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Northern Star
Studio album by
Melanie C
Released18 October 1999
RecordedMarch–July 1999
Studio
GenrePop[1]
Length53:18
LabelVirgin
Producer
Melanie C chronology
Northern Star
(1999) 		Reason
(2003)
Singles from Northern Star
  1. "Goin' Down"
    Released: 29 September 1999
  2. "Northern Star"
    Released: 22 November 1999
  3. "Never Be the Same Again"
    Released: 20 March 2000
  4. "I Turn to You"
    Released: 7 August 2000
  5. "If That Were Me"
    Released: 27 November 2000

Northern Star is the debut solo studio album by English singer and songwriter Melanie C. It was released on October 18, 1999, by Virgin Records.

Recording sessions took place earlier in the year, during a hiatus from the Spice Girls. As the primary songwriter or co-writer of the album's 12 songs, Melanie Chisolm temporarily relocated to Los Angeles and enlisted several musicians and producers, including William Orbit, Rick Nowels, Marius de Vries, Craig Armstrong and Rick Rubin. Additional recording took place in London and Glasgow. Musically, the album combines pop with elements of rock, electronica, trance, trip hop, and R&B, which contrasted with the sound of Chisolm's group.

Upon its release, Northern Star received generally favorable reviews from music critics, many of whom praised Chisolm for differentiating her sound while noting the influence of Britpop and Madonna's Ray of Light (1998). An international commercial success, Northern Star reached number one on the Swedish Albums Chart and the top ten in countries including Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Northern Star has been certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling solo album by a member of the Spice Girls.

Northern Star produced five singles. Following "Goin' Down" and "Northern Star," its third and fourth singles "Never Be the Same Again," featuring TLC member Lisa Lopes, and "I Turn to You" became international hits. Both songs earned Chisolm her first solo number ones in the United Kingdom, while the Hex Hector radio mix of "I Turn to You" earned the Grammy Award for Remixer of the Year. "If That Were Me" was released as a charity single. Melanie C promoted Northern Star via numerous live performances and the Northern Star Tour (2000-01), as well as a Channel 4 documentary. The album was re-issued to feature the single mixes of "Never Be the Same Again" and "I Turn to You".

Background and development

Melanie Chisolm launched her career in the 1990s as a member of the English pop girl group Spice Girls. Her first solo effort was a duet with Bryan Adams, "When You're Gone," which originally featured on Adams' album On a Day Like Today (1998). Adams and Chisolm first met in September 1996 when the Spice Girls performed on Top of the Pops and ran into each other while the Spice Girls were on the North American leg of the Spiceworld Tour in 1998; Adams asked her to appear on his album.[2][3] The duet, released as a single on November 30, 1998, encouraged Chisolm to pursue a solo career and secured a top three peak on the UK Singles Chart.[4] Adams and Chisolm wrote three more songs together: "Follow Me", "Angel on My Shoulder" and "You Taught Me", the first two serving as B-sides to the "Northern Star" and "Goin' Down" singles, while "You Taught Me" was released only as a promo to the media.

In March 1999, after extensive touring and the departure of Geri Halliwell, the Spice Girls took a hiatus due to the simultaneous pregnancies of Mel B and Victoria Beckham.[5] Chisholm decided to leave the UK and head to Los Angeles to work on her solo album, informing The Big Breakfast that it was scheduled for release in October.[6] In June 1999, the song "Ga Ga" appeared on the soundtrack to the film Big Daddy.[7]

Recording and production

Chisholm planned to work with producer Rick Rubin, who she befriended a year earlier when the Spice Girls were supposed to record a track with Blackstreet for Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998) before legal wrangles intervened. Rubin, who was to produce the shelved collaboration, offered a hand when he heard of Chisolm's songwriting ambitions.[5] Rubin was also Red Hot Chili Peppers' main producer, whose lead singer, Anthony Kiedis, was rumored to be dating Chisholm at the time.[8] With hopes of releasing an indie rock album, Chisolm named Blur, Oasis, Suede, the Cardigans, and Hole among her influences.[5] She was also very fond "everything Madonna has ever done," particularly her 1998 album Ray of Light, and wanted to cut her first album with help from Madonna.[5][4] According to a July 1999 interview with the British edition of Cosmopolitan magazine, Madonna invited Chisolm to spend some time with her.[7]

