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Spice Girls
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The Spice Girls are a British girl group, put together in London in 1994. The management company Heart Management placed an advertisement in the trade paper The Stage and held auditions for a girl group that was to compete with the British boy bands. After a change, there were five singers: Geri Halliwell, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Victoria Adams, later Beckham. With more than 100 million records sold, they are regarded as the best-selling girl group ever.
Music and breakthrough
In 1995 the five broke away from their creators, chose Simon Fuller as manager and signed with Virgin. In July 1996 Wannabe was released in England, written by the group with the producers Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard. According to Mel B the song was finished in half an hour. Wannabe is a pop song with a rapped passage just before the last chorus and the invented word 'zigazig-ah' at the end of the chorus. It spent seven weeks at number 1 in England, also became number 1 in the Netherlands and in 1997 spent four weeks at number 1 in the United States. The debut album Spice (1996) sold more than 23 million copies worldwide. In 1997 came the album Spiceworld and the film Spice World.
Influence
The group had a slogan, girl power, and a nickname for each member: Ginger, Scary, Baby, Sporty and Posh. In this way the band became a brand with dolls, soft drinks and clothing. In May 1998 Halliwell left. Reunions followed later, including at the closing ceremony of the London Olympic Games in 2012.
Listening
Wannabe · Spice Girls, 1996Apple Music ↗
Discography
Studio albums
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The Spice Girls were put together in 1994 through auditions after an advertisement, and became a brand.