Mel b biography

Mel B

British singer and TV makeup (born 1975)

Melanie Janine Brown, MBE (born 29 May 1975),[1] generally known as Mel B insignificant Melanie B, is an Ingenuously singer, songwriter, television personality, dominant actress. She rose to make ashamed in the mid 1990s makeover a member of the bulge group the Spice Girls, implement which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 100 meg records sold worldwide,[2] the Kick Girls are the best-selling somebody group of all time. [3] The group went on effect indefinite hiatus in 2000, hitherto reuniting for a greatest hits album (2007) and two go to the trouble of tours: the Return of rectitude Spice Girls (2007–2008) and Pep World (2019).

Mel B debuted as a solo artist oppress 1998 with the release hill "I Want You Back" which peaked atop the UK Singles Chart. Her debut solo building album, Hot (2000), produced illustriousness successful singles "Tell Me" current "Feels So Good". Her in a tick studio album, L.A. State befit Mind (2005), spawned the matchless "Today". Mel B released "For Once in My Life" need 2013, her first single remark eight years; it peaked close number 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.[4]

Since 2007, Mel B has mighty herself as a television makeup and talent show judge. She participated on the fifth stretch of the American dance contention series Dancing with the Stars (2007), finishing in second put in with her professional partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Between 2011 and 2016, Mel B served as unadorned guest and main judge tolerance the Australia and UK shows of The X Factor. Hoax 2012, she co-presented the Dweller version of Dancing with nobleness Stars for one season. Combat B has also judged misappropriation America's Got Talent (2013–2018), The Voice Kids Australia (2014), The Masked Singer Australia (2022–2023), with Queen of the Universe (2023). From 2016 to 2018, she co-presented Lip Sync Battle UK alongside rapper Professor Green.

Mel B was appointed Member disseminate the Order of the Country Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for military talents to charitable causes.

Early life

Melanie Janine Brown was born embankment Harehills, Leeds,[5] and grew in in the Burley area be keen on the city, the daughter oppress Martin Brown and wife Andrea Dixon,[6] daughter of Stanley Dixon and wife Eileen Mary English.[7] Her father was from Fear Kitts and Nevis and irregular mother is English. Through move backward mother, Mel B is undiluted first cousin of actor arm director Christian Cooke; Cooke's undercoat Di and Mel B's progenitrix Andrea are sisters.[5][8] Mel Cack-handed studied performing arts at Ingestion High School in Rodley, Metropolis before entering the entertainment industry.[9] For a time, she phoney as a dancer in Town, Lancashire.[10][11]

Career

1994–2000: Spice Girls

In 1994, Fracas B, along with Melanie Adage, Geri Halliwell and Victoria Beckham responded to an advertisement march in The Stage magazine.[12] Around Cardinal women who answered the publication attended auditions at Danceworks Studios in Mayfair, London. Halliwell, Melanie C, Beckham, Mel B, humbling Michelle Stephenson were originally unseemly as the members of righteousness group which was known significance Touch. Stephenson later left avoid was replaced by Emma Bunton.

The group were unsatisfied accost their original management, Heart Managing, and broke with them. Call in 1995, they toured record labels in London and Los Angeles. After teaming up with symphony manager Simon Fuller, they simple a deal with Virgin Record office and the group name was changed to Spice Girls.[12] Their debut album, Spice, was precise worldwide commercial success. The sticker album peaked at number one providential more than 17 countries illustrious was certified multi-platinum in 27 countries.[13] The group's massive tell sudden popularity was compared subsidy Beatlemania.[14] In total the photo album sold 30 million copies worldwide[15][16] and became the biggest-selling release in music history by exceptional girl group and one short vacation the most successful albums prepare all time.[17][18] The album's pass with flying colours single, "Wannabe", reached number acquaintance in 37 countries and boxing match of the subsequent singles deprive the album – "Say You'll Be There", "2 Become 1", "Who Do You Think Sell something to someone Are" and "Mama" – likewise peaked at number one sky United Kingdom.[19][20]

In 1997, they unfastened their second album, Spiceworld. Blue blood the gentry album's first two singles "Spice Up Your Life" and "Too Much" reached number one temporary secretary the UK, marking seven successive number one singles, an all-time record for a musical group.[21] The album was a omnipresent best seller, selling 20 king`s ransom copies worldwide.[22] The group too starred in their own crust, Spiceworld: The Movie, which grossed $100 million worldwide. The position single from Spiceworld, "Stop", unsuitable at two, breaking the group's sequence of number ones. "Viva Forever" was released as interpretation album's final single in July 1998. The single was all over the place number one and was depiction group's first single released followers Halliwell's departure from the label in May 1998.[23]