Ultimately, Chisolm succeeded in having William Orbit, the primary producer of Ray of Light, on opening track "Go!" as a writer and producer, while other Ray of Light collaborators Marius de Vries, Craig Armstrong and Rick Nowels also contributed to Northern Star.[9] Elsewhere, Billy Steinberg and Rhett Lawrence contributed to songwriting.[9][10] While working with Lawrence struggling to write a middle-8 for "Never Be the Same Again," Melanie C suggested a rap by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes from TLC. Having worked with TLC before, Lawrence contacted their management, and Lopes agreed to record a verse for the song.[11] Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols plays guitar on "Suddenly Monday," "Be the One," and B-side "I Want You Back."[12][13][14]

Four months after Chisolm left for Los Angeles, Virgin Records executives were given an early work in progress demo CD of the album.[15] The promotional copy was intended to give worried executives a preview of Chisolm's sound as a solo artist; the last tracks recorded for the album, "Go!" and "I Turn to You", were not included.

Release and promotion

Northern Star was released in Europe on October 18, 1999, and later in North America on November 2, 1999.[16] To promote the album, Chisholm made a number of televised appearances and live performances of the album's songs. Her first gig as a solo artist took place at Leadmill Club in Sheffield on August 19, 1999, in front of a crowd of nine-hundred people.[12][17] Chisholm performed on the main stage ("V Stage") at the V99 music festival on August 21 and 22, her first high-profile outing as a solo artist. Her set received mixed to negative reviews, with Darryl Chamberlain of the BBC News calling it an "entertaining performance" while noting his confusion about which direction Chisholm wanted to take as a solo artist: "She could make a refreshing UK alternative to Sheryl Crow or Alanis but judging by her solo career so far - duets with Bryan Adams and other 1980s pop stars in Los Angeles, plus Sex Pistols covers - it's hard to know what she wants to be."[17]

On August 30, 1999, Channel 4 aired a documentary special entitled Melanie C: Northern Star, directed by Hamish Hamilton. The documentary focused on Melanie C's life in Los Angeles during the recording of her debut album.[18][19] "Closer", "Something's Gonna Happen", "I Wonder What It Would Be Like", "Independence Day", "Northern Star" and "Why" made their first appearances during the documentary, and Channel 4 also aired the "Goin' Down" music video.

23 years after the album's release, Northern Star was issued on vinyl as part of Record Store Day on April 23, 2022. A limited run of 2,500 copies was manufactured for the album's first release on vinyl. In addition to the album's original 12 tracks, the vinyl release included the track "Follow Me" and the bonus tracks from the 2000 re-release. The double LP included three playable sides to the record, with the fourth side including an etching of the album's back cover art.[20] Following the release, Northern Star reached number 32 on the UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart.[21]

From Liverpool to Leicester Square (1999)

To promote the release of Northern Star, Melanie C embarked on an international tour of intimate theaters and nightclub venues. The tour began in Liverpool, Chisolm's hometown, and visited the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, and several European countries before culminating in a show at the London Astoria.

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue[22]
Date City Country Venue
September 27 Liverpool England Royal Court Theatre
October 1 New York City United States Irving Plaza
October 4 Toronto Canada The Guvernment
October 7 Los Angeles United States Mayan Theater
October 10 Sydney Australia The Metro Theatre
October 14 Tokyo Japan The Garden Hall
October 20 Munich Germany Incognito
October 22 Milan Italy Alcatraz
October 24 Madrid Spain Sala Universal
October 26 Paris France Mutualite
October 28 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
October 29 Copenhagen Denmark Pumpehuset
November 1 London England London Astoria

Northern Star Tour (2000-01)

Following her promotional tour in 1999, Melanie C embarked on her first solo headlining tour in August 2000, beginning with an appearance at Slane Festival on the grounds of Slane Castle on August 26, 2000. Several UK dates scheduled for February 2001 were postponed to May.

