Portrait of the artist: Melanie C

'I recently saw the video for Say You'll Be There. And I thought: Wow, we're good!'What got you started?My mum. She'd sung in bands since she was 14, so when I was a kid, I thought all mums were singers.What was your big breakthrough?Singing the song Chief Cook and Bottle Washer [from the musical The Rink] in a competition at the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts. Until then, I'd thought I wanted to be a dancer – but the audience started whooping, and in that moment I knew I wanted ...

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