{"title":"Melanie Martinez","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout Melanie Martinez\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelanie Adele Martinez was born in Astoria, Queens, New York on April 28, 1995. She gained early attention as a contestant on The Voice (season 3) in 2012. She signed with Atlantic Records and released her debut Cry Baby (2015), a conceptually-unified album following the titular Cry Baby character. The album was expanded with the 2017 EP After School. K-12 (2019), her second album, was accompanied by a self-directed feature-length film of the same name. Her 2023 album Portals marked a visual reinvention, with Martinez adopting a new fairy\/alien creature character with prosthetic makeup. She directs all her own music videos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSound and style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelanie Martinez's sound combines alternative pop, art pop, electropop, indie pop, dark pop, and chamber pop with her distinctive vocal delivery, conceptual approach to album-length work and visual presentation (each album linked to a unified character and aesthetic universe), and lyrical content addressing childhood trauma, mental health, identity, and personal experience with nursery rhyme and fairy tale imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDiscography highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDollhouse EP (2014, Atlantic)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCry Baby (2015, Atlantic)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter School EP (2017, Atlantic)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eK-12 (2019, Atlantic)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortals (2023, Atlantic)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFor collectors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtlantic Records pressings of the Melanie Martinez catalog have been issued in extensive color variant editions and elaborate limited deluxe pressings, with collector demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere to start\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eListeners new to Melanie Martinez typically start with Cry Baby (2015) or Portals (2023). \u003cspan class=\"related-collections\"\u003eExplore more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pop-vinyl-records\"\u003ePop\/Indie-Pop\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"melanie-martinez-cry-baby-cd-deluxe","title":"Cry Baby CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeluxe CD edition of Melanie Martinez’s Cry Baby, collecting the original album with three bonus tracks; 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