The former "Baby" Spice is back with a gorgeous new album featuring the sounds of the swinging 60s, Brazil and Burt Bacharach-style pop orchestration.

Emma’s solo career has proven to be the most successful of all the Spice Girls and she's aiming to crash the US with this pop masterpiece.  Free Me has already sold more than 125,000 albums in the U.K. and produced four hit singles. For Free Me, Emma returned to her favorite era, the swinging ’60s, channeling such influences as songbirds Dusty Springfield and Petula Clark, songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Motown and the sultry sounds of Brazilian pop singer Astrud Gilberto. She also took charge co-writing 11 of the 12 songs on the album, while collaborating with the likes of U.K. hit singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis and Zero 7’s Henry Binns.

The first single "Free Me" peaked at #4 on Billboard’s Dance Chart and the video had record streams on AOL, iTunes and other internet outlets. The ‘60s pop kitsch of the second single “Maybe?? features a choreographed dance scene that mirrors Emma’s interest in Broadway classics like Chicago and Sweet Charity. "Maybe?? was released in late December and was recently added to VH-1. Originally covered in the ‘60s by Astrud Gilberto and co-written by Marcos Valle, “Crickets Sing for Anamaria,?? is a Brazilian samba that celebrates sexual ardor. With more sugar-coated pop songs like “Tomorrow,?? “Breathing?? and “No Sign of Life?? that are reminiscent of the brassy, sophisticated pop of Bacharach/David, Emma is evoking the grandeur of singers like Dionne Warwick and Shirley Bassey. The spice seems to be just right for Emma’s second act in America to be every bit as successful as her first one.