EMMA Bunton suffered an embarrassing chart flop yesterday when her album limped in at No65.

The former Spice Girl’s record label had hoped the publicity over her appearance on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing would help resurrect her pop career.

But when the charts were announced, it was revealed that Life In Mono only sold around 12,000 copies.

A source said: “It’s a very poor performance for Emma’s record.

“She was popular on Strictly Come Dancing because people like her but they don’t want to buy her record.

“Her management spent a fortune on ads and she did interviews to promote the album — but it flopped.”

Emma, 30, narrowly beat EastEnders star Louisa Lytton in a public vote to stay on the show on Saturday.

It means Emma, Matt Dawson and Mark Ramprakash remain to battle for the crown.

Actress Louisa, who plays Albert Square’s Ruby Allen, broke down in tears when she was voted off. The 17-year-old said: “I lived every little girl’s dream out there.”