Melanie Chisholm

Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born January 12 1974) is a singer and is one of the most successful British female artists of the last decade. She has co-written eleven chart topping singles — more than any other female artist in chart history. In her early years she was one fifth of the most successful girl group of all time, selling over forty-six million albums and thirty million singles with the Spice Girls. Today, almost ten years after her first appearance on the charts, she's a multi-platinum, international star in her own right, after releasing three solo albums and many hit singles.

Northern Star

Chisholm took her first steps at creating a solo career in 1998 by duetting with Canadian rocker Bryan Adams on the massively successful song "When You're Gone". Though it never topped the charts in the UK, it went on to become the eighty-second best-selling single of the 1990s. She followed the duet with the critically acclaimed album Northern Star in 1999. Eager to distance herself from her sporty image, "Goin' Down" was chosen as the first single from Northern Star. Though it failed to make a huge impact in the charts or help album sales, the single showed the world that Chisholm was not just a back-flipping girl in a track suit. The title track "Northern Star" was chosen as the follow up single and was a surprise hit. With its simple, yet beautiful video the single sold in excess of 195,000 copies, but did little for album sales. A remixed version of "Never Be the Same Again" featuring Lisa Lopez was chosen as the album's third single and became Chisholm's first solo number one. It went on to sell over 400,000 copies and helped bring Northern Star back into the top ten. Capitalising on her new found success, Chisholm released a remix version of "I Turn to You" and earned herself another number-one single. "I Turn to You" eventually climbed to the top of the Billboard Dance Charts in America. Northern Star was reissued with the "Never Be the Same Again" and "I Turn to You" remixes and eventually peaked at number four on the album charts. "If That Were Me" was chosen as the fifth and last single, but failed to make an impact on the charts entering at number eighteen. The single followed the release of Mel B's solo album Hot and the Spice Girls' Forever, and as a result received little promotion. Northern Star is certified triple platinum in the UK, selling over 900,000 copies, and has sold 3,000,000 copies worldwide, making it the best-selling solo Spice Girl album to date.

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1998 - Bryan Adams - 1999 - Lisa Lopez - Billboard - Mel B - Spice Girl

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