Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop singer. She is best known as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls formed in the 1990s. Bunton is known as Baby Spice as she is the youngest member in the group. In 2009 she began as a radio presenter on the Heart Breakfast show in London with Jamie Theakston and presenting her own show on Saturday between 5 and 7 pm.
Bunton's debut solo album, A Girl Like Me, was released in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2001 by Virgin Records. The album debuted and peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. It was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies, ultimately becoming the 147th best-selling album in the UK for 2001. The album brought the UK and New Zealand No. 1 single "What Took You So Long?" as well as top five hits "What I Am" and "Take My Breath Away" and the top 20 hit "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight".
A Girl Like Me is the debut solo album by English recording artist Emma Bunton, released in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2001 by Virgin Records. The album debuted and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart, with 21,500 copies sold in its first week. Although initial success was promising, A Girl Like Me fell down the chart quickly. However, singles "What I Am", "What Took You So Long?", "Take My Breath Away" and "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" helped the album stay on the UK Albums Chart for several weeks. On 7 September 2001, A Girl Like Me was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments in excess of 100,000 copies.
Critical reception
A Girl Like Me received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Stewart Mason of AllMusic felt that Emma's singing voice lacked depth but that it worked well with the well-crafted and addicting pop songs, concluding that "A Girl Like Me isn't an album for the ages, but it's better than 'not bad.'" Timothy Park of NME said that there were great tracks and Emma performs them adequately but felt the album lacked ambition or honesty, concluding that "'A Girl Like Me', like Emma, is very sweet but, like Emma also, it has no balls." Erik Missio of CHARTattack said he saw promise in the album but felt disappointed by its attempts to resemble the Spice Girls' sound. Stephen Robinson of Hot Press criticized the tracks for being overly sweet and borrowing from other genres but being unoriginal with them, calling it "another album to chuck aboard the pop blandwagon."
A Girl like Me is a 2005 documentary by Kiri Davis. The seven-minute documentary examines such things as the importance of color, hair and facial features for young African American women. It won the Diversity Award at the 6th Annual Media That Matters film festival in New York City, and has received coverage on various American media sources, such as CNN, ABC, NPR. The documentary has been shown on HBO. The documentary was made as part of Reel Works Teen Filmmaking.
Synopsis
The video begins with interviews with Kiri Davis and her peers about how black features did not conform to society's standards of beauty. The next section was a repeat of an experiment conducted by Kenneth Clark in the 1940s where African-American children were asked to choose between black or white dolls. In the original experiment(s) the majority of the children choose the white dolls. When Davis repeated the experiment 15 out of 21 children also choose the white dolls over the black, giving similar reasons as the original subjects, associating white with being pretty or good and black with ugly or bad. The dolls used in the documentary were identical except for skin colour.
Some critics gave the album positive reviews stating that she gracefully avoids the sophomore disappointment while others compared the album to her previous effort. A Girl like Me was released less than eight months after her debut album. It peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and on the UK Albums Chart. The album was successful in other Countries, entering the top ten in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Japan while topping the charts in Canada on the Canadian Albums Chart.
Emma Bunton - What Took You So Long (Official Video)
Music video by Emma Bunton performing What Took You So Long. (P) 2001 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
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published: 30 Jul 2011
Emma Bunton - Take My Breath Away
Music video by Emma Bunton performing Take My Breath Away. (P) 2001 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
published: 30 Jul 2011
Emma Bunton - Maybe (HD)
published: 07 Jun 2012
Melanie C feat. Emma Bunton - I Know Him So Well (Full Video)
Melanie C feat. Emma Bunton - I Know Him So Well
▶ NOW available on iTunes for just £0.59 / €0.69 / $0.69 at http://itun.es/i6Dt6LW
▶ Taken from the album 'Stages' which is out now, see http://www.melaniec.net/stages for previews of all tracks and order links :)
Melanie and Emma recording 'I Know Him So Well' together with Peter-John Vettese.
