She also co-presented the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars for one season (2012). Between 20, Mel B served as a guest and main judge on the Australian and British versions of The X Factor. She participated in the fifth season of the American dance-competition series Dancing with the Stars (2007), finishing in second place with her professional partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Since 2007, Mel B has established herself as a television personality and talent-show judge. 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Mel B released ' For Once in My Life' in 2013, her first single in eight years it peaked at No.
State of Mind (2005), which spawned a single, ' Today'. After signing with the independent label Amber Café, she released her second solo album, L.A. Other singles from the album, such as ' Tell Me' and ' Feels So Good', both reached the top 5 in the UK charts. The album's lead single, ' I Want You Back', reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and was included on the soundtrack for the 1998 film Why Do Fools Fall in Love. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the group became the best-selling female group of all time.ĭuring the Spice Girls hiatus, Mel B released her debut solo album, Hot (2000). She rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. Melanie Janine Brown MBE (born ), commonly known as Melanie B or Mel B, is an English singer, actress, and television personality.