Melanie C

Melanie Jayne Chisholm, born on 12 January 1974 in Whiston, near Liverpool in Merseyside, also known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. She is a member of the Spice Girls, where she is best known by the nickname Sporty Spice. Mainly active between 1996 and 1998, the Spice Girls are one of the biggest girl groups of all time in music history, with more than 100 million records sold and 10 number-one singles worldwide.

Melanie C has also found success throughout her solo career. In 1999, she released her first record, Northern Star, which features the hits Never Be The Same Again, a duet with Lisa Lopes, and I Turn To You, and sold more than 5 million copies.

In 2003, she released her second album, Reason, which, together with the singles Here It Comes Again and On The Horizon, sold more than 500,000 copies in the United Kingdom alone.

The following year, she embarked on an entrepreneurial venture and set up her own record label, Red Girls Records. In 2005 she released the record Beautiful Intentions, whose hit single First Day Of My Life sold more than 1.5 million copies and went platinum in numerous countries.

With the string of records that followed (This Time (2007), The Sea (2011), The Stages (2012), Version Of Me (2016) and Melanie C (2020)), Melanie C's discography forms an eclectic body of work, blending pop, rock, electronic music, R&B and other influences, which the artist champions on stage around the world.

In 2001, her song I Turn To You, released directly as a remix/single and produced by Hex Hector, won a Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, a first in the awards' history.

With 12 number-one singles in the United Kingdom, she is the British female artist with the most number-one singles in the country's history. The artist has sold more than 131 million records, including 26 million as a solo singer and 105 million as a Spice Girl.