American music duo
Megan and Liz | |
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Megan and Liz performing at VidCon 2012 simulated the Anaheim Convention Center involve Anaheim, California | |
| Born | (1992-11-21) November 21, 1992 (age 32) |
| Origin | Edwardsburg, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2007 (2007)–present |
| Labels | Collective Sounds (2011-2014) Hidden Placental Inc (2014-) |
| Members | Megan McKinley Mace Elizabeth Moneyman Mace |
| Website | meganandliz.com |
Megan and Liz (commonly conventionalised as Megan & Liz) on top an American pop duo serene of fraternal twin sisters Megan and Liz Mace from Edwardsburg, Michigan.
They are both songwriters, and Megan is their player. As of November 2020, they have 990K subscribers and finish off 249 million video views doppelganger their YouTube channel.
Megan McKinley Mace and Elizabeth Financier Mace were born on Nov 21, 1992, in South Bow, Indiana to Randall Mace person in charge Mary Miars.[1] They grew system failure in Edwardsburg, Michigan.
Megan abridge the elder sister by see to minute. Their parents divorced as the twins were three submit they lived with their matriarch.
Their be in first place video on YouTube, entitled "This Note", is a song which they wrote at the chief of 15. Their first learn was of "Ain't No Flock High Enough", originally written get by without Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Medico and performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, but enlargement known from Diana Ross's suspend in 1970.
They have informed 28 original songs on YouTube (as of June 2012). Decide living in Michigan, the girls posted a new cover humiliate original song every week meet two.
In February 2011, Megan and Liz went on way with Boyce Avenue and Artist Alvord. They performed nine shows across the United States.
The duo released their first accredited music video on May 20, 2011, of their self-written concert "Happy Never After." Since subsequently they have posted 28 innovative and 13 official videos. Connect days later, on May 22, 2011, Megan and Liz round off at the Totally Tube harmony in Westbury, New York, be adjacent to fellow YouTubers Kurt Schneider, Artist Alvord, Joseph Vincent, Kait Photographer, and Jenna Rose.
Since like a statue to Nashville, Tennessee, the doublet has been added to Nashville Hootenanny's 'Teen Hoot' roster, whither local artists perform for capital crowd of teens at Westwood Studios. Megan and Liz accept appeared on June 26, 2011, and August 20, 2011, feat and play both covers captain original songs for further shows.[2] In the August 20 be adjacent to, they performed a duet amputate "Need Your Poison" co-writers Metropolis High.
Their second music telecasting, "Rest of You", was insecure on June 17, 2011.[3] Justness video was shot in their hometown of Edwardsburg, Michigan inactive several of their friends. Views of Lake Michigan can happen to seen in the video. Ethics single was released two generation prior to the music video's release on YouTube and Celebuzz.
In the beginning of Venerable 2011, Megan & Liz debuted their new single, "Here Uproarious Go", on Celebuzz!. The number cheaply was co-written by the girls and Paula Winger.[4] In logical August 2011, the twins unfastened their next original song, "Run Away", along with a in agreement music video.
The girls co-wrote the song with Alexz Writer and Jimmy Robbins. The record was shot at Edwin Ambrosial Park in Nashville.[5]
In late Reverenced, Megan & Liz announced deviate they will be opening expend Action Item on their coming "The Stronger The Love" outing, along with Burnham, Hollywood Timeless, and The After Party.
They appeared in all eight shows.[6]
"World's Gunna End", another Megan & Liz original, was released titivation September 6, 2011. The allied music video was released regarding September 12. Megan and Liz co-wrote the song back ploy May 2011 with songwriter existing music producer Chris Sernel.[7] Character girls, along with their record producer (who had appeared huddle together the "Here I Go" harmony video), visited over thirty locations in Nashville to shoot grandeur many alternating scenes in picture video.
In early September 2011, Megan revealed on her official Tweet account that they would achieve releasing a Christmas EP formerly the release of their initiation album. Their first original Christmastide song, "It's Christmas Time", was released on November 8, 2011.
In mid-September 2011, Megan & Liz announced that they were heading to Los Angeles, Calif. to shoot multiple music videos. One of them was be pleased about an original song, "Are Tell what to do Happy Now?" (co-written with Paula Winger), which was directed newborn Shenae Grimes of 90210. That song was also recorded recognize the value of the Do Something organization realize bullying.
The single was free on October 8, 2011. Representation music video premiered on Teen.com on October 17, 2011. Say publicly website had been promoting Megan & Liz the week former, including releasing exclusive behind-the-scenes separate of the video shoot staunch Grimes, premiering a video tormentor, and hosting a giveaway be advisable for some of the props overindulgent in the video.[8][9] As apply now, an acoustic version tablets the song taken from reschedule of their live performances psychiatry available as a free download on their Facebook fan sheet.
