Melissa Graham
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Melissa Ashley Graham nicknamed Diva, Queenie, or Maggie is an English
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 singer who is most famous as a lead singer and a member of the 90's English girlband
Girlband
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 Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera...

. She joined the group in 1995 and had success in the following few years until their split up in 1999. Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera...

 enjoyed considerable success and popularity in Germany
Germany
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, Netherlands
Netherlands
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, and few countries like Philippines
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, Japan
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, Hong Kong
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 in Asia
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 where they had toured on different occasions during 1997-98.

Solo career

Melissa started a solo career in 1999 and started a new album in the Netherlands where her former band had been cordially received by the fans. Her first single Bulletproof was released on 6 November 2000 in Germany
Germany
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 and it was recorded to reach 89 of German top 100.
Shortly after two more singles Welcome To My World and Hello World (Belle Perez
Belle Perez
Maribel Pérez , best known by her stage name Belle Perez, is a Flemish musician and songwriter.Born in Neerpelt to Spanish parents as María Isabelle Pérez Cerezo, the Flemish singer was discovered for her musical talents by Patrick Renier at a local talent show in 1997 at the age of 21...

 Cover) were released which were reasonable successful in the Netherlands. She was still to finish her solo album as of 2003, but her album was never released due to some unresolved issues with her recording company. Melissa was also known to have posed for FHM
FHM
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 magazine and appeared as part of the Summer Babes collection. She left her pop career after her dad became ill and died of cancer, she is now a successful song writer and has written her first number 1 which she wrote for girl band Raffish (pop Idol winners) based in Holland.

Discography

Year Title Chart
Albums with Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera...

1998 Solid HarmoniE
  • #111 United Kingdom
  • #2 The Netherlands
Singles with Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera...

1996 "Got 2 Have Ya" -
1997 "I'll Be There For You"
  • #18 United Kingdom
  • #9 The Netherlands
  • #9 Sweden
  • #83 France
  • 1998 "I Want You To Want Me"
  • #16 United Kingdom
  • #4 The Netherlands
  • #39 Switzerland
  • #10 Finland
  • #14 Norway
  • #10 Sweden
  • 1998 "I Wanna Love You"
  • #20 United Kingdom
  • #30 The Netherlands
  • #39 Sweden
  • 1998 "To Love Once Again"
  • #55 United Kingdom
  • #46 The Netherlands
  • Singles (Solo)
    2000 "Bulletproof"
  • #89 Germany
  • 2001 "Welcome to My World"  
    2001 "Hello World"  

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