Melanie Brown - Biography - IMDb Melanie Brown Biography Showing all 58 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (31) | Personal Quotes (17) Overview (4) 5' 5" (1.65 m) Mini Bio (2) Born on the 29th May 1975 in Leeds, England, Melanie Brown became a member of Spice Girls in 1994. Their three albums sold than 40 million copies worldwide and they had nine singles at number 1 in the UK. "Hot" was her first solo album, released on 9th October 2000. It entered the UK charts at #28. Despite producing 2 Top 5 singles (3, if you include the hit "I Want You Back"), the album only ever re-entered the chart once after dropping out of the Top 100 - peaking at #95 when "Feels So Good" was being promoted in February 2001. To date, the album has sold about 50,000 copies in the UK.

The album sold 8,000 copies in its first week. After she parted with Virgin Records, she started a new successful career as TV presenter and actress. In 2001, her own show This Is My Moment (2001) was a great success and, after the second series, she made a documentary about Africans voodoos. In 2002, she was one of the protagonists of the BBC3's sit-com Burn It (2003) and made her theater debut with "The Vagina Monologues" in London. She has a lead role in two upcoming movies: the horror LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003) and the comedy The Seat Filler (2004) (with Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child ). From April to September 2004, she played the role of "Mimi" in the famous musical "Rent" on Broadway. In 2005, Melanie released her second solo album, "L.A. State Of Mind", featuring the single "Today". Both the single and the album flopped...

- IMDb Mini Biography By: me Melanie Brown, aka "Mel B", best known as "Scary Spice" of the worldwide sensation singing group "The Spice Girls", is a chart-topping musical artist, actress, author, television personality and groundbreaking entrepreneur who is set to launch her own fashion line. Few artists have moved so effortlessly from one artistic medium to another as Mel B. As a recording artist, Mel B's achievements with the Spice Girls are legendary: 55 million records sold worldwide, nine number one singles in the UK, 11 gold records as well as a total of 24 platinum and multi-platinum records. The Spice Girls reunion World Tour was a critical and popular triumph and the group was recently named Best Band by the U.K. Glamour Awards. Mel B has continued the same successful ways as a solo artist. Her 1998 single "I Want You" with Missy Elliott sold 80,000 copies in its first week, and gave Mel B her first solo #1. Her debut solo album, "Hot" released in 2000, produced three top five singles.

She followed up with the release "LA State of Mind" in 2005 and is currently at work with top producers on a new album she expects to be ready for release in late 2008. Mel B has also shone brightly as both an actress and television personality. She starred as "Mimi" in the smash hit Broadway musical "Rent", performed in the Vagina Monologues in London, had key roles in the feature films "LD 50 Lethal Dose", the Will Smith co-production "The Seat Filler", and appeared as a comedic performer in the British show "Burn It". Mel B has made a significant impact in the world of television, hosting "This Is My Moment", "The MOBO Awards", "Pure Naughty", "Voodoo Princess", "Top of the Pops", "Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust", and "The All Star Animal Awards" in addition to her role as a correspondent on the highly-rated "Access Hollywood." Mel B's most recent triumph was taking America by storm by on ABC's smash hit "Dancing with the Stars".

Mel B and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were the highest scoring couple during the 2007 season and made it to the finals, earning a perfect score on their final dance. Recently Mel B announced the launch of her own reality show for TLC, "The Singing Office." The show, executive produced by Mel B and her husband Stephen Belafonte, pits Mel B and Joey Fatone against each other to find the best workplace singers in America. Mel B and Stephen are also developing a reality series for Shannon Elizabeth and her boyfriend Derek Hough, a reality skein for her dance partner Chmerkovskiy as well as a sitcom in which Mel B will star. Not content with these achievements, Mel B will soon introduce her signature Catty Couture fashion line. Featuring sheer tops, jackets and skirts, Catty Couture will emphasize the body-hugging designs and signature animal prints for which she is so well-known. She has recently agreed to be the face of the sizzling Ultimo Underwear line in the UK. Mel B is also a best-selling author by virtue of the 2002 release of her hit autobiography, "Catch A Fire".

