Melanie Adele Martinez widely known as Melanie Martinez is an American singer, songwriter, music video director, and photographer. Martinez is often cited as one of the only major successes of The Voice. Her music mostly revolves around the protagonist of her concept album, Cry Baby, and discusses themes of family disputes, body image, romance, and coming-of-age. She is known for her two-toned hair.
Early Life of Melanie Martinez
Martinez was born on April 28, 1995 in Astoria, Queens to parents of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent. Her family moved to Baldwin, New York on Long Island when Martinez was 4. She listened to Brandy, Britney Spears, Shakira, The Beatles, Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls and Christina Aguilera growing up, and claims to have wanted to be a singer from a young age.
Career Of Melanie Martinez
In 2012, during her junior year of high school, Martinez participated in the MSG Varsity Talent Show, a televised talent competition. She sang “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Barrett Strong and “Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)” by The Four Tops. She was eliminated in the second round. Martinez auditioned singing Britney Spears’s “Toxic”. Three of the four judges, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton, hit the “I Want You” button for her. Martinez chose Adam Levine to be her coach.
In March 2017, Martinez expressed her wishes to produce a film telling each song for her second album, explaining “I’m currently writing a film…”i’m going to spend the year working on it, directing, shooting, make up and everything so it’s a lot of work”.
In March 2017, Martinez expressed her wishes to produce a film telling each song for her second album, explaining “I’m currently writing a film…”i’m going to spend the year working on it, directing, shooting, make up and everything so it’s a lot of work”.
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