Spice Girls
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| Years active | 1996–2000 |
| Members | Victoria Beckham Melanie Brown Emma Bunton Melanie Chisholm Geri Halliwell (1993-1998) |
The Spice Girls are a girl group formed in London, UK. They are currently the biggest-selling all-female group in history, with combined album and single sales of over 75 million.
History
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Spice
On July 8, 1996, the Spice Girls released their debut single Wannabe in the United Kingdom. In the weeks leading up to the release, the video for Wannabe, (directed by Jhoan Camitz and shot in April at St Pancras Station in London), had dominated the music channels. For instance, it was being played more than 70 times a week on The Box. Wannabe entered the Top 40 Singles chart at an impressive #3, and moved up to the top spot the week after entering the charts, and it stayed there for seven weeks. Wannabe sold 1,269,841 copies in the UK alone and was the second biggest selling song in Great Britain of 1996 (second only to The Fugees' Killing Me Softly). The song was certified platinum and went on to sell over 6 million copies worldwide, topping the charts in 31 countries (including United States, Canada and Australia). Wannabe was not only the biggest selling debut single of all time, but it was the best selling single ever by an all female group.
Shortly after the success of Wannabe, the Spice Girls were featured in Top Of The Pops magazine where the readers wrote in suggesting nicknames for each member of the group. Melanie B was nicknamed "Scary Spice", Geri was "Ginger", Emma was "Baby Spice", Melanie C was "Sporty Spice" and Victoria became "Posh Spice". These names really caught the public's and the media's imagination. To this day, each of the girls are still remembered as their respective names. Melanie Brown became "Scary" because of her outrageous and wild look. Geri Halliwell was originally called "Sexy" because of her previous experience in topless modeling work. Shortly before the release of Spiceworld, her nickname was changed to "Ginger" for her ginger colored hair. Emma Bunton became "Baby" for her pigtails and babydoll dresses, not to mention being the youngest of the girls. Victoria Beckham became "Posh" for her sense of style and pouting model look. Melanie Chisholm became "Sporty" for her athletic dress and actions, particularly doing a back flip in the video for Wannabe. Many people might think these 'images' were pre-made by the management, but that isn't necessarily so. All the girls have always said that was just who they were. Victoria Beckham mentioned plenty of instances in her autobiography of how she remembers them acting and looking just that way even before they were signed.
Whilst their debut single was still positioned at #1, the girls travelled to the Mojave Desert in September 1996 to shoot the video for their follow up single, Say You'll Be There with director Vaughan Arnell. The video was a lot more expensive than their first, and was made with state of the art technology. In the video, the girls all adopted different characters. Melanie C became "Katrina Highkick", Geri became "Trixie Firecracker", Emma became "Kung Fu Candy", Victoria became "Midnight Miss Suki" and Melanie B became "Blazin Bad Zula". On its release on 14th October 1996, the single shot straight in at the top of the charts, staying there for two weeks. The track cemented the fact the Spice Girls were now a force to be reckoned with and proved they were no one hit wonders. In total, the song sold 930,000 copies in Britain alone and was certified platinum, making it the 4th biggest selling single of 1996 (behind The Fugees' Killing Me Softly, Wannabe, and Babylon Zoo's Spaceman).
Towards the end of 1996, interest in the Spice Girls had reached fever pitch. Europe had not seen anything like this since Beatlemania. Hot on the tails of Say You'll Be There, the group released their debut album in Britain on November 4th 1996. Even before its release, the album was already breaking records. Spice was certified silver by the BPI after it had received the most advance orders on record, selling over 60,000 copies before its official release date. When the album did hit the shops, it instantly went to number one and retailers struggled to keep up with demand for the album.
In just seven weeks, the album sold an unprecedented 1.8 million copies in Britain alone and was already certified six times platinum, making it the third biggest selling album of the year behind Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (2 million copies sold) and (What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis (1.9 million copies). In total, Spice spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at #1 and an astonishing eight months inside the top five (without leaving it), making it the fastest selling debut album of all time in Britain. Throughout the following year, sales remained very high in Britain and Spice again became the third biggest selling album of 1997 with recorded sales of 1.23 million. The album was beaten only by Oasis' Be Here Now (1.5 million) and The Verve's Urban Hymns (1.32 million). Spice entered the record books as the third biggest selling album of the 1990's in the UK. It remains one of the biggest selling albums of all time in British recording history, selling a total of 3 million copies.