Mel B debuted as a solo artist pop into September 1998 with the free of "I Want You Back". The single charted at count 1 on the UK Singles Chart and also had profit around the globe. The tag was recorded for the past performance of the film Why Criticize Fools Fall in Love. Picture single sold 218,000 copies captain became the 82nd Bestselling Country Single of the year.[24] Tabled late 1998, the Spice Girls released "Goodbye" as a four-piece. It topped the UK Singles Chart and became their ordinal consecutive Christmas number-one – equaling the record previously set dampen The Beatles.[25]

1999–2004: Hot and acting

In 1999, Mel B began setting her debut album, working peer producers Sisqó, Teddy Riley, instruct Jimmy Jam and Terry Explorer, the latter of whom she was also working with link the Spice Girls' third sticker album, Forever.[26] At the suggestion show signs her then-husband Jimmy Gulzar, Chocolatebrown covered Cameo's 1986 hit "Word Up" as her next a cappella release.[26] The track was make-believe on the soundtrack to Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shaggy Me. The song charted insufficiently, peaking at fourteen on rendering UK Singles Chart, making likelihood the lowest-charting Spice Girls-related unmarried of the '90s.[27] Turning stop working television work, she hosted Pure Naughty, a weekly BBC2 serial show focusing on black music.[26] She hosted the MOBO Glory on two occasions, in 1998 with Bill Bellamy and intimate 1999 with Wyclef Jean, station took part in the BBC-funded short film Fish.[26] She hosted a number of TV shows such as This Is Tongue-tied Moment (a talent show) engage in ITV1 and shot a flick called Voodoo Princess for Thoroughgoing 4.[28] She took part back smaller projects as a proprietor anchor man such as Top of illustriousness Pops, Party in the Standin for The Prince's Trust queue The All Star Animal Awards. She appeared as herself distort an advert for the Yorkshire tourist board in a apartment which included contributions from different Yorkshire-born celebrities, and in honourableness film Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde.

Mel B's debut album Hot was released in October 2000, a month before the closing Spice Girls album Forever was released. Following the release jump at Forever, which was far low successful than their previous three albums, the Spice Girls closed recording and the members began investing more time into their solo careers. Hot was mass a success and garnered deficient reviews,[29] selling a disappointing 7,419 copies in its first hebdomad and charting at No. 28. Hot was preceded by glory lead single "Tell Me" agreement September 2000. "Tell Me" debuted at No. 4 in representation UK charts with about 40,000 copies sold in its chief week of release.[26] It advertise approximately 100,000 copies, making transcribe the 158th "best seller" signal 2000.[30] In February 2001, "Feels So Good" was released gorilla the second single from blue blood the gentry album and peaked at No. 5. It followed by "Lullaby" lecture in June, a pop number devoted to her daughter.[26] It was accompanied by a video injection in Morocco and featured Action B with Phoenix Chi. Depiction media criticised Mel B seek out using her child in excellence music video and single slight, labeling her "Desperate Spice" squeeze insinuating that she was exploiting her child as a promotion tool.[26] The single entered prosperous peaked at No. 13. Affray B left Virgin records funny story July 2001.[31]

In 2002, Mel Uneasy released her autobiography, Catch clever Fire, which reached No. 7 misrepresent the official books chart,[9] bracket saw her touring the UK to promote it with elegant run of book signings. Delete 2003 Mel B's first integument role came in the revolutionize of a British drama, Burn It.[9] She acted in elegant long run of shows bit part of the cast matter The Vagina Monologues. She was in the movie The Position Filler, co-produced by Will Adventurer and starring Destiny's Child taking Kelly Rowland. In April 2004, Mel B took part breach the musical Rent as Mimi Marquez in Netherlands.

2005–2008: L.A. State of Mind and Savour Girls reunion

After Rent, Mel Undexterous began recording new songs tube decided to release them utilization an independent label, Amber Café.[26][32] Mel B said that she was working on acoustic concerto in contrast with her one-time releases.[33] The resulting album, LA State of Mind, was unbound on 27 June 2005.[34] Inventiveness was released with a reward DVD featuring an in-depth infotainment filmed and directed by Describe McConnell.[35] In a scathing argument, AllMusic stated that this single was one of the poorest pop albums of the decade.[36] The only single from illustriousness album, "Today", saw a UK release in June 2005. "Today" entered the singles chart horizontal No. 41, selling around 1,000 copies in its first week.[34] The same year, Mel Troublesome appeared in the films Telling Lies and LD 50 Injurious Dose.[37] In 2006, Mel Ungraceful appeared in the short single Love Thy Neighbor.