The book features her compelling personal insights and experiences both as a Spice Girl and in her own life. "Catch a Fire" reached #7 in book sales charts. Born in Leeds, England, Mel B has two daughters and currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and their children. - IMDb Mini Biography By: management Spouse (2) Frequently appears wearing halfshirts or corsets during her times with the Spice Girls. Yorkshire accent Winner of the 1997 MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video, "Wannabe". Winner of the 1997 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Group. After a struggling solo career, Virgin Records and Melanie B parted company in July 2001. The Spice Girl says she wants to concentrate on her television career Made her London West End theatre debut in Eve Ensler 's "The Vagina Monologues" in February 2002. Her younger sister is Danielle Brown Has had 9 UK number one singles as part of Spice Girls . Has had a solo number one single: "I Want You Back" featuring 'Missy "Misdemeanor' Elliott'.

Also had four other solo UK top 20 hits: "Tell Me" (#4), "Feels So Good" (#5), "Lullaby" (#13) & "Word Up" (#14). Has a bestselling autobiography called "Catch A Fire". She was born to an English mother and a Nevisian father. Former pupil of Intake High School (Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK). Winner of two awards at the Billboard Awards in 1997 with the Spice Girls. Winner of three American Music Awards in 1998 with the Spice Girls. Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997, along with the four other Spice Girls. Winner of a special award at Brit Awards in 1998. Daughter of Andrea Brown . Following the low-key release of her second album "L.A. State Of Mind" in June 2005, Melanie returned to the US where she continued her acting career, famously turning down Live 8 for "acting commitments".

Melanie has been busy writing a sitcom based on her life in LA, of which the scripts have now been delivered to the BBC, and is also planning a return to the music scene, following recent meetings with an A-list urban producer [August 2006] Signed on for the 5th season of Dancing with the Stars (2004). [June 2007] On 16th April 2004, she will officially join the cast of "Rent" at Broadway in New York. She will play the main role Mimi, until September 2004. [April 2004] She's enjoying her succesful debut on Broadway with the lead role of Mimi in the world famous musical, "Rent". [June 2004] Made a return to the music scene with the release of her first single in four years, "Today", released on 13th June, followed by the release of her second album, "L.A. State Of Mind", on 27th June. [June 2005] Replaces fellow Brit and girl band-member Sarah Harding as the face and body of underwear label Ultimo.

The contract earns her £100,000. [April 2008] Gave birth to her 1st child at age 23, a daughter named Phoenix Chi Gulzar on February 19, 1999. Child's father is her now ex-1st husband, Jimmy Gulzar . Dated Eddie Murphy in 2006. They have a daughter together. Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 36, a daughter Madison Brown-Belafonte on September 1, 2011. Child's father is her now estranged 2nd husband, Stephen Belafonte . Shortly dated Eddie Murphy in 2006. They have a daughter together. (June 6, 2007) Married for the 2nd time her boyfriend of 4 months Stephen Belafonte in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 36, a daughter named Madison Brown-Belafonte on September 1, 2011. Child's father is her 2nd husband, Stephen Belafonte .

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 31, a daughter named Angel Iris Murphy-Brown on April 3, 2007. Child's father is her ex-boyfriend, Eddie Murphy . In 2016 Mel B, Emma Bunton, and Geri Halliwell reunited as The Spice Girls for the 20th anniversary of "Wannabe". They are recording new music. A new album and tour are expected in 2017. Former Spice Girls members Victoria Beckham and Mel C opted to not take part in the reunion to focus on their own careers. Personal Quotes (17) I would love to have twins. I think there's something nice about having two babies, and they're there for each other their whole entire life. Love me or hate me, Scary Spice is back. I'm overly excited to finally announce this amazing global partnership deal back home with EMI Music. I know I have mentioned doing music in the past but for legal reasons I was not in a position to release any new music. I'm always down for a Spice Girls reunion. I love the Scary hair and platforms. Any time of day or night I'll be there.