Interest in the group wasn't a localized affair – the group had become a truly global phenomenon. Spice topped the album charts in practically every major music market in the world, including Britain, America, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Japan, Brazil, and New Zealand. By the end of 1997, Spice had been certified eight times platinum by the IFPI [1] for sales of over 8 million copies in Europe alone. Of these, 3 million had been sold in Britain (10x Platinum), over 1 million in France [2] (3x Platinum), and nearly 700,000 in Germany (2x Platinum). In Europe, Spice is still the second biggest selling album of the last decade (1996-2006) behind Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love, which is certified 9x Platinum (ie. 9 million shipments).
Outside of Europe, sales were just as strong. In the USA, Spice sold over 7 million copies.[3]. In Canada, the album went ten times platinum and received the prestigious Diamond Award for sales of over 1 million copies [4]. In Australia, the album went six times platinum and remains one of the biggest ever selling international albums with sales of more than 450,000 copies [5]. The total worldwide sales for Spice now stand at more than 23 million, making it the biggest selling album by an all female group ever and one of the biggest selling debut albums of all time.
With the astronomical interest and success of Spice, the group released their third single of the year, and their second in just two months. To prove they weren't a one trick pony, the '"Fab Five" decided to slow things down with the pop ballad 2 Become 1. Written with long time Spice Girls collaborators Matt & Biff, the track carries a safe sex message ("Be a little bit wiser, baby: put it on, put it on"), encouraging people to use appropriate precautions when they make love. Melanie B, in typically blunt fashion, described the song as "basically a love song, but it's got a message – make sure you put a condom on if you're going to have sex! We all think that's very important!". 2 Become 1 did have a bit of controversy outside of the blunt sexuality. The original recording had Geri singing "Boys and girls go good together" but around the time it was chosen as a single, the girls worried such a line might alienate their growing gay fan base. The line was rerecorded, this time with Victoria singing "Love will bring us back together" (Geri had originally had a lot of trouble hitting the notes so it was easier to have Victoria sing it).
Released on 16th December 1996, 2 Become 1 became the fastest selling single of the year in Britain selling over 50,000 copies on its first day of release and over 500,000 copies by Christmas Day. Topping the chart for three weeks, the song became their second million seller, shifting a total of 1,072,073 copies in total. Despite only being on sale for two weeks, it became the 10th biggest selling single of 1996 in Britain. 2 Become 1 was the groups first of three Christmas #1 singles, and was joined at the top of the festive chart by Spice, which also topped the album chart that week.
Spiceworld
In October 1997, Spice Up Your Life was released internationally as the first single from their forthcoming second album. Due to the lag between UK and US single releases, Americans did not understand why the music industry was touting the song as the group's "return" since it hit the airwaves while 2 Become 1 was still quite popular in the US. The original release date was moved forward by a week to have a better chance of displacing Elton John's Candle in the Wind 1997 from #1. The single succeeded in doing so upon release.
Spice Up Your Life was an international hit, becoming yet another UK #1 for the group. However, it peaked quite quickly on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 18, and did not succeed in the United States on the level of their previous releases. Despite this, the song did show some evolution in the group's style, with a Latin/samba feel not much heard in any of their previous songs (with the possible exception of If U Can't Dance). [6]
The ballad Too Much became the girls' second Christmas #1 single in the UK. It peaked at number nine in the US and received an extensive amount of airplay, however as with its predecessor, it did not receive the massive airplay that Spice's singles had acquired. Unlike its four predecessors, Too Much was unable to reach number one in Canada, peaking at an unexpectedly low number nine, and halting the girls' consecutive number-ones run in the country. Despite this, they were the first international girl group to have their first four singles make number one in Canada. It also peaked at number seven in Australia. The song eventually became the 26th best-selling single of the 1990's decade. [7]
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The Spice Girls' second album, Spiceworld, was released on November 3 1997. Despite selling seven million copies in only two weeks (the highest ever for a second release in two weeks), it only reached number three on the Billboard 200. It was not as successful as Spice in the UK, topping the United Kingdom charts for only three weeks, when Spice had managed fifteen. Although they were still global superstars, Spiceworld was a less successful follow-up with diminished sales and chart positions. However, the album did produce one unexpected result: their very own movie, which was released in mid-January 1998. The film's tone and humor was in the same vein as some of The Beatles' films, a similarity deliberately played on by director Bob Spiers (the director of The Goodies, Fawlty Towers, and Absolutely Fabulous among other notable British comedy successes). Although a commercial success, critics didn't like the film, and this led to the girls winning a Golden Raspberry Award each for their efforts. They hold a world record documented in the Guinness Book of Records for receiving the most "Razzies" (five) at one time.