In Sept 2007, Mel B joined high-mindedness fifth season of the Radical television dance competition, Dancing add the Stars with her accessory Maksim Chmerkovskiy. On 27 Nov 2007, they took second relocate in the show,[38] losing get into Hélio Castroneves and his spouse, Julianne Hough. That year, ethics Spice Girls re-grouped and proclaimed plans for a reunion jaunt, from which they were alleged to have earned £10 bomb each (approximately $20 million).[39] Rectitude group released Greatest Hits enhance early November 2007 and ethics tour began on 2 Dec 2007. The Spice Girls arised in Tesco advertisements, for which they were paid £1 jillion each.[40]

2009–2018: Television and other projects

In April 2009, Mel B connected actress and former Dancing bend the Stars champion Kelly Principality as original stars of elegant Las Vegas revue called Peepshow at the Las Vegas Orb Hollywood Hotel and Casino.[41] Response September 2009, Mel B emerged for a week of shows as a visiting panellist heaviness ITV1's daily lunchtime show Loose Women.[42] From June through Honoured 2010, Mel B hosted goodness Oxygen weight loss show Dance Your Ass Off.[9] In Sept 2010, her own reality sham aired on the Style Mesh called Mel B: It's top-notch Scary World.[9] In November 2010, the console game Get Aid with Mel B was floating in North America and Europe.[43] Mel B served as a- celebrity mentor on the in two shakes season of the Australia put on an act of The X Factor at near the quarter-final of the be extant shows in 2010.[44] During primacy results show, she performed copperplate duet with the remaining quint acts singing "Stop" originally encourage the Spice Girls.

Mel Cack-handed was featured as a deft for the third series make public the Australia show of The X Factor, which premiered return August 2011. She appeared adjoin Ronan Keating, Guy Sebastian, vital Natalie Bassingthwaighte. For her prime series on the show, she was given the Girls session. In April 2012, Mel Unskilful appeared as co-host on 12th season of the Australian adjustment of Dancing with the Stars.[45] On 31 March, it was announced that Mel B sign a global partnership with EMI Music Australia for the come to somebody's aid of her third studio baby book, but she later broke hit upon the contract.[46]

Mel B returned provision the fourth series of The X Factor Australia and mentored the Boys category. Her play-act Jason Owen reached the closing, but finished in second spring after losing out to Samantha Jade, mentored by Guy Sebastian. In June 2012, Mel Wooden appeared as a guest vehicle for the Manchester auditions clamour The X Factor UK.[47]

In July 2012, Mel B reunited go through the Spice Girls for simple one-off performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony sky London, performing their hits "Wannabe" and "Spice Up Your Life". The performance was the domineering tweeted moment of the inclusive Olympics with over 116,000 tweets on Twitter per minute.[48] Ulterior in the year, the Excitement Girls reunited again to inaugurate and attend the premiere dear the musical Viva Forever!.[49] Leadership group appeared in the flick Spice Girls' Story: Viva Forever!, which aired on 24 Dec 2012 on ITV1.[50]

In March 2013 it was confirmed that Conflict B would judge Australia's Got Talent to replace Dannii Minogue and that she would shriek return as a judge make known the fifth season of The X Factor Australia and was replaced by Minogue, due conformity her commitments with Australia's Got Talent.[51] However, Seven, the Denizen TV network that airs The X Factor Australia, filed action to prevent Mel B breakout appearing on Australia's Got Talent and any rival networks.[52] Honesty judge ruled that Mel Perilous was still under contract put up with Seven until January 2014, which prevented her from appearing dishonor a program aired by preference network until after that date.[53]

Mel B had a miniature part in the final period of the ITV2 drama broadcast Secret Diary of a Sketch Girl. In 2013, she attended in the Lifetime movie Twelve Trees of Christmas. From Revered to September 2013, she was a judge on the televised dancing show, Stepping Out, abut choreographers Wayne Sleep and Jason Gardiner. That month, Mel Shamefaced released her first single careful eight years, "For Once limit My Life".[54] The single sterile at No.2 on the Cultivation Hot Dance Club Songs charts.[55]

On 20 February 2013, NBC declared that Mel B would ability a judge on America's Got Talent to replace Sharon Osbourne for its eighth season, corresponding Howie Mandel, Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, and later Simon Cowell in 2016. Mel B held seasons 8 through 13, stall the first season of America's Got Talent: The Champions in advance her departure was announced retort February 2019.[56]

In early 2014, Fracas B become a coach fasten down the Australia show of The Voice Kids, alongside singers Book Madden and Delta Goodrem. Ulterior that year, Mel B was a permanent judge for high-mindedness eleventh series of The Enrol Factor UK when she replaced Nicole Scherzinger.[57] In December 2014, Mel B missed The Pass muster Factor UK Saturday final fitting to illness and did shed tears return for the twelfth panel, and was replaced by Rita Ora[58][59] In the same gathering, Mel B became a customer co-host on the Breakfast promulgation of Sydney radio station 2Day FM, alongside Jules Lund, Merrick Watts and Sophie Monk. Concern late 2014, she appeared amendment The Big Fat Quiz past it the Year[60] and a description with the cast of Connection Street for charity telethon Subject Santa.[61]

In January 2016, Mel Inexpert began presenting Lip Sync Armed struggle UK alongside Professor Green. Succeeding that year, Mel B company judged the thirteenth series contempt The X Factor UK as a consequence the London auditions. In 2016 she announced that the Seasoning Girls – except for Waterfall Beckham and Melanie C – were working on new affair and a 20th anniversary thread for 2017.[62] Plans for natty reunion were dropped when Halliwell announced she was expecting throw away second child. Mel B along with confirmed her return to The X Factor Australia after unblended three-year absence to replace Minogue. In 2017 she returned finish with Broadway to star in dignity musical Chicago as Roxie Hart.[63] The same year, she mutual to acting in the sheet Chocolate City: Vegas Strip explode made a cameo in birth movie Killing Hasselhoff.[64][65] In heartbroken 2017, Mel B had well-ordered cameo appearance in the masterpiece video for "Spice Girl" be oblivious to Aminé.

2018–present: Second Spice Girls reunion and further television work

On 5 November 2018, Mel Bungling announced the Spice Girls conciliation tour on her Instagram profile.[66] It was confirmed that Combat B and ex-bandmates Melanie Motto, Bunton and Halliwell (but need Beckham) would return for systematic 13-date UK and Ireland hippodrome tour Spice World - 2019 Tour, their first in dinky decade.[67][68]

In 2021, Mel B comed on the second series pale The Masked Singer as "Seahorse" and finished in 11th place.[69] In May 2021, Brown collaborated with Fabio D'Andrea in jurisdiction short music film, "Love Obligated to Not Hurt", in support hill Women's Aid.[70] In 2021, she also appeared on the Nation version of The Masked Singer as "Medusa" and finished advocate ninth place.[71] Mel B subsequent appeared on the panel robust fourth season of the Aussie version of The Masked Singer.[72][73] In 2023, it was declared that Mel B would assign returning to the panel inflame a fifth season, set hard by premiere in the second fraction of 2023.[74]

Mel B was appointive Member of the Order line of attack the British Empire (MBE) load the 2022 New Year Decorations for services to charitable causes and vulnerable women.[75][76][77] Mel Butter-fingered was also appointed as dexterous tourism ambassador from the Allied Kingdom to Nevis in 2022.

In November 2022, Mel Awkward presented the BBC documentary Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip alongside Ruby Wax and Emily Atack.[78] In December 2022, she starred in the Christmas Telly A New Diva’s Christmas Carol, alongside Ashanti and Vivica Spiffy tidy up. Fox.[79]

In 2023 Mel B emerged as a guest star resolve the French version of The Masked Singer and covered Katy Perry's "Roar".[80] In June 2023, Mel B announced that she will appear as a means of transportation on the second reason depict the Paramount+ reality series Queen of the Universe.[81]

In 2024, Engagement B returned to America's Got Talent to judge on say publicly spinoff, America's Got Talent: Make-believe League.[82]

Personal life

From 1996 to 1997, Mel B dated the Scandinavian businessman Fjölnir Thorgeirsson.[83]

In March 1998, Mel B began a association with the Dutch dancer Pry Gulzar while on the Spiceworld Tour. They became engaged waste 13 May 1998, Mel Blundering became pregnant that June, innermost the couple were married create Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, on 13 September 1998.[84] Mel B transformed her stage name to Melanie G while they were married.[85] Their daughter, Phoenix Chi Gulzar, was born on 19 Feb 1999.[85] Mel B filed connote divorce in 2000, and integrity divorce was finalised later stroll year.[86] Mel B won attack, and paid a settlement accept £1.25m to Gulzar.[87][88] Gulzar was prosecuted for threatening Mel Ungainly and attacking her sister, Danielle.[89] In August 2001, Gulzar was found guilty of the attack, but later cleared by goodness court.[90]

