Mel B

Melanie Janine Brown, also known as Mel B or Melanie B, is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Brown rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 85 million records sold worldwide, the group became the best-selling female group of all time.

During the group's hiatus, Brown released her debut solo album Hot. The album's lead single, "I Want You Back" charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and was included on the soundtrack for the 1998 film Why Do Fools Fall in Love.

In January 2010, Brown was selected to replace Marissa Jaret Winokur as the new host of Oxygen's weight loss show Dance Your Ass Off. In September 2010, her own reality show aired on the Style Network called Mel B: It's a Scary World. She has also judged a variety of online talent competitions including multiple seasons The X Factor and America's Got Talent. Most recently, she was awarded the title and induction into The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her charity work.

In addition to highly publicized relationships with Eddie Murphy and former husband Stephen Belefonte, she also was in a five-year relationship with film producer Christine Crokos. She has been very open about the fact that she has had enjoyable sexual and romantic relationships with men and women, although she does at times describe her bisexuality as a phase.