On November 7 1997, they fired their manager Simon Fuller. According to their various autobiographies it was mainly Geri and Melanie B who made the push. All the girls agreed Simon had been too controlling by not letting them see their families and creating conflict amongst them to win their agreement with decisions they originally did not like. The girls soon found they had quite a load to take on and it wasn't easy for them. They each divided up the various parts of 'managing' themselves (tour setup, financials, legalities, promotion plans, etc), however the stress soon got to them and fights broke out.
In early 1998, Stop, the third single from Spiceworld, was released as their least successful song in terms of chart performance. It peaked at number sixteen in the U.S. and quickly dropped out of the top forty of the airplay charts with very minimal radio airplay. It entered the U.K. charts at number two, behind the million-selling single, It's Like That by Run DMC versus Jason Nevins. It became their first single to fail to top the U.K. charts, ending their run at six number 1's, despite this being their only single that incorporated a dance routine. Stop was the second Spice Girls song not to reach number one in Canada, peaking six positions higher than Too Much at number three, and debuted and peaked at number five in Australia. It was also their first song that did not make it into the top one-hundred best-selling songs of the 1990's decade.
5 Become 4
Geri Halliwell announced her resignation from the group shortly before the release of Viva Forever. Halliwell claimed she was exhausted by the constant schedule, and wanted to pursue a solo career. However, rumors persist that she had a falling out with one of the girls (usually rumored to be Melanie B). This has never been confirmed, although it's hinted at in a few autobiographies. The split came as a huge shock to fans.
Halliwell claims she and the band agreed that she would leave after the completion of the American Tour which began in June 1998. This claim was later dismissed by the other girls who claimed no such agreement had ever been struck. In any case, events quickly spun out of control when she missed concerts in Oslo, due to what was claimed at the time to be gastroenteritis. The final strike came when the girls were due to appear on the U.K's lottery (the National Lottery). When only four girls showed up, a media frenzy quickly followed suit. This stirred "Geri Quits" headlines in newspapers all over the world. On the eve of their American Tour, May 30 1998, the Spice Girls and Halliwell confirmed her departure from the group.
Here is some of the statement read by Halliwell's solicitor:
"Sadly I would like to confirm that I (Geri Halliwell) have left the Spice Girls. This is because of differences between us. I'm sure the group will continue to be successful and I wish them all the best. P.S.: I'll be back."
Here is some of the statement read by the Spice Girls solicitor:
"We are upset and saddened by Geri's departure but we are very supportive in whatever she decides is right for her. The Spice Girls are here to stay. We will see you at the stadiums... friendship never ends."
Posh Spice, Victoria Beckham, later said: "If Geri walked through the door now we would all be like 'Hello.' It would be like friends meeting up. It's not nasty, we've all said that. We all love each other and we all love Geri." Melanie Chisolm later added: "But as a group we are now happier than we've ever been. Geri will always be a Spice Girl, but as a a group we are a four piece."
The chaos created by Geri Halliwell's departure threw much of the groups plans into disarray. For example, it was confirmed by the group that they were planning to release a live album ("We've shown everyone we can do the business on stage, so now we want to do a live album for fans"), rumoured to be from their performances at Wembly Stadium. However, a triple disc of live material recorded at the Birmingham leg of the Spiceworld Tour on May 3rd 1998 was in circulation after the gig was broadcast live on BBC Radio 1 and was rumoured as being mastered for release.
The majority of new material recorded in 1998 never surfaced. The group went back into the recording studio early that year with long time collaborators Richard Stannard and Matt Rowe at Dublin's Windmill Lane Studios, but much of the material remains unused. In June 1998, Melanie B confirmed: "For our third album, which will be out next year (1999), we're writing a lot of duets and solo stuff so people can actually hear how strong our vocals are." Of that material, tracks included the covers of Sister Sledge's We Are Family and the Aretha Franklin/The Eurythmics classic Sisters (Are Doing It For Themselves), both of which were performed live on the Spiceworld Tour.
