Justin Bieber: 23 facts you might not know about the 'Hold On' hitmaker. The Spice Girls might have only released 11 singles including two double A-sides , and released three studio albums; but nine of the Spice Girls' songs and two of their albums went to Number 1 in the UK, firmly rooting them a place in pop history.
Here are our Top 5 favourite Spice Girls songs. According to reports, it was written by the group and two songwriters VERY quickly, during their first professional songwriting session together. It was apparently recorded in less than an hour! Watch the music video, which was filmed in ONE take below. Four months after the success of their debut single 'Wannabe', the Spice Girls released their second single 'Say You'll Be There', which also went to Number 1.
Although it didn't sell as many copies as 'Wannabe', the single did go platinum in both the UK and US. Continuing the success of the Spice Girls, they released '2 Become 1' in December and it became the first of their three Christmas Number 1s in the UK. Moving away from their upbeat pop, '2 Become 1' was a slow pop ballad, which sold over 1,,, certifying it 2x Platinum in the UK. According to reports, songwriter Matt Rowe credited Mel B - who is famously close with her mum, Andrea Brown - as the one who came up with the song's concept.
Recorded at the same time the Spice Girls were working on their film Spice World, 'Spice Up Your Life' was a dance-pop track with some Latin influences, including salsa and samba. The girls' fifth single went Platinum in the UK selling , copies and stayed at the top for two weeks. Released in July , 'Viva Forever' was released just months after Geri Halliwell left the group in May of the same year. Despite Geri leaving, the remaining four members went on to perform as a quartet and even performed an adapted version of the song with opera singer Pavarotti, at his charity event Pavarotti and Friends.
The very unusual video see the girls including Geri as fairies. Achieving this amazing feat, the girls became the first act to have three consecutive Christmas Number 1s since The Beatles in After a break of two years, the girls returned with another double A-side, and yet another Number 1 single! The Spice Girls released 11 singles in total, as well as the nine singles that hit the top spot.
The songs that didn't reach Number 1 were, 'Stop' in , which peaked at Number 2, and 'Headlines Friendship Never Ends ' when they reunited in The Spice Girls formed in after replying to an advert posted in a trade magazine looking for singers and dancers.
In November , the debut album from the Spice Girls 'Spice' was released. Moving away from their upbeat pop, '2 Become 1' was a slow pop ballad, which sold over 1,, copies, certifying it 2x Platinum in the UK. As before, it was incredibly popular and went to Number 1 around the world, selling over 1. In , Spice World the film was released. The girls promoted their film at the annual Cannes film festival held in the South of France.
The film starred all five members of the group along with Richard E. The girls' fifth single went Platinum, selling , copies and stayed at the top for two weeks.
In May , Geri left the Spice Girls. In a statement released through her solicitor, she said, "Sadly I would like to confirm that I 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. The girls became the first act to have three consecutive Christmas Number 1s since The Beatles in The Spice Girls took to the road on their 'Spiceworld' Tour.
They also picked up, the Outstanding Contribution Award in In France, the film was seen by over , people during the first two weeks of its release. The Movie broke the record for the highest-ever weekend debut for a film, at the time, during the Superbowl weekend in the U.
The Official Spice Girls dolls became a huge hit with consumers during the Christmas period in and throughout selling over 11 million dolls. This feat made them one of the fastest selling acts of all time. The group broke the record for the fastest selling ticket sales for their show at Madison Square Garden in New York, selling over 1, tickers per minute. The Spiceworld Tour is the highest-grossing girl group tour of all time. The U. Video Film Charts for 4 consecutive weeks, selling 55, copies in just one day and over , during its first week on sale.
Spice Girls became the first female act to sell out a headline tour at Wembley Stadium and remain the only girl group in music history to sell out Wembley Stadium. The group performed two concerts in September, and played to over , fans across two consecutive nights. The Beatles and the Spice Girls remain the only music acts to have achieved a hat trick of Christmas 1 singles.
In December, the Spice Girls achieved the most UK number one singles in the shortest amount of time in just 2 years and 5 months, with 8 of their single reaching the top of the UK singles charts. Spice Girls were the most successful British female act on the Canadian singles chart during claiming the top selling British single by a female act as well as claiming the top selling British group single for and Spice Girls were the top selling British group of and in Australia and also had the top selling British album of both and They also achieved the most top 10 hits by a girl group in with three and in with four.
Spice Girls were the best selling global act of and By the end of , Spiceworld was the top selling girl group album in the world and was the best selling British album in the United States, Canada, Australia, Holland, Switzerland and Europe.
They were the best selling singles act of and and the second best selling singles act of behind Elton John. Items ranged from posters, calendars, books, key rings, coffee cups, bags, jackets, T-shirts, pencil cases and more. Spice Girls had the best selling girl group single in Italy for four consecutive years in a row with Wannabe Spice Up Your Life Viva Forever and Goodbye Holler was the 2nd best selling girl group single of and Headlines was the best selling girl group single of Eight of the Spice Girls singles appear in the top 15 best selling girl group singles of all time in the UK; more than any other female group.
Spice Girls had the most platinum and multi-million selling singles in the UK during the s and the 20th century; which made them the most successful artist on the British singles chart during the decade.
Spice Girls are just one of five artists in UK chart history to have achieved a total of 4 1 singles in just a year. Every Spice Girls single, released from to , topped the charts in Poland and the Philippines, which gave the group a total of 10 number one hits.
Spice Girls had a total of 9 1 hits on the singles chart in Brazil; making them the best selling girl group as well as the 4th best selling British act of all time. Spice Girls were the most successful British act of the s in France. Spice Girls are the only girl group in music history to win the BRIT Awards across 3 consecutive decades during the s, s and s, winning a total of five awards.
Over 1 million fans in the UK registered for tickets for the Spice Girls reunion concert in London which sold out in a staggering 38 seconds; making it the fastest-selling concert in 02 Arena history up until The album topped the charts in Australia and reached the Top 10 in several countries worldwide, including the UK, Brazil and Argentina.
The group have sold over 8. To date, they have sold the most records with the fewest single releases. Spice Girls are the 13th most certified British selling album act in the United States, with a total of The Spice Girls performance at the London Olympics Closing Ceremony in was the most tweeted moment during the games with the performance producing over , tweets per minute.
In , Spiceworld: The Movie was re released and shown across UK cinemas for one night only to celebrate its 20th Anniversary! The Spice Girls broke the Ticketmaster record with millions digitally queuing for tickets.
Spice Girls became the first ever girl group to achieve six chart entries simultaneously on the Irish charts. In total, the Spice Girls performed to over , fans across 3 nights. The tour became the highest grossing girl group tour of the year and the decade and is also the highest grossing girl group tour of the century so far. The Spice Girls are the first girl group to have all of their singles from their first two albums reach Platinum in the UK. The group also reached over 1 billion streams on the music streaming platform.
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