# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melanie-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:41:51.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melanie-thornton"
name: "Melanie Thornton"
slug: "melanie-thornton"
description: "Melanie Janene Thornton was an American singer-songwriter. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, she first gained recognition as a session singer after relocating to Germany to pursue a music career. Her work attracted the attention of production team Ulli Brenner and Gerd Amir Saraf, who enlisted her vocals on the songs \"Sweet Dreams\" and \"Tonight Is the Night\". After being signed to MCI Records by German record producer Frank Farian, she formed a music duo called La Bouche with Lane McCray. The duo released their debut album Sweet Dreams in June 1995, which spawned the top-charting US Billboard Hot 100 singles \"Sweet Dreams\" and \"Be My Lover\". She departed from La Bouche after the release of their less-successful second album A Moment of Love (1997) to pursue a solo career, respectively."
tagline: "American singer (1967–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melanie_Thornton_at_Leipzig%2C_Germany%2C_November_2001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-05-13"
deathDate: "2001-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.68
  momentum:             0.1539514197742046
  historical:           24.030248
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1552276/"
    handle:    "nm1552276"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "2apYMRrg5FxN4go0pfsCvf"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.melaniethornton.de"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميلاني ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميلانى ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মেলানি থর্নটন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melanie Thornton"
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    title: "Melanie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melanie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melanie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melanie Thornton"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melanie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Thornton"
    title: "Melanie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Thornton"
    title: "Melanie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Торнтон, Мелани Джанин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Thornton"
    title: "Melanie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Thorntonov%C3%A1"
    title: "Melanie Thorntonová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melanie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melanie Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235243"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump