Melanie Blatt
Melanie Blatt on the "See Me" single
Background information
Birth name	Melanie Ruth Blatt
Born	25 March 1975 (age 32)
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Pop & Soul
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Singing
Years active	1993-2002, 2006- (Girl bands) 2003- (Solo)
Label(s)	Swollen Ankle Ltd (2005-)
Associated acts	All Saints
Website	http://www.melanieblatt.co.uk/

Melanie Ruth Blatt is an English female singer and very occasional Actress, born 25 March 1975 at University College Hospital in the London Borough of Camden and is named after Melanie Safka. Melanie is a solo singer and a member of All Saints. Melanie is 1. 62m (5' 3"), has a French Jewish mother and a Jewish father whose ancestors were from Poland and Russia and a younger sister called Jasmine Blatt whose name was chosen by Melanie. She was raised in both England and France. Melanie has one daughter, Lilyella (born on the 20th November 1998) with former partner Stuart Zender, one-time bassist with Jamiroquai.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 2.3 Other releases 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Melanie made her name as part of top UK girl group All Saints, but following their split has launched a moderately successful solo career. Her musical style is influenced by Blackstreet, Stevie Wonder, R&B and hip-hop. Her outlook is also influenced by being the daughter of hippy parents who - when Melanie was six - camped out at the Glastonbury Festival for 3 days.

Melanie went to Fitzjohn's Primary School where her musical talent was immediately noticed by the head teacher David Joyne, who encouraged her parents to send her to a stage school. In 1986 Melanie went to the Sylvia Young Theatre School where she met Nicole Appleton. The two girls became best friends. During this period Melanie also played young Eponine in Les Misérables for six months, and was the understudy for Cosette.

In 1986 Melanie was diagnosed having Scoliosis. Since her parents weren't satisfied with the treatment for the condition in the United Kingdom, they decided to move to France [the country of her mother's birth] where a specialist decided that the best way to treat it was to put three metal rods in her back.

In 1993 Melanie started out singing in the band Drive with Guillaume and they recorded "Curfew" together. She performed this song on the TV programme Access All Areas. She also did backing vocals with Dreadzone doing backing vocals with Denise van Outen.

Later that year Melanie met Shaznay Lewis at the Metamorphosis recording studio in All Saints Road, London and they proceeded to record together. Together with Simone Rainford they formed the band All Saints 1.9.7.5 which was later renamed to All Saints when Simone left and Nicole and Natalie Appleton joined Melanie and Shaznay. (See also: All Saints)

In 2000, Blatt appeared in the critically mauled film Honest directed by Dave Stewart opposite Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton and in 2001 she played a small, but memorable role in the independent British film Dog eat dog.

Her solo releases have been of variable success; her most prominent being "TwentyFourSeven", a collaboration with The Artful Dodger, peaking at #6 in September 2001 and the UK version of I'm leavin by Outsidaz on which she replaced Kelis. Her new album was being written and recorded with Matt Hales from Aqualung and featured "See Me", which was included on the Robots soundtrack (2005) and released on a single with matching video featuring footage from the movie and Melanie with her face covered in diamonds.

During 2005 Melanie played small venues in the UK which featured songs from the album she was working on at the time and included unreleased songs like "In Your Arms," "I Don't Mind," "Now You're Gone," "No Lullaby" and "Love Sweet Love."

On January 24, 2006 it was announced that All Saints had reformed with a new record contract and subsequently released a new album, Studio 1 on November 13, 2006. Blatt's solo record was shelved in favour of the reunion.

Discography

Albums

Solo releases
t.b.a.
With All Saints
November 24, 1997	All Saints	#2
December 29, 1998	The Remix Album	#104
October 14, 2000	Saints & Sinners	#1
November 5, 2001	All Hits	#18
November 13, 2006	Studio 1	#40

Singles

Solo releases
August 25, 2003	"Do Me Wrong"	#18
May 2005	"See Me"	#78
With other artists
1993	"Curfew"	-	with Drive
February 1995	"Silver Shadow"	-	with All Saints 1.9.7.5.
April 1995	"Let's Get Started"	-	with All Saints 1.9.7.5.
September 25, 1995	"If You Wanna Party"	-	with All Saints 1.9.7.5.
August 18, 1997	"I Know Where It's At"	#4	with All Saints
November 10, 1997	"Never Ever"	#1 (2 weeks)	with All Saints
April 27, 1998	"Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade"	#1 (2 weeks)	with All Saints
August 31, 1998	"Bootie Call"	#1	with All Saints
November 23, 1998	"War Of Nerves"	#7	with All Saints
February 26, 2000	"Pure Shores"	#1 (2 weeks)	with All Saints
October 14, 2000	"Black Coffee"	#1	with All Saints
January 27, 2001	"All Hooked Up"	#7	with All Saints
September 17, 2001	"TwentyFourSeven"	#6	with The Artful Dodger
March 2002	"I'm Leavin'"	#41	with Outsidaz and Rah Digga
November 6, 2006	"Rock Steady"	#3	with All Saints

Other releases

• K-Gee feat. Melanie Blatt - "Let's Get Nice"

Featured on the Bounce to this album

• Melanie Blatt - "My Cherie Amour"

Featured on the Honest soundtrack

• Rupeski feat. Melanie Blatt - Dreaming about Tomorrow

Featured on the compilation album Es Vive Ibiza

G-Dubs 'Guided By Angels' Reprise can be found on the Buzzin' Fly Volume 01 album

• The Underwolves feat. Melanie Blatt - "Stay a While"

Featured on the Under Your Sky album

• Played Jo in the Honest movie (2000)
• Played the ex-girlfriend in the Dog Eat Dog (2001 movie) movie (2001)
• Cameo appearance on the "I Don't Really Care" video (2000) by K-Gee

References

External links

• Official Melanie Blatt Website
• Official All Saints Website
• Melanie Blatt at the Internet Movie Database