I’m not the fastest of readers so I’ve only read the first 5 chapters so far. I’m really enjoying it so far. I actually found it fascinating to learn more about her upbringing. I appreciate that she’s very detailed & specific with her memories! I’m now at the point when they decided to leave Heart management.

^ Thanks for the heads up!

 

She is also scheduled to appear on Aussie TV this week:

 

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Robbie & Mel? Are they going to kill each other? OMG I haven’t read anything yet about him in the book, I would have loved a bi of shade.

From the Independent interview: “Melanie C: Was Thatcher the first Spice Girl? Absolutely not“. Oops

Robbie & Mel? Are they going to kill each other? OMG I haven’t read anything yet about him in the book, I would have loved a bi of shade.

Robbie is indeed mentioned in the book, but their interviews will be separate. He has just released a new album.

Edited September 17, 20222 yr by Voodoo

An Evening with Melanie C was held at the Barbican last night:

 

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I’m loving the narrated book. She’s so engaging.

 

Love also the fact she took her time to apologize for the S*n “incident”. That Dan Wootton is evil (God bless Caroline Flack).

 

Love a lot the social, cultural, and political references. And the fact she shares her knowledge of the music scene through the years.

 

She (and the editor) did a great job.

It is so sad to read how she felt during the Forever era I am not surprised she found it incredibly hard to go back.

 

It's very interesting that so far she has barely mentioned Emma at all, in fact Geri is the Spice Girl she talks the most about then Mel B then Victoria.

I was also surprised about the Bunton-less focus, but she does speak the most about Emma when talking about singing/recording and Geri has the writer/ideas person.

Honestly they need a biopic but that really is mainly about the time before Wannabe's release. It would be film gold, the chaos, the ridiculousness of some of it. It could be soundtracked by the Spice songs.

From the Independent interview: “Melanie C: Was Thatcher the first Spice Girl? Absolutely not“. Oops

I really like this interview!

 

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I finished the book today. Was quite heavy going I thought I obviously knew of her struggles but she talks very explicitly about them and I really felt for her. It also seems like the other girls were not always particularly nice to her at times on top of the struggles she was dealing with, I totally understood why she didn’t want to go back in a way I never have before.

 

For many years I have wished and wished that Geri never left or that they continued as a 4 piece with an album in 1998 onwards but after reading her book I am actually kind of glad they didn’t, I question whether we would still have her around if they did!

 

My slight disappointment about the book is I felt like she skimmed over her solo career really but I guess the spice girls story sells books far more.

Was also very interesting that she gave lower sales for most things than we heard previously. The record label have confirmed 23 million for Spice but she said 19 million. Also they confirmed 3.5 million of Northern Star but she said 2.5 million.

 

Interestingly she said wannabe has sold 15 million copies which we’ve never heard before. Last we knew it was on 7 million. She also said 3 million for say you’ll be there and 500,000 for Reason (which many musician including herself would give her left eye for now lol). Then that Beautiful Intentions outsold Reason so it’s on over half a million too. She then said Melanie C was her most successful record since Beautiful Intentions (I presume she meant UK) so guessing that has outsold This Time, The Sea, Stages and Version of me?

 

She also makes the claim of 23 million solo records (including duets)… I do wonder where exactly lol. When you’re gone must be a pretty big worldwide seller if she can claim that much yet takes a million off the sales of her solo debut…

Edited September 18, 20222 yr by spiceboy

Yeah her stats and numbers seem to be a mess... I was shocked when she said the 15million Wannabe figure but I wouldnt be surprised as it continues to be such a popular song nowadays, and we havent really had an official worlwide figure since the 90s, so I was happy lol

 

But her own sales and the group sales when it comes to the albums and other songs seem really low, and they dont match the official sales of any, so Im not sure I would trust her lol...

 

So I chose to believe only the higher figures:

 

Spice: 31million

Northern Star: 3.5million

Wannabe: 15million

 

:P

Yeah her stats and numbers seem to be a mess... I was shocked when she said the 15million Wannabe figure but I wouldnt be surprised as it continues to be such a popular song nowadays, and we havent really had an official worlwide figure since the 90s, so I was happy lol

 

But her own sales and the group sales when it comes to the albums and other songs seem really low, and they dont match the official sales of any, so Im not sure I would trust her lol...

 

So I chose to believe only the higher figures:

 

Spice: 31million

Northern Star: 3.5million

Wannabe: 15million

 

:P

 

At first I thought she was referring to sales up to 2000 for northern star and thought yes that’s possible and then another million after that as she promoted it for a few years but then she kept repeating 2.5 million and I was all huh? She also said the 14 million for a Spiceworld we have all said for a few years which was interesting.

 

Also they said 4 million for Northern Star in the Blood Brothers programme!!! Like come on woman make your mind up!

Edited September 18, 20222 yr by spiceboy

^ That Northern Star sales figure was also given by Universal when the album was released on vinyl earlier this year. See here.

^ That Northern Star sales figure was also given by Universal when the album was released on vinyl earlier this year. See here.

 

 

In which case not a cats chance in hell she sold 20+ million solo records :lol: I was thinking when they said it that perhaps Northern Star had inched it way towards the 5 million mark and was a quarter of the sales then when you're gone, Never be the same, I turn to you and First day of my life all selling approx 2+ million each but clearly not :lol: :blink:

Mel is on the Late Late Show here in Ireland next week so id say she will be promoting the book.

In which case not a cats chance in hell she sold 20+ million solo records :lol: I was thinking when they said it that perhaps Northern Star had inched it way towards the 5 million mark and was a quarter of the sales then when you're gone, Never be the same, I turn to you and First day of my life all selling approx 2+ million each but clearly not :lol: :blink:

 

It’s the same that happened with the Spice Girls: 100m records sold

I mean it’s not the precise amount. WYG and ITTY should be her biggest sellers worldwide.

Edited September 19, 20222 yr by dancinqueen

She said in her book I turn to you was her biggest worldwide seller but interestingly NBTSA has the most certifications out of all her singles.

 

I guess though there will be lots of countries where songs were released and sold a few thousand but not enough to be certified, for example she released a lot of singles which charted in Germany but didn’t certify Gold (their lowest cert) so she could have sold anywhere up to 199k there. In the U.K. we know more precise sales range from 3k up to 100k for her uncertified sales it’s bound to be the same in other countries.

The Istanbul “incident”. Speechless.