Another rumor of what was planned was a cartoon movie and series by Disney. But once Geri left, the plans again fell through.
The first single released by the group after Geri's departure was the track Viva Forever taken from the Spiceworld album. The video for the single was made before Geri's departure and features the girls in animated form – a decision made because there was no time to produce a video due to the heavy world tour schedule. Originally planned as a double A-side with Never Give Up On The Good Times, the idea was dropped for several reasons, mainly due to time restraints (since there was no time to re-record and edit out Geri's vocals or make a video for Never Give Up On The Good Times). The track was released in Britain on 20th July 1998, and became the groups 7th UK chart topper, selling 277,911 copies in its first week and going on to shift 623,000 copies, certifying it platinum and making it the 13th biggest selling song of 1998.
Further recording sessions took place that summer in America in between performances on the North American leg of the world tour. The main fruit of their American labours was the song Goodbye, which was released in Britain at Christmas 1998 and became the group's third consecutive Christmas number one single, equalling the record set by The Beatles three decades before. The song title suggested it would be the last the world would hear from the Spice Girls, but it quickly became apparent that the track was a tribute to Geri rather than a swansong. Goodbye went on to be certified platinum, selling 833,500 copies in the UK, and was ranked the 8th biggest selling single of 1998 despite only being on sale for two weeks. In America, it peaked at #11 on the Hot 100 Chart and was certified gold, for shipments of 500,000. In Canada, it became the group's most successful ever single, spending a massive sixteen weeks at #1 and being certified double platinum for shipments of 200,000, ranking it as the third most successful song of the 1990's in Canada. The video went on to become a TRL and MuchMusic regular, but barely received any other video play. [8]
The summer of 1998 also featured other recordings. The group was strongly linked with Blackstreet and Johnny Cash over the recording of “Girlfriend/Boyfriend” for the South Park soundtrack, which was eventually re-recorded and re-worked by Janet Jackson after producer Teddy Riley was dissatisfied with the groups efforts. They also featured on Elton John and Tim Rice's concept album of their musical Aida with the track My Strongest Suit. But, in September 1998 the decision was taken to shelve most of the material recorded throughout the year and to start again. Enter Rodney Jerkins...
Forever
In August 1999, the Spice Girls began work again on their third studio album. Together with Richard Stannard and Matt Rowe, the girls began writing for the album at the world famous Abbey Road Studios in London. Several tracks emerged, including the songs Treasure, Go, Go, Go, Overnight and W.O.M.A.N – but none of the tracks made it onto the final album and none, with the exception of W.O.M.A.N – which was performed live on the Christmas In Spice World UK Tour in 1999, have been heard. The group also worked with Elliot Kennedy (Say You'll Be There, Love Thing) at the Steelworks Studios in Sheffield in mid-August, and the main track to emerge was Right Back At Ya – which was showcased in the Christmas tour and eventually made it onto the third album.
Wednesday 25th August is a fateful day in Spice history – it marked the beginning of the end. That day the group returned to London and began work with American R&B producer, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins – who had previously worked with Whitney Houston, Brandy, Aaliyah, Michael Jackson and Toni Braxton – at the Whitfield Street Studios. Eager to develop their sound and image the group, reportedly driven by Melanie B, wanted a more American and urban edge in a desire to stay fresh and connect with a maturing fanbase. Whoever was the driving force the girls all agreed on one thing in later interviews and their autobiographies: their hearts just weren't into the project.
The tracks that emerged included the songs Holler, Let Love Lead The Way and Weekend Love, all of which made it onto the final cut. On September 21st, the girls returned to the Whitfield Street Studios, this time to hook up with legendary productions team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the men who turned Prince and Janet Jackson into global megastars and who had worked with the likes of Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Usher and Mary J. Blige. The result was the two most critically acclaimed tracks on the album, the disco kitsch If You Wanna Have Some Fun and haunting Oxygen.