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
August 31, 2000 Warsaw Poland Arena COS Torwar
September 4, 2000 Derby England Derby Assembly Rooms
September 5, 2000 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Town Hall
September 6, 2000 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
September 8, 2000 Carlisle Sands Centre
September 9, 2000 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
September 10, 2000 Aberdeen Music Hall Aberdeen
September 12, 2000 Kingston upon Hull England Hull City Hall
September 13, 2000 Sheffield Sheffield City Hall
September 15, 2000 Preston Preston Guild Hall
September 16, 2000 Manchester Manchester Academy
September 17, 2000 Leeds Town and Country Club
September 21, 2000 Cardiff Wales St. David's Hall
September 23, 2000 Leicester England De Montfort Hall
September 24, 2000 Ipswich Regent Theatre
September 25, 2000 Norwich University of East Anglia
September 27, 2000 Southampton Southampton Guildhall
September 28, 2000 Cambridge Cambridge Corn Exchange
September 30, 2000 London Shepherd's Bush Empire
October 1, 2000
October 15, 2000 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg
October 16, 2000 Paris France Élysée Montmartre
October 17, 2000 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique
October 19, 2000 Copenhagen Denmark Vega
October 20, 2000 Stockholm Sweden Globens Annex
October 22, 2000 Hamburg Germany Grosse Freiheit
October 23, 2000 Berlin Columbiahalle
October 25, 2000 Neu-Isenburg Hugenottenhalle
October 26, 2000 Cologne E-Werk
October 27, 2000 Munich Eiserhalle
October 29, 2000 Böblingen Kongresshalle
October 30, 2000 Vienna Austria Libro Music Hall
October 31, 2000 Zurich Switzerland Volkshaus
November 2, 2000 Milan Italy Alcatraz
November 5, 2000 London England Wembley Arena
February 14, 2001 Ljubljana Slovenia Tivoli Hall
February 16, 2001 Athens Greece OAKA Sport Hall Kassimatis
February 17, 2001 Thessaloniki Greece Mikra Sports Hall
February 19, 2001 Tel Aviv Israel Cinerama
February 21, 2001 Dubai United Arab Emirates Jumeirah Beach Hotel
February 21, 2001 Manama Bahrain Le Méridien City Centre
February 21, 2001 Johannesburg South Africa Big Top Arena
February 28, 2001 Singapore Singapore Singapore Harbour Pavillion
March 2, 2001 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Merdaka Hall
March 4, 2001 Bangkok Thailand Dance Fever
May 6, 2001[a] Liverpool England Royal Court Theatre
May 8, 2001[b] Bristol Colston Hall
May 9, 2001[c] Brighton Brighton Centre
May 10, 2001[d] Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions
May 12, 2001 Reading Rivermead Leisure Complex
May 13, 2001 Wolverhampton[e] Wolverhampton Civic Hall
May 14, 2001 Nottingham[f] Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
May 16, 2001 York[g] York Barbican
May 17, 2001 Manchester[h] Manchester Apollo
May 18, 2001 Newport Wales Newport Centre
May 20, 2001 Dublin Ireland Olympia Theatre
May 21, 2001 Belfast[i] Northern Ireland Waterfront Hall
May 22, 2001 Edinburgh[j] Scotland Edinburgh Playhouse

Singles

"Goin' Down" was released as Chisholm's debut single in September 1999 and reached the top ten in the United Kingdom, where it became her first top-five hit as a solo artist. It also reached the top thirty in Australia.

"Northern Star" was released as the second single in the winter of 1999 and received positive reception from music critics. The single charted at number four on the UK Singles Chart, becoming her third top-five single. It additionally reached the top 20 in Finland, Italy, and Sweden. In the United Kingdom, the single sold over 200,000 copies.[23][24][25][26][27]

"Never Be the Same Again" was released on 20 March 2000 as the third single from her first solo album. The single entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart, beating Moloko's "The Time Is Now" to the summit and it was Melanie C's first solo single to reach number one. It sold 144,936 copies in its first week[28] and was Britain's eighteenth best-selling song of 2000. The song was successful in other markets, topping the charts in seven countries and receiving positive acclaim.[29] By April 2021, the song had sold more than 477,000 copies in UK.

