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I wouldn't know how to find it out easily, but it wouldn't surprise me if 74,427, as a first "full day" Spotify figure, is her best so far?

So far I've pre-ordered: CD [Amazon UK - Signed] CD [HMV UK - Alternate Artwork] and at some point I will definitely want to order: Vinyl [Official Store - Gatefold / Orange / Signed] Cassette [Official Store - Pink] As for the other items, I don't think I need everything. Maybe I'd buy something else during release week if it feels like it'll help her out in the midweeks. I like the look of the merch but I don't think I'll be ordering any of it tbh!

Vote in the polls and let us know what you've pre-ordered! If you've not pre-ordered anything yet but intend to do so at some point, or if you've pre-ordered some items but not yet everything you want to pre-order, I will leave it up to you whether you want to vote in the poll with all the items you intend to pre-order, or just reply in the thread and not vote in the poll yet. If you don't think you'll be ordering anything, choose the 'N/A' options.

Gosh that's unexpected! How major!

3:02 - Melanie Chisholm, Paul Jabara, Diana Ross, Raymond L Chew, Sean McDonagh, Dominc Joshua, Alexander Liu & Theo Hutchcraft 3:17 - Melanie Chisholm, Jonathan Christopher Shave & Sam Harper 3:27 - Melanie Chisholm, Klas Ahlund & Linnea Södahl 2:34 - Melanie Chisholm, Adam Novodor & Violet Skies 4:20 - Melanie Chisholm, Theo Hutchcraft & James Greenwood 3:15 - Melanie Chisholm & Oscar Scheller 3:13 - Melanie Chisholm, Oscar Scheller, Leroy Burgess & Aaron T. Davenport 3:09 - Melanie Chisholm & Oscar Scheller 3:35 - Melanie Chisholm, Glen Joseph Roberts & Luis Navidad 2:50 - Melanie Chisholm, Klas Ahlund & Linnea Södahl 2:25 - Melanie Chisholm, Adam Novodor & Violet Skies 2:56 - Melanie Chisholm, Sam de Jong & Michael Matosic 3:23 - Melanie Chisholm, Rosie May Hudson-Edmonds, Carline Sans & Anna-Catherine Hartley

Melanie C and Red Girl Records partner with Virgin Music Group for new album and single Photo by: Tobi Malomo Pictured Back (L-R): Kirsty McDonagh (Various Artists Management), Rebecca Dixon (Various Artists Management), John Dawkins (Various Artists Management), David Bianchi (Various Artists Management), Arwen Hunt (Various Artists Management) Front (L-R): Vanessa Bosåen (Virgin Music Group), Melanie Chisholm (artist), Rachel Tan (Virgin Music Group) Virgin Music Group has announced a new partnership with British pop artist Melanie C and her independent label Red Girl Records, marking the start of a new chapter in the former Spice Girl’s solo career. The collaboration launches with the release of Sweat, the lead single from Melanie C’s forthcoming ninth studio album of the same name, set for release in 2026. The track, recorded between Stockholm and Los Angeles, includes a sample of Diana Ross’s Work That Body . Melanie C said: “I’m thrilled to be releasing my new music with Virgin Music Group. It feels like a homecoming after the successes we shared working together with Spice Girls and my first two solo albums. “They are paving the way for more artist-led deals and have an incredibly strong international team. I’m really excited to see what we can achieve together.” Vanessa Bosåen, President of Virgin Music Group UK, added: “Melanie is such a unique force of nature who is on the verge of another exciting chapter in an illustrious career. “She captivates the heart of everyone she meets and we are thrilled to welcome her into the Virgin Music Group family. We look forward to working alongside her and her team to bring her intoxicating vision to life.” The partnership continues Melanie C’s long-standing relationship with Virgin, which originally distributed her early solo releases and the Spice Girls’ global catalog. The artist, who claims to be the only female performer to Top the UK charts as a soloist and as part of a duo, quartet, and quintet, has also built a parallel career as a DJ and live performer, often blending club and pop influences. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/melanie-c-and-red-girl-records-partner-with-virgin-music-group-to-for-new-album-and-single1/

Interesting that it's in a year from now, so at least know that this era will be lasting well beyond the May release date.

Lol true, somehow I Want Candy totally slipped my mind... that was so at odds with the music she was making otherwise!

