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CodeDS/UK/20531
NameMel B (29 May 1975); English singer songwriter, television personality, actress and author
Variations of NameMelanie Janine Brown
AliasScary Spice
Dates29 May 1975
GenderFemale
Place of Birth/OriginLeeds, West Yorkshire, England (born)
RelationshipsDaughter of Andrea Dixon (British) and Martin Brown (Caribbean)
Cousin of Christian Cooke (actor and director)
Former wife of Jimmy Gulzar (Dutch dancer) and Stephen Belafonte
Former partner of Fjölnir Thorgeirsson (Icelandic businessman), Max Beesley (actor), Christine Crokos and Eddie Murphy (actor)
BiographyMel B is an English singer, songwriter, rapper, television personality, actress and author. Brown rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 85 million records sold worldwide, the group became the best-selling female group of all time.

During the group's hiatus, Brown released her debut solo album Hot. The album's lead single, "I Want You Back" charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and was included on the soundtrack for the 1998 film Why Do Fools Fall in Love.

Brown has since made appearances on television. In 2007, she participated on the fifth season of the American dance competition series Dancing with the Stars, finishing in second place with her professional partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Between 2011 and 2016, she served as a guest and main judge on the Australian and British versions of The X Factor. She also co-presented the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars for one season in 2012. From 2013 until 2019, Brown served as a judge on the NBC reality show America's Got Talent. She served as a coach and mentor on The Voice Kids Australia in 2014. Since 2016, she has also presented Lip Sync Battle UK alongside rapper Professor Green.

In parallel, she has also participated as actress in several successful movies such as: Spice World (1997), LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003), The Seat Filler (2005), Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014), Chocolate City: Vegas Strip (2017) and Killing Hasselhoff (2017).

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