SINGER

Melanie C

1974 - Today

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Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974), known professionally as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the mid 1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the Spice Girls are the best-selling female group of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melanie C has received more than 9,738,114 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Melanie C is the 933rd 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

  • 9.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Melanie C ranks 933 out of 4,381Before 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 68Before 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 8,785Before 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).

Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Melanie C ranks 97Before 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).