SINGER

Melanie C

1974 - Today

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Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974), professionally known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer, songwriter and DJ. As one of the five members of the Spice Girls, she was nicknamed Sporty Spice; they released two consecutive number-one albums and nine number-one singles. The group's debut single "Wannabe" is the biggest-selling debut single of all time and the group's debut album Spice is the biggest-selling album in music history by a girl group. The Spice Girls have sold 105 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling girl group of all time.Chisholm began her solo career in late 1998 on the single "When You're Gone" with Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melanie C has received more than 8,961,957 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Melanie C is the 934th most popular singer (up from 1,348th in 2019), the 2,738th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,758th in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Melanie CS by language

Over the past year Melanie C has had the most page views in the with 1,291,069 views, followed by German (118,815), and Spanish (72,485). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (830.68%), Chinese (418.41%), and Ukrainian (253.69%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Melanie C ranks 934 out of 4,381. Before her are Paul Potts, Katia Ricciarelli, Jamala, Chris Lowe, Cheb Mami, and Valentina Tolkunova. After her are Berta Ambrož, Dennis Frederiksen, Kulyash Baiseitova, Harry Styles, Michèle Arnaud, and Ann Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Melanie C ranks 68. Before her are Michael Shannon, Robert Kovač, Claudio López, Hicham El Guerrouj, Prodigy, and Giovanni Ribisi. After her are Ryan Phillippe, Rockmond Dunbar, Murat Yakin, Serhiy Rebrov, Jimmy Fallon, and Leonardo Jardim.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Melanie C ranks 2,738 out of 8,785. Before her are Gwendoline Christie (1978), Alexander Mackenzie (1822), Anne of York (1475), James B. Francis (1815), Ioan Gruffudd (1973), and Lily Collins (1989). After her are Laura Mulvey (1941), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Graham McTavish (1961), Alan White (1949), Antony Gormley (1950), and Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Melanie C ranks 97. Before her are Bryan Johnson (1926), Elaine Paige (1948), Biff Byford (1951), Arthur Brown (1942), Paul Potts (1970), and Chris Lowe (1959). After her are Harry Styles (1994), Alfred Deller (1912), Clare Torry (1947), Ice MC (1965), Charli XCX (1992), and Nicky Hopkins (1944).

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