So far I've ordered the Signed Amazon CD. Will get the HMV CD and I really want the official store gatefold vinyl and the cassette... will order asap. Track list titles look interesting!

It's fun and I'm bopping! Imagine if a time traveller played this to Melanie C at any point between 1999 and 2017... I'd like to know how a 'This Time' era Mel would react to 'Sweat'

Non-selfish reaction: That would be incredible if the 5 of them had a residency at the Sphere Selfish reaction: I sincerely doubt I'd be able to go and would cry myself to sleep for the rest of my life, do London instead girlies xx

Hyped for more results King x

Moved the posts! Lol it could get confusing as both threads have the exact same title oops

Lol me too!! That's the best part of that old interview 🤣 Really enjoyed this Heart interview The Whatsapp revelations were so funny!

I saw this question on Reddit: What are your 100th, 200th, 300th, 400th, 500th, 600th, 700th, 800th, 900th, and 1000th most scrobbled songs? Thought I'd answer it here! There's a lot of ties (for instance, I have 7 songs that have 117 scrobbles and they're all technically joint 96th place), but I'll just go with what Last fm shows: 100th - 117 scrobbles - Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight 200th - 82 scrobbles - Taylor Swift - Shake It Off 300th - 69 scrobbles - Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You 400th - 60 scrobbles - All Saints - One Woman Man 500th - 54 scrobbles - Ariana Grande - Thinking Bout You 600th - 50 scrobbles - Nicki Minaj & Cassie - The Boys 700th - 45 scrobbles - Carly Rae Jepsen - This Kiss 800th - 42 scrobbles - Sexyy Red & Bruno Mars - Fat Juicy & Wet 900th - 38 scrobbles - Kylie Minogue - Please Stay 1000th - 36 scrobbles - Pitbull feat. Kesha - Timber

I was born when I Should Be So Lucky was at #1!

It’s what I’ve always wanted from her 🤩🤩🤩

I appreciate that there's way more variety in recent years. It's nice to have choices and determine which particular alternative artwork / colour of vinyl appeals the most. It's not too often that I've felt compelled to own everything on offer for an album. I think the wildest I've ever gone is with Spice Girls - Spice 25, which involved 6 vinyl, 5 cassettes and 1 CD, and Spiceworld 25 which was 3 vinyl, 1 cassette, 1 CD. I can't think of any other time I've bought one of everything (in regards to albums that get released in a considerable number of formats). Kylie comes close for me, and I have bought a lot of variants of her recent albums, but not everything. If somebody has the ability to afford every version of an album, and it makes them happy to have them all, then that's their choice and it doesn't harm anybody else. It's up to them to decide if that's what they want to do and they can justify it. I completely understand the desire to collect. I do agree with Jade, there's definitely people with compulsive tendencies and it may not always be the healthiest thing for them. To an extent I'd say that applies to me. So I am trying to be more careful recently.

Enjoying Emma’s fashion choices recently, she looks amazing! Just wish this was her promoting an album rather than presenting on Heart

Glad it's going to get a more fitting peak - hopefully it can make the Top 10!

Hopefully she’s serious about it! A third Mel B album would be interesting (I shouldn’t get ahead of myself, a new single would feel like a miracle after all these years lol)

A respectable total! So 200,000 some time in 2027

I saw this posted somewhere but couldn’t find where she’d commented this…

It amazes me to think that they’re all apparently satisfied with just three albums representing them, from 25-30 years ago. Have they never had any “what if?” feelings over the years regarding how it would feel to make & release a new album? Has it never seemed enticing to have lots of fresh material to perform? To relive major aspects of what it is to be in a pop group? I wish the Spice Girls could be more to them than occasional reunion tours. If they’re all afraid of the concept of failure or “damaging the legacy”, I don’t understand why that is. If they could survive the musical tanking so hard to the point it was pretty embarrassing, then surely they could survive giving a 4th album a try lol. (“They” doesn’t have to include Victoria). Sigh 🥺 If they all genuinely have no desire at all then ok, but I don’t know if any of them have ever outright said “we have no desire to ever make new music”. Reunion questions to them always seem to be regarding touring rather than new music, so they’ve never really had to address it. I can’t think of another major group who are unsatisfying in this way!