More information at:
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http://www.facebook.com/melaniecmusic
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published: 12 Nov 2012
Tin Tin Out - What I Am ft. Emma Bunton
Music video by Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton performing What I Am (feat. Emma Bunton). (P) 1999 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
published: 30 Jul 2011
Mel B reacts to "Emma Bunton" on the masked singer
Mel B's reaction to "baby spice" being on the masked singer Australia
airdate 24 Aug 2022
published: 24 Aug 2022
Emma Bunton - Downtown - 4K
'Downtown' is part of the album 'Life in Mono' (2006)
We've made it to our first Christmas episode. Here are some songs for the holiday to keep you company. Thanks for all the love and support, characters. Happy Holidays!
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published: 25 Dec 2023
𝗘𝗠𝗠𝗔 𝗕𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡 - 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙎𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜 2001
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"What Took You So Long?" is a song by English singer Emma Bunton from her debut solo studio album, A Girl Like Me (2001). It was released on 2 April 2001 as the album's lead single. The song was written by Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis and Dave Morgan.
"What Took You So Long?" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 8 April 2001 with 76,000 copies sold in its first week and remained there for a second week, making it the singer's first and only number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single also topped the charts in New Zealand and Scotland while reaching the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, Ireland and Romania.
The musi...
Music video by Emma Bunton performing What Took You So Long. (P) 2001 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
#EmmaBunton #W...
Music video by Emma Bunton performing What Took You So Long. (P) 2001 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
#EmmaBunton #WhatTookYouSoLong #Vevo
Music video by Emma Bunton performing What Took You So Long. (P) 2001 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
#EmmaBunton #WhatTookYouSoLong #Vevo
Melanie C feat. Emma Bunton - I Know Him So Well
▶ NOW available on iTunes for just £0.59 / €0.69 / $0.69 at http://itun.es/i6Dt6LW
▶ Taken from the album 'Stag...
Melanie C feat. Emma Bunton - I Know Him So Well
▶ NOW available on iTunes for just £0.59 / €0.69 / $0.69 at http://itun.es/i6Dt6LW
▶ Taken from the album 'Stages' which is out now, see http://www.melaniec.net/stages for previews of all tracks and order links :)
Melanie and Emma recording 'I Know Him So Well' together with Peter-John Vettese.
More information at:
http://www.melaniec.net
http://www.facebook.com/melaniecmusic
http://www.twitter.com/melaniecmusic
Melanie C feat. Emma Bunton - I Know Him So Well
▶ NOW available on iTunes for just £0.59 / €0.69 / $0.69 at http://itun.es/i6Dt6LW
▶ Taken from the album 'Stages' which is out now, see http://www.melaniec.net/stages for previews of all tracks and order links :)
Melanie and Emma recording 'I Know Him So Well' together with Peter-John Vettese.
More information at:
http://www.melaniec.net
http://www.facebook.com/melaniecmusic
http://www.twitter.com/melaniecmusic
Music video by Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton performing What I Am (feat. Emma Bunton). (P) 1999 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virg...
Music video by Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton performing What I Am (feat. Emma Bunton). (P) 1999 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
Music video by Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton performing What I Am (feat. Emma Bunton). (P) 1999 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
We've made it to our first Christmas episode. Here are some songs for the holiday to keep you company. Thanks for all the love and support, characters. Happy Ho...
We've made it to our first Christmas episode. Here are some songs for the holiday to keep you company. Thanks for all the love and support, characters. Happy Holidays!
#comedy #podcast #music #joeljimenez #shapellacey
We've made it to our first Christmas episode. Here are some songs for the holiday to keep you company. Thanks for all the love and support, characters. Happy Holidays!
#comedy #podcast #music #joeljimenez #shapellacey
🔵 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-JvaRtyQDuPG6L3oAo4lBRmXFNxZMcNs
"What Took You So Long?" is a song by English singer Emma Bunton f...
