Melanie Jayne Chisholm, known professionally as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, entrepreneur, television personality and fitness model. She is one of the five members of the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice.
Northern Star is the debut solo album released by English singer and songwriter Melanie C, released on 18 October 1999, by Virgin Records. Chisholm and her team recruited several producers to work with her, including William Orbit, Rick Nowels, Marius de Vries, and Craig Armstrong, as well as Rick Rubin. Chisholm co-wrote every song on Northern Star's track listing.
Sharleen Eugene Spiteri is a Scottish recording artist and songwriter from Finnieston, Glasgow, Scotland. She is the lead singer of the rock band Texas. She has a contralto vocal range. In 2013, Texas's worldwide album sales were counted at 40 million records.
"Next Best Superstar" is a song by British recording artist Melanie C. It was written by Adam Argyle and produced by Greg Haver for her third solo album, Beautiful Intentions (2005). The song features thumping drums and new wave guitars and talks about the fickleness of fame resulting from manufactured genre shows such as the music competition Pop Idol.
"If That Were Me" is a song by English recording artist Melanie C. It was co-written and produced by Rick Nowels for her solo debut studio album Northern Star (1999). The song's lyrics address the issue of homelessness.
"Goin' Down" is a song by British singer-songwriter Melanie C. Written by Chisholm, Julian Gallagher and Richard Stannard for her debut solo album Northern Star (1999), the song was produced by Marius De Vries and received a mixed reception from music critics. The song was released as Chisholm's debut single in the third quarter of 1999 and reached the top ten in the United Kingdom, where it became her first top-five hit as a solo artist. It also reached the top thirty in Australia.
"I Turn to You" is a song by British singer-songwriter, Melanie C. It was released as the fourth single from her debut solo album, Northern Star. It was released on 7 August 2000 in the United Kingdom and became Melanie's second UK number-one single. It sold 120,000 copies in its first week, altogether selling 360,477 copies, making it the twenty-seventh best-seller of 2000 in the UK. "I Turn to You" also topped the Austrian Singles Chart, the Danish Singles Chart, the Dutch Top 40, the Swedish Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The main single was released as the "Hex Hector Radio Mix", for which Hex Hector won the 2001 Grammy as Remixer of the Year.
"On the Horizon" is a song released by British singer-songwriter Melanie C. It was written by her along with Rick Nowels, Gregg Alexander, and produced by Nowels and Alexander for her second studio album Reason (2003). Selected as the album's second single, the song reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart, selling 8,000 copies in its first week. The single went on to sell more than 22,000 copies, and over 200,000 copies worldwide. Melanie C performed the song during the Reason Tour.
"Tell Me" is a song by Melanie B, released as the second single from her debut solo album Hot on 25 September 2000 which debuted and peaked at #4, selling 107,317 copies, making it the 158th best seller of the year. Co-written by Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, and Brown herself, the song is about her former husband Jimmy Gulzar.
"You Mean the World to Me" is a song by American singer-songwriter Toni Braxton. It was written and prodcued by Antonio "L.A." Reid, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, and Daryl Simmons for her self-titled debut album (1993). Selected as the album's fourth single, it was released on CD in April 1994. "You Mean the World to Me" peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, while reaching the top ten of the Canadian Singles Chart.
"I Want Candy" is a song written and originally recorded by the Strangeloves in 1965 that reached No. 11 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is a famous example of a song that uses the Bo Diddley beat.
"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" is a 1991 song, written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, and released as a single by American soul singer Diana Ross. The song was subsequently covered by various artists.
"Word Up!" is a funk and R&B song originally recorded by American funk band Cameo in 1986. The song was written by band members Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins. Its frequent airing on American dance, R&B, and contemporary hit radio, as well as its MTV music video, helped the single become the band's best known hit.
"Teardrops" is a song on Womack & Womack's fourth studio album, Conscience (1988). The songwriters were listed as Womack & Womack, who also served as the producers of the track alongside Chris Blackwell. Released as the album's lead single during the third quarter of 1988, it charted highly around the world, reaching number-one in the Netherlands and number 2 in Australia, Germany and Switzerland, and number 3 in the UK.
The Sea is the fifth studio album by English recording artist Melanie C. Made under her own independent record label Red Girl Records, the album marked her first new material in four years, since the reunion with the Spice Girls.
"Loving You" is a single by English recording artists Matt Cardle and Melanie C. It was written by Cardle, Jez Ashurst, Will Talbot, Jamie Scott, and Melanie C, and it was produced by Cardle, Scott, and Toby Smith. It features Cardle on drums and acoustic guitar. The single was released on 18 August 2013 in the United Kingdom as a digital download as the lead single from his third studio album Porcelain (2013). It has also been released in many countries worldwide, making it the first of his singles to be released outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. Despite only BBC Radio 2 playlisiting the song, which meant a lack of airplay on radio overall, it performed well in the charts.
The discography of Melanie C, an English pop music singer, consists of eight studio albums, two extended plays, a live albums, two remix albums, four video albums, 44 singles and 42 music videos.
"All of Me" is a hit song by American singer John Legend from his fourth studio album Love in the Future (2013). It is dedicated to Legend's wife Chrissy Teigen. "All of Me" first aired on American mainstream urban radio as the album's third single on August 12, 2013.
Version of Me is the seventh studio album by English recording artist Melanie C. It was released on 21 October 2016 by Red Girl Records to highly positive reviews. It became her highest charting album since 2005's Beautiful Intentions, debuting at number 25 on the UK Albums Chart. It was released in Germany at a later date in 2017 becoming her first album to chart outside of the top 20.
Melanie C is the eighth studio album by English recording artist Melanie C. It was released on 2 October 2020 by Red Girl Media. The album was preceded by the singles "Who I Am", "Blame It on Me", "In and Out of Love" and "Fearless", the latter of which features rapper Nadia Rose.
