Hot (Mel B album)

Hot
Studio album by
Melanie B
Released9 October 2000
RecordedJune 1998 – April 2000
Genre
Length44:35
LabelVirgin
Producer
Melanie B chronology
Hot
(2000) 		L.A. State of Mind
(2005)
Singles from Hot
  1. "Tell Me"
    Released: 25 September 2000
  2. "Feels So Good"
    Released: 19 February 2001
  3. "Lullaby"
    Released: 4 June 2001

Hot is the debut album by English singer Melanie B, released on 9 October 2000 by Virgin. Produced during the hiatus of her band the Spice Girls, the singer began recording her solo debut album in 1999. Taking her solo work further into the contemporary R&B genre after "I Want You Back," her 1998 collaboration with rapper Missy Elliott, Melanie B consulted a range of American musicians to work with her on material, including Sisqó and Teddy Riley as well as Fred Jerkins III and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, both of whom she was also working with on the Spice Girls' third album, Forever (2000).[4]

The album received mixed reviews from critics and was not as commercially successful as her albums with the Spice Girls or that of other members' solo albums released around this time. It peaked at number twenty-eight in the United Kingdom and sold over 60,000 copies,[5] receiving a silver certification.[6] The album spawned three singles: "Tell Me", "Feels So Good" and "Lullaby" – the first two singles reached the top 5 in the United Kingdom.[7] "I Want You Back" and "Word Up," previously released for soundtracks two years earlier, were included in different versions of the album.[8]

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  4. ^ "Always Melanie B » Extended Biography". Always Melanie B. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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  7. ^ "UK Singles Chart: Melanie B". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Melanie B – Hot: Japan edition". Discogs. 25 October 2000. Retrieved 6 May 2010.