Mel C the biography

Melanie Chisholm, Singer, - Biography, Mel C, Sporty Spice,

Birth name Melanie Jayne Chisholm
Also known as Mel C, Sporty Spice
Born January 12, 1974, Whiston, Merseyside, Britain,

Height 1.68 metres

Melanie Jayne Chisholm is a singer most famous as one of the five members of the girl group the Spice Girls, where she was known as "Sporty Spice". She is also known as Melanie C or Mel C. As a solo artist she has released four albums & was nominated for a BRIT Award. Chisholm has co-written 11 UK number-one singles - second only to Madonna for a female artist.

Music career

Spice Girls

In 1996 Chisholm, along with Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, & Victoria Beckham, shot to fame as a member of the Spice Girls with the release of "Wannabe". The follow-up album 'Spice' also shot to number one all over the globe including in the USA. Due to the fact she was often to be found in a tracksuit with her hair in a ponytail & sporting a rather "tomboyish" attitude, Chisholm received the nickname "Sporty Spice" from Top of the Pops magazine (all of the group were given humorous nicknames in a small piece titled "Spice Rack"). The Spice Girls dominated the late 1990s, selling over 35 million albums in just two years. The Spice Girls went on to become one of the best-selling girl bands of all time, selling more than 55 million records worldwide. They had 9 UK #1 singles & 2 #1 albums. After a third album release, Forever (UK #2) the girls went their separate ways, & Melanie C went to develop a solo career.

1999-2003: Virgin Records
Chisholm took her first steps in establishing a solo identity in late 1998 by singing with Canadian rocker Bryan Adams on the song "When You're Gone". She followed the duet with the album Northern Star in 1999. A track from this album ("Ga Ga") was included on the Big Daddy soundtrack prior to her own album's release. Singles "Goin' Down" & "Northern Star" met with lukewarm success, but finally the third single "Never Be The Same Again" became a hit, & her first #1 single as a solo artist. Capitalising on her new found success, Chisholm released a fourth single from Northern Star, a dance remix of "I Turn to You", & earned herself a second UK #1 single. "I Turn to You" eventually climbed to the top of the Billboard Dance Charts in America. Northern Star was re-released with the single versions of "Never Be the Same Again" & "I Turn to You", & eventually peaked at #4 on the United Kingdom album charts.

"If That Were Me" was chosen as the fifth & final single from Northern Star & proceeds were donated to a charity for the homeless & peaked at #18 in the U.K. Northern Star is certified 3x platinum in the United Kingdom for shipping 900,000 copies, platinum in Europe for selling over a million copies & Gold in Australia for selling over 35,000 copies. Melanie then went on her "Northern Star World Tour", performing in countries such as Bahrain, Israel, Republic of Ireland & the United Kingdom.

Melanie C released her second studio album Reason in March, 2003. The album included production from a series of collaborators include Gregg Alexander (New Radicals, Ronan Keating), Marius De Vries (Madonna), Dr Robert of The Blow Monkeys, David Arnold (Björk) & Matt Rowe, writer of the Spice Girls "Wannabe". The lead single from Reason was "Here It Comes Again" which peaked at number seven in the UK with the album entering the UK album charts a week later at number five.

Other singles from the album were "On The Horizon" (UK #14, written with Gregg Alexander, former frontman of New Radicals), "Let's Love" in Japan (where the song accompanied a Toyota commercial), "Yeh Yeh Yeh" in mainland Europe & , finally, a UK double A-side of "Melt / Yeh Yeh Yeh" which achieved a disappointing chart position of #27. After a series of disappointments & the failure of "Melt / Yeh Yeh Yeh", she was dropped by her label, Virgin Records. However Reason has been certified Gold in United Kingdom.

2004-present: Red Girl Records
Melanie spent much of 2004 working on new material & setting up her own record company, Red Girl Records. Now without major label backing, all of Melanie's activities are decided upon & funded by herself, alongside her business partner & manager, Nancy Phillips. In April 2005 Melanie released her third album, Beautiful Intentions. The Adam Argyle penned "Next Best Superstar" was chosen as the lead single & was released simultaneously in the UK,Europe, & Australia. The single peaked at number ten in UK & achieved the top of the Germany Radio Airplay Chart for several weeks. A second single, "Better Alone", was released but later restricted to purchase from iTunes (for digital download) & her official online shop. The third single from her third album was "First Day Of My Life", a previously unheard Melanie C recording written by Guy Chambers & Enrique Iglesias. First Day Of My Life topped the charts in several European countries including Spain, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland & Portugal. The single became one of the biggest hits of 2005 in parts of Europe, but it was never released in the UK. Beautiful Intentions has been certified Gold (100,000 sales) in Germany & Platinum in Portugal, where it spent nine weeks at #1.

