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Melanie Thornton Biography

Melanie Thornton is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on May 13, 1967 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Frontwoman of Eurodance group La Bouche, who had a solo career but tragically lost her life in an aircraft crash.

Natalie Horler, singer of the group Cascada, was another popular Eurodance star. was another Eurodance superstar.

Thornton tried it and soon found work in studios recording demos. It was her recording of the song “Sweet Dreams” that caught the attention of producer Frank Farian, the mastermind of the infamous 1980s duo Milli Vanilli. Farian took her under his wing, teaming her with rapper Lane McCray in the duo La Bouche, which is French for “The Mouth”. La Bouche went on to become one of the biggest Eurodance groups of the 1990s, with a string of hits, worldwide. They released two studio albums “Sweet Dreams” and “S.O.S.”, with “A Moment of Love” being the European version of “S.O.S.”, the remix album “All Mixed Up” followed by a string of hits like “Sweet Dreams (Ola Ola E)”, “Be My Lover”, “Fallin’ in Love”, “I Love to Love”, “Bolingo (Love is in the Air)”, “You Won’t Forget Me” or “S.O.S.” In February 2000, she would leave La Bouche to be replaced by Natascha Wright as the new front-woman. Next to La Bouche, Thornton continued providing guest vocals on singles such as Orange Blue’s “Sunshine of My Life” and “Runaway”, 100%’s “The Way It Is” and on Le Click’s U.S. chart debut “Tonight is the Night” in 1995.

She had long dreamed of a career in music and in February 1992, Thornton went to Germany. Her sister lived there with her U.S. Army husband and Thornton had dual citizenship in Germany and the United States. Her uncle, Bob Chisolm, a singer and piano player, encouraged her to give the German nightclub circuit a try. She had been singing in a Macon, Ga., band, Danger Zone, pulling down $50 on a good night. However, Bob Chisolm told her that on a bad night in Germany she would make $150. Thornton provided guest vocals for a lot of dance projects on their single releases, such as Orange Blue’s “If You Wanna Be (My Only)”, Comic’s “I Surrender to Your Love”, 100%’s “Power of the Light”, Trance-Vision’s “Take Me 2 Heaven 2 Nite” or Men Behind’s “Feel the life” and “How Can I.”

Bob Chisholm was Bob’s uncle and a well-respected singer and pianist. He encouraged his niece to go to Germany with her music.

Name	Melanie Thornton
First Name	Melanie
Last Name	Thornton
Occupation	Pop Singer
Birthday	May 13
Birth Year	1967
Place of Birth	Charleston
Home Town	South Carolina
Birth Country	United States
Birth Sign	Taurus
Full/Birth Name
Father	Not Available
Mother	Not Available
Siblings	Lois Chisolm
Spouse	Christian Thornton
Children(s)	Not Available

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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On the night of November 24, 2001, Thornton died in the crash of Crossair Flight 3597 near Zürich, Switzerland, at the age of 34. Thornton had given her final performance in Leipzig and immediately afterwards taken the flight from Berlin to Zürich for upcoming radio and TV appearances (among others, the broadcast Die Bar on TV3, which was cancelled) to promote her new single “Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)” (a Christmas ballad recorded for a German Coca-Cola TV commercial) and her album Ready to Fly. Thornton was laid to final rest in her native South Carolina, at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens, Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina.

Melanie Thornton Net Worth

Melanie Thornton is one of the richest Pop Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Melanie Thornton's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was inspired as a child by Aretha Frank, her mother’s favorite, and her piano and clarinet lessons.

She recorded several German-language solo albums, including the worldwide hits “Be My Lover”, and “Sweet Dreams”.

Melanie Janene Thornton (May 13, 1967 – November 24, 2001) was an American pop and dance music singer. She was the lead singer of the Eurodance group La Bouche from 1994 to 2001, alongside American rapper Lane McCray. Their two most successful singles, “Be My Lover” and “Sweet Dreams”, were released in 1994 and 1995 respectively. After leaving the band, Thornton began a solo career and found success primarily in European countries before her death in 2001. Her solo hits include “Love How You Love Me”, “Heartbeat” and “Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)”.

Net Worth	$5 Million
Salary	Under Review
Source of Income	Pop Singer
Cars	Not Available
House	Living in own house.

On the night of November 24, 2001, shortly after the final performance in Leipzig, Thornton was among the twenty four passengers that were killed in the crash of Swiss airline’s Crossair Flight 3597 in Bassersdorf, Switzerland.

Although Thornton’s death occurred practically on the eve of that year’s Christmas season, Coca-Cola decided to stick with the commercial as planned. The original commercial has been aired in Germany every year since 2001 around Christmas time, and the song has been in the German single charts every year since. It has also aired in several other countries. On November 25, 2002, the single “In Your Life” by La Bouche with Thornton, returning posthumously on lead vocals, was released to commemorate the first anniversary of her death. Included is an “in memory” dedication from Lane McCray and SonyBmg/X-Cell Records. The single has been included in the first La Bouche “Best of” compilation (Credited as “La Bouche feat. Melanie Thornton”) on May 21, 2002. On December 1, 2003, another remix compilation called “Memories – Her Most Beautiful Ballads” has been released containing her ballads and songs in acoustic ballad versions. On April 2, 2007, the second La Bouche compilation “Greatest Hits” has been released.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Weight	Not Known
Body Measurements	Under Review
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She signed a record deal with Sony/Epic Records. Her first solo single was released in November 2000, titled “Love How You Love Me”, a ballad (the CD-maxi includes a few dance remixes). Thornton presented her new single on November 29, 2000 on the RTL Spendenmarathon, and on December 1 at the Dome in Berlin. The follow-up singles were “Heartbeat”, “Makin’ Oooh Oooh (Talking About Love)” and “Memories”. On May 7, 2001, Thornton released her first (and only) solo album entitled Ready to Fly under the label X-Cell, distributed by Sony/Epic Records. The album featured a mixture of soul and dance tracks that showed off her powerful voice. There was also a special edition of the album released later in 2001 featuring some remix bonus tracks and bonus songs such as the single “Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)”. Thornton continued to do club appearances in the United States under the billing “Melanie Thornton, formerly of La Bouche”. She was featured on Joy-Lab’s single release “Freedom (Free Your Mind)” in 2001.

Who is Melanie Thornton Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Melanie Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Melanie Thornton celebrates birthday on May 13 of every year.

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