Megan and Liz Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Height, Net Worth, Fast Facts

Early life

Megan McKinley Mace and Elizabeth Morgan Mace were born on November 21, 1992, in South Bend, Indiana to Randall Mace and Mary Miars. They grew up in Edwardsburg, Michigan. Megan is the elder sister by one minute. Their parents divorced when the twins were three and they lived with their mother.

Music career

2007–2011: YouTube beginnings

Their first video on YouTube, entitled “This Note”, is a song which they wrote at the age of 15. Their first cover was of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, originally written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson and performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, but better known from Diana Ross’s cover in 1970. They have posted 28 original songs on YouTube (as of June 2012). While living in Michigan, the girls posted a new cover or original song every week or two.

In February 2011, Megan and Liz went on tour with Boyce Avenue and Tiffany Alvord. They performed nine shows across the United States.

The duo released their first official music video on May 20, 2011, of their self-written song “Happy Never After.” Since then they have posted 28 original and 13 official videos. Two days later, on May 22, 2011, Megan and Liz performed at the Totally Tube concert in Westbury, New York, alongside fellow YouTubers Kurt Schneider, Tiffany Alvord, Joseph Vincent, Kait Weston, and Jenna Rose.

Since moving to Nashville, Tennessee, the duo has been added to Nashville Hootenanny’s ‘Teen Hoot’ roster, where local artists perform for a crowd of teens at Westwood Studios. Megan and Liz have appeared on June 26, 2011, and August 20, 2011, performances and play both covers and original songs for further shows. In the August 20 show, they performed a duet with “Need Your Poison” co-writers Memphis High.

Their second music video, “Rest of You”, was released on June 17, 2011. The video was shot in their hometown of Edwardsburg, Michigan with several of their friends. Views of Lake Michigan can be seen in the video. The single was released two days prior to the music video’s release on YouTube and Celebuzz.

In the beginning of August 2011, Megan & Liz debuted their new single, “Here I Go”, on Celebuzz!. The song was co-written by the girls and Paula Winger. In late August 2011, the twins released their next original song, “Run Away”, along with a corresponding music video. The girls co-wrote the song with Alexz Johnson and Jimmy Robbins. The video was shot at Edwin Warner Park in Nashville.

In late August, Megan & Liz announced that they will be opening for Action Item on their upcoming “The Stronger The Love” tour, along with Burnham, Hollywood Ending, and The After Party. They appeared in all eight shows.

“World’s Gunna End”, another Megan & Liz original, was released on September 6, 2011. The accompanying music video was released on September 12. Megan and Liz co-wrote the song back in May 2011 with songwriter and music producer Chris Sernel. The girls, along with their video producer (who had appeared in the “Here I Go” music video), visited over thirty locations in Nashville to shoot the many alternating scenes in the video.

2011–2012: A Twinning Christmas, “Are You Happy Now?” and performances

In early September 2011, Megan revealed on her official Twitter account that they would be releasing a Christmas EP before the release of their debut album. Their first original Christmas 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, California to shoot multiple music videos. One of them was for an original song, “Are You Happy Now?” (co-written with Paula Winger), which was directed by Shenae Grimes of 90210. This song was also recorded for the Do Something organization against bullying. The single was released on October 8, 2011. The music video premiered on Teen.com on October 17, 2011. The website had been promoting Megan & Liz the week prior, including releasing exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the video shoot with Grimes, premiering a video teaser, and hosting a giveaway of some of the props used in the video. As of now, an acoustic version of the song taken from one of their live performances is available as a free download on their Facebook fan page.

Their original song, “Old School Love”, was released early on December 21, 2011, with the re-release slated for January 3, 2012. The filming of the video was completed on October 1, 2011. It was written by Megan and Liz, along with Alexz Johnson and Jimmy Robbins. The video was released on January 16, 2012.

On December 2, 2011, the girls performed at the annual 107.5 The River’s Acoustic Christmas 2011 concert in Nashville, alongside Demi Lovato, Hot Chelle Rae, Colbie Caillat, Andy Grammer, and Cobra Starship. On December 9, the girls were invited to perform at the Z100 Jingle Ball 2011 Pre-Show in New York City.

Personal lives

Both of the girls attended Edwardsburg High School in Michigan, where they were both cheerleaders. After their relocation to Tennessee, they returned to Michigan to graduate with their class in June 2011.

They teamed up with Friskies to raise $1,000 for the Friends for Dearborn Animal Shelter during the 2010 holiday season. The donation was awarded when their holiday jingle video surpassed 100,000 views after 18 days.

The duo also have a beauty channel on YouTube where they post videos that focus on hair, makeup, and style, as well as aspects of inner beauty.

In June 2012, Megan & Liz joined the Band Against Bullying campaign. They performed at a corresponding benefit concert in New York City (NYC) on July 20, 2012, alongside Hot Chelle Rae.

In December 2017, Liz became engaged to engineer Weston Amick after one year of dating. They were married on September 29, 2018. On October 5, 2019, Megan became engaged to her boyfriend of five years, Witt McKay. They were married on May 21, 2021.