In spring 2007 Melanie released her fourth album, This Time. It features writing collaborations with Adam Argyle, Peter-John Vettese, Guy Chambers & Cathy Dennis (amongst others). The first single release from the project was the international single "The Moment You Believe", primarily released in March in Germany, Austria & Switzerland, where it was a Top20 hit. The single peaked at #1 in Spain for two weeks. In Britain, Chisholm released the track "I Want Candy" on March 26th which peaked at #24 & featured on the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. This single also peaked at #9 in Italy & Denmark. The second international single from the album This Time will be "Carolyna" release on June 18 in the UK & across Europe.

Discography

Studio albums
Northern Star

October 18, 1999

#4 UK, #7 GER, #1 SWE

Reason

March 10, 2003

#5 UK, #12 GER

Beautiful Intentions

April 11, 2005

#24 UK, #15 GER, #1 POR

This Time

April 2, 2007

#57 UK, #15 GER, #8 SWI

Singles
Year Title Album Chart position Audio
UK GER SWI AT SWE FRA
1998 "When You're Gone" (with Bryan Adams) On a Day Like Today 3 14 11 14 8 37 . (help·info)
1999 "Goin' Down" Northern Star 4 73 - 17 - NR . (help·info)
1999 "Northern Star" Northern Star 4 50 75 73 7 NR . (help·info)
2000 "Never Be the Same Again" (feat. Lisa Lopes) Northern Star 1 5 3 3 1 20 . (help·info)
2000 "I Turn to You" Northern Star 1 2 3 1 1 NR . (help·info)
2000 "If That Were Me" Northern Star 18 58 50 45 22 NR . (help·info)
2003 "Here It Comes Again" Reason 7 59 61 49 36 NR
2003 "On The Horizon" Reason 14 80 - 24 - NR -
2003 "Let's Love" Reason NR NR NR NR NR NR
2003 "Melt / Yeh Yeh Yeh" Reason 27 63 - - - NR . (help·info)
2005 "Next Best Superstar" Beautiful Intentions 10 32 25 45 31 NR . (help·info)
2005 "Better Alone" Beautiful Intentions NR 51 33 57 - NR . (help·info)
2005 "First Day of My Life" Beautiful Intentions NR 1 1 2 9 25 . (help·info)
2007 "The Moment You Believe" This Time NR 15 14 28 18 NR
2007 "I Want Candy" This Time 24 NR NR NR NR NR
2007 "Carolyna" This Time TBR TBR TBR TBR TBR NR

Note: NR - Not Released, TBR - To Be Released

DVDs
2006 Live Hits

B-sides
1999 "Ga Ga" ("Goin' Down" B-Side/Northern Star album track)
1999 "Angel On My Shoulder" ("Goin' Down" B-Side)
1999 "I Want You Back" ("Goin' Down" B-Side)
1999 "Follow Me" (Northern Star B-Side)
1999 "Something's Gonna Happen" ("Northern Star" B-Side)
2000 "I Wonder What It Would Be Like" ("Never Be The Same Again" B-Side)
2001 "Independence Day" (Bend It Like Beckham Soundtrack)
2003 "Love To You" ("Here It Comes Again" B-Side)
2003 "Like That" ("Here It Comes Again" B-Side)
2003 "Living Without You" ("Here It Comes Again" B-Side)
2003 "I Love You Without Trying" ("On The Horizon" B-Side)
2003 "Wonderland" ("On The Horizon" B-Side)
2003 "Knocked Out" ("Melt / Yeh Yeh Yeh" B-Side)
2005 "Everything Must Change" ("Next Best Superstar" B-Side)
2005 "Warrior" ("Better Alone" B-Side)
2005 "Runaway" ("Better Alone" & "First Day Of My Life" B-Side)
2007 "Fragile" ("The Moment You Believe" B-Side & "Carolyna" B-Side))
2007 "Already Gone" ("I Want Candy" B-Side)
2007 "First Day Of My Life" ("Carolyna" B-Side/Beautiful Intentions album track)

Tours
1999 - From Liverpool To Leicester Square
2000/2001 - Northern Star European Tour
2001 - Northern Star World Tour
2003 - Reason UK & Ireland/Germany Tour
2004 - The Barfly Mini-Tour
2005/2006 - Beautiful Intentions Live Tour

This site was written in May 2007

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