Sometimes I can be tactful and sometimes not. It all depends on the mood I'm in. The way that I live my life is on spontaneity. I'm well-travelled so I can see places coming up. I went to St. Croix in the West Indies at Christmas and it had been hit by a really bad tornado. Values there have gone down but I guarantee they will be up again in eight years. So I'll get in now while it's cheap as chips. Hopefully, next year if we can get everything sorted out and together. I've always said that kids should enhance your life, not hinder your life, so I just try to make the most out of being with my kids. You have to have a life for yourself somewhere in the mix of being a wife and mum. Look, everything that you experience as a kid is the foundation of how you are today. I was brought up in a working class family in Leeds and when it comes to money both my parents worked hard and instilled the same attitude into me. I know about investment. It's really obvious - you buy property, let it sit for a couple of years and then sell it and reinvest. I collect art.

I just recently bought two gorgeous photographs of Marilyn Monroe by international photographer Eve Arnold and I know it sounds horrible but when she dies all her pictures are going to be worth triple. But I won't tell you how much I got them for - let's just say it was a lot. Whether I was dancing around the house with headphones on or on stage with the Spice Girls... I learned firsthand that dancing was the key to shedding off the pounds and keeping them off. I live my life on self-belief and I live it partly on going with the flow. If my senses don't feel right then I don't do it. I live on my gut instinct. [About being bi sexual] "I had a great five year relationship with a lovely lady who I still talk to to this day, and that's that. I mean, if it happened yesterday I would probably be saying something different. But I've been happily married to my husband for seven years." See also I'm Giving You Everything: A Portrait Of The Writer As A Young Spice Girls Fan : The Record : NPR The Spice Girls in 1997, about a year after the release of the group's debut single, which topped the U.K. pop charts for seven weeks.

John Stanton/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John Stanton/Getty Images The Spice Girls in 1997, about a year after the release of the group's debut single, which topped the U.K. pop charts for seven weeks. John Stanton/Getty Images In 1962, Goonhilly Earth Station's biggest satellite dish, Arthur , received the first live trans-Atlantic television broadcast from America. Over the coming decades, it would bring Muhammad Ali's fights, the Apollo 11 moon landing and the U.S. leg of Live Aid to British TV screens. In the year 2000, as an 11-year-old on a school trip, I approached this monument to telecommunication in a state of anxious anticipation over less momentous news. We had just gotten dial-up Internet at home, but I was only allowed on it once a week. I had to take my chances to get online when I could. On the massive computers promoting the glorious World Wide Web, I punched in spicegirls.co.uk and lost the rest of our tour group as I waited for the site to load. I needed to know: Had they announced their split yet? Paranoia over the inevitable ruled my final pre-teen years.

I was the one who hung on too long, insisting that the Spice Girls were still viable when everyone knew the game was up. Their debut single, "Wannabe," was originally released in Europe 20 years ago yesterday, on July 8, 1996. A few months later, I started at a new school, where my new best friend Holly introduced me to this five-headed pop hydra. We were soon writing letters to the band, and once enclosed my favorite necklace, which we insisted they share. (How they could possibly resist fighting over this piece of chewed black cord threaded with wooden beads was unclear.) We had a mild disagreement when I wrote our home phone numbers and took great pains to explain that we were both unlisted. I'm not sure what I thought they were going to do with them — read them to the nation on Live & Kicking? — as she wisely pointed out. Article continues after sponsorship A clipping from a Spice Girls fanclub magazine showing the author, at age 10, holding a "Baby Spice" quilt she made with her grandmother.

Courtesy of Laura Snapes hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Laura Snapes My Spice Girls fandom wasn't the cute kind of fervor (as seen in photos from another school trip, filled with toothy girls in floral leggings flashing the Girl Power sign) but all-consuming desperation. I would set aside Sunday afternoons to glue magazine cuttings onto both sides of a sheet of A4, slide it into a plastic wallet and thread the new page into my bulging lever-arch archive. (I once left a pile of unarchived clippings at a frenemy's sleepover, and she claimed to have burned them.) My parents wouldn't let me get Spice Girls wallpaper because "I'd grow out of it," which seemed inconceivable. In August 1998, when my baby brother was being born, my other brother and I were sent to my grandparents' house and given projects to keep us busy. My nana helped me make a Baby Spice quilt, which got me into their fanclub magazine. When Victoria and David Beckham had their first son in March 1999, I sent a pair of discounted blue Mothercare socks to one of Britain's richest couples.

