Melanie B discography

Melanie B discography

Brown performing during The Return of the Spice Girls in December 2007
Releases
↙Studio albums	2
↙Singles	6
↙Music videos	6

The discography of Melanie B, an English pop music singer, consists of two studio albums, six singles, six music videos and one DVD.

On 9 October 2000 she released her first studio album, "Hot", which also included her number one duet with Missy Elliott for the song "I Want You Back". The second single release from the album was "Word Up", reaching #14 in UK. "Tell Me" was released in 2000, debuted at #4 in the UK charts. The song sold approximately 100,000 copies, making it the 158th "best seller" of 2000.^[1] A fourth single was released in February 2001, "Feels So Good" which peaked at #5, followed by a final single, "Lullaby", a pop number dedicated to her daughter. The single entered and peaked at #13. The album wasn't a success and garnered mediocre reviews,^[2] selling a disappointing 7,419 copies in its first week and charting at a weak #28, before quickly falling out of the charts,^[3] leading to Virgin dumping Brown from their label.^[4]

In 2005 Brown decided to release a new album by independent label Amber Café. LA State Of Mind was released on 27 June 2005 in two formats: as a regular CD and as a Limited Edition with a DVD documentary. The only single from the album, "Today", peaked at number #41 in UK. The album failed in the charts and selling around 1,200 copies.

Currently, Brown was recording tracks for a new album and one of the producers behind the album was Darkchild.^[5]

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales and certifications
		UK [6]
Hot	Released: October 9, 2000 Label: Virgin Records Format: CD	28	UK: Silver[7]
L.A. State of Mind	Released: June 27, 2005 Label: Amber Café Format: CD, CD+DVD, digital download	453[8]

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		UK [8]	AUS [9]	BEL [10]	FRA [11]	IRE [12]	NL [13]	NZ [14]	SWE [15]	SWI [16]	US
"I Want You Back" (featuring Missy Elliott)	1998	1	12	24	56	6	6	20	21	25	25	UK: Silver[7]	Hot
"Word Up"	1999	14	—	—	—	—	86	—	—	—	—
"Tell Me"	2000	4	43	8	—	22	44	—	—	66	—
"Feels So Good"	2001	5	—	10	—	42	85	—	—	88	—
"Lullaby"		13	—	—	—	47	—	—	—	—	—
"Today"	2005	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		L.A. State of Mind

Unreleased singles

Title	Year	Album
"Hotter"[17]	2001	Hot
"Whose Is It"[18]	2008	non-album song
"Lip Lock" (featuring Ludacris)[19]	2010	non-album song

Other appearances

Year	Song	Album	Notes
1998	"I Want You Back"	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	Recorded for the film's soundtrack
1999	"Word Up"	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Recorded for the film's soundtrack
2011	"Lip Lock" (Ludacris featuring Melanie B)	Ludaversal[20]

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1998	"I Want You Back"	Hype Williams
1999	"Word Up" (version 1)	Jimmy Gulzar
	"Word Up" (version 2)	Matthew Williamson
2000	"Tell Me"	Nigel Dick
	"Feel So Good"	Martin Weisz
2001	"Lullaby"	Andy Orrick
2005	"Today"	Mark McConnell

References

1. ^ "Melanie B - Tell Me" UK Top 200 Chart Run, Foreverspice.com
2. ^ Nigel Packer. "CD Review: Melanie B". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/new_music_releases/.stm. Retrieved 1. 
3. ^ "Melanie B- Hot" UK Top 200 Chart Run, Foreverspice.com
4. ^ "Mel B leaves Virgin Records". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/.stm. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Back To Recording -- Plus TV, Clothes Line and Kids -- For Mel B./Dave Coulier & Co. Pressing Forward With Clean Comedy Acts by Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent". http://www.creators.com/lifestylefeatures/hollywood-exclusive/back-to-recording-plus-tv-clothes-line-and-kids-for-mel-b-dave-coulier-co-pressing-forward-with-clea.html. 
6. ^ "UK Singles Chart: Melanie B". Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/melanie%20b/. Retrieved 06-05-2010. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "BPI Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 04-09-2009. 
8. ^ ^{a b} "Solo Spice: What happened next? - Melanie B". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a63113/solo-spice-what-happened-next.html. Retrieved 06-05-2010. 
9. ^ "Australian Charts: Melanie B". Australian-Charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Melanie+B&titel=Tell+Me&cat=s. Retrieved 06-05-2010. 
10. ^ "Belgium Charts: Melanie B". Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/nl//showinterpret.asp?interpret=melanie+b. Retrieved 06-05-2010. 
11. ^ "French Charts: Melanie B". lescharts.com Hung Medien. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=melanie+b. Retrieved 06-05-2010. 
12. ^ "Irish Charts: Melanie B". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=melanie+b. Retrieved 06-05-2010. 
13. ^ "Netherlands Charts: Melanie B". dutchcharts.nl Dutch Charts. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Melanie+B. Retrieved 10-03-2008. 
14. ^ "New Zealand Charts: Melanie B". charts.org.nz Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Melanie+B. Retrieved 10-03-2008. 
15. ^ "Sweden Singles Charts: Melanie B". swedishcharts.com Sverigetopplistan. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Melanie+B. Retrieved 10-03-2008. 
16. ^ "Swiss Charts: Melanie B". charts.org.nz Hit Parade. http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Melanie+B. Retrieved 10-03-2008. 
17. ^ "Por quê "Hot" falhou? // Why "Hot" failed?". melaniebrown.com.br. http://www.melaniebrown.com.br/pt/artigos/por-que-hot-falhou/. Retrieved 10-03-2008. 
18. ^ "Por quê "Hot" falhou? // Why "Hot" failed?". melaniebrown.com.br. http://www.melaniebrown.com.br/pt/artigos/por-que-hot-falhou/. Retrieved 10-03-2008. 
19. ^ "NEW SINGLE: Mel B – Lip Lock (feat. Ludacris)". melaniebrown.com.br. http://www.melaniebrown.com.br/en/2010/10/11/new-single-mel-b-lip-lock-feat-ludacris/. Retrieved 10-03-2008. 
20. ^ "Scary outfit: Mel B manages to pull off revealing tracksuit-material jumpsuit". DailyMail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1361367/Mel-B-steps-unflattering-grey-jumpsuit.html. Retrieved 10-03-2008. 

External links

• Official website
• Melanie B discography at the Internet Movie Database
• Mel B.: It's a Scary World