如果跟喜欢英文歌曲的朋友提起Melanie C也许会有些陌生,但是提到辣妹组合,我想再不关心欧美音乐的也会如雷贯耳吧!
辣妹组合早就在歌迷的痛哭惋惜中解体,嫁人的嫁人,监守音乐的无论如何也赶不上以前的辉煌,但是谈到音色,也许你会记得那个磁性十足沙哑的声音,在五人之中独树一帜,那就是Melanie C了。
一直关注各人的发展,只有其中两位还在乐坛活跃,曾经是Spcie Grils一员的Melanie C,单飞之后成绩突出。
1970年代Melanie C生长在一个宗教气氛浓厚的家庭里。父母在她三岁时离异,并各自有了新的家庭。母亲是当地的一位歌手。求学时代,Melanie一直是个相当优异的学生,对表演有浓厚的兴趣。她一直想学弹吉他,也梦想能成为一个明星。1994年 出现一个五人组合,是经纪人为了组成一个女的接招合唱团而征选的,团员分别是Melaine Brown〈Mel B〉,Melanie Chisholm〈Mel C〉,Victoria Adams〈Victoria〉,Geri Halliwell〈Geri〉及后来未加入的Michelle Stephenson。1994年 Michelle Stephenson离团后,Emma Bunton加入,此五人团体取名Spice Girls。1995年 Spice Girls与经纪公司19 Management签约,9月与EMI旗下的Virgin唱片公司签约。Melanie C就是Sporty Spice。
The world-famous Sporty Spice, singer Melanie Chisholm was born January 12, 1975, in Liverpool, England; a onetime session vocalist and ballet dancer, in March of 1994 she answered an advertisement for an all-girl vocal group, and with fellow applicants Geri Halliwell, Victoria Adams, and Melanie Brown formed the nucleus of what later (with the addition of fifth member Emma Bunton) became the Spice Girls. The biggest pop phenomenon of the late '90s, the Spice Girls enjoyed a series of chart-topping singles like "Wannabe," "Say You'll Be There," and "2 Become 1"; as the tracksuit-clad Sporty Spice, Mel C (as Chisholm was commonly known) was widely considered the most musically talented Spice Girl, and in the fall of 1999 she made her solo debut with Northern Star. I Turn to You followed a year later. Reason from 2003 was a mainstream pop album while 2005's Beautiful Intentions was a more rocking affair and the first album to be released on Melanie C's own label, Red Girl Records. In early 2007 two new singles -- "The Moment You Believe" and a cover version of "I Want Candy" -- announced the coming of her fourth full-length, This Time.