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Melanie Brown Biography

Birth Name:
Melanie Janine Brown
Birth Place:
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Profession
Pop singer, actor

Fast Facts

  • Sold more than 55 million albums worldwide as part of the British pop phenomenon the Spice Girls, in which she was often referred to as "Scary Spice
  • " Released her solo debut, Hot, in 2000; the album LA State of Mind followed in 2005
  • Appeared on stage in Rent on Broadway and a London appearance in The Vagina Monologues
  • Released Catch a Fire: The Autobiography in 2002
  • Was partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy on the fifth season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars
  • Joined the judging panel of the Australian version of The X Factor in 2011; later appeared as a guest judge on the U
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  • version of the show

Relationships