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Melanie Brown
Melanie Janine Brown, MBE (born 29 May 1975), commonly known as Mel B or Melanie B, is an English singer, songwriter, 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. The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2000, before reuniting for a greatest hits album (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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production and trading centre (mainly with wool) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Leeds developed as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution alongside other surrounding villages and towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, and a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits (Spice Girls Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is a greatest hits album by the English girl group Spice Girls. It received a physical release worldwide throughout November 2007, except for the United States where it received a limited release on 6 November 2007 through Victoria's Secret and a full release on 15 January 2008. It was their first album to be released in seven years and was supported by an accompanying world tour. The album sold 1.7 million copies by the end of 2007 and was the world's best-selling girl group album of that year.. Accessed 25 November 2016. In August 2012, after the Spice Girls' performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the album re-charted in the top ten, twenty and thirty of most major charts worldwide including the United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand and Australia. The album's only single, " Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)", was released on radio on 23 October, whilst released digitally on 5 November and commercially on 19 November 2007. It was also announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy (born January 17, 1980) is an American Latin– ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is widely known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series '' Dancing with the Stars'', on which he first appeared in season two. In his 17 seasons as a competing pro on the show, Chmerkovskiy made it to the final round five times, with two runner-up and two third-place finishes. On May 20, 2014, Chmerkovskiy, paired with Olympic ice dancer Meryl Davis, won his first ''Dancing with the Stars'' title. Chmerkovskiy has also starred in the Broadway productions of dance shows '' Burn the Floor'' and ''Forever Tango''. Early life Chmerkovskiy was born on January 17, 1980, in Odessa, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. His mother, Larisa Chmerkovskaya, is Christian, and his father, Aleksandr "Sasha" Chmerkovskiy, is Jewish; Chmerkovskiy has described himself as Jewish. He has a younger brother, Valentin Chmerkovsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With The Stars (American TV Series)
''Dancing with the Stars'' is an American dance competition television series that premiered on ABC on June 1, 2005. It is the American version of the British reality TV competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'', and is part of the ''Dancing with the Stars'' franchise. The show pairs celebrities with professional dancers. Each couple competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges' points and audience votes is usually eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains. Since the thirty-second season in 2023, the series is hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, with Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli serving as judges. In April 2022, it was announced that, beginning with the thirty-first season, ''Dancing with the Stars'' would move from ABC to Disney+. Since season thirty-two, the series has streamed live on both ABC and Disney+ simultaneously. On April 22, 2025, ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With The Stars (American TV Series) Season 5
Season five of ''Dancing with the Stars'' premiered on September 24, 2007, with a special three-night premiere week, on the ABC network. As with previous seasons, CTV Television Network aired the series in Canada. On November 27, 2007, IndyCar driver Hélio Castroneves and Julianne Hough were crowned the champions, while Spice Girls singer Mel B and Maksim Chmerkovskiy finished in second place, and entertainer Marie Osmond and Jonathan Roberts finished third. Cast Couples This season featured twelve celebrity contestants. On August 29, 2007, the cast was announced on ''Good Morning America'' by Tom Bergeron, Carrie Ann Inaba, and reigning celebrity champion Apolo Anton Ohno. ;Future appearances Hélio Castroneves and Sabrina Bryan returned for the All-Stars season, where Castroneves was paired with Chelsie Hightower and Bryan was paired with Louis van Amstel. Hosts and judges The show was co-hosted by Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris, with Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Club Songs
The Dance Club Songs (also known as National Disco Action, Hot Dance/Disco Club Play, and Hot Dance Club Play) was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by ''Billboard'' magazine. It used club disc jockeys set lists to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the United States. History The Dance Club Songs chart underwent several incarnations since its inception in 1974. Originally a top-10 list of tracks that garnered the largest audience response in New York City discothèques, the chart began on October 26, 1974, under the title ''Disco Action''. The chart went on to feature playlists from various cities around the country from week to week. ''Billboard'' continued to run regional and city-specific charts throughout 1975 and 1976 until the issue dated August 28, 1976, when a 30-position ''National Disco Action Top 30'' premiered. The first number-one song on the chart for the issue dated August 28, 1976, was " You Should Be Dancing" by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Once In My Life (Mel B Song)
