Meg Mac

Meg Mac
Background information
Birth name Megan Sullivan McInerney
Born (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genres
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Voice, keyboard
Years active 2013–present
Labels littleBIGMAN/Inertia, 300 Entertainment, EMI Music Australia
Website megmac.com.au

Megan Sullivan McInerney (born 6 July 1990 in Sydney, Australia), known by her stage name Meg Mac, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. She signed to littleBIGMAN records in 2014, locally, and 300 Entertainment in United States.[1]

Early career

Mac started developing her singing as soon as she could speak.[2] She started writing songs as a teen.[3] She began a degree in Digital Media but soon quit this after she moved to Perth to study music at the WA Academy of Performing Arts. After completing her degree, she recorded "Known Better" and submitted it to Triple J's Unearthed program. At this point, she decided to move from Perth to Melbourne and left on a road trip with a car load of friends. It was during this trip as they were approaching Melbourne that she discovered that Triple J were planning to play her song that evening.[4]

Musical career

2013-2017: Career beginnings and Low Blows

The initial exposure on Triple J catapulted Mac's musical career. She was the Unearthed Featured Artist of the Week in 2013[5] and Unearthed Artist of the Year in 2014.[6]

In July 2014, Mac announced her first national headline tour to promote her debut extended play, MegMac, which was issued on 12 September that year on littleBIGMAN Records.[7] On Triple J, the national youth radio station, she was announced as their "Unearthed Artist of 2014",[8] while Marie Claire Australia chose her as an "Artist to Watch" for 2015[9] and she received a nomination for Rolling Stone Australia's "Best New Talent" Award.[10]

She was reviewed by The New York Times, BuzzFeed,[11] and Daytrotter. Mac toured supporting Clean Bandit.[12]

On 15 August 2015, Mac achieved her first top 50 chart appearance with "Never Be", which entered the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 39.[13] It out-peaked her first top 100 single, "Roll Up Your Sleeves", which had reached No. 80 in August 2014.[13][14] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 she was nominated for Best Female Artist for MEGMAC and Breakthrough Artist for "Never Be".[15] On 26 January 2016 "Never Be" made it to No.11 in Triple J's Hottest 100.

Mac's debut album Low Blows was released on 14 July 2017 [16] and entered the ARIA Chart at No.2

2018-present: Second studio album

In October 2018, Mac released "Give Me My Name Back", Mac said “"Give Me My Name Back" is a song for those who have suffered emotional and physical abuse; it's for the women who are standing up and speaking out, those discriminated against in the LGBTQI community, the indigenous people of Australia and the children abused by the church. For everyone who has lost an important part of themselves and need to reclaim their identity, dignity and self-worth in order to move forward with their lives.”[17]

Tours

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[23]
Low Blows 2

Extended plays

Title Album details
MegMac
  • Release date: 12 September 2014 (AUS), 7 April 2015 (US)
  • Label: LittleBIGMan/Inertia (AUS), 300 Entertainment (US)
  • Formats: Digital download, CD

Singles

List of singles, with chart position
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[23]
"Known Better" 2013 — MegMac
"Every Lie" —
"Roll Up Your Sleeves" 2014 80
"Never Be" 2015 39 N/A
"Low Blows" 2017 — Low Blows
"Maybe It's My First Time"[24] 92
"Don't Need Permission"[25] —
"Give Me My Name Back" [26] 2018 — tbc

References

  1. ↑ "300 Entertainment".
  2. ↑ "singing".
  3. ↑ "teen".
  4. ↑ Yates, Rod. "The Rise and Rise of Meg Mac". Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "triple j Unearthed". Facebook. Triple J. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Meg Mac wins Unearthed Artist of the year". Triple J. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 Moskovitch, Greg (16 July 2014). "Meg Mac Announces Debut EP, National Tour". Music Feeds. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Unearthed Artist of 2014".
  9. ↑ "Marie Claire Australia".
  10. ↑ "Rolling Stones Australia".
  11. ↑ "Buzzfeed".
  12. ↑ "Clean Bandit".
  13. 1 2 Ryan, Gavin (15 August 2015). "ARIA Singles: Delta Goodrem 'Wings' Tops Australian Chart". Noise11. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 8 September 2014. pp. 4, 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  15. ↑ ARIA Music Awards for Meg Mac:
    • Search Results 'Meg Mac': "Search Results for 'Meg Mac'". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
    • 2015 nominations: Baroni, Nastassia (7 October 2015). "Courtney Barnett, Hermitude, Tame Impala Lead 2015 ARIA Award Nominations". musicfeeds.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
    • 2015 winners: "And the ARIA Awards Goes to..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "Meg Mac Announces Debut Album Release Date, Chucks In A Tour For Good Measure". Music Feeds. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "The Purge 373". auspOp. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "SXSW".
  19. ↑ "Clean Bandit's US tour".
  20. ↑ "Groovin' the Moo Festival".
  21. ↑ "2015".
  22. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/MegMacMusic/app/123966167614127/
  23. 1 2 Peak chart positions in Australia:
    • For all except noted: "Discography Meg Mac". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
    • For "Roll Up Your Sleeves": Ryan, Gavin (15 August 2015). "ARIA Singles: Delta Goodrem 'Wings' Tops Australian Chart". Noise11. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
    • For "Maybe It's My First Time": "ARIA Chart Watch #430". auspOp. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  24. ↑ Desk, BWW News. "MEG MAC releases new track; 'Maybe It's My First Time'". Broadway World. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  25. ↑ Ortiz, Edwin. "Premiere: Meg Mac Shares Empowering New Song "Don't Need Permission"". Complex. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  26. ↑ "Give Me My Name Back - single". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2018. 
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