Melanie Martinez

Melanie Martinez is a singer and songwriter who was born in Astoria, Queens and gained popularity after she appeared on the American Television show The Voice. She was one of the most unique members on the show. After the show, she began her solo singing career and released one EP and one full album in the years 2014 and 2015.

Quick Bio

Melanie Martinez was born to Mercy Martinez and Jose Martinex in Austria, Queens. Both her parents are from Puerto Rican and Dominican descent. She was 4 years old when her parents and she moved to Baldwin, New York. Even when she was young, Melanie wanted to be a singer. She went to the Plaza Elementary School where her teacher taught her how to sing and she even started writing poetry when she was in Kindergarten.

She was a very emotional child and often referred to as a cry baby by her family and friends. Melanie Martinez also taught herself how to play guitar and graduated from Baldwin High School.

Music career

Melanie Martinez participated in Varsity Talent Show by MSG when she was in high school in 2012. She then auditioned for The Voice later that year and was selected and joined Adam Levine team. She was eliminated in the top 6 from the competition.

After voice, she released her debut single track Dollhouse. The song was a hit and then she released her EP. The single Carousel from the EP received the gold certificate from ROAA. It was also chosen as one of the preview tracks of American Horror Stories: Freak Show.

In 2015, she again released a single ‘Pity Party’ which was again gold certified and then the second single was released called Soap. The single was very well received and it reached number 12 on the Alternative Digital Songs Chart. In August 2015, she released Cry Baby. Currently she has been known to be working on her movie that is set to release in September 2019 and is called K-12.

Cry Baby

Cry Baby has been the most successful album that Melanie Martinez has released and it was critically acclaimed. Cry Baby debuted at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 200 charts. The music video of the song Cry Baby was also a massive hit. In 2016 she released her EP called Cry Baby Extra Clutter.

Personal life

As of right now, there is no information about her being in a relationship. In July 2018, she came out as Bisexual through her instagram story even though she has grown up in a conservative household.

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Happy national coming out day!?? Everyday I get DM’s from kids who have similar experiences to mine growing up, living in a traditional Latin household. Hearing your family make jokes about the lgbtq+ community, making you feel like you wouldn’t be accepted if you came out. I want you to know that I’m here for you and I hear you. I was you. I had a really traumatizing experience being outed, demonized & harassed. Ive never felt comfortable talking about sexuality in general because it always felt very shameful with the conditioning I had as a kid. But I’m here to tell you through my own scary experience that it gets better. My family is completely and fully accepting of me now as a Bi-sexual woman. I have a beautiful group of friends who have been with me through the roughest shit in my life and I am so grateful for them. Being Bi is quite confusing because on both ends you feel this enormous pressure to choose. I felt like my relationship history would invalidate my sexuality and also felt like every year i was taking too long to come out. But I learned it’s never too late. And that everyone has their own path to queerness. Everyone’s story is entirely different and equally as beautiful. There are so many amazing kids who have this online community of people they can talk to for support that I never had as a kid, or parents that fully support their sexuality and identity. Being supportive of the kids and adults who feel they need to take their time coming out for their own mental health, and personal safety is so important. I’m sending all of my love and support to every person in this community today and everyday, weather you’re out and proud as a butterfly or still finding yourself growing in your cocoon. I love you so much. I’m here for you, and I know you’re here for me?

A post shared by Melanie Martinez (@littlebodybigheart) on Oct 11, 2018 at 1:09pm PDT

Melanie Martinez has often stated that she is very shy and smokes marijuana to calm her before the performances.

Net worth

Melanie Martinez has a lot of different ventures where she has invested in. She is a successful songwriter and singer, she has toured to a lot of states, and she has business endorsements and much more. Her net worth has been estimated around $1 million as of 2019.

Facts

Melanie Martinez has been influenced by singers such as the Beatles, Feist, Zooey Deschanel, CocoRosie and many more
When Melanie Martinez was 16 she watched 101 Dalmatians and dyed half her hair black and half as blond just like Cruella de Vil
Melanie Martinez did collaboration with Lime Crime. Inc which is a cosmetic company to release two lipsticks and one of them was named Cry Baby. She also released a fragrance called Cry Baby Perfume Milk in October 2016
The Guardian has described her image in her album as doll like and emo, hyperreal and said that her music can be a combination of nursery rhyme and a tragic life story. Melanie Martinez has said the protagonist in Cry Baby is her alter ego or the fairy tale version of herself
Most of the subjects of her songs are based on her personal experiences and real life