Meat Loaf is the stage name of Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1951), an American rock singer and actor (stage and screen). He is noted for his smash hit albums Bat Out of Hell I, II, and III and several famous songs from movies.

Meat Loaf is notable for the ultimate success of his music career, spawning some of the largest-selling albums of all time, and breaking several records for chart duration. Bat Out of Hell, sold over 34 million copies, almost becoming more profitable than Michael Jackson's blockbuster Thriller, which sold 60 million copies. After almost 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually, and has stayed on the charts for over 9 years.

He has retained iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he is one of only two artists with an album never to have left the music charts. Meat Loaf has also appeared in over 50 movies or television shows sometimes even as himself, or as characters resembling his onstage personality, such as his memorable role as Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He starred (unrecognizably out-of-character) in the acclaimed feature film Fight Club, as Robert "Bob" Paulson.