Melanie Janine Brown, born on May 29, 1975, is better known as Mel B or Melanie B.
She is an English singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress. Mel B gained prominence in the mid-1990s as a member of the iconic pop girl group the Spice Girls, where she earned the nickname Scary Spice.
The group achieved remarkable success, selling over 100 million records globally, making them the best-selling female group in history.
REAL FACTS ABOUT MELANIE BROWN
FULL NAME:Melanie Brown
BETTER KNOWN AS:Melanie B
DATE OF BIRTH: May 29, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH: Leeds, England
MARITAL STATUS: Divorced
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Melanie Brown, famously known as Scary Spice, hails from Leeds, England, and is currently 49 years old.
She was brought up in a mixed-race household, with her mother being of English heritage and her father from Saint Kitts and Nevis. Brown studied performing arts at Intake High School in Leeds.
CAREER
Mel B made her solo debut in 1998 with the hit single “I Want You Back,” which topped the UK Singles Chart.
In 2000, she released her first solo album, *Hot*, which featured successful tracks like “Tell Me” and “Feels So Good.”
Her second album, *L.A. State of Mind*, came out in 2005 and included the single “Today.”
After an eight-year hiatus, she returned in 2013 with “For Once in My Life,” which reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
Since 2007, Mel B has carved out a successful career as a television personality and talent show judge.
She competed in the fifth season of *Dancing with the Stars* in 2007, finishing as the runner-up alongside her professional partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
From 2011 to 2016, she was a judge on both the Australian and UK versions of *The X Factor*.
In 2012, she co-hosted the Australian edition of *Dancing with the Stars* for one season.
Additionally, Mel B has served as a judge on *America’s Got Talent* from 2013 to 2018, *The Voice Kids Australia* in 2014, *The Masked Singer Australia* from 2022 to 2023, and *Queen of the Universe* in 2023.
Between 2016 and 2018, she co-hosted *Lip Sync Battle UK* with rapper Professor Green.
PERSONAL LIFE
Melanie Brown has experienced a tumultuous personal life, highlighted by her highly publicized marriage and subsequent divorce from Stephen Belafonte, with whom she has a daughter named Madison.
Additionally, she has two other daughters, Phoenix Chi Gulzar and Angel Iris Murphy Brown, from earlier relationships.
Her romance with Eddie Murphy, the father of Angel Iris, also attracted significant media attention.
