Meg Mac

Meg Mac
Background information
Birth name	Megan Sullivan McInerney
Born	6 July 1990
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Alternative R&B blue-eyed soul pop indie rock blues rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Voice, keyboard
Years active	2013–present
Labels	littleBIGMAN/Inertia, 300 Entertainment
Website	megmac.com.au

Megan Sullivan McInerney (born 6 July 1990), 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

Meg Mac started developing her singing as soon as she could speak.^[2] She started writing songs as a teen.^[3]

Musical career

In July 2014 Meg 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.^[4] On Triple J, the national youth radio station, she was announced as their "Unearthed Artist of 2014",^[5] while Marie Claire Australia chose her as an "Artist to Watch" for 2015^[6] and she received a nomination for Rolling Stone Australia's "Best New Talent" Award.^[7]

She was reviewed by The New York Times, BuzzFeed,^[8] and Daytrotter. Mac toured supporting Clean Bandit.^[9]

On 15 August 2015 Mac achieved her first top 50 chart appearance with "Never Be", which entered the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 39.^[10] It out-peaked her first top 100 single, "Roll Up Your Sleeves", which had reached No. 80 in August 2014.^[10][11] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 she was nominated for Best Female Artist for MEGMAC and Breakthrough Artist for "Never Be".^[12] On 26 January 2016 "Never Be" made it to No.11 in Triple J's Hottest 100.

Tours

• Headlining Australian tour (2014)^[4]
• SXSW (2015)^[13]
• Support for Clean Bandit's US tour (2015)^[14]
• Groovin' the Moo Festival (2015)^[15]
• Support for D'Angelo US tour (2015)^[16]
• Falls Festival (2015/16)

Discography

Extended plays

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

Singles

• "Known Better" (2013)
• "Every Lie" (2013)
• "Roll Up Your Sleeves" (2014) AUS: No. 80
• "Never Be" (2015) AUS: No. 39^[10]

References

1. "300 Entertainment".
2. "singing".
3. "teen".
4. Moskovitch, Greg (16 July 2014). "Meg Mac Announces Debut EP, National Tour". Music Feeds. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
5. "Unearthed Artist of 2014".
6. "Marie Claire Australia".
7. "Rolling Stones Australia".
8. "Buzzfeed".
9. "Clean Bandit".
10. Ryan, Gavin (15 August 2015). "ARIA Singles: Delta Goodrem 'Wings' Tops Australian Chart". Noise11. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
11. "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.
12. 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.
13. "SXSW".
14. "Clean Bandit's US tour".
15. "Groovin' the Moo Festival".
16. "2015".