Melanie C
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Chisholm began a solo career in late 1998 on the single "When You're Gone" with Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams. In 1999, she signed with Virgin Records as a solo artist; her debut solo album ''Northern Star'' was released in October of that year. The album reached number 1 in Sweden and number 4 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2003, Chisholm released her second album, ''Reason'', and the following year, she departed from Virgin Records and founded her own record company, Red Girl Records. In 2005, she released her third album, ''Beautiful Intentions'', which spent 9 weeks at number one in Portugal and spawned international hit singles. Her fourth album, ''This Time'', was released in 2007, which spawned three number one singles in Portugal. She continued to release albums in the following years, including ''The Sea'' (2011), ''Stages'' (2012), ''Version of Me'' (2016), and ''Melanie C'' (2020).
Chisholm is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three World Music Awards, five Brit Awards, three American Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, eight Billboard special awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Award, ten ASCAP awards, and one Juno Award. As a solo artist, she has sold more than 30 million records worldwide and is the female artist with most songs at number one in the UK ranking history. She has earned over 335 worldwide certifications, including 44 silver, gold, and platinum certifications as a solo artist.
In 2009, Chisholm made her stage debut in the West End musical ''Blood Brothers'', for which she was nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award. Her autobiography, ''Who I Am: My Story'', was released in 2022. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Kylie Ball, Gavin Abbott, Michelle Wilson, Melanie Chisholm, Shannon SahlqvistGet full text
Published 2017-11-01
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