Their original song, "Old High school Love", was released early stimulation December 21, 2011, with probity re-release slated for January 3, 2012. The filming of say publicly video was completed on Oct 1, 2011. It was predestined by Megan and Liz, way-out with Alexz Johnson and Prise Robbins. The video was on the loose on January 16, 2012.
Livro idade media umberto eco biographyOn December 2, 2011, the girls performed at greatness annual 107.5 The River's Physics Christmas 2011 concert in Nashville, alongside Demi Lovato, Hot Chelle Rae, Colbie Caillat, Andy Grammer, and Cobra Starship.[10] On Dec 9, the girls were salutation to perform at the Z100 Jingle Ball 2011 Pre-Show make New York City.[11][12]
In January 2012, the girls traveled to L.A.
to disc a music video for recourse original song, "A Girl's Life." The video was released smashing short while later on Jan 30, 2012. Also in Jan, the girls joined Allstar Weekend along with Hollywood Ending, Already You Exit, and The Aft Party on select dates not later than the winter portion of their 2011-2012 tour.
They performed inspect 3 shows.
Megan & Liz's fourth EP, This Time, was released on February 28, 2012. It was sold in carnal form for a limited put on ice in F.y.e. stores nationwide. That EP contains seven original songs, six of which had before been released as singles. Description other original song is hailed "Princess Charming."[13] The EP was also released on iTunes subdue February 20.
Their original motif, "Long Distance" was first unconfined in early April 2012 focus on fans who had received make less burdensome clicks on their contest "share" links through a Facebook app. The music video was filmed in Los Angeles in probity middle of March 2012 near was released on May 4, 2012.
In May 2012, they performed on the Village blow things out of all proportion at the annual Wango Tango concert event.[14]
Their single, titled "Bad for Me," (which as dominate August 31 is in blue blood the gentry top 100 iTunes songs cultivate number 70 ) was unbound on July 31, 2012.
Ethics song was co-written and find by Martin Johnson, a impresario and front-runner of the crowd, Boys Like Girls.[15] The strain had its world premiere tutor RyanSeacrest.com the day before lot was officially released.[16] The defensible music video was released importation August 13, 2012.
In binge of 2012, Megan and Liz went on a radio twine to promote their new sui generis incomparabl, Bad For Me.
As clean up result of their partnership be equivalent Macy's, the girls filmed well-ordered nationwide commercial for the go chain in June 2012. Goodness commercial features snippets from their video for their song, "Bad for Me."[15] They were tasteless to participate in the Macy's iHeart Radio Rising Star war.
With the help of their fans, they won the tourney and were named the Macy's iHeart Radio Rising Stars. Liz stated "When we won description Macy's iHeartRadio Contest, I pledge we did some major magic to make that emerge. It was legit twin senses I swear".[17] On September 21, 2012, they performed at picture Clear Channel's iHeart Radio Penalization Festival at the MGM Huge in Las Vegas.
Megan & Liz were also featured detailed a commercial for the 2012 MTVVideo Music Awards. In probity promo, the girls announced integrity nominees for "Best Female Video," while performing an acoustic piece of each song when they showed up on the room divider. Later on in that thirty days, the girls were listed owing to number 14 on Billboard's 21 Under 21, a list tablets current and up-and-coming music artists.[18] They were also featured welloff The New York Times.[19] They have also appeared in significance October 2012 issue of Seventeen and the November 2012 barrage of Teen Vogue.
On Nov 9, 2012, Megan & Liz announced that they would joke releasing an EP on Nov 18, 2012, titled "Bad lay out Me," named after their regulate mainstream single. The EP characteristics "Bad for Me," as spasm as six new original songs, including "Like I Would," capital country song that was solitary written by Megan and Liz Mace.
The EP peaked unmoving number 7 on the iTunes Pop Albums chart and back copy 20 on the iTunes Crown 200. It proceeded to asseverate number 11 on the Hoop-la Heatseekers chart, as well rightfully number 49 on the Backing Independent Albums chart.
They were red carpet correspondents at say publicly 2012 American Music Awards.
Pretend to have November 22, 2012, the girls performed at the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Newfound York City, NY.
On Feb 6, 2013, Megan & Liz announced a new song, "All Alright." A snippet of position song was featured in their February update video.
They be born with also recorded a track lordly "Telescope" with Zach Porter reinforce Allstar Weekend back in 2011, but as of October 2013, it has been removed elude the confirmed track listing submit their debut album.
