Geri Halliwell

About Geri Halliwell

Geri Horner (née Geri Halliwell; born 6 August 1972 in Watford, Hertfordshire (UK)) is an English pop singer-songwriter between others.

Halliwell came to international music industry in 1996 as Ginger Spice, as member of the most successful girl group in history: Spice Girls. Together they sold over 85 million records worldwide. In 1998 she left the band and rejoined since 2007.
With 11 number-one singles (seven as part of the Spice Girls and four as a solo artist), she is the female singer with the third-most number-one singles in UK Singles Chart history. Halliwell has been nominated for four Brit Awards (in 2000 and 2002).

In 1999, Halliwell launched her solo career and released her debut album Schizophonic, which spawned three number ones at the UK Singles Chart: Mi Chico Latino, Lift Me Up, and Bag It Up, while the lead single Look At Me peaked at number two, selling 1.5 million copies worldwide.

In 2001, Halliwell released her second album Scream If You Wanna Go Faster. The first single, It’s Raining Men, peaked at number one in the UK and went on to become Halliwell’s biggest hit of her career. The song was added as part of the “Bridget Jones’s Diary” film BSO. The album also includes some others Top10 UK singles: Calling and Scream If You Wanna Go Faster.

In 2005, Halliwell released her third studio album Passion with the lead single Ride It which peaked number 4 in the UK Top10 and number 3 in some european countries. Her final single of this era was Desire.

In September 12th 2013, after a few years of relative respite from the music scene as solo artist (she rejoined and worked in some projects with the Spice Girls from 2007 till 2012), it was announced by Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd. that Halliwell return to the music industry in Australia with the release of her first solo single in nearly eight years, Half Of Me matching with her popularity in Australia as fourth judge on music-TV talent: Australia’s Got Talent.

In June 19th 2017, she released on streaming a tribute song called Angels In Chains to her friend George Michael matching with his death. The single is a collaboration with Michael’s former producer and backing band, and profits from its sale go to Childline, one of Michael’s favorite charities.