Rookie with “huge” achievements

Recently, the music-loving community is paying special attention to a brand new name – Meghan Trainor, just because of her “huge” achievements, ranking No. 1 on the Billboard chart right from her debut song.

The female singer with the nickname “chubby” released her first album titled Title last week. And this debut product of hers knocked Taylor Swift and her extremely popular album 1989 out of the Billboard 200 throne after many consecutive weeks of domination.

Meghan Trainor has beaten Taylor Swift to the top of Billboard

According to official data from Billboard, Title sold 195 thousand copies in the first week of release. With this impressive number, Meghan Trainor has officially set a new record for owning the highest number of albums sold by a rookie female artist in the past 5 years. In addition, this female singer also holds two 2015 Grammy nominations.

Besides the good news about the new album, the “overweight” star is proving the undeniable influence of the name Meghan across the United States by continuously appearing in many large and small music projects and shows. It’s a popular television show and makes many viewers remember it more and more.

According to Discovery, on January 21, The Voice production representative confirmed that Meghan will participate in part 8 of this singing talent show as a consultant. Meghan Trainor also agreed to pair up with a “piece” of One Direction, and ex-lover of Taylor Swift – Harry Styles, in an upcoming duet.

Phenomenon of world music industry

Meghan Trainor, real name Meghan Elizabeth Trainor, was born on December 22, 1993 into a family with a musical tradition in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She started writing music at the age of 11, won many major awards and signed a contract with Big Yellow Dog Music at the age of 18, while still in school. Although she composed and released two previous albums, it was not until 2014 that Meghan’s name really shined when she collaborated on writing All About That Bass with producer Kevin Kadish.

Not only does it have an extremely catchy and fun melody, All About That Bass also scores points with listeners, especially women, by sending meaningful, positive messages – be confident and love yourself – in my song.

Funny image of Meghan Trainor in the hit song “All About That Bass”

Nowadays, girls are always obsessed with the trend of tight bodies and big breasts promoted by fashion magazines, toy brands, dolls… What’s worse than always having to fear that you will be criticized? laughing at “fatty things”, or beating yourself up for eating just one more piece of french fry. Approaching the problem in a humorous way, All About That Bass does not use flowery or cliché lyrics but instead goes straight to the point “I’m fat, so what?”.

Meghan even innocently convinced the audience with humorous thoughts that there was no need to torment herself and endure the pain of plastic surgery because: “My mother said men like to hug chubby girls more.” . With its simplicity yet no less fun, All About That Bass is considered a feminist manifesto, praising the natural beauty of women and calling on everyone to have a more optimistic view of life. .

According to VnExpress, besides positive support from both critics and music lovers, the song also encountered mixed opinions. Many extremists believe that All About That Bass is indoctrinating young girls into focusing on appearance just to pursue men, or that the use of the sensitive phrase “skinny bitches” has a racist connotation. Discrimination against girls with severe anorexia.

MV “All About That Bass” – Meghan Trainor

However, responding to negative feedback, Meghan simply shared: “I wrote this song because I was also struggling with self-acceptance. People said the song inspired them and made them feel beautiful. That made me cry with joy.”

Reaching success at a very young age, combined with similarities in appearance, unique voice and songwriting ability, Meghan Trainor is expected to become “America’s Adele”.