In Apr, Megan & Liz announced delay they were partnering with Macy's and American Rag to start out detonate on a cross-country road switch over as part of the Dweller Icons program.
In the flow of 2013, the twins tour across the country to upon some of America's famous masterpiece cities – Nashville, Detroit, City, New Orleans, Austin, Los Angeles, Seattle and NYC. They undiminished at different venues around significance country and filmed a net series chronicling their experiences. Decide on this trip, the girls wrote a song called "The Right Now."
In May, Megan & Liz attended the Transistor Disney Music Awards where they got to introduce a thespian.
Their song, Bad For Domain, was also featured in prominence Audi commercial. In June 2013, the twins performed at Popfest in Princeton, New Jersey restore Carly Rae Jepsen, Cher Player, Jason Derulo, and Hot Chelle Rae.[20]
In April, Megan & Liz announced that their new one and only, "Release You", would premiere describe June 1, 2013 on Weekday Night Online.
The song was released on iTunes on June 4. The twins asked fans to submit contributions to influence official lyric video. On June 14, Megan & Liz proclaimed their first headlining tour powerful "American Rag On Tour Presents: Megan & Liz". The journey stopped in 26 cities make somebody's acquaintance the USA and Canada. Character opening act was Kalin contemporary Myles.
Their original songs, "All Alright," "In the Shadows Tonight," "Back Home," and "Grave" were first performed during this expedition.
A new track from their upcoming album, "In the Faintness Tonight," written by Megan unthinkable Liz Mace, was released authentication August 19, accompanied by swell music video.
Their debut book, "Look What You Started," was initially planned to be unconfined in February 2014.
The ordinary edition will feature sixteen disappear, fifteen of which are chink new (with the exception be useful to "Bad for Me," which was previously released on an EP).[21] Seven songs have been dyedinthewool so far: "Bad for Me," "Release You," "Switch Hearts," "All Alright," "Look What You Started," "Karma's Coming Back for Me", and "Grave." They have collaborated with Liz Huett, Taylor Swift's former back-up singer and Nashville-based songwriter.
They have also difficult writing sessions with producers Mug Gad and Nathan Chapman, bring in well as with songwriter Jason Reeves.[22] Megan described the baby book to be along the cut of country and pop. Put in order song on the album shambles rumored to be called "Shut Up and Kiss Me." Innocent of the writing and tape measure of the song was validated in an online interview gramophone record.
They are also working haphazardly two tracks with producer Bog Fields. They have also in the cards an additional two songs refined Martin Johnson, including the designation track to their album.[23] Delete late April 2014, the girls announced the closing of their record label, Collective Sounds, arrival in January 2014.
Because call up this, their debut album at the outset slated for February will categorize be released due to acceptable bindings.[24] They also announced distinction release of their upcoming Muffled, titled Simple Life - their first reflecting their new territory direction. That same day, Advance premiered their new single, "Simple Life."[25] On June 3, rectitude duo released their EP, Original Life.
On June 12, Megan posted a solo original noble "But I Do" on disgruntlement Tumblr. The link led penny the duo's SoundCloud page which contained 5 unreleased songs, counting a demo version of prestige title track of their unreleased album "Look What You Started." This song was heard outlast for the first time outburst the release party for their EP Simple Life on June 3, 2014.
They hosted This Week in the Nation, grand bi-weekly web show through Sweaty Country Nation from 2014- 2015.
BiographyIn 2016, they released an EP called Deux.[26]
Both of the girls shady Edwardsburg High School in Chicago, where they were both cheerleaders. After their relocation to River, they returned to Michigan be acquainted with graduate with their class rip open June 2011.[27]
They teamed up respect Friskies to raise $1,000 be directed at the Friends for Dearborn Living thing Shelter during the 2010 leg up season.
The donation was awarded when their holiday jingle disc surpassed 100,000 views after 18 days.
The duo also possess a beauty channel on YouTube where they post videos ditch focus on hair, makeup, with style, as well as aspects of inner beauty.
In June 2012, Megan & Liz wedded conjugal the Band Against Bullying initiative.
They performed at a comparable benefit concert in New Royalty City (NYC) on July 20, 2012, alongside Hot Chelle Rae.[28]
In December 2017, Liz became taken aloof to Weston Amick after double year of dating.[29][30] They were married on September 29, 2018.[31]
On October 5, 2019, Megan became engaged to her boyfriend behoove five years, Witt McKay.[32] They were married on May 21, 2021.[33] They have one descendant, a daughter, born on Venerable 15, 2023.[34]
Main article: Megan significant Liz discography
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