No.1 digital song
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.
All About That Bass performance
Trainor performs her single All About That Bass on LIVE with Kelly and Michael from her album Only 17
October UK song release
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.
All About That Bass first live performance
Trainor performs All About That Bass in front of a live audience for the first time on The Emily West Show.
I’ve never, ever, ever sang this in front of people.
Cosmopolitan interview
Trainor speaks about All About That Bass, which has received 1.7 million views on YouTube. When asked if she has always had a positive attitude about her own body image:
No, no, not at all. I didn’t know how cool I was until just recently. I wish I knew how cool I was in high school, you know? And I see my little cousins — now they have Instagram at 13. I didn’t have Instagram, but I’m pretty sure I would have been more confused about everything if I did at that age. I wrote it to help me as well. And it has helped me because people have been complimenting me like, ‘Man, you look good in that video!’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah I do!’ If I help other people that’s just another dream come true.
Today Show interview
Trainor speaks with The Today Show’s Savannah Guthrie about her YouTube video for All About That Bass.
Hires Carter as manager
Trainor hires Carter as her manager. Carter will co manage with Stiklorius.
All About That Bass
0 CommentsTrainor releases her debut single All About That Bass on Epic Records. On the retro sound:
That’s been the difficult part because I’m trying to get some soca in there. I’m trying to get some pop and stuff, and a lot of people are like, “You should keep it all retro.” But, I think we’ve got a good combination of mostly retro, but I’ll throw in some Caribbean drums randomly in a song, and you’ll be like, “Huh? That’s cool.” So, I threw in as much as could. My favorite parts are the lyrics and the melodies — very catchy, very relateable, very honest. A lot of people can relate to it — girls and boys; young and old.
Big Yellow Dog Music deal
0 CommentsTrainor lands a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music and places her songs with artists such as Rascal Flatts, Macy Kate, Common Kings, and Sabrina Carpenter. Trainor’s parents on passing up college to pursue the publishing deal:
You can learn more with this job than you can in a classroom—go for it!
Take Care of Our Soldiers performance
Trainor performs Take Care of Our Soldiers at the New York Songwriter’s Circle at the Bitter End.
Attends Berklee Music Program
0 CommentsTrainor attends a special five-week course at the Berklee College of Music’s Performance Program. She receives excellent marks and reaches the songwriting finals in the college’s song writing competition.
I went to Berklee College of Music at 15 and they had songwriting classes where you could go and learn how to write a song. But, man, I went to one and I didn’t get it. I didn’t write like that. They had a girl (professor) who was talking about how she wrote songs and she said, Any emotions I have I put in this journal, and then I put melodies to the lyrics and I said I don’t do that. Am I doing it wrong? I felt bad about it, but then I left and said, I know how to write a song. I skipped that class.
Nashville music deal
0 CommentsTrainor lands a deal with a Nashville music publishing company and begins writing songs for artists from all corners of the music world.
My parents would take me to songwriting conventions all over, [to] Colorado and Los Angeles … In Colorado – it was random – a country music publisher was there and she heard me. She decided to sign me right out of high school.
Musical aspirations
0 CommentsTrainor attends Nauset High School in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She sings, plays the trumpet and studies guitar with famous guitarist Johnny Spampinato. Trainor is ashamed of her appearance in high school:
In high school, sometimes the voice inside my head was worse than any hater. I used to be miserable in high school, but I should have looked in the mirror every day and said you look so cute today. It was all in my brain. I was like I know (girls at my high school) hate me, but they probably weren’t even thinking about me.
Island Fusion band
0 CommentsTrainor begins performing at age 12 and sings with a local Nantucket band called Island Fusion for four years. Her aunt, younger brother, and father, Gary, are part of the band. Trainor:
We put a band together and we would play Soca … and then I would go up and play my little pop songs (laughs). It was fun!
Born in Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
Trainor is born in Nantucket Island, Massachusetts to parents Kelli and Gary Trainor. She is a sister to two siblings, Ryan and Justin Trainor. She begins to compose music at seven-years-old and writes her first song at age 11.
Radio was my life growing up.