Northern Star (Melanie C album)
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| Studio album by Melanie C | ||||
| Released | 18 October 1999 | |||
| Recorded | March–August 1999 | |||
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| Length | 53:18 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
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| NME | Negative |
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Northern Star is the first solo album released by English singer Melanie C. It was released on 18 October 1999, by Virgin Records. The album's sound is diverse, combining elements of rock music with pop and ambient electronic, along with some R&B, doo-wop, and new age; which contrasted with the sound of the Spice Girls.
The album received mixed to positive reviews by critics, and was a critical and commercial success, selling almost 900,000 copies in the United Kingdom and close to 4 million copies worldwide, becoming the biggest-selling solo Spice Girl album.
The album was re-issued on 21 August 2000 to feature the single mixes of "Never Be the Same Again" and "I Turn to You", after the massive success of both singles.
Melanie's first solo effort was a duet with Bryan Adams, released as a single on November 30, 1998. "When You’re Gone", originally featured on Adams' album On a Day Like Today, secured a top 3 place in UK Singles Chart. The single spent 15 weeks in the UK Top 40, with nine of these in the Top 10. Bryan Adams first met Melanie C in September 1996 at London, while she was performing "Say You'll Be There" with the Spice Girls at Top of the Pops. They both liked each other and Bryan Adams always had in mind a possible collaboration with her. They met again in a hotel in the Summer of 1998 when Melanie was on tour with the Spice Girls, and Bryan Adams was doing a video, and asked her to sing on his album. She hadn't even heard "When You're Gone" and she said she'd do it. The success of the single gave Melanie aspirations for more solo projects. They went on to write three more songs for Melanie’s upcoming debut solo album: "Follow Me", "Angel on My Shoulder" and "You Taught Me", the first two serving as b-sides to "Northern Star" and "Goin' Down" singles, while "You Taught Me" was released only as a promo to the media.
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