Melanie Chisholm discography
 Melanie C at a promotional tour in 2005 | |
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 6 |
| ↙Live albums | 1 |
| ↙EPs | 1 |
| ↙Singles | 28 |
| ↙Video albums | 3 |
| ↙Music videos | 31 |
The discography of Melanie C, an English pop music singer, consists of six studio albums, one extended play, three DVDs, 28 singles and 31 music videos. She has sold more than 12 million records worldwide as a solo artist [1] and more 75 million records with the Spice Girls.[2]
Melanie C began her solo career in late 1998 by singing with Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams on the song "When You're Gone". Her solo debut album Northern Star was released in 1999 and reached number four on the UK Albums Chart and was certified triple Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The record experienced international success; it sold over three million albums worldwide.[3] It produced four top fives and a top twenty single, two of which reached the number-one spot in the UK.[4] Chisholm's second album, Reason, was released in March 2003 and sold more 500,000 copies. The album reached number five in the UK and produced one top ten and one top twenty single. Beautiful Intentions, her third album, was released in April 2005. It reached number twenty-four in the UK and number fifteen in Germany, selling Europewilde more than one million copies. The album produced three singles, one of which charted at number ten in the UK, and one peak at number one in different European charts.[4] Her fourth studio album, This Time, was released in April 2007 and charted at fifty-seven on the UK Albums Chart. Of the five singles released from the album one charted at number-one in some parts of Europe, and one become a top-thirty in UK and a top ten in some European chart.[4]
In November, Melanie C reunited with the Spice Girls for a world tour and to release a greatest hits album.[5] She released her fifth solo album, The Sea, on 2 September 2011, and her first EP The Night on 13 May 2012.[6] Her sixth studio album Stages was released on 10 September 2012.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4][7] |
AUS [8] |
AUT [9] |
BEL [9] |
FR [9] |
GER [10] |
IRE [11] |
NLD [12] |
NOR [13] |
SWE [14] |
SWI [15] | ||||
| Northern Star | 4 | 32 | 16 | 28 | — | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Reason |
|
5 | 71 | 39 | — | — | 13 | 47 | 62 | — | 38 | 21 |
| |
| Beautiful Intentions |
|
24 | — | 12 | 90 | 98 | 15 | — | 98 | — | 31 | 14 | ||
| This Time |
|
57 | — | 26 | 92 | — | 15 | — | — | — | 48 | 8 |
| |
| The Sea |
|
45 | — | 38 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 13 | ||
| Stages |
|
50 | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
UK Indie [4] | |||||||||||||
| Shepherd's Bush Empire |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
UK Indie [4] | |||||||||||||
| The Night |
|
156 | 16 | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
As main artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4][20] |
AUS [8] |
AUT [9] |
GER [21] |
IRE [11] |
NLD [22] |
SWE [14] |
SWI [15] | ||||
| "Goin' Down" | 1999 | 4 | 25 | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | Northern Star | |
| "Northern Star" | 4 | 82 | — | 50 | — | — | 7 | 75 | |||
| "Never Be the Same Again" (featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes) |
2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| "I Turn to You" | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| "If That Were Me" | 18 | 28 | 45 | 58 | 38 | 41 | 22 | 50 | |||
| "Here It Comes Again" | 2003 | 7 | 49 | 49 | 59 | 19 | 22 | 36 | 61 | Reason | |
| "Let's Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "On the Horizon" | 14 | — | — | 80 | 34 | 54 | — | — | |||
| "Yeh Yeh Yeh" / "Melt" | 27 | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Next Best Superstar" | 2005 | 10 | 41 | 45 | 32 | 37 | 28 | 31 | 25 | Beautiful Intentions | |
| "Better Alone" | — | 83 | 57 | 51 | — | — | — | 33 | |||
| "First Day of My Life" | — | 65 | 2 | 1 | — | 94 | 9 | 1 | |||
| "The Moment You Believe" | 2007 | — | — | 28 | 15 | — | — | 18 | 14 | This Time | |
| "I Want Candy" | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Carolyna" | 49 | — | 42 | 28 | — | — | — | 31 | |||
| "This Time" | 94 | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Understand" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Rock Me" | 2011 | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | The Sea | |
| "Think About It" | 95 | — | 34 | 48 | — | — | — | 30 | |||
| "Weak" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Let There Be Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Set You Free" (with Jodie Harsh) |
2012 | 159 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Night | |
| "I Know Him So Well" (featuring Emma Bunton) |
153 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Stages | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [8] |
AUT [9] |
GER [21] |
IRE [11] |
NL [22] |
SWE [14] |
SWI [15] | |||||||
| "When You're Gone" (Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C) |
1998 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | On a Day Like Today | ||||
| "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (as part of The Justice Collective) |
2012 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
|
N/A | |||
| "Loving You" (Matt Cardle featuring Melanie C) |
2013 | 14 | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | Porcelain | ||||
| "Cool As You" (Peter Aristone featuring Melanie C)[26] |
2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 Days in Tetbury[27] | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [28] | ||||||||||||||
| "I Don't Know How to Love Him" | 2012 | 19 | Stages | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Other appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Independence Day" | 1999 | Bend It Like Beckham[29] |
| "Out of This World" (Jools Hollands featuring Melanie C) |
2011 | Jools Holland & Friends[30] |
Video albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live Hits |
|
| Live at the Hard Rock Cafe |
|
| The Sea Live |
|
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Goin' Down" | Giuseppi Capotondi[31] |
| "Northern Star" | Steven Green[31] | |
| 2000 | "Never Be the Same Again" (featuring Left Eye) | Francis Lawrence[31] |
| "I Turn to You" | Cameron Casey[31] | |
| "If That Were Me" | ||
| 2003 | "Here It Comes Again" | Charles Infante[32] |
| "On the Horizon" | Howard Greenhalgh[31] | |