🔵 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-JvaRtyQDuPG6L3oAo4lBRmXFNxZMcNs
"What Took You So Long?" is a song by English singer Emma Bunton from her debut solo studio album, A Girl Like Me (2001). It was released on 2 April 2001 as the album's lead single. The song was written by Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis and Dave Morgan.
"What Took You So Long?" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 8 April 2001 with 76,000 copies sold in its first week and remained there for a second week, making it the singer's first and only number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single also topped the charts in New Zealand and Scotland while reaching the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, Ireland and Romania.
The music video for the single was directed by Greg Masuak and shot on 10 and 11 February 2001 in the Mojave Desert in California. One of the B-sides, "(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind", was previously featured on the soundtrack to Pokémon: The First Movie in 1999.
🔵 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-JvaRtyQDuPG6L3oAo4lBRmXFNxZMcNs
"What Took You So Long?" is a song by English singer Emma Bunton from her debut solo studio album, A Girl Like Me (2001). It was released on 2 April 2001 as the album's lead single. The song was written by Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis and Dave Morgan.
"What Took You So Long?" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 8 April 2001 with 76,000 copies sold in its first week and remained there for a second week, making it the singer's first and only number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single also topped the charts in New Zealand and Scotland while reaching the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, Ireland and Romania.
The music video for the single was directed by Greg Masuak and shot on 10 and 11 February 2001 in the Mojave Desert in California. One of the B-sides, "(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind", was previously featured on the soundtrack to Pokémon: The First Movie in 1999.
Music video by Emma Bunton performing What Took You So Long. (P) 2001 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
#EmmaBunton #WhatTookYouSoLong #Vevo
Melanie C feat. Emma Bunton - I Know Him So Well
▶ NOW available on iTunes for just £0.59 / €0.69 / $0.69 at http://itun.es/i6Dt6LW
▶ Taken from the album 'Stages' which is out now, see http://www.melaniec.net/stages for previews of all tracks and order links :)
Melanie and Emma recording 'I Know Him So Well' together with Peter-John Vettese.
More information at:
http://www.melaniec.net
http://www.facebook.com/melaniecmusic
http://www.twitter.com/melaniecmusic
Music video by Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton performing What I Am (feat. Emma Bunton). (P) 1999 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
We've made it to our first Christmas episode. Here are some songs for the holiday to keep you company. Thanks for all the love and support, characters. Happy Holidays!
#comedy #podcast #music #joeljimenez #shapellacey
🔵 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-JvaRtyQDuPG6L3oAo4lBRmXFNxZMcNs
"What Took You So Long?" is a song by English singer Emma Bunton from her debut solo studio album, A Girl Like Me (2001). It was released on 2 April 2001 as the album's lead single. The song was written by Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis and Dave Morgan.
"What Took You So Long?" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 8 April 2001 with 76,000 copies sold in its first week and remained there for a second week, making it the singer's first and only number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single also topped the charts in New Zealand and Scotland while reaching the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, Ireland and Romania.
The music video for the single was directed by Greg Masuak and shot on 10 and 11 February 2001 in the Mojave Desert in California. One of the B-sides, "(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind", was previously featured on the soundtrack to Pokémon: The First Movie in 1999.
Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop singer. She is best known as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls formed in the 1990s. Bunton is known as Baby Spice as she is the youngest member in the group. In 2009 she began as a radio presenter on the Heart Breakfast show in London with Jamie Theakston and presenting her own show on Saturday between 5 and 7 pm.
Bunton's debut solo album, A Girl Like Me, was released in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2001 by Virgin Records. The album debuted and peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. It was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies, ultimately becoming the 147th best-selling album in the UK for 2001. The album brought the UK and New Zealand No. 1 single "What Took You So Long?" as well as top five hits "What I Am" and "Take My Breath Away" and the top 20 hit "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight".