while still in her late teens to pursue her dream of songwriting and performing.
- At 12 years old her first band was with Island Fusion a party band that covered various genres. In the band, she played guitar, piano, and bongo drum as well as sang and composed songs for the four years she was a member.
- She wrote her first original song when she was 13 titled “Give Me A Chance”.
- Meghan is 5’4″ (1.64 meters) tall.
- Meghan’s fanbase are known as “Megantrons”.
- She prefers cats to dogs.
- She recorded and performed on three independently released albums during the years of 15 years old and 17 years old.
- She is the recipient of “Best Female Artist” the 2009 International Acoustic Music Awards.
- Her first album entitled “Meghan Trainor” was released on Christmas Day in 2009.
- She was a student at the Berklee College of Music during 2009 and 2010 and landed in the finals of the songwriting competition.
- She was signed on to the music publishing company Big Yellow Dog Music when she was just 17 years old.
- Her song, “Take Care of Our Soldiers” was released on 16th April 2010. It is a single devoted to the charitable cause of the support of American Troops overseas.
- Trainor’s two acoustic albums entitled, “I’ll Sing With You” and “Only 17” were both released in 2011.
- Her second single was released on 24th April 2012 and was titled, “Who I Wanna Be”.
- She relocated to Nashville in November 2013 and went on to writing songs for Rascal Flatts & Sabrina Carpenter.
- Her big break came when her song, All About That Bass (written by co-writer Kadish), dropped on 30th June 2014. The music video went on to become a viral hit. The song reached # 1 in 58 countries, selling 11 million units by December 2014.
- Her 2015 debut album ‘Title’, hit #1 on the US Billboard 200.
- Her second studio Album, called “Thank You” was influenced by Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin & Bruno Mars.
- Meghan has Nyctophobia, which is a huge fear of the dark.
- Her Snapchat is mtrainor22.