Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton was born in Finchley, and grew up in the Woodside Park area of London. Her mother Pauline was a karate instructor, while her father Trevor was a local milkman.
The couple divorced when Emma was 11 years old, after which Emma would spend the majority of her time with her mother.
She went to school at St. Theresa's Primary School, but it was her extra curricular activities at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone where Emma discovered what was a passion and talent for music and dance.
In 1994 Emma joined the all female singing group 'Touch,' replacing Michelle Stephenson. Touch would change their name to the 'Spice Girls' shortly after, and from there the rest is history.
The 'Spice Girls' quickly became an international pop phenomenon. They would go on to sell millions of their three studio albums, with the first two albums – Spice and Spice World reaching number 1 in the UK, to add to the nine number 1 singles they achieved. Spice World was also the name of their feature film.
All the Spice Girls had nicknames, Emma was given the name 'Baby' Spice, as she was the youngest member/baby of the group and her extremely youthful appearance.
In 1998, the Spice Girls became a four piece group after the departure of popular member Geri Halliwell, otherwise known as 'Ginger Spice'.
Two years later, the group released their third studio album titled 'Forever,' which failed to generate the same amount of commercial success as their two previous albums. Given their dwindling success as a group and perhaps motivated by Halliwell's emerging solo career – the four remaining Spice Girls decided to disband and each go their separate ways as solo artists. (They would reform briefly for a reunion tour in 2007 and a 2012 London Olympic opening ceremony performance).
Truth be told, all members of the Spice Girls had begun to get their feet wet as solo artists prior to the break up of the band in 2001. In 1999 Emma Bunton collaborated with the English band TIn Tin Out to record a cover of the song "What I Am" (originally recorded by Eddie Brickell & New Bohemians).
Thanks to Bunton's star power. the single reached number 2 in the charts and would go on to sell more than 220,000 copies. This was far and away the biggest hit in the career of the otherwise obscure English band 'Tin Tin Out.' The song went on to being remixed by K-Warren featuring Richie Dan, so the Baby of the group even got involved within this now classic era of UK garage music.
The same year a television show was aired on European VH1 simply titled "Emma," which saw her presenting to the camera various video's from the hit-makers of the time. Jennifer Lopez et al.
In 2001, after the Spice Girls announced their breakup, Emma Bunton began to concentrate completely on being a solo pop singer. She was signed to the label Virgin Records, who had also overseen the career of the Spice Girls.
The same year saw Virgin release Bunton's first single as a complete solo artist with the song "What Took You So Long."
Emma Bunton was born in Finchley, and grew up in the Woodside Park area of London. Her mother Pauline was a karate instructor, while her father Trevor was a local milkman.
The couple divorced when Emma was 11 years old, after which Emma would spend the majority of her time with her mother.
She went to school at St. Theresa's Primary School, but it was her extra curricular activities at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone where Emma discovered what was a passion and talent for music and dance.
In 1994 Emma joined the all female singing group 'Touch,' replacing Michelle Stephenson. Touch would change their name to the 'Spice Girls' shortly after, and from there the rest is history.
The 'Spice Girls' quickly became an international pop phenomenon. They would go on to sell millions of their three studio albums, with the first two albums – Spice and Spice World reaching number 1 in the UK, to add to the nine number 1 singles they achieved. Spice World was also the name of their feature film.
All the Spice Girls had nicknames, Emma was given the name 'Baby' Spice, as she was the youngest member/baby of the group and her extremely youthful appearance.
In 1998, the Spice Girls became a four piece group after the departure of popular member Geri Halliwell, otherwise known as 'Ginger Spice'.
Two years later, the group released their third studio album titled 'Forever,' which failed to generate the same amount of commercial success as their two previous albums. Given their dwindling success as a group and perhaps motivated by Halliwell's emerging solo career – the four remaining Spice Girls decided to disband and each go their separate ways as solo artists. (They would reform briefly for a reunion tour in 2007 and a 2012 London Olympic opening ceremony performance).
Truth be told, all members of the Spice Girls had begun to get their feet wet as solo artists prior to the break up of the band in 2001. In 1999 Emma Bunton collaborated with the English band TIn Tin Out to record a cover of the song "What I Am" (originally recorded by Eddie Brickell & New Bohemians).
Thanks to Bunton's star power. the single reached number 2 in the charts and would go on to sell more than 220,000 copies. This was far and away the biggest hit in the career of the otherwise obscure English band 'Tin Tin Out.' The song went on to being remixed by K-Warren featuring Richie Dan, so the Baby of the group even got involved within this now classic era of UK garage music.
The same year a television show was aired on European VH1 simply titled "Emma," which saw her presenting to the camera various video's from the hit-makers of the time. Jennifer Lopez et al.
In 2001, after the Spice Girls announced their breakup, Emma Bunton began to concentrate completely on being a solo pop singer. She was signed to the label Virgin Records, who had also overseen the career of the Spice Girls.
The same year saw Virgin release Bunton's first single as a complete solo artist with the song "What Took You So Long."
