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Today's featured article Meghan Trainor Title is the debut major-label studio album by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor (pictured), released on January 9, 2015. Initially a songwriter for other artists in 2013, Trainor signed with Epic Records the following year and began recording material she co-wrote with Kevin Kadish. They drew influence from retro-styled music as they were tired of chasing radio trends. Title includes "All About That Bass", which reached number one in 58 countries, and two other US Billboard Hot 100 top-10 singles: "Lips Are Movin" and "Like I'm Gonna Lose You". Reviewers criticized the album's repetitiveness and doubted Trainor's longevity, though some appreciated her wit and audacious attitude. It debuted at number one on charts in the US, Canada and the UK, and spent multiple weeks at the summit in Australia and New Zealand. Title was the ninth-best-selling album of 2015 worldwide. It was supported by the 2015 That Bass Tour and MTrain Tour. (This article is part of two featured topics: Title and Meghan Trainor albums.) Recently featured: Elvis Presley Gerald Durrell Maria Trubnikova Did you know... Limia tridens male ... that a hypothesized land bridge may have allowed some fish species (example pictured) to migrate from South America to Cuba? ... that a Sunday afternoon phone call to Ken Battle laid the foundations for the Canadian Child Benefit program? ... that in the narrative epic Pem Nem, the union of two lovers is a metaphor for the union of the soul with God? ... that after becoming a born again Christian, soprano Jane Stuart Smith abandoned a successful opera career to pursue a life of service? ... that Singapore's first R-rated play was performed despite the police finding parts of it "offensive"? ... that the Filipino boy band SB19 considered disbandment after their debut single "Tilaluha" saw little success? ... that Richard Stratton's diplomatic career took him "from South America to Japan, and from Southern Africa to the foothills of the Himalayas"? ... that among the millions of prisoners of war murdered by the Germans during WWII there were also tens of thousands of their former allies, the Italians? ... that American football player Noah Knigga went viral for his last name and had to clarify its pronunciation?

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