In September, work on Third Time Around (the working title for the album) ceased; Melanie C embarked on a solo tour in an effort to boost her solo album, Northern Star's, disappointing sales. Both Emma Bunton and Melanie B began recording their solo material. It wasn't until April 10th 2000, seven months after the London Sessions and nearly two years since Geri's departure, that work resumed on the album at the Hit Factory in Miami, USA. Tell Me Why, Get Down With Me and Time Goes By were all written with Darkchild – but Melanie C isn't featured on the writing credits. At the time she was still concentrating on her solo career so the material was written without her and she put her vocals on afterwards. The shape of the new album was now taking place and the group decided that the material recorded with Matt & Biff the previous year would be shelved because it didn't fit in with the R&B dominated material they had recorded with Darkchild and Jam & Lewis. The only song to survive to cull was Right Back At Ya – but only after it was heavily remixed by Darkchild, something which original producer Elliot Kennedy found very insulting. They had turned one of the best pop tracks he had ever done and turned it into a "plodding, boring, bottom drawer R&B song", in his opinion.
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Now that the pop tracks had been taken off the newly named Forever (a contest was held on the Spice Girls' official web site to decide the name. Forever didn't win but was chosen anyway), the girls needed to record more material to bolster the album. On July 17th they returned to Whitfield Street Studios and recorded Wasting My Time with Fred Jerkins (which doesn't feature vocals by Melanie B or writing credits by Victoria) and they remixed Right Back At Ya. After more than two years of recording, writing, line up changes, world tours and solo careers the ill-fated third album was completed.
The album was met with a lukewarm response in the U.K., debuting at number two, behind the second album by Westlife, and dropped out of the top ten the following week. It did sell better than was expected in the U.K., however, but was not successful on a worldwide basis. It peaked at #39 in the United States, achieving only a fraction of its predecessors sales. Many blame the poor performance of the album in the U.S. on there being no lead single released to promote it. However, a promotional CD was released to U.S. radio stations for Holler, but it only managed to reach number seven on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart (translating as #107, if it was officially released). Geri Halliwell's departure seemed to have ended the prospects of a huge comeback with the third album.
However, the girls made one last attempt at resurrecting their career in the UK with the single Holler, a much more urban and soulful offering than any of their previous songs. In the UK Holler was released with the ballad, Let Love Lead The Way, as a double A-side. It topped the U.K. charts for a week in 2000, giving them nine number-ones in total. [9]
Subsequently, although there was talk about releasing a second single from Forever (Tell Me Why), the four of them questioned their time as a group. With ever-increasing possibilities of solo projects in front of them, the girls decided that it would be best if they finally went their separate ways. Although there was no official break-up, they're generally thought of as having done so, though for some reason they were reluctant to announce this.
Spice Girls' Future
Members of the group have stated that they do not see any future for the Spice Girls, but the group has never formally split up. Each member has released solo albums with varying degrees of commercial success, although not nearly in the same class as their group efforts. Each of the girls' solo popularity has waned over the past several years.
As their layoff extends, speculation grows that the group will not perform or record again. In January 2003, a meeting between all five members spawned rumours of a reunion, but no announcements have been made. To date, such rumours still circulate, as well as, more recently, speculation about a possible Spice Girls greatest hits album and/or reunion tour. Towards the end of 2003, the Spice Girls were featured on an episode of VH1's Behind the Music, which implied that such rumours might end up coming true sometime in the future.
In May 2005, Mel B stated in an interview in Britain that the Spice Girls were going to reunite in 2006 to mark the tenth anniversary of their first single, Wannabe. Though this was not completely certain, other sources indicated that the four were indeed planning a reunion. In an article on the Top of the Pops website, it was stated that Mel B had been in contact with all of the girls, including Geri, and that all were eager to reunite at some point in the future. A greatest-hits album will definitely be released in 2006. [10]
Rumours of a full reunion intensified as it became known that they wanted to perform together at the Live 8 concert. This was confirmed when organisers excluded them from the schedule. According to the Daily Mirror, organisers were quoted saying, "their style of music did not fit in with the serious political message about world poverty the transatlantic event hopes to portray". Live Aid founder Bob Geldof, when making the official announcement for the concerts on May 31 2005, said that they were reconsidering allowing the Spice Girls to perform.
The group did not perform at Live 8 due to Melanie B changing her mind a few days before the show citing "Previous work commitments". Though widely rumoured in media and music circles, it is untrue that they are recording any new material according to Melanie C, both on her website and on Anne Robinson's talk show.
Mel C claimed to the Daily Mirror that she will never get back together with the Spice Girls and that the planned greatest-hits will be a "rip-off", as the only new songs would be those which were deemed not good enough to make it on to any of their previous albums.
