Geraldine Estelle Halliwell is an English singer, songwriter, author, actress, and philanthropist. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the pop girl group the Spice Girls. She left the group in 1998 to pursue a solo career but later returned to the group when they reunited in 2007. In 2012, she was a guest judge on the ninth series of The X Factor UK.
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Geraldine Estelle Halliwell is an English singer, songwriter, author, actress, and philanthropist. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the pop girl group the Spice Girls. She left the group in 1998 to pursue a solo career but later returned to the group when they reunited in 2007. In 2012, she was a guest judge on the ninth series of The X Factor UK. In September 2013, it was announced that she would return to the music industry in Australia with the release of her first solo single in eight years, \”Half of Me\”. She has also established herself in the publishing industry, releasing two autobiographies including the successful book If Only, and a series of children’s novels including Ugenia Lavender. She is married to Australian singer-songwriter David Walliams and has three children. She has a son, a daughter, and two step-daughters. She lives in London with her husband and three children, and has a daughter and a son-in-law, both of whom live in the United States. She also has a step-son and a stepdaughter, who lives in the U.S. with her mother and step-father. She was previously a nightclub dancer in Majorca, a presenter on the Turkish version of Let’s Make a Deal and a glamour model. She appeared as a Page 3 girl in The Sun at the age of 19. In 1994, she responded to an advertisement in The Stage magazine. She auditioned with Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown, and Victoria Beckham, along with Emma Bunton.
The group felt insecure about the lack of a contract and were frustrated by the direction in which Heart Management was steering them, and in October 1994, armed with a catalogue of demos and dance routines, they began touring management agencies. In March 1995, because of the group’s frustration at their management’s unwillingness to listen to their visions and ideas, they parted with Heart Management. They signed a deal with Virgin Records and began a relationship with Simon Fuller of 19 Entertainment. The Spice Girls became the best-selling female group of all time, with over 85 million records sold worldwide. Her Union Jack dress from the 1997 Brit Awards also became an enduring symbol of girl power. In 1999, Halli well launched her solo career and released her debut studio album, Schizophonic, which spawned three number one singles including “Mi Chico Latino”, “Lift Me Up” and “Bag It Up’. In 2001, she released her second album, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster, which included the worldwide hit “Ride It’, which was commercially successful in the rest of Europe. It peaked at number two in Russia, number four in the UK, while reaching number three in Belgium and Spain. In April 2010, she announced she had started working on new music. The single “Scream If Youwanna Go faster’ was released in September 2010.
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