| "Yeh Yeh Yeh" | Ray Kay[31] | |
| "Melt" | Jamie Vickery | |
| 2005 | "Next Best Superstar" | Ray Kay[31] |
| "Better Alone" | Mary McCartney[31] | |
| "First Day of My Life" | Nikolaj Georgiew[31] | |
| 2007 | "The Moment You Believe" | Tim Royes[31] |
| "I Want Candy" | ||
| "Carolyna" | ||
| "This Time" | Adrian Moat[33] | |
| 2008 | "Understand" | Avi Diamond and Jamie Milligan[34] |
| 2011 | "Rock Me" | Marcus Sternberg[35] |
| "Think About It" | Howard Greenhalgh[36] | |
| "Weak" | Michael Baldwin[37] | |
| "Let There Be Love" | Marcus Gerwinat | |
| 2012 | "I Know Him So Well" (featuring Emma Bunton) |
Featured music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "When You're Gone" (Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C) |
Marcus Nispel[31] |
| 2012 | "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (as part of The Justice Collective) |
|
| 2013 | "Loving You" (Matt Cardle & Melanie C) |
Jonny Kight |
| 2014 | "Cool As You" (Peter Aristone featuring Melanie C) |
Anton van der Linden |
Other music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Let's Love" | The video is a Toyota car advert, which aired for six months in Japan and Asia. Melanie C doesn't appear. | |
| 2006 | "Better Alone" (European Version) |
Robert Broellochs[38] | Second music video of the song, shot a year after the original video for the European market. |
| 2007 | "We Love to Entertain You" | The music video was exclusively recorded for the Pro7 Starforce campaign in Germany mixed with clips of film and television shows.[39] It features a lot of cameo appearances of German celebrities. | |
| "We Love to Entertain You" (Fan Video Version) |
The video is a mix of a scene with Melanie C dancing and singing in a park with clips of contributed fan performances. | ||
| 2014 | "Word Up" | Ben Turner | Melanie C makes a cameo appearance in Little Mix's music video. |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.hotpress.com/music/interviews/A-Jolly-Good-Sport/8686284.html
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8473024.stm
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 "UK Charts > Melanie C". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ↑ "Spice Girls announce 11-show reunion tour". MSNBC. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ↑ "Melanie C - The Sea - Out Now!". Melaniec.net. Red Girl Records. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ↑ "Album Top 100 from the Official UK Charts Company". Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Lis of Melanie C's albums and singles on ARIA Charts:
- All: "Australian Charts > Melanie C". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- "Northern Star": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- Reason: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 31 March 2003" (PDF) (684). Pandora Archive. 7 April 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- "Better Alone": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 19 September 2005" (PDF) (812). Pandora Archive. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- "First Day of My Life": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 20 May 2006" (PDF) (847). Pandora Archive. 20 June 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "Austrian Charts > Melanie C" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ↑ "German Album Charts > Melanie" (in German). charts.de GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Irish Charts > Melanie C". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ↑ "Dutch Album Charts > Melanie C" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ↑ "Norwegian Charts > Melanie C". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Swedish Charts > Melanie C". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Swiss Charts > Melanie C" (in German). swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Melanie C)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 "IFPI Switzerland > Edelmetall" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Singles Top 100 from the Official UK Charts Company". Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Chartverfolgung / Melanie C / Single" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Dutch Top 40 > Melanie C" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2000 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "IFPI Austria > Gold & Platin". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 1999 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ↑ Peter Aristone featuring Melanie C - Cool As You (Official Video) | Peter Aristone featuring Melanie C - Cool As You (Official Video)
- ↑ PeterAristone.com | Peter Aristone biography
- ↑ List of Melanie C songs on UK Indie Charts:
- "Think About It": "Archive Chart - Think About It". Official Charts Company. 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- "Weak": "MelanieC.net - New Singles: 'Weak' & 'Let There Be Love'". MelanieC.net. 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- "I Know Him So Well": "Archive Chart - I Know Him So Well". Official Charts Company. 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- "I Know Him So Well": "Archive Chart - 29th December 2012". Official Charts Company. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ↑ "Bend It Like Beckham Soundtrack". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
- ↑ "Jools Holland & Friends". Amazon.de. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5 31.6 31.7 31.8 31.9 31.10 "Melanie C — Artist videography". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ↑ "Melanie C : Here It Comes". Country Music Television. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ "Adrian Moat Showreel". Black Dog UK. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ Melanie C — The Making of 'Understand. Much Music. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ "Melanie C Premiers Comeback Video "Rock Me"". Kovideo.net. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ "Premiere: Melanie C - Think About It". popinstereo.com. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
|first1=missing|last1=in Authors list (help) - ↑ "'Weak' Behind The Scenes Video". MelanieC.net. Red Girl Records. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ↑ "Better Alone (Version 2)". sperle-media.de. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ "Melanie Chisholm". Spice Girls LLP. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
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