Northern Star

Northern Star is the debut solo album released by English singer Melanie C, released on 18 October 1999 by Virgin Records. Chisholm and her team recruited several producers to work with her, including William Orbit, Rick Nowels, Marius de Vries, and Craig Armstrong, as well as Rick Rubin. Chisholm co-wrote every song on Northern Star's track listing.

The album's sound is diverse, combining pop music with elements of rock, dance, electronica, trance, techno-rock and R&B which contrasted with the sound of the Spice Girls. AllMusic describes "Northern Star" as a "genre-hopping" album. Commercially, the album peaked at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart and entered the top ten in several countries including Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherland, and Norway. In the United Kingdom, Northern Star reached number four on the UK Albums Chart and went on to sell almost 900,000 copies. With worldwide sales close to 2.5 million copies, it is the biggest-selling solo Spice Girl album. The album was re-issued on 21 August 2000 to feature the single mixes of "Never Be the Same Again" and "I Turn to You", after the success of both singles.

她首先找到制作人Rick Rubin，表示自己想制作一张独立摇滚专辑，将Blur、Oasis、Suede、The Cardigans作为灵感。她也非常喜欢麦当娜的Ray of Light，并请到原制作班底William Orbit、Rick Nowels，还邀请Marius de Vries、Craig Armstrong等人。Mel C也参与每曲共同创作。

融合流行、摇滚、舞曲、电子、trance、techno-rock和R&B，每首风格都不一样，与她在辣妹的Teen-pop形成鲜明对比。 专辑登上瑞典冠军，并进入丹麦、芬兰、德国、爱尔兰、荷兰和挪威等多个国家的前十名。在英国第四，销售近90W张，全球近250万张，是辣妹成员里最成功的单飞专辑。

1999-2000年间，英国女子天团Spice Girls的成员各自开展个人事业，这期间她们也录完最后一张“毕业专辑”《Forever》。 1999年初，辣妹在世界巡演后休息了一段时间，Mel B和Victoria均宣布怀孕，组合的所有计划都被搁置。而"运动辣妹"Melanie C决定离开英国前往洛杉矶，开始筹备个人首张大碟。