Melanie Janine Brown (born May 29, 1975 in Leeds, England) is a British singer, originally in the girl band the Spice Girls, where she was known as "Scary Spice".
She married dancer Jimmy Gulzar on September 13, 1998, but she divorced him in January 2001.
Her debut album Hot was released in 2000.
She has appeared in an advert for the Yorkshire tourist board in a series which included contributions from other Yorkshire-born celebrities including Brian Blessed, Alan Titchmarsh, Darren Gough and Brian Turner .
She is not to be confused with the similarly named Melanie Blatt of All Saints.
UK hit singles
- 1998 "I Want You Back" (feat. Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliot) #1
- 1999 "Word Up" (as Melanie G.) #14
- 2000 "Tell Me" #4
- 2001 "Feels So Good" #5
- 2001 "Lullaby" #13