("Beckingham Palace" was all you needed to write on the envelope; I received signed photos back.) Once we got cable, I would scour the TV listings for any Spice Girls-related shows. I vainly begged my mum to set the VCR for a mysterious network called Spice that only came on air at 10:00 p.m. and showed the same program until it powered down at dawn. (It was, of course, a porn channel.) I don't remember the first time I heard the Spice Girls' music — probably sitting on the cabin bed in Holly's tiny lilac bedroom, on the CD changer with Suggs' " Cecilia ." Listening to those songs now, I don't really hear what they actually sound like, the instrumentation; they're photographs of primary color emotions that then seemed incredibly sophisticated. I didn't have many friends before going to my new school, but now pro-friendship riot "Wannabe" was my reality and anthem. Age seven, Holly and I embarked on a mission to learn as much about "doing it" as possible, just as safe-sex anthem " 2 Become 1 " became the band's first Christmas No. 1.

Come 1997, the playground was awash with rival groups performing variations on the Motown wiggle to " Stop ." YouTube What I do remember specifically is the first time I read about them in a magazine. Geri explained that until now, she'd always assumed that pop stars were kept in some sort of box, and only let out for TV appearances. This was sharp knowledge to acquire as a seven-year-old: not for me infantile 2-D conceptions of the pop machine, but an adult understanding that these women had rich internal lives. This roughly amounted to knowing who their boyfriends were (and adopting them as my de facto crushes) and any other tidbits that trickled out via Smash Hits. Age 10, I started getting my dad's newspaper from the village post office, and would buy any tabloid that contained even an inch-high story about them. My concept of them as pro-girl pop cheerleaders soon expanded. After Mel B's husband sold a story about them having sex "solidly for two weeks up to three or four times a day," she explained that her mum consoled her by saying that nobody would believe it as it was physically impossible to do it all night long.

I logged this important fact, along with speculation over Mel C's sexuality and Geri's visible eating disorder. This, it turned out, was the complex richness of their — women's — lives. It wasn't until much later that I looked up proper journalism from the Spice Girls' imperial period and realize how much the reality jarred with what I had been sold. Kathy Acker's Vogue profile of the band looped around Tumblr, criticizing their ruthless individualism, but praising their energetic, populist feminism. I read the mocking Spectator interview where they — or Geri and Victoria, at least — emerged as pro-Thatcher, pro-monarchy and anti-Europe (positions I'm glad I didn't know age seven otherwise I would no doubt have parroted them as my own). David Sinclair's comprehensive biography, Wannabe: How the Spice Girls Reinvented Pop Fame, revealed them to be even more venal and conniving than the mounds of branded plastic that I craved made clear. It was a strange reckoning, discovering that the pop culture that formed you had some rot at its core.

I'm no fan of much of what they set in motion: celebrity culture, kids' pop that didn't even bother to coat its commercial intent with anything resembling personality, so-called "choice feminism" rooted in labels rather than liberation. But dismissing their power on ideological grounds doesn't feel right. They were feminist ambassadors who believed that a tyrannical female prime minister was an automatic feminist win. Sex-positive family entertainment. Neo-liberalist firestarters. Bawdy working class girls who broke free of the pop manufacturing machine to create an even bigger one. Cheeky patriots who made pop into a leading British industry and maintained a strong disregard for the country's rock establishment. The Spice Girls were all of these things. They never formally announced their split — or if they did, I had moved on. At age seven, the Spice Girls formed my entire idea of what was cool and worldly, but as more codified teenage notions set in, I realized they no longer fit. Holly and I disproved their maxim that "friendship never ends" when she decided that S Club 7 was the superior band, a dagger through my tiny heart.

A year later, I followed suit, replacing their posters with images of Avril Lavigne and tAtU. I accepted that Geri's second solo effort, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster, wasn't the greatest record of all time. Attempted to eBay my signed photos of the Beckhams. Dumped the contents of my meticulously compiled Spice Girls folders into the recycling bin without a second thought. Reading their original press coverage these past few months has been a kick, but what I wouldn't give to have those folders back. Spice Girls | Spice Girls Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Auditions In the mid-1990s, father-and-son management team Bob and Chris Herbert together with their financier Chic Murphey placed an advertisement in The Stage for auditions for a girl group, which was suppose to respond and compete with the boy bands that dominated the early 1990s. This prompted hundreds of girls to audition which was whittled down to five girls that included Melanie Brown , Melanie Laccohee , Lianne Morgan , Michelle Stephenson and Suzanne Tinker .