"For Once in My Life" is a song by British singer-songwriter Mel B. The song was written by Brown, Tim Daniel McEwan, Lars Halvor Jensen, Gita Lake and Negin Djafari, and produced by Danish production team Deekay. It was released on 19 September 2013 on iTunes by SBB Records. It marked Brown's first release in eight years following 2005's "Today". The single was first announced by Brown on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''. The single peaked at No. 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Music video The music video was released in YouTube through Brown's official YouTube account on 19 September 2013. The music video shows Brown leaving out of her house wearing her office uniform and reading bill letters. Before getting in her car, she throws all the bill letters and decides to strip all of her clothes in the middle of the street. It cuts back to a scene, where Brown is dancing with her girlfriends. As the video progresses, she gets a scissor from a gardener and rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today (Mel B Song)
"Today" is a song by British singer-songwriter Melanie Brown, released as the lead and only single of her second studio album, '' L.A. State of Mind'' (2005). The song was solely written by Brown and produced by Kevin Malpass. Released on 13 June 2005 in the United Kingdom, it entered and peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart, charting for only two weeks. The music video was directed by Mark McConnell and filmed in Los Angeles, California. To promote the single, Brown performed the song on ''GMTV GMTV (an initialism for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ''ITV Breakfast, ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited'', was the name of the national ITV (TV network), ITV breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the Uni ...''. Track listings * UK CD1 # "Today" – 3:16 # "Bad, Bad Girl" – 3:25 * UK CD2 # "Today" – 3:16 # "Music of the Night (Perdido)" – 3:48 # "Today" Charts References 2005 singles 2005 songs Mel B songs {{20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feels So Good (Mel B Song)
"Feels So Good" is a song by English singer Melanie B from her first solo album '' Hot'' (2000). It was written by the singer in collaboration with duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who also produced the track. The song was released as the album's second single on 19 February 2001, by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom. Its release was seen as an attempt to increase the album's falling sales. "Feels So Good" is a pop and R&B song that lyrically deals with being content in love. "Feels So Good" received positive reviews from music critics. It also fared well commercially in the United Kingdom, reaching number five on the UK Singles Chart, eventually becoming Melanie B's second best-selling single in the region; the single attained moderate success in Europe. The song's music video was directed by Martin Weisz and was filmed in Los Angeles. "Feels So Good" was performed in some television shows as part of promotion for the single. Background and composition In 2000, Spice Girls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell Me (Mel B Song)
"Tell Me" is a song by English singer Melanie B from her debut solo album '' Hot'' (2000). It was written by Melanie B in collaboration with LaShawn Daniels and Fred Jerkins III, and produced by the latter. It was released as the lead single from the album in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2000, by Virgin Records. "Tell Me" is an R&B song whose lyrics are directed at the singer's former husband, Jimmy Gulzar. The track received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its production. "Tell Me" was commercially successful, debuting at its peak position of number four on the UK singles chart, while topping the UK Hip Hop/R&B chart; it has sold a total of 109,000 copies in the region as of June 2017, becoming the singer's third biggest selling solo single. "Tell Me" also peaked at number seven in Scotland and reached the top 20 in Belgium's Flemish and Walloon regions. Nigel Dick directed a music video that depicts Melanie B accompanied by her dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot (Mel B Album)
''Hot'' is the debut album by English singer Melanie B, released on 9 October 2000 by Virgin. Produced during the hiatus of her band the Spice Girls, the singer began recording her solo debut album in 1999. Taking her solo work further into the contemporary R&B genre after "I Want You Back," her 1998 collaboration with rapper Missy Elliott, Melanie B consulted a range of American musicians to work with her on material, including Sisqó and Teddy Riley as well as Fred Jerkins III and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, both of whom she was also working with on the Spice Girls' third album, ''Forever'' (2000). The album received mixed reviews from critics and was not as commercially successful as her albums with the Spice Girls or that of other members' solo albums released around this time. It peaked at number twenty-eight in the United Kingdom and sold over 60,000 copies, receiving a silver certification. The album spawned three singles: "Tell Me", " Feels So Good" and "Lullaby" – th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
