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Today's featured article for January 9, 2025
Meghan Trainor
Meghan Trainor

Title is the debut major-label studio album by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor (pictured), released on January 9, 2015. Initially a songwriter for other artists in 2013, Trainor signed with Epic Records the following year and began recording material she co-wrote with Kevin Kadish. They drew influence from retro-styled music as they were tired of chasing radio trends. Title includes "All About That Bass", which reached number one in 58 countries, and two other US Billboard Hot 100 top-10 singles: "Lips Are Movin" and "Like I'm Gonna Lose You". Reviewers criticized the album's repetitiveness and doubted Trainor's longevity, though some appreciated her wit and audacious attitude. It debuted at number one on charts in the US, Canada and the UK, and spent multiple weeks at the summit in Australia and New Zealand. Title was the ninth-best-selling album of 2015 worldwide. It was supported by the 2015 That Bass Tour and MTrain Tour. (This article is part of two featured topics: Title and Meghan Trainor albums.)

Picture of the day for January 9, 2025
Michael William Balfe

Michael William Balfe (1808–1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially The Bohemian Girl. Balfe was born in Dublin and grew up on Pitt Street, which was renamed Balfe Street in 1917 in his honour. After moving to Wexford with his family as a child, Balfe began a career as a violinist, moving to London in 1823 after his father's death, later relocating again to Italy and Switzerland, where he married the Hungarian-born singer Lina Roser. He began pursuing an operatic singing career as well as composing, and moved with his family back to London in 1835. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Balfe composed at least 29 operas, almost 250 songs, several cantatas and other works. He was also a noted conductor, directing Italian Opera at Her Majesty's Italian Opera House for seven years, among other conducting posts. Balfe's most notable opera is The Bohemian Girl, which continues to be performed. This albumen photograph of Balfe was printed in 1900, many years after his death.

Photograph credit: Nadar; restored by Adam Cuerden

Can the arrival of the Black Nazarene at Manila from Mexico on January 6, 1606, be added? --Howard the Duck 11:34, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was wrong, the Black Nazarene arrived on May 31, today is the feast. --Howard the Duck 11:41, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

--howcheng {chat} 18:59, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

All five articles making OTD debuts! howcheng {chat} 10:01, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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2015 notes

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2016 notes

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2017 notes

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2018 notes

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2019 notes

howcheng {chat} 18:22, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

howcheng {chat} 18:48, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

howcheng {chat} 07:30, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

howcheng {chat} 07:53, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1978 Qom protest

Hi Bumbubookworm I just noticed you pulled out of row for this year. 1978 Qom protest has never been featured on OTD and this year marks the 45th anniversary of the event making it a priority of OTD. --Mhhossein talk 07:25, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Further reviewing this year's list, I realized '1857 Fort Tejon earthquake' was featured last year, too, while '1978 Qom protest' has never appeared on the main page despite its 45th anniversary. I will make the necessary changes. --Mhhossein talk 14:04, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]