Line-Up Changes Edit The line-up changed when Melanie Laccohee was offered to sing solo and replaced with Victoria Beckham and because of the bomb scare on the London tube that caused Suzanne Tinker to unable to arrive at the last set of auditions, subsequently causing Geri Halliwell to replace her. The group was then given the name Touch, and moved into a house together in Maidenhead, Berkshire, (owned by Murphy) where they were subsidised by Heart Management and each was claiming unemployment benefit. However, Lianne Morgan was taken off the group as the management felt that she was more suited as a solo, which she then was replaced by Melanie Chisholm . With the original line up, they started to work on demos and dance routines, which Stephenson didn't like. She considered it as "very, very young pop" included the song We're Gonna Make It Happen , a song that was never officially released, but footage of the girls performing it can be seen in their 2008 documentary. It soon became apparent that Stephenson did not have the drive and belief that the rest of the group had, so the decision was made to fire her from the group.

She was to be replaced by Abigail Kis , who was too young and had personal commitments causing her to quit the band, so they were led to invite eighteen-year-old Emma Bunton at the suggestion of vocal coach Pepe Lemer. Bunton instantly impressed the Herberts and was invited to meet the group in July, who welcomed her with open arms after feeling an instant connection with the other girls. Beginnings Edit During an aerobics lesson, Geri came up with a name "Spice" for the band, which Emma commented on how it fit in the band saying, "Because we are all really different", additionally they had already wrote a song named Sugar and Spice . However, an Amerian artist had already had that name so they added "Girls" at the end, finally forming the band that would grow to be loved by fans called the "Spice Girls". Later on, each member of the Spice k Girls all were given notable nicknames by Top of the Pops magazine that described and gave them their individual persona: Victoria Adams who was nicknamed Posh Spice, Melanie Brown nicknamed Scary Spice, Emma Bunton who was Baby Spice, Melanie Chisholm , Sporty Spice, and Geri Halliwell Ginger Spice.

Taking Control Edit Things turned into another direction as the group felt insecure with the lack of a contract and were fustrated with the direction Heart Management was steering them. In October, armed with a catalogue of demos and dance routines, the group began touring management agencies.They persuaded Bob Herbert to set up a showcase performance for the group in front of industry writers, producers and A&R men in December at the Nomis Studios in Shepherd Bush where they received an "overwhelmingly positive" reaction. Due to the large interest in the group, the Herberts quickly set about creating a binding contract for the group. Encouraged by the reaction they had received at the Nomis showcase, the five girls delayed signing contracts on the legal advice from, amongst others, Victoria's father Tony Adams. 1995 Edit In March, because of the group's frustration at their management's unwillingness to listen to their visions and ideas, they parted from Heart Management. In order to ensure they kept control of their own work, the group allegedly stole the master recordings of their discography from the management offices. That same day the Spice Girls tracked down Sheffield-based producer Eliot Kennedy , who had been present at the showcase, and persuaded him to work with them.

The group was introduced to record producers Absolute , who in turn brought them to the attention of Simon Fuller of 19 Entertainment . The girls began a relationship with Fuller and finally signed with him in March 1995. During the summer of that year the group toured record labels in London and Los Angeles with Fuller and finally signed a deal with Virgin Records in September, and the girls were given £500,000 advance. From this point up to the summer of 1996 the girls continued to write and record tracks for their debut album while extensively touring the west coast of the United States, where they had signed a publishing deal with Windswept Pacific. 1996 Main Article: Spice and Merchandising In June, Wannabe is released as a single,and peaks at the number 1 spot in the UK Singles Charts. The song proved to be a global hit, hitting number 1 in 31 countries and becoming not only the biggest selling debut single by an all-female group but also the biggest-selling single by an all-female group of all time.

