Melanie Brown
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1975-05-29
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Embracing Life Changes
- Gran OK?
- Mom's Dying? Encouragment for the Journey 2nd Edition
- Is There an Author in You?
- United States of America from East to West
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Film & TV
Acting · Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Melanie Janine Brown McPhee, MBE (born 29 May 1975), commonly known as Mel B or Melanie B, is a British singer, songwriter, dancer, television personality, and actress. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the Spice Girls are the best-selling female group of all time.…
Known for
- Happy Town — Narrator (voice)2025
- Celebrity Bear Hunt — Self - Contestant2025
- Alison Hammond's Big Weekend — Self - Interviewed Guest2025
- KPOPPED — Self2025
- Victoria Beckham — Self2025
- America's Got Talent: Fantasy League — Self - Judge2024
- M&S: Dress The Nation — Self - Guest Judge2024
- Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening — Self2024
- Special Forces: World's Toughest Test — Self2023
- Spice Girls: 25 ans déjà, qui sont-elles vraiment? — Self (archive footage)2022
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 75,877
- Total plays
- 527,837
Tags
popfemale vocalistsbritishrnbSpice Girls
Melanie B (born 29 May 1975 as Melanie Janine Brown and also known as Melanie Brown, Mel B or Mel G, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) is a British r&b singer, songwriter and actress known as one of the members of the girl band, the Spice Girls, where she was known as "Scary Spice", apparently because of her in-your-face attitude and her hairstyle. In 1998 while the Spice Girls were touring and Missy Elliott called her to ask if she was interested in singing a song called "I Want You Back" <a
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 30,794x
- Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0
· 2007 · cited 24,843x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,944x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x
- Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)
· 2008 · cited 17,444x
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Key facts
- Born
- Melanie Janine Brown , ( 1975-05-29 ) 29 May 1975 (age 51) , Leeds , West Yorkshire , England
- Other names
- Scary Spice , Melanie B Mel G Melanie G Melanie Gulzar Melanie McPhee
- Education
- Intake High School, now Leeds West Academy
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter dancer television personality actress
- Years active
- 1993–present
- Works
- Solo discography Spice Girls discography and songs
- Spouses
- Jimmy Gulzar ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2000 ) Stephen Belafonte ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2017 ) Rory McPhee ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 5 July 2025</span>"}]]}'>2025 )
- Partner s
- Max Beesley , (2000–2002) , Christine Crokos , (2002–2006) , Eddie Murphy , (2006)
- Relatives
- Christian Cooke (cousin)
- Awards
- Hon D Univ, Leeds Beckett University
- Genres
- R&B pop hip hop dance
Key dates
- Born
- 29 May 1975
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Spice Girls
- Given name
- Janine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Dancing with the Stars
- Field of work
Article
Melanie Janine Brown McPhee (born 29 May 1975), commonly known as Mel B or Melanie B, is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, television personality, and actress. She rose to prominence in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, where she was nicknamed Scary 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 greatest hits album in 2007 and two concert tours: the Return of the Spice Girls (2007–2008) and Spice World (2019).
Mel B debuted as a solo artist in 1998 with the release of "I Want You Back" which peaked atop the UK Singles Chart. Her debut solo studio album, Hot (2000), produced the successful singles "Tell Me" and "Feels So Good". Her second studio album, L.A. State of Mind (2005), spawned the single "Today". Mel B released "For Once in My Life" in 2013, her first single in eight years; it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
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