CHARITY, BLACKLINERS
Melanie Brown MBE
Since Winning the EMMA Award
Melanie Brown aka Mel B is a British Singer-Songwriter, TV Personality and Actress who went on to star in the sitcom Burn It and made her theatre debut with The Vagina Monologues in London in 2003. Mel B, as part of the Spice Girls, reunited for a series of concerts in 2007 and 2008. In June 2012, the Spice Girls reunited again, to announce the creation of a new musical about the rise and fall of the Spice Girls, Viva Forever!, named after their 1998 single. In August that same year, the group performed at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
In 2013, Mel B became a judge on America’s Got Talent alongside Howie Mandel, Howard Stern and Heidi Klum. Mel B starred as Mimi in the musical Rent and played Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway in 2017. Mel B also appeared in films such as LD 50 and The Seat Filler and hosted the television shows This Is My Moment, Top of the Pops, Access Hollywood, and the Australian version of The X Factor. In 2022, Melanie Brown received the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to charitable causes for venerable women.
Background (Before 2000)
Melanie Brown, often known as Mel B, is a British singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress who was born in Leeds, England. She studied performing arts before entering the entertainment industry. Mel B started her music career after responding to an advertisement in The Stage magazine for an all-female pop group and recording deal. She, along with Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, and Melanie Chisholm, formed the now iconic Spice Girls.
Their debut single, “Wannabe,” released in 1996, hit No. 1 in more than 30 countries and cemented them as a global phenomenon. The song later became the biggest-selling single by an all-female group and led to many other hits such as ‘2 Become 1’, ‘Say You’ll Be There’ and ‘Spice Up Your Life’. Mel B pursued a solo music career after the Spice Girls broke up in 1998.
