Mel C’s New Self-Titled Album Represents a ‘New Chapter’

Our beloved Mel Chisholm AKA Sporty Spice from the greatest 90s pop group ever, The Spice Girls, has officially come into her own. The 46-year singer has released a new album all about self-empowerment and fans couldn’t be more delighted.

Not Just a Spice Girl

Mel C shot to fame in 1996 at 22 when she, along with the rest of the group released their instant hit “Wannabe.” While Mel C had a great run with the group, she was the only one truly determined to set herself apart from the group when they ended in 1998. In 1999 she released her debut album “Northern Star,” she then went onto release six more solo albums.

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The Reunion

Recently Chisolm reunited with Ginger, Scary, and Baby for a reunion tour (sadly Posh couldn’t make it.) After the experience, the singer commented on the incredible response from her fans saying ″When I went on stage with the girls, it was such an incredible experience,″ Melanie says in this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday. ″It made me feel very reflective. I loved being Sporty Spice again, and I realize that she’s such a huge part of who I am as a person and who I am as a performer. I wanted to really celebrate that.″

The New Album

With that behind her, Mel C couldn’t be in a better place emotionally to promote her new solo album which is all about self-love and self-empowerment. In the coming year, the pop star will be gearing up for a European tour. She has also even expressed her interest in another Spice Girls reunion, this time hopefully with Posh on board. She told People ″the whole world supported us back in the ’90s, so I would love to get back and perform everywhere,″ she says. ″Beyond touring my solo music, I would love to do more Spice shows. I think there’s room for both.”

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Alexander the Great

I Alexander III of Macedon was a member of the Argead Dynasty. He was the king of the Ancient Greek civilization, Macedon, from 336-323 BC. This king is better known as the formidable and unbeatable, Alexander the Great.

II Alexander was born in 356 BC in the Macedonian capital of Pella. He was born to King Philip II and his 4th wife Olympias. Olympias was one of 7 wives but gained fame as the mother of Alexander.

III On the day he was born, it is believed the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, had burned down. This led to a popular legend, started by historian, Hegesias of Magnesia, that this had occurred because Artemis was away tending to the birth of Alexander.

IV Alexander the Great received an excellent education as the son of the reigning king Philip II. Until he was 16 years old, Alexander was under the tutelage of renowned Greek philosopher and polymath, Aristotle.

V It was a few years later in 336 BC that Philip II would be assassinated, leaving 20 years old Alexander to take the throne. He began his reign by eliminating his competition, other Macedonian princes, including his own cousin.

VI He proved to be a skilled warrior and tactician, completing his father's conquest of Persia and then expanding even further. By the time he was 30, he had amassed the largest ancient empire which began in Greece and extended to northwestern India.