Melanie Blatt
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Melanie Ruth Blatt (born March 25, 1975 in the London Borough of Camden ) is an English singer , actress and presenter , who became known as a member of the girl group All Saints . She also called herself Mel Blatt or Melanie Guillaume on some projects .
biography
The daughter of a French mother and an English father with Polish-Russian roots speaks fluent French and English. She spent the first four years of her life in Normandy . At the same time as Denise van Outen , Emma Bunton and her future bandmate Nicole Appleton , Blatt attended the renowned Sylvia Young Theater School .
She was briefly a member of a music group called Drive , which had formed around the American actress Julienne Davis , and worked in 1993 under the pseudonym Melanie Guillaume as a background singer for the dub - funk project Dreadzone ( 360 ° and Curfew ). With Simone Rainford she founded All Saints 1.9.7.5. After Rainford left the band, the sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton joined them in 1995 and the numbers 1.9.7.5. were deleted from the band name. Overall, the All Saints managed from 1997 to the temporary separation in 2001, the jump to the top of the British charts seven times .
Then sheet received a recording contract with London Records . The Single Twenty Four Seven , a feature with Artful Dodger , rose in September 2001 in the UK charts and reached No. 6. She also sang the song I'm Leavin for the hip-hop - Act Outsidaz. The first solo single Do Me Wrong was released in 2003 and reached number 18 in the UK in September. After the second single See Me flopped, the planned debut album , on which Blatt worked with Matt Hales alias Aqualung , was not released and the record deal was terminated.
In the spring of 2006, All Saints reunited and released their third studio album in the fall of the same year. From then on, Blatt neglected her music career and devoted herself mainly to her work for television. As an actress, she was in the verrissenen critically gangster film Honest - honest Almost , at the David A. Stewart Directed led to see and played a small role in the comedy Dog Eat Dog . She also hosted backstage at the 2009 BRIT Awards , took part in the music chat show The Hot Desk and was a judge on the casting show The X Factor New Zealand in 2013 .
Discography
Singles
- 2001: TwentyFourSeven ( Artful Dodger feat. Melanie Blatt)
- 2002: I'm Leavin ' ( Outsidaz feat. Rah Digga and Melanie Blatt)
- 2003: Do Me Wrong (as Mel Blatt)
- 2005: See Me
- 2006: Dreaming About Tomorrow (Rupeski feat. Melanie Blatt)
- 2013: Fall's Away (Fur Coat feat. Mel Blatt)
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- ↑ Chart sources: Melanie Blatt Mel Blatt
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jul/25/artsfeatures
Web links
- Melanie Blatt at Allmusic (English)
- Melanie sheet at Discogs (English)
- Melanie Blatt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Blatt, Melanie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blatt, Melanie Ruth (full name); Leaf, mel; Guillaume, Melanie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English singer, actress and presenter |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London Borough of Camden , England |