"All About That Bass" is the debut single of American singer-songwriter
Meghan Trainor (pictured), released through Epic Records on June 30,
2014. The song was included on Trainor's first extended play (EP) Title
(2014) and her studio album of the same name (2015). Written by Trainor
and producer Kevin Kadish, "All About That Bass" is a bubblegum pop,
doo-wop and hip hop track. Trainor, who struggled with her negative body
image as a teenager, was inspired to write the song to promote self-
acceptance. Some music critics praised the song's production and
memorable message, while others called it a novelty song and criticized
the failure of its lyrics to empower all body types. The song was
nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 57th Annual
Grammy Awards. It was the best-selling song in the United States by a
female artist during the 2010s, and was certified Diamond by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_That_Bass>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1894:
London's Tower Bridge, a combined bascule and suspension bridge
over the River Thames, was inaugurated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge>
1934:
German chancellor Adolf Hitler began a purge of the SA, the
Nazi Party's paramilitary wing, and other political rivals in the Night
of the Long Knives, executing at least 85 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives>
2009:
Yemenia Flight 626 crashed into the Indian Ocean near the
Comoros, killing 152 people, with French schoolgirl Bahia Bakari the
sole survivor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenia_Flight_626>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
plat:
1. A plot of land; a lot.
2. A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or
more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
3. (obsolete) A plot, a scheme.
4. (transitive) To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets;
to map. […]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plat>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Love, then, hath every bliss in store; 'Tis friendship, and 'tis
something more. Each other every wish they give; Not to know love is
not to live.
--John Gay
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gay>