Published video “So much has happened since the album launch shows🥰 Nearly time for the big ones! 🙌🏼”.
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Melanie C
Melanie Jayne Chisholm, commonly known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the Spice Girls are the best-selling female group of all time. The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2000, before reuniting for a…
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entertainment · British pop singer (born 1974) · singer-songwriter · actor · recording artist · composer · pop singer · musician · also Melanie C, C
Born 12 January 1974 · Q151830
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2026· 21 entries
Published video “Sparkles for day 1! We mean business🎤”.
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The Sun: Melanie C says she ‘had a little word’ with Geri Horner after she wore white to her wedding
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Published video “Melanie C - The Story Behind 'Wannabe'”.
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news.com.au: First photos emerge of Spice Girl Melanie C’s secret wedding with Australian partner Chris Dingwall
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Public attention spiked: 24,765 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10.4× the usual 2,388, with 14 article edits. Coverage that week: “First photos emerge of Spice Girl Melanie C’s secret wedding with Australian partner Chris Dingwall” (news.com.au).
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The Sun: First look at Melanie C’s Adidas-themed wedding outfit as she marries boyfriend of three years in incredible ceremony
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Published video “75 training days left until tour starts 🙌🏼”.
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Published video “We’ll always be together 😊”.
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Published video “Drum Machine acoustic vibes😊”.
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Published video “My first WeHo Pride and I’m gagged!😍 Outloud was insane, thank you for all the love ❤️🌈✨”.
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Published video “I sent sporty doll to check out all the Sweat posters ✌🏼”.
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Published video “A little look at how Drum Machine came together. Full video on my YouTube Channel”.
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Published video “Melanie C - Drum Machine (BTS)”.
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The Guardian: Album cover fails! A misspelled Melanie C – and other mistakes that caused a stir
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Released album “Sweat”.
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The Guardian: ‘I did receive bottles on stage. There might have been urine’: Melanie C on Spice Girls mania, impostor syndrome and her date with a Chili Pepper
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Yahoo: Melanie C says she's bringing joy to the club with 'Sweat,' an athletic album from the Spice Girl
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The Guardian: Post your questions for Melanie C
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Released ep “Attitude”.
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Released ep “Undefeated Champion”.
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2025· 1 entry
During an interview on The Chris Moyles Show
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: Call Me a Lioness: Melanie C, Self Esteem and more record song for Women’s World Cup
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The Guardian: ‘The Spice Girls would go down a storm here’: Melanie C in conversation at Glastonbury festival
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2022· 4 entries
The Guardian: Melanie C cancels Poland concert over ‘issues brought to my attention’
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The Guardian: Spice Girl Melanie C to dance at Sadler’s Wells
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The Guardian: Melanie C alleges she was sexually assaulted before debut Spice Girls performance
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The Guardian: Melanie C review – high-energy workout brings the love
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2021· 1 entry
Released ep “In and Out of Love (acoustic)”.
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2020· 5 entries
Released ep “Into You”.
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Released album “Melanie C”.
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People: Melanie C Says Her 'Empowering' Self-Titled Album Represents a 'New Chapter' in Her Life
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Released ep “Overload”.
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People: Melanie C Debuts New Single 'Fearless' with U.K. Rapper and 'Super Spice Girls Fan' Nadia Rose
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2018· 1 entry
Turned her hand to disc jockeying by performing a "90s mix" at various events, and embarked on the Melanie C - Asia Tour 2018
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2016· 4 entries
Released album “Version of Me”.
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Yahoo: Melanie C Is Fierce in LOVE Magazine – See What Sporty Spice Looks Like Now!
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Released ep “Numb (remixes)”.
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Was featured as a vocalist on "Numb" with Sons Of Sonix, which was stated to be a song from her upcoming album
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2015· 1 entry
Chisholm joined the judging panel for Asia's Got Talent, along with David Foster, Anggun Cipta, and Vanness Wu
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2014· 2 entries
Released ep “Loving You (The Remixes)”.
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Chisholm travelled to Ghana to support a charity campaign by Procter & Gamble that provides African children with clean drinking water
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2013· 3 entries
Released album “Live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire”.
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Chisholm joined Jack Dee, Dara Ó Briain, Greg James, Chelsee Healey and Philips Idowu in Through Hell and High Water, a Comic Relief challenge which involved British celebrities canoeing the most difficult rapids of the
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Played Christy in the British comedy film Play Hard
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2012· 3 entries
Released album “Stages”.
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Released ep “The Night”.
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Chisholm joined the Sport Relief telethon by appearing in a Never Mind the Buzzcocks special
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “The Sea”.
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2009· 2 entries
It was planned she would star in a sequel to the 1996 horror film The Craft, but the production was cancelled
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Chisholm made her stage debut in the West End musical Blood Brothers, for which she was nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “This Time”.
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “Live Hits”.
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Chisholm released her first live DVD, Live Hits, recorded on 31 August 2006 at the Bridge in southeast London
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2005· 1 entry
Released album “Beautiful Intentions”.
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “Reason”.
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2001· 1 entry
Chisholm collaborated in the live album of Russell Watson, The Voice – Live, as featured vocals in the songs "Barcelona" and "Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did
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2000· 3 entries
All proceeds from sales of her "If That Were Me" single went towards the Kandu Arts charity
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Chisholm had two songs in film soundtracks, "Suddenly Monday" in Maybe Baby and "Go
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Before reuniting for a greatest hits album (2007) and two concert tours: the Return of the Spice Girls (2007–2008) and Spice World (2019)
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1999· 2 entries
Released album “Northern Star”.
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Chisholm signed with Virgin and, during the summer, recorded the album Northern Star
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1998· 2 entries
Was reported to have had a relationship with Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis; Chisholm stated in 2022 they had only been friends
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And when it topped the UK Singles Chart it became their third consecutive number 1 Christmas song – equalling the record previously set by the Beatles
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1997· 3 entries
Chisholm had a month-long relationship with singer Robbie Williams
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During a massage in a hotel in Turkey, on the eve of the first Girl Power
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Released their second album, Spiceworld, with the two first singles "Spice Up Your Life" and "Too Much", entering the UK Albums Chart at number 1
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1995· 1 entry
Negotiated with record labels in London and Los Angeles and eventually signed a deal with Virgin
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1994· 1 entry
Chisholm was one of around 400 women to respond to an advertisement in The Stage magazine placed by Chris and Bob Herbert, who were looking to form a new girl group which would later become the Spice Girls
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1974· 1 entry
Born 1974-01-12.
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1971· 1 entry
And separated in 1978, when Melanie was four years old
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