57 Facts About Melanie Brown

Melanie Janine Brown was born on 29 May 1975, and commonly known as Melanie B or Mel B, is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality.

Melanie Brown rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice.

Melanie Brown participated in the fifth season of the American dance-competition series Dancing with the Stars, finishing in second place with her professional partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Melanie Brown co-presented the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars for one season.

Melanie Janine Brown was born in Hyde Park, Leeds, and grew up in the Kirkstall area of the city, the daughter of Andrea and Martin Brown.

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Melanie Brown's father is from Saint Kitts and Nevis and her mother is British.

Melanie Brown studied performing arts at Intake High School in Bramley, Leeds before entering the entertainment industry.

Melanie Brown has confirmed in an interview that she has dyslexia, ADHD, and dyspraxia.

In 1999, while recording her album, Melanie Brown worked with producers such as Sisqo, Teddy Riley, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with whom she was working on the Spice Girls' third album, Forever.

At the suggestion of her then-husband Jimmy Gulzar, Melanie Brown covered Cameo's 1986 hit "Word Up" as her next solo release.

Melanie Brown hosted the MOBO Awards on two occasions, in 1998 with Bill Bellamy and in 1999 with Wyclef Jean, and took part in a BBC-funded short film entitled Fish.

Melanie Brown hosted a number of TV shows such as This Is My Moment for ITV1 and shot a documentary called Voodoo Princess for Channel 4.

Melanie Brown took part in smaller projects as a presenter such as Top of the Pops, Party in the Park for The Prince's Trust and The All Star Animal Awards.

Melanie Brown has appeared as herself in an advert for the Yorkshire tourist board in a series which included contributions from other Yorkshire-born celebrities, and in the film Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde.

The media criticised Melanie Brown for using her child in the music video and single artwork, labeling her Desperate Spice and insinuating that she was exploiting her child as a marketing tool.

Melanie Brown appeared in a horror film entitled, LD 50 Lethal Dose, which was released directly to DVD in 2005.

Melanie Brown acted in a long run of shows as part of the cast for The Vagina Monologues.

Melanie Brown was in the movie The Seat Filler, co-produced by Will Smith and starring Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland.

Melanie Brown had a leading role in the thriller Telling Lies, and decided to release them a year later through an independent label, Amber Cafe.

Melanie Brown said she did not sign with a major label because the album was a non-commercial project.

In September 2007, Melanie Brown joined the fifth season of the US television dance competition, Dancing with the Stars with her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

On 17 August 2009, Melanie Brown was announced as a visiting panellist on ITV1's daily lunchtime show Loose Women.

Melanie Brown appeared for a week of shows during September 2009.

In January 2010, Melanie Brown was selected to replace Marissa Jaret Winokur as the new host of Oxygen's weight loss show Dance Your Ass Off.

Melanie Brown served as a celebrity mentor on the second season of the Australian version of The X Factor during week 8 of the live shows in 2010.

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In February 2012, Melanie Brown was announced to replace Sonia Kruger as co-host on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars.

Melanie Brown revealed that the band were working on some projects for later in the year, including a musical featuring their back catalogue.

Melanie Brown returned for the fourth series of The X Factor and mentored the Boys category.

Melanie Brown's act Jason Owen reached the final, but finished in second place after losing out to Samantha Jade, mentored by Guy Sebastian.

In June 2012, it was confirmed that Melanie Brown would become a guest judge for the Manchester auditions of the British version of The X Factor alongside Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Tulisa Contostavlos.

In July 2012, Melanie Brown reunited with the Spice Girls for a one-off performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony in London, performing a medley of their hits "Wannabe" and "Spice Up Your Life".

On 9 April 2013, the Australian Associated Press reported that Melanie Brown was off the chain and banned from judging on Australia's Got Talent after Seven, the Australian TV network that airs The X Factor, filed suit to prevent Melanie Brown from appearing on any rival networks.

The judge ruled that Melanie Brown was still under contract with Seven until January 2014, thus preventing her from appearing on a program aired by another network until after that date.

Melanie Brown had a small part in the final episode of the ITV2 drama series Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

That month, Melanie Brown released her first single in eight years, "For Once in My Life", from her untitled and unreleased third studio album.

On 20 February 2013, NBC had announced that Melanie Brown would be a judge on America's Got Talent for its eighth season, alongside Howie Mandel, Howard Stern, fellow new judge Heidi Klum, and eventually Simon Cowell, who replaced Stern in 2016.

Melanie Brown judged seasons 8 through 13, and the first season of America's Got Talent: The Champions before her departure was announced in February 2019 and replaced by Gabrielle Union.

Early 2014, Melanie Brown become a coach on the Australian version of The Voice Kids, alongside singers Joel Madden and Delta Goodrem.

Melanie Brown began presenting Lip Sync Battle UK, the British adaption of Lip Sync Battle, on Channel 5 in January 2016, alongside Professor Green.

In 2016, Melanie Brown guest judged at The X Factor at the London auditions, standing in for Scherzinger, while she had other commitments.

Melanie Brown confirmed her return to The X Factor Australia replacing Minogue, after a three-year absence.

In late 2017, Melanie Brown had a cameo in the music video for "Spice Girl" by Amine.

On 5 November 2018, Melanie Brown announced the Spice Girls reunion tour on her Instagram profile.

In 2021, Melanie Brown appeared on the second series of The Masked Singer as "Seahorse" and finished in 11th place.

In May 2021, Melanie Brown collaborated with Fabio D'Andrea in his short music film, "Love Should Not Hurt", in support of Women's Aid.

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Melanie Brown was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to charitable causes and vulnerable women.

Melanie Brown was appointed as a tourism ambassador from the United Kingdom to Nevis in 2022.

Melanie Brown was selected to replace Leona Lewis as a judge on the Paramount+ reality series Queen of the Universe.

The couple became engaged on 13 May 1998, Melanie Brown became pregnant that June, and the couple were married in Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, on 13 September 1998.

Melanie Brown filed for divorce in 2000, and the divorce was finalised later that year.

Melanie Brown said that she had had a four-year relationship with a woman when she was in her teens.

Murphy told a journalist that the parentage of Melanie Brown's unborn baby could not be proven until a paternity test was performed.

On 1 September 2011, Melanie Brown gave birth to her third daughter, Madison Melanie Brown Belafonte.

Melanie Brown filed for divorce in March 2017, and accused Belafonte of emotional and physical abuse.

Melanie Brown cited her divorce from Belafonte and her father's death as her reasons for seeking treatment for PTSD.

In November 2018, Melanie Brown became a patron of the domestic violence survivors' charity, Women's Aid.

In December 2018, Melanie Brown fell, breaking several of her ribs and suffering a serious cut to her hand, for which she underwent emergency surgery.