Riding a wave of publicity and hype, the group released their next singles in UK and Europe; in October Say You'll Be There was released topping the charts at number one for two weeks. In December 2 Become 1 was released, becoming their first Christmas Number 1 and selling 430,000 copies in its first week which made it the fastest selling single of the year. The two tracks continued the group's remarkable sales by topping the charts in over fifty-three countries and solidifying the group's reputation as the biggest pop act in the world. In November, the Spice Girls released their debut album Spice in Europe. The success was unprecedented and drew comparisons to Beatlemania due to the sheer volume of interest in the group. In seven weeks Spice had sold 1.8 million copies in Britain alone, making the Spice Girls the fastest selling British act since the Beatles. That same month the Spice Girls attracted a crowd of 500,000 when they switched on the Christmas lights in Oxford Street, London. At the same time, Simon Fuller started to set up million pound sponsorship deals for the Spice Girls with Pepsi, Walkers, Impulse, Cadbury’s and Polaroid.

1997 Edit In January, the group released Wannabe in the United States. The single also proved to be a catalyst in helping the Spice Girls break into the notoriously difficult U.S. market when it debuted on the Hot 100 Chart at number 11. Wannabe reached number one in the US for four weeks. In February, Spice was release in U.S., became the biggest-selling album of 1997, peaking at number one. In March, a double A-side of Mama / Who Do You Think You Are was released in Europe, the last from Spice, which once again saw them at number one, making the Spice Girls the first group in history to have four consecutive number one hits in the UK. Girl Power! , The Spice Girls' first book and manifesto was launched later that same month at the Virgin Megastore. In April, Spice: the Official Video Volume One is released. In May, Spiceworld: The Movie was announced by the Spice Girls at the Cannes Film Festival. The group also performed their first live British show, for the Royalty of Great Britain.

At the show, they breached royal protocol when Mel B and then Geri Halliwell planted kisses on Prince Charles' cheeks and pinched his bottom, causing controversy. Global Domination and Spicemania Main Article: Spiceworld In October, the Spice Girls released the first single from Spiceworld, Spice Up Your Life . This entered in the UK charts at number one making it the girls' fifth consecutive number one hit single. That same month, Simon Fuller took the Spice Girls east to perform their first live major concert in Istanbul, Turkey. Later, the Girls traveled to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela, during the height of their career. In November, the Spice Girls released their second album, Spiceworld . The album was a global best seller as it set a new record for the fastest-selling album when it shipped seven million copies over the course of two weeks. Gaining favourable reviews, the album went on to sell over 10 million copies in Europe, Canada, and the United States combined, and 20 million copies worldwide. Criticised in the United-States for releasing the album just nine months after their debut there, and suffering from over-exposure at home, the Spice Girls began to experience a media backlash.

The group was criticised for the number of sponsorship deals signed – over twenty in total – and they began to witness diminishing international chart positions. Nevertheless, the Spice Girls remained the biggest-selling pop group of both 1997 and 1998. Self-Management Edit On November 7, the girls performed Spice Up Your Life in the 1997 MTV Europe Music Awards and won awards for Best Group. After this performance, the Spice Girls made the decision to take over the running of the group themselves, and fired their manager Simon Fuller . The firing was front page news around the world. Many commentators speculated that Fuller had been the true mastermind behind the group, and that this was the moment when the band lost their impetus and direction. According to their various autobiographies, it was mainly Geri and Melanie B who pushed for Fuller’s dismissal, claiming that he had become too controlling by restricting their personal and artistic freedom. The group quickly found the burden of managing themselves time consuming, so they assigned various responsibilities to each member of the group: Melanie B .

was responsible for tour control; Geri Halliwell for sponsorship; Emma Bunton for personnel, schedule, and charities; Victoria Adams for merchandising and finance; and Melanie C for the record company, singles, and formats. They later built their own team, headed by Nancy Phillips, to deal with their affairs. Two of the Spice Girls, Emma Bunton and Victoria Adams, later returned to Fuller's stable once it was clear that the impetus behind the group was starting to disappear. 1998 Main Article: Spiceworld (tour) and (album) In December 1997, the second single from Spiceworld, Too Much , was released. This became the second Christmas number one for the group and the sixth consecutive number one hit single in the UK. In February 1998, the Spice Girls won a special award for overseas success at the 1998 Brit Awards, for sales of 32 million albums worldwide, That night, the girls performed their next single, Stop . This was their only track not to hit number one in Britain (it entered and peaked at number two).

