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Season 3 (2012), Eighth Place Finalist
of “The Voice” (U.S.)
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Melanie Martinez is an American singer and songwriter. Her discography includes two studio albums, four extended plays, ten singles, two promotional singles and twenty-six music videos.
Melanie Adele Martinez was born on April 28, 1995, in Astoria, Queens, to parents Mery and Jose Martinez, who are of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent. Her family moved to Baldwin, New York, on Long Island, when Martinez was four. She listened to Brandy, Britney Spears, Shakira, The Beatles, Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls and Christina Aguilera growing up, and wanted to be a singer from a young age.
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Melanie Martinez has cited the Beatles, Neutral Milk Hotel, Feist, Kimbra, Zooey Deschanel, Regina Spektor, and CocoRosie as influences of hers. Specific albums which have influenced her music include The Idler Wheel… by Fiona Apple and Ariana Grande‘s albums, Yours Truly and My Everything.
In 2012, during her junior year of high school, Martinez participated in the MSG Varsity Talent Show, a televised talent competition. She sang The Beatles’ rendition of “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.
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Later in 2012, Martinez auditioned for the third season of The Voice. Martinez auditioned singing Britney Spears‘ “Toxic”. Three of the four judges, Adam Levine, CeeLo Green and Blake Shelton, hit the “I Want You” button for her. Martinez chose Adam Levine to be her coach.
In the Battle Round, Martinez competed against Caitlin Michele. They performed a duet of the Ellie Goulding song “Lights”. Martinez won and moved on to the Knockout Round. Michele was stolen by CeeLo Green and also moved on.
In the Knockout Round, Martinez was paired with Sam James. She chose to sing La Roux‘s “Bulletproof”. Levine eliminated James, and Martinez moved on to the Live Rounds as one of the five remaining members of Team Adam.
In week one of the Live Rounds, Martinez sang “Hit the Road Jack”. Public vote saved Team Adam members Amanda Brown and Bryan Keith.
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In 2015, Melanie Martinez later released her debut studio album, Cry Baby, which went on to be certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Martinez’s songs “Sippy Cup”, “Mad Hatter”, “Mrs. Potato Head”, “Cry Baby”, “Pacify Her” and “Soap”, were all certified gold in the U.S., and her songs “Dollhouse” and “Pity Party” received platinum certification from the RIAA.
The subject matter of Melanie Martinez‘s songs is typically based on personal experiences. Martinez describes her own music as “very dark and honest” and “hip hop/trap inspired beats with creepy nostalgic childlike sounds such as baby pianos, music boxes, and toys”.
Martinez’s music has been described by The Guardian as “off-kilter, sweary electropop”. Rolling Stone described Martinez’s music as “twisted lullabies about love, danger and madness”, and compared her music to that of “‘Coin-Operated Boy’-era Dresden Dolls” and Lana Del Rey.
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The New York Times’s Jon Pareles described her music as “perching prettily tinkling keyboards and concise pop choruses amid the slow, ominous basslines and twitchy percussion of Southern hip-hop – a candy-coated variation on the dirges of Lorde and Lana Del Rey“, and described her mezzo-soprano voice as “whispery, sardonic, tearful, and furious”.
Martinez’s music has been described as pop, alternative pop, art pop, electropop, emo pop, and dark-pop.
She attributes the “heavy hip-hop influence” in her music to her father playing hip-hop music in the family’s house often during her childhood.
Her discography includes three studio albums, four extended plays, twelve singles, two promotional singles and thirty-one music videos.
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