Spice Girls

1. #1Melanie Janine Brown

   Keys: Melanie Janine Brown · Secondary: Mel B, Melanie B

   Melanie Janine Brown Age: 20 (1994) Date of Birth: May 29, 1975 Sex: Female Melanie Janine Brown, MBE (born 29 May 1975), commonly known as Mel B or Melanie B, is an English singer. In 1994, Mel B, along with Melanie C, Geri Halliwell and Victoria Beckham responded to an advertisement in The Stage magazine. Around 400 women who answered the advertisement attended auditions at Danceworks Studios in Mayfair, London. Halliwell, Melanie C, Beckham, Mel B, and Michelle Stephenson were originally chosen as the members of the group which was known as Touch. Stephenson later left and was replaced by Emma Bunton.

2. #2Melanie Jayne Chisholm

   Keys: Melanie Jayne Chisholm · Secondary: Melanie C, Mel C

   Melanie Jayne Chisholm Age: 20 (1994) Date of Birth: January 12, 1974 Sex: Female 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. In 1994, Chisholm (along with Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell, and Victoria Adams) responded to an advertisement in The Stage magazine placed by Chris and Bob Herbert, who were looking to form a new girl group which would later become the Spice Girls. Around 400 women who answered the ad went to Dance Works studios. Chisholm, Brown, Halliwell, and Adams were originally chosen as the members of the group, which became a quintet with the addition of Emma Bunton. Insecure about the lack of a contract and frustrated by the direction of Chris and Bob Herbert's Heart Management, the group severed ties with the Herberts.

3. #3Emma Bunton

   Keys: Emma Bunton · Secondary: Emma

   Emma Bunton Age: 19 (1994) Date of Birth: January 21, 1976 Sex: Female Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English singer. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Baby Spice, reflecting the fact that she was the youngest member. In 1994, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell, and Victoria Adams responded to an advertisement in The Stage. Around 400 women who answered the ad went to Dance Works studios. Halliwell, Chisholm, Adams, and Brown were originally chosen as the members of the group, along with Michelle Stephenson, who due to her lack of commitment was briefly replaced by Abigail Kis, who was then replaced by Bunton. The group felt insecure about the lack of a contract and were frustrated by the direction in which Heart Management was steering them. In October 1994, armed with a catalogue of demos and dance routines, the group began touring management agencies. They persuaded Bob Herbert to set up a showcase performance for the group in front of industry writers, producers and A&R men in December 1994 at the Nomis Studios in Shepherd's Bush where they received an "overwhelmingly positive" reaction. Due to the large interest in the group, the Herberts quickly set about creating a binding contract for the group. Encouraged by the reaction they had received at the Nomis showcase, all five members delayed signing contracts on the legal advice from, amongst others, Adams' father Anthony Adams.

4. #4Geri Halliwell

   Keys: Geri Halliwell · Secondary: Geri

   Geri Halliwell Age: 21 (1994) Date of Birth: January 12, 1974 Sex: Female Geraldine Estelle Halliwell (born 6 August 1972) is an English singer. In 1994, Halliwell, along with Melanie C, Mel B and Victoria Beckham, responded to an advertisement in The Stage magazine seeking members for a new all-girl pop group. Around 400 women responded and auditioned. After a couple of line-up changes, Halliwell, Melanie C, Mel B and Beckham became the members of the group called "Touch", and were later joined by Emma Bunton.

5. #5Victoria Adams

   Keys: Victoria Adams · Secondary: Victoria

   Victoria Adams Age: 21 (1994) Date of Birth: January 12, 1974 Sex: Female Victoria Caroline Adams (born 17 April 1974) is an English singer. Beckham auditioned for a March 1994 advertisement in The Stage which required girls who were "street smart, extrovert[ed], ambitious and able to sing and dance". In 1994, Beckham joined the all-female group, the Spice Girls.

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