THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

538-Meghan Trainor-All About That Bass.

2014-Number 1 single.

Best Bit-At 0.44. You’ve gotta love that ‘Phat Bass.’ The bass represents the fuller sound, (the more curvy lady) whereas the treble represents a lesser sound (those skinny bitc#es.)

Meghan Elizabeth Trainor was born on December 22nd, 1993, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, initially she had no ambition to be a performer, as she thought that her body size would hold her back, with her not being the stereotypical looking thin ‘Pop’ singer. Her lyrics often include themes of womanhood, body image, and personal empowerment, although at times she has been criticised for being anti-feminist. At the age of 12 Meghan Trainor began performing as part of a covers band called ‘Island Fusion,’ which also included her aunt, younger brother, and father. Together they performed ‘Soca Music,’ as well as Meghan Trainor’s early compositions. From a young age she had an eclectic taste in music, especially being heavily influenced by the ‘Doo-Wop’ that had originated in African-American communities during the 1940’s. Between the ages of 15 to 17, she independently released three Albums of material she had written, recorded, performed, and produced. In order to improve her songwriting she enrolled in the ‘Summer Performance Program’ at the ‘Berklee College of Music,’ in Boston, Massachusettes during 2009, with the intention of becoming a songwriter for hire. It was in 2013 that she first met Kevin Kadish, which would lead to international recognition for them both.

The discography of Meghan Trainor includes six studio Albums released between 2015-2024, and 36 singles released between 2014-2024, there are also three independent Albums, and two official live Albums available. In America on the Billboard Hot 100, she has had seven top 40 hit singles as the lead artist, with ‘All About That Bass’ reaching Number 1, she has also had a further hit as the featured artist on the Charlie Puth track ‘Marvin Gaye,’ which made Number 21 in 2015. In the UK, Meghan Trainor has had eight top 40 chart hits, with ‘All About That Bass’ reaching Number 1, she also made Number 1 as the featured artist on the Charlie Puth single ‘Marvin Gaye’ in 2015.

‘All About That Bass’ was the first of four singles released from Meghan Trainor’s debut major-label studio Album called ‘Title,’ from January 2015, the song was co-written by Meghan Trainor, and Kevin Kadish, with the production being by Kadish. Kevin Paul Kadish was born in 1971, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, he is 22 years the senior of Meghan Trainor. During the mid 1990’s he toured the East Coast of America as a solo acoustic artist, opening for high profile acts such as Hall & Oates, and Jeff Beck. By the year 2000, Kadish had become a songwriter, notably co-writing two tracks on Willie Nelson’s 2002 studio Album ‘The Great Divide.’ Prior to meeting Meghan Trainor, he also worked on, and wrote on records for artists including Meatloaf, Miley Cyrus, and Jason Mraz.

Meghan Trainor and Kevin Kadish were first introduced to each other in 2013, and soon found that musically they had a lot in common. Kadish had a song title written down (‘All About That Bass’) that he thought would make a great song, and Trainor got the idea of a song about body image from that. ‘All About That Bass’ first appeared on Meghan Trainor’s debut extended play (EP) which was also called ‘Title,’ from 2014. With Meghan Trainor feeling that she hadn’t got the credentials to be a ‘Pop Star,’ the song was offered to other artists, who either turned out to be not suitable, or refused the song, because of this Meghan Trainor was advised to perform it herself. ‘All About That Bass,’ which is filed under the musical genres of ‘Bubblegum Pop,’ ‘Doo-Wop,’ and ‘Hip-Hop,’ went on to spend eight weeks at Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, which is more than any other record on the ‘Epic’ label has ever done. The song went on to sell 11 million copies worldwide, and topped the charts in 58 different countries. At the time of writing it is the 65th best selling song in America ever, and is the best selling song by a female artist in the 2010’s.

‘All About That Bass’ is not without controversy. Although the lyrics portray a positive body image message, saying that you should be proud of who you are, it does take a swipe at thin girls, leading some to suggest that the message of positivism isn’t aimed at everybody. Kevin Kadish has defended the song saying, ‘What critics didn’t understand was that the song was a joke. We weren’t seriously calling people skinny bitc#es, but I don’t know any girl who hasn’t called another girl a skinny bit#h.’ While Meghan Trainor has said, ‘I didn’t work this hard to hate on skinny people, I wrote the song to help my body confidence, and to help others.’

Yeah, it’s pretty clear, I ain’t no size two, but I can shake it, shake it, like I’m supposed to do. ‘Cause I got that boom boom that all the boys chase, and all the right junk in all the right places. I see the magazines workin’ that Photoshop, we know that sh#t ain’t real.’