Melanie C is the Spice Girl who is furthest into her solo career. Melanie C's first solo attempt was a collaboration with Bryan Adams on his song "When You're Gone" which was released as a single on December 2, 1998 and is also on Bryan's album On A Day Like Today which was released October 27, 1998. Melanie's second song was entitled "Ga Ga". It is a song which proves Melanie C has a "rock chick" edge to her. The song was first available on the Big Daddy soundtrack which was released on June 22, 1999.
Melanie C's first solo album entitled Northern Star was released on October 18th, 1999 in the UK, and November 2nd, 1999 in the US. Melanie C is the first Spice Girl to have a solo album! Most of the album was produced primarily by Rick Rubin and William Orbit, who also produced Madonna's Ray Of Light album. The album consists of 12 tracks and the music varies from indie rock songs, to lovely ballads. "Goin' Down" was the first single off the album and was released on September 27, 1999. It made it to #4 on the singles charts. The second single released is for the title track ballad "Northern Star". It was released on November 22, 1999 and made it to #2 on the singles charts. The third single off the album was the light pop/r&b song "Never Be The Same Again" which features rapper Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes. "Never Be The Same Again" was released on March 20, 2000 and debuted at #1 on the singles charts! Melanie's fourth single was "I Turn To You" released on August 7th, 2000. The single mix was much more of a dance version then the album mix. "I Turn To You" entered the singles charts at #1, and also climbed to #1 in the US Dance/Club Chart! The last single released from Northern Star, "If That Were Me", was released as a charity single on November 27th, 2000. Melanie has done a lot of touring since her debut album. Her first tour was a massive worldwide effort as she visited 11 countries in one month. She then embarked on a more extensive European tour, followed by a small tour of America & Canada. She finished up with a few more European gigs. Melanie has begun writing on her 2nd solo album, including working on a new version of her fan-favorite tune "Independence Day" for an upcoming soundtrack. Melanie's 2nd album is slated for release sometime this Fall.
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