Melanie Martinez's Real Name: Melanie Martinez

Quick answer: The singer is known professionally as Melanie Martinez. AllMusic and Billboard independently date her birth to April 28, 1995. AllMusic lists Queens, New York, and also says she was born in Astoria, Queens. Billboard describes her as a New York native. This page titles her under the public name.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers identify her under the professional name Melanie Martinez. AllMusic lists the birth date as April 28, 1995, in Queens, New York, and later says she was born in Astoria, Queens, New York, in 1995, and grew up on Long Island in a family of Dominican and Puerto Rican heritage. Billboard independently lists the birthday as April 28, 1995, and describes her as a New York native.

Career highlights

AllMusic says that in 2012, while still in high school, she won a spot on NBC's The Voice with a performance of Britney Spears's "Toxic," joined Adam Levine's team, and was later eliminated in week five, then released the 2014 EP Dollhouse on Atlantic Records and her debut album Cry Baby in 2015, which reached number six on the Billboard 200 and number one on Billboard's Top Alternative Albums chart. The same account lists the later albums K-12 (2019), again number one on the Top Alternative Albums chart and peaking at three on the Billboard 200, PORTALS (2023), which reached number two on the Billboard 200, and a 2026 album, HADES. Billboard independently says she got her start on season three of The Voice, where a cover of the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" reached No. 86 on the Hot 100, then released the 2014 EP Dollhouse, whose track "Carousel" was later featured in American Horror Story: Freak Show, and the 2015 debut album Cry Baby, which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, and that 2019's K-12 and 2023's Portals charted in the top three. AllMusic independently records a later 2020 EP, After School, and later singles including "Fire Drill" and "Play Date," and says the 2026 album HADES followed the singles "Possession" and "Disney Princess."

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Melanie Martinez are looking for the same singer, including the Cry Baby work most often associated with her name. This page uses the public professional name. Search traffic often uses the professional name Melanie Martinez alone in many lookups.