Going into showbiz was not a spontaneous decision for Mel B. She attended Intake High School in Leeds where she studied performing arts. Apparently, there are people who get nicknamed more than others and Mel B is one of them. She may not be the biggest woman out there, but she has a centimeter above the average woman in Britain with her 5 feet 5 inches.
The other two ladies are below the average female height of Great Britain; Emma Bunton stands at 5 feet 2 inches and Geri Halliwell was the smallest with 5 feet and 1 inch tall. In October, armed with a catalogue of demos and dance routines, the group began touring management agencies. Due to the large interest in the group, the Herbert's quickly set about creating a binding contract for the group.
Encouraged by the reaction they had received at the Nomis showcase, the five girls delayed signing contracts on the legal advice from, amongst others, Victoria's father Tony Adams.
In March, because of the group's frustration at their management's unwillingness to listen to their visions and ideas, they parted from Heart Management.
In order to ensure they kept control of their own work, the group allegedly stole the master recordings of their discography from the management offices. That same day the Spice Girls tracked down Sheffield-based producer Eliot Kennedy , who had been present at the showcase, and persuaded him to work with them.
The group was introduced to record producers Absolute , who in turn brought them to the attention of Simon Fuller of 19 Entertainment. The girls began a relationship with Fuller and finally signed with him in March From this point up to the summer of ,the girls continued to write and record tracks for their debut album while extensively touring the west coast of the United States, where they had signed a publishing deal with Windswept Pacific.
The song proved to be a global hit, hitting number 1 in 31 countries and becoming not only the biggest selling debut single by an all-female group but also the biggest-selling single by an all-female group of all time.
Riding a wave of publicity and hype, the group released their next singles in UK and Europe; in October Say You'll Be There was released topping the charts at number one for two weeks. In December 2 Become 1 was released, becoming their first Christmas Number 1 and selling , copies in its first week which made it the fastest selling single of the year.
The two tracks continued the group's remarkable sales by topping the charts in over fifty-three countries and solidifying the group's reputation as the biggest pop act in the world. The success was unprecedented and drew comparisons to Beatlemania due to the sheer volume of interest in the group.
In seven weeks Spice had sold 1. That same month the Spice Girls attracted a crowd of , when they switched on the Christmas lights in Oxford Street, London.
In January, the group released Wannabe in the United States. The single also proved to be a catalyst in helping the Spice Girls break into the notoriously difficult U. Wannabe reached number one in the US for four weeks. In February, Spice was released in the U. Girl Power! The group also performed their first live British show, for the Royalty of Great Britain. At the show, they breached royal protocol when Mel B and then Geri Halliwell planted kisses on Prince Charles' cheeks and pinched his bottom, causing controversy.
This entered in the UK charts at number one making it the girls' fifth consecutive number one hit single. That same month, Simon Fuller took the Spice Girls east to perform their first live major concert in Istanbul, Turkey.
Later, the Girls travelled to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela, during the height of their career. In November, the Spice Girls released their second album, Spiceworld. The album was a global best seller as it set a new record for the fastest-selling album when it shipped seven million copies over the course of two weeks.
Gaining favourable reviews, the album went on to sell over 10 million copies in Europe, Canada, and the United States combined, and 20 million copies worldwide. Criticised in the United-States for releasing the album just nine months after their debut there, and suffering from over-exposure at home, the Spice Girls began to experience a media backlash. The group was criticized for the number of sponsorship deals signed — over twenty in total — and they began to witness diminishing international chart positions.
Nevertheless, the Spice Girls remained the biggest-selling pop group of both and After this performance, the Spice Girls made the decision to take over the running of the group themselves, and fired their manager Simon Fuller. The firing was front page news around the world. Many commentators speculated that Fuller had been the true mastermind behind the group, and that this was the moment when the band lost their impetus and direction.
The group quickly found the burden of managing themselves time- consuming, so they assigned various responsibilities to each member of the group: Melanie B. They later built their own team, headed by Nancy Phillips, to deal with their affairs. Two of the Spice Girls, Emma Bunton and Victoria Adams, later returned to Fuller's stable once it was clear that the impetus behind the group was starting to disappear.
In December , the second single from Spiceworld , Too Much , was released. This became the second Christmas number one for the group and the sixth consecutive number one hit single in the UK. In February , the Spice Girls won a special award for overseas success at the Brit Awards, for sales of 32 million albums worldwide, That night, the girls performed their next single, Stop.
Mel and Stephen began dating in February after they met on the set of film The Talk. After a whirlwind romance, they wed in June in Las Vegas, renewing their vows a year later in Egypt. Mel has three daughters, Phoenix Chi Gulzar b. Phoenix's dad is Mel's first husband Jimmy, and Madison was born to her third husband Stephen.
Angel was conceived during a short relationship between Mel and actor Eddie Murphy. Mel often also speaks of a 'fourth' daughter, Giselle.
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