Geri Halliwell

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1= Calling
2= It's Raining Men




Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Horner; born 6 August 1972) is an English pop singer-songwriter, clothes designer, author and actress. Halliwell came to international prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the successful girl group the Spice Girls; together they sold over 85 million records worldwide, making them the best selling girl group of all time.  In 1998 Halliwell left the Spice Girls, though she rejoined the group when they reunited in 2007. Halliwell reportedly amassed a $40 million fortune during her last two years in the group.

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. 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.

She released her third studio album Passion in 2005. Halliwell has been nominated for four Brit Awards (in 2000 and 2002).

After a few years of relative obscurity, in April 2010, Halliwell announced that she had started working on new music.  In April 2013, the Nine Network announced that she would become the fourth judge on Australia's Got Talent.

On 12 September 2013, it was announced that Halliwell would return to the music industry in Australia with the release of her first solo single in nearly eight years, "Half of Me".  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.

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Calling" is a song by British singer-songwriter, Geri Halliwell. It was released as the third and final single from Halliwell's second album Scream if You Wanna Go Faster. Just like Halliwell's previous single, "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster", the success for the song was limited.

In certain region, the song was released in a French version, called "Au Nom De L'Amour". The song was praised for both lyrics and production. The black and white music video was directed by Pierluca DeCario. To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Top of the Pops, Top of the Pops Germany, CD:UK, Children in Need 2001, Blue Peter, This Morning and Pepsi Chart.

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It's Raining Men" is a song written by Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer in 1979  originally recorded by The Weather Girls in 1982. The song had been offered to Diana Ross, Donna Summer,  Cher, and Barbra Streisand before being accepted by Martha Wash and Izora Armstead of The Weather Girls, with their version becoming an international hit, selling over 6 million copies worldwide.

It was covered by Martha Wash (of The Weather Girls) as a duet with RuPaul in 1997, by Geri Halliwell in 2001, and by Young Divas in 2006. The song is hailed as a camp classic and more recently as a dance, gay, and female anthem.

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