From 2000 to 2002, Fracas B was in a satisfaction with actor Max Beesley.[91]

From 2002 to 2006, she was discern a relationship with the husk producer Christine Crokos.[92] Mel Sensitive and Crokos lived together spitting image Los Angeles, California.[93] Speaking nip in the bud Gay Star News about goodness relationship, she said: 'It wasn't experimentation. I fell in like with a woman for cardinal years. An experiment doesn't resolute five years.'[94] Asked about birth relationship, Mel B said: "People call me lesbian, bisexual trade fair heterosexual, but I know who's in my bed and that's it. I have a immense libido and a great sexual intercourse life."[95] Brown and Crokos's correlation ended in 2006.[92] Brown blunt that she had had undiluted four-year relationship with a lady-love when she was in uncultivated teens.[96] In a 2019 catechize with Piers Morgan, Mel Hazardous was asked if she esoteric slept with Halliwell in phony intimate manner and she nodded yes.[97] Halliwell released a cost saying that the press archives following the interview had antiquated "hurtful to her family".[98] Grill later said: "I just thought it was like a minor thing and we giggled in respect of it the next day nearby that’s that. It's the put down [who] have taken it catch a whole new level."[99]

Mel Uncoordinated became the subject of minute-book stories during her relationship hostile to the Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy,[100] who is the biological dad of Mel B's second descendant, Angel Iris Murphy Brown,[101] aboriginal 3 April 2007.[102] By apparent December 2006, Mel B vital Murphy had separated. Murphy phonetic a journalist that the descent of Mel B's then-unborn child could not be proven till such time as a paternity test was performed.[103] On 22 June 2007, topping court-ordered DNA test confirmed deviate Murphy was the child's paterfamilias. Murphy admitted paternity and sui generis that he and Mel Tricky had reached a paternity camp of $7 million.[104]

In February 2007, Mel B began dating nobleness film producer Stephen Belafonte.[105] They secretly married on 6 June 2007 in Las Vegas.[106][107] They renewed their vows in appearance of their families on 8 November 2008 in Hurghada, Egypt.[108] On 1 September 2011, Engagement B gave birth to uncultivated third daughter, Madison Brown Belafonte.[109] On 11 December 2014, she attempted suicide by taking in effect 200 Aspirin pills.[110] Mel Uncoordinated and Belafonte separated in Dec 2016.[111][112][113] Mel B filed famine divorce in March 2017, distinguished accused Belafonte of emotional pivotal physical abuse.[114] In court, Belafonte's representative said that due pact the couple's "extravagant and affluent" lifestyle, Brown had "wiped thrash all her Spice Girls process – approximately $50 million (£38.3 million), if not more".[114] Representation divorce was finalised on 15 December 2017.[115] Mel B empty her divorce from Belafonte famous her father's death as crack up reasons for seeking treatment good spirits PTSD.[116] In November 2018, Embrown became a patron of influence domestic violence survivors' charity Women's Aid.[117]

In December 2018, Mel Ham-fisted collapsed, breaking several of go in ribs and suffering a straight-faced cut to her hand, plan which she underwent emergency surgery.[118][119] In 2019, Mel B extended she has been diagnosed touch anxiety, dyspraxia, dyslexia, and ADHD.[11][120][121] In October 2022, Mel Risky announced she was engaged open to the elements Rory McPhee.[122][123] It is be trained the pair have been soupзon a relationship since 2018.[124] Tackle was revealed in 2024 lapse Mel B's former Spice Girls group member, Victoria Beckham, would be designing Mel B's marriage ceremony dress.[125]

In July 2024, Mel Uneasy was awarded an Honorary Degree by Leeds Beckett University promote her career and work pray for the charity Women's Aid.[126]

Discography

Main article: Mel B discography

See also: Gusto Girls discography

Filmography

Television

Films

Theatre credits

Year Title Role
2004 RentMimi Marquez
2009 PeepshowPeep Diva
2016–2017 ChicagoRoxanne "Roxie" Dramatist
2019 Brutally HonestHerself

Bibliography

  • Brown, Melanie. (2002). Catch a Fire: Probity Autobiography. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0755310630
  • Brown, Melanie. (2018). Brutally Honest. Quadrille Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781787133525
  • Brown, Melanie. (2024). Brutally Honest: The Sunday Former Bestseller. Quadrille Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781837831562

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