Melanie Adele Martinez is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Astoria, Queens, and raised in Baldwin, New York, Martinez rose to fame in 2012 after appearing on the American television vocal talent show The Voice.
Following the show, she released her debut single “Dollhouse”, followed by her debut EP of the same name (2014), through Atlantic Records.
Martinez later released her debut studio album, Cry Baby (2015), 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.
Martinez released her second studio album, K-12 (2019), alongside its accompanying film, as a follow-up to the storyline of Cry Baby. Her EP was released a year later in 2020, called After School.
Has Melanie Martinez ever been Cancelled?
Melanie Martinez was publicly accused of sexual assault by former friend Timothy Heller in late 2017.
This was no small news, and the story got picked up by media giants like Billboard, Variety, and CNN. Melanie Martinez was officially cancelled and essentially went into Taylor Swift-style hiding for the next year.
When Timothy Heller first made her accusations on Twitter, the reaction came quickly. Heller went from just under 5k to over 70k followers on Instagram in a weekend.
Following a Twitter statement and the release of one song responding to the accusations (that remains on YouTube and Souncloud but is still un-streamable on Spotify and Apple Music to to this day), Martinez disabled all comments on her Instagram and YouTube and did not make an appearance online or anywhere else for over a year.
Unlike others who have been accused of sexual misconduct, Melanie never had to face many consequences for her actions.
Instead of being canceled, she was able to go on hiatus for a few years while she worked on her album. And now, it’s as if the allegations never happened. When it was announced last October that she was finally releasing her album, fans rallied behind her.