In early 1998 the Spice Girls embarked upon the world tour that Fuller had set up for them covering Europe and North America. The Spiceworld tour kicked off in Dublin, Ireland on 24 February 1998 before moving on to mainland Europe and then returning to Britain for two gigs at Wembley Arena and Twelve gigs at Birmingham’s NEC Arena. Performing to 150,000 fans over the course of the tour. It was here that recordings were made for a planned live album. Despite masters of the recording being made, the idea was eventually dropped. Later that year, the Spice Girls were invited to sing on the official England World Cup song "How Does It Feel (To Be on Top of the World)". This was their last song recorded with Geri's vocals, until 2007. Halliwell's Departure Edit On May 31, Geri announced her departure from the Spice Girls after many rumours cropped up about her disappearance from the group in interviews, which the girls were fully unaware about her status at the time.

A statement was released by the Spice Girls sent a statement to the offices of their solicitors in central London at 1400 BST: "We are upset and saddended by Geri's departure, but we are very supportive in whatever she wants to do. The Spice Girls are here to stay, see ya at the stadiums. We are sorry to all of our fans for having to go through all this. All our love Victoria, Emma, Mel B, Mel C, friendship never ends. One final thing if I can add, and that's there is no problems with the American tour going ahead as planned." The four remaining girls were adamant though that the group would carry on and that their approaching North American tour would continue as normal; however, Halliwell's departure threw most of the group's plans into disarray. It was cited as the reason the planned live album was cancelled. It also meant that most of the material the girls had recorded throughout the first half of 1998 at Dublin's Windmill Lane Studios with long-time collaborators Richard Stannard and Matt Rowe was eventually scrapped. A rumoured animated venture by Disney also failed to materialise.

1999 Edit The Spice Girls performed again at the 2000 BRIT Awards, and it was announced that they had received the Outstanding Achievement in Music Award. Despite being at the event, Halliwell did not join her former bandmates on stage. In November 2000 the group released Forever . Sporting a new edgier R&B sound, the album received a lukewarm response and achieved only a fraction of the success of its two best-selling predecessors, selling three million copies. Solo Careers Edit Further planned single releases off the album never materialised. Promo singles of Tell Me Why, Weekend Love, and If You Wanna Have Some Fun came into circulation, but to fans' dismay the Forever project was abandoned as the girls each began to concentrate on solo careers. 2007- 2008 Main Article: Second Reunion In September 2009, rumours emerged of a second Spice Girls reunion after Brown, Chisholm, Halliwell and Bunton were photographed having a meal together in London. Victoria Beckham was absent from the night due to her work schedule. Brown then mused about the possibilities of another tour on her Twitter .

In mid-October, Melanie C denied on GMTV all rumours about a possible reunion with Spice Girls, explaining that it is not feasible to have a comeback at the moment. In the same month, Brown admited in a Colombian interview that she is planning to get together with the groups' former members for a reality show, stating that she was looking for "girls" inspired in the Spice Girls. 2012 Edit In 2010, Judy Craymer teamed up with the Spice Girls and Simon Fuller to start developing a Spice Girls musical entitled "Viva Forever".The musical was written by British comedian Jennifer Saunders. Although the girls will not be in the show, they will influence the show's cast and production choices in a story which uses their music but bears no relation to their personal story; similar to that of ABBA 's music in Mamma Mia!. The show opened on December 12, 2012, and all of the Spice Girls were present at the first performance. "Viva Forever" closed on June 29, 2013 due to low ticket sales.

On August 12, 2012 the Spice Girls performed as a quintet for the last time at the London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony. This was the last Spice Girls concert to feature Victoria Beckham and Mel C. 2016 - present Edit In 2016 Mel B, Emma Bunton, and Geri Halliwell reunited for the 20th anniversary of The Spice Girls debut album and are working on new music. Their fourth album and tour are expected to be released in 2017. Former Spice Girls members Victoria Beckham and Mel C opted to not take part in the reunion to focus on their own careers. During an interview with James Corden on "Late Late Show" Mel B announced that The Spice Girls will go on tour again for the 20th anniversary of their debut album. Victoria Beckham and Mel C gave Mel B, Emma, and Geir their blessing to reunite and go on tour without them. The Spice Girls are working on releasing a new single. The Spice Girls new single "Song For Her" was leaked on YouTube.