The fourth single from the album, "I Turn to You", was released on 7 August 2000 in the United Kingdom and became Melanie's second UK number-one single. It sold 120,000 copies in its first week, altogether selling 360,477 copies, making it the twenty-seventh best-seller of 2000 in the UK. "I Turn to You" also topped the Austrian Singles Chart, the Danish Singles Chart, the Dutch Top 40, the Swedish Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[30][31] The main single was released as the "Hex Hector Radio Mix", for which Hex Hector won the 2001 Grammy as Remixer of the Year.[32][33]

Selected as the album's fifth and final single, "If That Were Me" was released in November 2000. The song peaked in the UK Singles Chart at number eighteen, becoming the first of her solo singles to not reach the top five.[34] The proceeds from its sale went to the Kandu Arts charity.[35]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NMENegative[36]
Rolling Stone[37]
Slant Magazine[10]

Northern Star received mixed to generally favorable reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine asserted that "Mel C wants to break from her Sporty Spice persona while proving herself as a legitimate musician and she does, more or less, with a surprisingly diverse record." He added that "Melanie C has a fairly strong voice, a good sense of melody, and carries a tune with some personality, which is one of the reasons why the genre-hopping of Northern Star works."[1] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian wrote that the album is "positively kaleidoscopic" in its incorporation of "trance, Garbage-style techno-rock, R&B ballads and vaguely nu-metalish chest beating."[38] Barry Walters also complemented the album's variety in a Rolling Stone review, suggesting it contains "way more well-sung goodies than you prefab-pop haters might expect" and drawing comparisons to Madonna, Garbage, the Beatles, and Low era David Bowie.[37] Writing for Slant Magazine, Sal Cinquemani agreed that Melanie C "meets the challenge of distinguishing herself from the Spice Girls" but felt that the ballads "sound like outtakes from Madonna's Ray of Light."[10] In a retrospective review for Attitude, published in 2024, Joseph Ryan-Hicks wrote that Melanie C achieved her goal of creating "an indie record inspired by Blur and Suede with a dash of Madonna’s magnum opus Ray of Light."[39]

A less positive review from student publication The Harvard Crimson described Northern Star as "still the same Spice Girls album dressed up in slightly more sophisticated hues."[40] Russell Baillee of The New Zealand Herald described the songs as "warmed-over Madonna, Garbage or Alanis rejects."[41]

Commercial performance

Northern Star debuted at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart, in the issue dated 24 October 1999.[16] Album sales increased in the UK when "Never Be the Same Again" was released as a single, entering the top 10 again and moving to number five two weeks later. Northern Star kept selling steadily well during the following months, until "I Turn to You" was released in August 2000, when sales took off again and Northern Star achieved its peak position on 2 September 2000, hitting number four of the album chart, nearly a year after its release.[42] As of October 2016, Northern Star had spent 79 weeks on the official UK Albums Chart. Its last appearance on it was in January 2004, nearly 4 and a half years after its release. It has sold over 890,000 copies in the UK, as of October 2016.[43] In the United States, it failed to chart in its first week of release. The album sold 6,717 copies in its first week, missing the bottom of the chart by a few hundred.[44] In Canada, it charted at number 15.[44]

With worldwide sales close to 2.5 million copies, it is the biggest-selling solo Spice Girl album.[45]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Northern Star.[46]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Go!"
Orbit3:39
2."Northern Star"
Marius De Vries4:41
3."Goin' Down"
De Vries3:35
4."I Turn to You"
Nowels5:49
5."If That Were Me"
  • Chisholm
  • Nowels
Nowels4:31
6."Never Be the Same Again" (featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes)
Lawrence4:52
7."Why"
  • Chisholm
  • De Vries
  • Steve Sidelnyk
De Vries5:27
8."Suddenly Monday"
  • Chisholm
  • Matt Rowe
  • Stannard
  • Gallagher
Rick Rubin2:36
9."Ga Ga"
Rubin3:50
10."Be the One"
  • Chisholm
  • Thornalley
  • Munday
Rubin3:35
11."Closer"
  • Chisholm
  • Nowels
  • Steinberg
De Vries5:41
12."Feel the Sun"
  • Chisholm
  • Nowels
5:02
Total length:53:18

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Northern Star
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[72] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[73] Gold 50,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[75] Platinum 57,401[74]
Germany (BVMI)[76] Platinum 300,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[77] Gold 50,000^
Sweden (GLF)[78] Platinum 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[79] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[80] 3× Platinum 890,850[43]
United States — 95,000[81]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[82] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*
Worldwide — 2,500,000[45]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on September 19, 2000, and then February 10, 2001
  2. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on September 20, 2000, and then February 11, 2001
  3. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on February 7, 2001
  4. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on February 8, 2001
  5. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on February 4, 2001
  6. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on February 5, 2001
  7. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on January 31, 2001
  8. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on February 1, 2001
  9. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on January 28, 2001
  10. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on February 2, 2001

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