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Meghan Trainor is an American singer, born in 1993 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She is primarily known for her 2014 hit single, All About That Bass.

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5 Nov, 2014

CMA Awards performance

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Trainor performs her single, All About That Bass, with Lambert at the 48th Annual CMA Awards. Lambert:

She’s got like, some moves and she’s like, 20 and I’m 30, so there’s that gap. I’m like, ‘Woah, I need some coffee.’ When she walks in the room, she has so much energy! I was like, ‘Woah, I gotta perk up!’

5 Oct, 2014

First UK No.1 single

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Trainor’s single, All About That Bass, is one of the fastest selling tracks in the U.K. so far this year. Her song jumps 32 places to the number one spot this week.

It feels unreal! I still don’t believe it! Especially on my first single. It’s incredible!

18 Sep, 2014

Shake it Off performance

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Trainor puts her own twist on Taylor Swift’s song on the the Australian radio show, Dan and Maz. In the middle of the song she breaks into a rap:

Hey, say Taylor, shake ’em off / Come on, don’t let ’em get to ya / Go ahead and dance like there ain’t nobody watchin’ ya / Shake like your polaroid picture / You got the fans like we wanna dance wit ya.

4 Sep, 2014

All About the Bass performance

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Trainor sings her single All About That Bass with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. The performance only uses classroom toys as musical instruments.

Jimmy Fallon, Meghan Trainor & The Roots Sing "All About That Bass" (w/ Classroom Instruments)

13 Aug, 2014

No.1 digital song

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During an interview with Mix 104.1, Trainor learns that All About That Bass is the number one selling digital song.

Oh my god, I want to vomit. That’s amazing.

5 Aug, 2014

October UK song release

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The American singer-song writer says that her single, All About That Bass, will be released in the UK on October 5th, 2014. The song is intended to promote a positive body image:

When writing the song, I was thinking about girls today and how, because of social media, there’s more pressure to be society’s version of perfect and the message of the song is to love your body no matter what.