Spice Girls

Artist

Capricorn

The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award-winning English pop girl group formed in 1994. They consist of Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm. According to the BBC, they are the best-selling girl group of all time.[1][2][3][4]

They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe", in 1996. The song spent seven weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming number one in 31 countries and helped establish the group as an "global phenomenon".[5][6] The Spice Girls have sold more than 55 million records worldwide[5] with only three albums (the first two with Geri), landing them the title for fastest-selling girl group ever. The demand for their first two albums was unprecedented, making them the most successful British band since the Beatles.[7][8] Their first album, Spice, sold more than 23 million copies worldwide[9][10][11], ranked #41 in the list of 100 Most Successful Albums in music history, become the best-selling album by a female group of the all time. Measures of their success include international record sales, a 2007/2008 reunion tour, merchandising, record breaking achievements such as "Wannabe" becoming the biggest single released by a female group and iconic symbolism such as the union jack dress, "Girl Power", and their nicknames.

Under the guidance of their long time mentor and manager Simon Fuller, the group embraced merchandising and became a regular feature of the British press. Each member of the group was given an alias by Top of the Pops Magazine in 1996, which were adopted by the group and media alike. According to biographer David Sinclair, "Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh and Sporty were the most widely recognized group of individuals since John, Paul, George and Ringo." [12] In 1997, the Spice Girls released a movie called Spice World.

In May 1998, Geri Halliwell left the group in the middle of numerous rumors. The four remaining members released the third album, but went their separate ways in 2001 to focus on solo careers. On 28 June 2007 all five re-formed before the launch of their Reunion Tour in December, alongside the release of their Greatest Hits album. In December 2007 a new official documentary Giving You Everything aired on various television networks around the globe, the documentary showed the group talking frank about their rise to fame and the current reunion. In February 2008, the Spice Girls announced that they were ending their tour in Toronto on 26 February 2008.