On December 29 2005 there was a tabloid frenzy when Geri & Victoria were snapped attending the opera and dining out together. The pictures were the first of Geri with any of the girls since 1998.
On January 27 2006, Victoria Beckham denied reports the Spice Girls are set to reform, insisting her meetings with former bandmate Geri Halliwell have been to discuss Halliwell's pregnancy.
She says, "(Geri) came to stay at my house and I've been looking after her a bit. Geri looks amazing, pregnancy suits her.
"She's feeling really good and is really happy.
"But we weren't plotting a reunion. I haven't got that many friends so it was lovely to spend time with Geri."
Aside from the Live 8 rumor, none of the other reunion rumors have been close to true. Every time one girl is seen with one of the other girls, rumors of reunion began flying in the tabloids, although none have ever been true. In February of 2006 David Sinclair, a respected Spice author who is in close contact with their label and people affiliated with them, confirmed there was indeed no plans for a reunion or a greatest hits collection as of now.
Legacy
The huge popularity of the Spice Girls in the 1990's led to the formation and success of many girl groups in the pop/R&B genre. Even though girl groups have existed for a long time, the success of the Spice Girls enlarged and popularized the market. Some of the groups were manufactured, while others were existing girl groups who seized the opportunity. Even though there was a small demise, the genre has remained very popular with girl groups dominating the charts.
The Spice Girls also served as a catalyst for a new form of feminism where women asserted their independence while maintaining their femininity and sensuality which has greatly influenced popular culture during the end of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Discography
For a detailed look at the group's discography (including group and solo sales/chart positions of albums/singles), see Spice Girls discography.
Awards & nominations
Career records and achievements
- Biggest-selling girl group of all time, selling in excess of forty-five million albums with only three LPs released. They have also sold in excess of sixteen million singles.
- First (and only female) act to have their first six singles (Wannabe, Say You'll Be There, 2 Become 1, Who Do You Think You Are/Mama, Spice Up Your Life, and Too Much) make number one on the U.K. charts. (Their run was broken by Stop, which peaked at number two in March 1998.)
- Female group with the most number one singles in the UK (nine); with only ten singles released. (The aforementioned six number-ones plus Viva Forever, Goodbye, and Holler/Let Love Lead The Way.)
- Tied with The Beatles for the most consecutive Christmas number-ones. (2 Become 1, 1996; Too Much, 1997; Goodbye, 1998.) This achievement is documented in the Guinness Book of World Records. [11]
- Tied with ABBA and others, in seventh place for most number-one singles in the U.K., behind Elvis Presley (twenty-one), The Beatles (seventeen), Cliff Richard (fourteen), Westlife (thirteen), The Shadows (twelve) and Madonna (eleven).
- Female group with the most consecutive number-one singles in the U.K. (six).
- Spice is the thirteenth biggest-selling album of all time in the U.K. with over three million copies sold. It topped the charts for fifteen weeks (non-consecutive), the most by a female group in the U.K. [12]
- Wannabe is the biggest-selling single by a female group, with over six million copies sold worldwide. It is also one of the fastest-rising songs by a female group to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and one of the fastest-rising singles by an international act.
- Highest international debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number five with Say You'll Be There. (This record still holds to date.) [13]
- Spiceworld sold seven million copies in just two weeks, the highest sales ever for an LP in fourteen days.
- Credited for starting the revolution in music that got single digit year-olds to beg their parents to purchase mainstream music for them. (This trend is being continued by Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, and Ashlee Simpson among others.)
- Though the group has never won any Grammy Awards, they have won over thirty awards from around the world, including Brit Awards and multiple MTV Video Music Awards.
- Spice Girls Dolls and other merchandise became big sellers worldwide.
References
*Billboard British Top-Ten Debuts — retrieved June 19 2005.
*Spice Girls Discography — retrieved July 10 2005.
*Rate Your Music.com — retrieved July 17 2005.
*Guinness World Records Concert Pages — retrieved July 21 2005.
*VH1: Behind the Music — retrieved September 24 2005.
*All Music Guide.com — retrieved October 2 2005.
*Behind the Scenes look before "Spice" — retrieved October 14 2005.
*Ginger leaves the Spice Girls — retrieved October 14 2005.
*Geri's Preggers — retrieved October 16 2005.