Albums Melanie Brown - Singer - Biography.com Melanie Brown Melanie Brown, also known as "Mel B," was previously known as "Scary Spice," a member of the all-girl, British pop group the Spice Girls. IN THESE GROUPS Famous Intake High School Alumni quotes “I'm always down for a Spice Girls reunion. I love the Scary hair and platforms. Any time of day or night, I'll be there.” Melanie Brown Synopsis Melanie Brown was born on May 29, 1975 in Harehills, Leeds, England. In 1994, she became "Scary Spice" in the all-girl, British pop group the Spice Girls. In 1998, Brown released her first single, "I Want You," with Missy Elliott, which reached No. 1 on the U.K. charts. She has also appeared in theatre productions and feature films, and hosted the Australian version of The X Factor. In 2013, she began appearing as a judge on America's Got Talent.

Early Life Melanie Janine Brown, also known as "Mel B" and "Scary Spice," was born on May 29, 1975, in Harehills, Leeds, England. She was raised by her English mother, Andrea, and her Nevisian father, Martin, in Burley, Leeds. After studying performing arts at Intake High School in Leeds, Brown went on to become a songwriter, dancer, actress and author. Commercial Success Brown started her music career after responding to an advertisement in The Stage magazine for an all-female pop act and recording deal. She sang "Greatest Love of All" at her audition and was chosen, along with Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm, to become a member of the Spice Girls. The group signed with Virgin Records in September 1995, and released their debut single, "Wannabe," in 1996, which hit No. 1 in more than 30 countries, and instituted them as a global phenomenon. The song became the biggest-selling single by an all-female group.

In November 1996, the Spice Girls released their debut album, Spice in Europe, which was enormously successful. After drifting apart in the late '90s to pursue other projects, the Spice Girls reunited for a series of concerts in 2007 and 2008. In June 2012, the group reunited again, this time to announce the creation of a new musical about the rise and fall of the Spice Girls. Viva Forever!, named after the group's 1998 No. 1 single, is slated to open in London by the end of 2012. Solo Career After the Spice Girls broke up in 1998, Brown pursued a solo career. Her first single, "I Want You," with Missy Elliott sold 80,000 copies in the first week, giving Mel B a solo No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart. Hot, her debut solo album, was released in 2000, and produced three Top 5 singles. Her second album, L.A. State of Mind, was released in 2005, and included the single "Today." The album was considered a flop.

In 2002, Brown starred on the BBC3 sitcom Burn It, and in 2003, she made her theatre debut with The Vagina Monologues in London. She then went on to star as Mimi in the Broadway musical Rent. Brown has also appeared in feature films such as LD 50 and The Seat Filler, and hosted the television shows This Is My Moment, Top of the Pops, Access Hollywood, Dancing With the Stars and the Australian version of The X Factor. In 2002, Brown released her autobiography, Catch a Fire, which chronicles her experiences as a Spice Girl and pop star. The book reached No. 7 on book sales charts. She also launched a signature fashion line, Catty Courture, and was contracted to be the face of Ultimo Underwear in the United Kingdom. Additionally, Brown signed a record deal with EMI Music in 2012. In August 2012, Brown performed along with other members of the Spice Girls at the closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, held in London.

In 2013, Brown was announced as the newest judge on America's Got Talent, joining Howie Mandel, Howard Stern and Heidi Klum on the judges' panel for season 8 of the series. Personal Life Brown gave birth to her first child, daughter Phoenix Chi Gulzar, in 1999. The custody battle was highly publicized, and though Brown won, she paid an alimony settlement of nearly $2 million to her ex-husband, Jimmy Gulzar. In October 2006, media outlets began reporting that Brown was having a baby with American actor Eddie Murphy. Brown gave birth to daughter Angel Iris Murphy Brown on April 3, 2007, and that June, Eddie Murphy was confirmed as the father through paternity tests. In 2007, Brown began dating friend and film producer Stephen Belafonte. The couple married that year, and on September 1, 2011, Brown gave birth to their daughter, Madison Brown Belafonte. Related Videos Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation Information

Question: What is the full name of the youngest of the Spice Girls?
Answer: EMMA BUNTON