Biography
Singer Melanie Si - Participant SPICE GIRLS, who managed to become famous and after the breakdown of the group. More than a dozen of her singles in different years headed the Top Britain, which makes Melanie Si cult performer of this country along with John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The Debut Album "Northern Star" went through the world to 4 million copies and became the most successful among the solo-records of the former Spice Girls.Childhood and youth
Melanie Jane Scholm was born on January 12, 1974 in Wiston, United Kingdom. The only child in the family of Alan Chiholma and Joan O'Neill. Parents dispersed when the daughter turned 4.5 years.
After the family split, Melanie and Mom moved to Widnes, County Cheshire. Here the girl visited Brookvale Junior School, then Fairfield High School. British lessons combined with dances, vocal and theater.
The development of creative skills was useful - being a college student, Melanie responded to an ad in The Stage magazine about finding "girls aged 18 to 23 years old, able to sing and dance, beautiful, hardworking, honest." For the singer's career in the SPICE GIRLS group, Melanie even threw her studies.
Music
In 1994, SPICE GIRLS was formed - a bright group, the participants of which were still children: the most senior jerry Hollywell was almost 22 years old, Victoria Adams, who is now known as Victoria Beckham, celebrated the 21st birthday, Melanie Chimetolm - 20th, Melanie Brown - 19th. The youngest was Michelle Stevenson, who turned 17 years old. All singers were pseudonyms, and the numbers became Sporty Spice (Sports Perchovka).Melanie, by the way, chose not only because of the vocal data: Lena Morgan, who had to take place, refused, because she looked too old against the rest.
Initially, the girls signed a contract with Heart Management, but in 1995 switched under the wing of Virgin. The Debut Album "Spice" (1996) blew up the world, reaching the 1st place in 17 countries, becoming multiplatin in 27 countries. Listeners reigned more than 30 million plates by making the "Spice" the best-selling disk in the history of women's groups. Success facilitated and known to each Melomanan Track "Wannabe", which was leading in 37 countries.
The second album "SpiceWorld" (1997) repeated the commercial success of the predecessor, breaking up a circulation of 20 million copies. At the same time, a documentary was published about the group "SpiceWorld: The Movie", which collected $ 100 million at the box office worldwide.
In May 1998, Jeri Holliwell left SPICE GIRLS. In the biography of Melanie, the numbers also outlined a steep turn - in the top 3 of the UK, her solo track "WHEN YOU'RE GONE", recorded with Brian Adams, broke into the top 3 of the United Kingdom. The song spent 15 weeks in Chart, becoming platinum.
In 1999, British signed a contract with Virgin and already in the summer of the same year released "Northern Star". The album rose to the top 4 of the United Kingdom, becoming three times platinum, went out with a circulation of 4 million copies. For promotional purposes, Melani Si went in tour from Liverpool to Leicester Square, giving 14 concerts in Australia, USA, Canada, Japan, Europe.
Virgin did not like the result that Melanie Si reached. The company has already prepared documents for termination when the producers decided to give a girl another chance. They became the single "Never Be The Same Again" - a duet with a participant of the TLC group Liza Left Eye Lopez. The track was headed by charts in the UK, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, became the 18th bestseller of 2000, breaking the circulation of more than 1 million copies in Europe.
After the success of "Never Be The Same Again" label decided to release two more singles Melanie SI: remix "I Turn to You", which reached the 1st place in the UK, the United States and 4 more countries, and "If That Were Me" Only before the 18th line of charts.
It was 2000 years old. SPICE GIRLS understood that solo creativity is also a choice of career, so they recorded the third and last album "Forever", which divided 5 million copies. Immediately after Melanie Si went to the first world tour of Northern Star Tour. The program is 4 continents, 30 countries, 76 concerts. The popularity of the performer grew in geometrical progression, her music was also known in Japan, and in the USA, and in Sweden.
The numbers began recording the second album at the end of 2001. It was planned that he would be released in September 2002, but the release was postponed by March 2003. They say the reason for the delay was the conflict of Melanie Si and Virgin because of the singer's figure - the label wanted to lose the girl to shoot the taking clips in swimsuits and short dresses. In addition, the performer was treated from clinical depression.
In February 2003, the Single "Here It Comes Again" came out, which reached the 7th place in the UK. The album "REASON", the premiere of which took place a month later, entered the top 5. I did not improve the situation and the second single "on the horizon" - he reached the 14th place. The dubious dynamics of the creativity of Melani Si has become the main reason for the dismissal of the executor from the label in January 2004.
In April of the same year, Melani Si founded his own recording company Red Girl. The name is inspired by the colors of Liverpool F.C., for which the singer is sick. Already in October, the former "Perchin" wrote the third album, which consisted of deep songs. Piano and violin were used as the main tools. The plate was called "Beautiful Intentions". Melanie Si waited a failure - 15th place in the UK, not higher than the top 24 in the rest of the world. The following album "This Time" (2007) also did not find a response in the souls of listeners and musical critics.
The news of the SPICE GIRLS of the reunification in June 2007 was necessary for melanomi SI. The girls decided to go to the world tour of The Return of the Spice Girls. The fee for the performance was £ 10 million each. In November of the same year, the "HEADLINES (Friendship Never Ends" track ", which became the first in the history of the group, which has not reached the top 10 in the UK, was recorded as" Perchinchi "as advertising. Following the collection "Greatest Hits" with two new songs: "Headlines" and "Voodoo". He split 6 million copies.
After graduating from a joint tour, in February 2008, Melani Si went to the 5th tour of this Time Canadian Tour. This ended the active phase of the solo creativity of the singer: she went to the musicals, worked as a mentor to the show "The X Factor Australia" and "Asia's Got Talent".
Personal life
In 1997, numbers met with Robbie Williams, in 1998 - with Anthony Kidis, vocalist Red Hot Chili Peppers. Inspired by their personal life, the singer wrote the song "Emit Remmus".
In 2000, the girl was intensified into a painful relationship with Raper Jason Brown, after which it had to be eased from depression and treat disorder of food behavior.
In 2002, Melanie began to meet with Thomas Starr. On February 22, 2009, a pair was born daughter Scarlet Chimetola Starr. In 2012, after 10 years of living together, civil husband and wife broke up, the singer fully focused on the child.
In 2014, the separator of Joe Marshall, who is now its manager, became chosholm.
Melanie Si many tattoo, most of which appeared in youth to attract attention. Now the singer regrets the drawings. Judging by the photo, the singer at least 10 tattoo, the most noticeable - cross on the forearm.
Melanie Si now
In November 2018, Spice Girls announced a repeated reunion for the Tour Spice World 2019. The girls announced a tour of 14 cities in Great Britain.In addition, Melanie Si is working on solo albums and spins the Sink the Pink transvestites show.
Discography
- 1999 - "Northern Star"
- 2003 - "REASON"
- 2005 - "Beautiful Intentions"
- 2007 - "This Time"
- 2011 - "The Sea"
- 2012 - "Stages"
- 2016 - "Version of Me"