Melanie C
Melanie Jayne Chisholm ( born January 12, 1974 in Whiston (near Liverpool) ), also known as Melanie C or Mel C, is a British singer -songwriter who became famous through their membership in the band Spice Girls. There she was known both as Mel C and Sporty Spice because she was in charge of flip-flops and similar sporting feats at performances. In 1998 she began a successful solo career as Melanie C.
Career
From 1994 to 2001 she was a member Sporty Spice of the Spice Girls, one of the most famous girl groups of the 1990s. After the dissolution of the group her solo career has been the most successful, although it did not succeed, to build on the previous success of the Spice Girls.
Chisholm is successful with their albums in the German-speaking countries. The most famous songs there are Never Be the Same Again and I Turn to You their debut album Northern Star ( the dance version of I Turn to You she had been hit the most important ). Chisholm began to produce rock music with sensitive lyrics at the end of the Spice Girls.
Since the second album Reason sold less well, broke the record company Virgin Records Chisholm on contract. In 2005, she then founded her own label, Red Girl Records and produced their third album, Beautiful Intentions themselves what they cost about one million euros.
Despite good reviews and the successful first single Next Best Superstar, the album initially sold not as good as expected. In the British album charts managed Beautiful Intentions in the first week only to 24th place
In Germany appeared with First Day of My Life soon after a new single. This written by Guy Chambers and Enrique Iglesias song is the theme song for ZDF telenovela ways to happiness (then Julia - Wege zum Glück ). The music video was filmed on August 26, 2005 in Hanover city center. October 1, 2005 Chisholm joined with First Day of My Life at Wetten, dass. ? on. Shortly after, she finished second in the German music charts # 1, which is its biggest success in Germany. The single became one of the most successful singles of the year 2005. On the German version of the album, the song was added. In December 2005, she organized a tour through Germany. Two months later, Beautiful Intentions has been re-released and was now commercially more successful. It reached the top 20 in Germany again after his first entry into the top 15 in Portugal the album for ten weeks occupied the top position. The album has surpassed sales of her second album Reason significantly; the follow-up single Better Alone in Germany reached 51st
December 8th, 2006 Chisholm's first live DVD was released, entitled Live hits. The DVD contains recordings of the concert, which took place in London ( The Bridge ) closed to the public on August 31.
On March 16, 2007 The Moment You Believe in German-speaking countries was released as a lead single for the album This Time, while on the other hand in the UK on 26 March published a cover version of 60s songs I Want Candy by The Strangeloves. This song was also the theme song of the same film with Tom Riley, Tom Burke and Carmen Electra. The Moment You Believe debuted at number 15 in the German single charts; I Want Candy reached number 24 on the UK Singles Charts. The album This Time in Germany reached number 15 in Switzerland and 8th place in England the plate occupied only position 57, which was due, according to some critics that the first single I Want Candy represented not according to the sound of the album. On 8 June 2007, the third single from This Time, Carolyna which reached number 49 in Germany and number 28 in England appeared.
Six years after their separation, the Spice Girls announced in June 2007 on a world tour with twelve concerts in eleven cities for late 2007/early 2008, the original lineup. Earlier reunion attempts had failed because Melanie C for a long time this was not ready: " The Spice Girls were incredible and I 'm proud to have been a part of them. But now we are all older and have become so changed that I think it was a very beautiful part of my life, but in the past. "
Before the reunion tour with the Spice Girls, the title track from This Time was released as the fourth single in October 2007. As a bonus, the titles available in Germany version contained the title track of ProSieben campaign We love to entertain you. The maximum ranking in the German singles chart position was 69
In April 2008, Chisholm both their single Carolyna and the album This Time published for the first time in Canada, which was accompanied in May by a tour of Canada.
In the musical Blood Brothers by Willy Russell she played from March to September 2010, the main role of "Mrs. Johnstone, "for which she was nominated for two prestigious musical awards, including the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
In September 2011 they released their fifth album The Sea. First German single release was the song Rock Me, which was used by the ZDF as the theme song for the Women's football World Cup. This was followed by the hits Think About It and Let There Be Love ( an English version of the Rosenstolz hits Love is all ). In England, they also released the song Weak as a single. In November and December, they then presented to the public in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and England before her album in the context of The Sea Live 2011 Tour. At a concert in London Brian May came on stage and played with her the Queen hit One Vision, and her appearance in Munich, she attended the X -Factor winner David Pfeffer Germany to together with her First Day of My Life as well as his single I'm Here to sing.
In September 2012, her sixth studio album was released in stages.
In 2012, Chisholm was a jury member of the British talent show " Superstar". In the show was, inter alia, searched along with Andrew Lloyd Webber who plays "Jesus" for "Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Tour". In the extremely successful tour of the musical Chisholm plays the role of " Mary Magdalene ". Due to the sold-out arenas also another tour of Australia, as well as new UK dates now been announced. Chisholm also received for her interpretation of " Mary Magdalene " the " Whats On Stage Award 2013 " for the best musical actress.
In December 2012, Chisholm also opened along with her fellow Spice Girls - The Musical "Viva Forever", which is based on the songs of the girl band, but not told their story.
Private
Chisholm was romantically involved from 2002 until July 2012 with the developer Thomas Starr; 22 February 2009 was their daughter to the world.