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| The Spice Girls burst onto the pop scene in June of '96 with their smash hit single "Wannabe." The female quintet consisted of leader and eldest member Geri/Ginger Spice (born Geraldine Halliwell on Aug. 18, 1972 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England), Mel C/Sporty Spice (born |
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The Spice Girls burst onto the pop scene in June of '96 with their smash hit single "Wannabe." The female quintet consisted of leader and eldest member Geri/Ginger Spice (born Geraldine Halliwell on Aug. 18, 1972 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England), Mel C/Sporty Spice (born Melanie Jayne Chisholm on Jan. 12, 1974 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England), Posh Spice (born Victoria Adams on Apr. 17, 1975 in Goff's Oak, Hertfordshire, England), Mel b/Scary Spice (born Melanie Janine Brown on May 29, 1975 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England), and Baby Spice (born Emma Lee Bunton on Jan. 21, 1976 in Barnet, England).
In late of '93 all five girls moved in together and started writing potential demo songs. In '95 they caught the ear of future manager Simon Fuller(creator of Pop Idol and American Idol) who would get them a record deal with Virgin records. Although the album was released in the UK in '96, the US had their first taste in February of '97 when their first single "Wannabe" sky-rocketed to the number one spot in just four weeks. A month or so later the group became the first UK act to enter the billboard charts at number one with their debut album Spice. Their follow-up singles, "Say You'll be There" and ª become 1", also reached the top of the charts around the world. Without a doubt Spice and Spice World where their most successful albums. The Spice Girls where untouchable, men wanted them and girls wanted to be them. In the late '90's girls were chanting "Girl Power." The five-some made it clear that they were independent and that no man would run their lives.
When Geri's nude pictures were found by the media the girls remained close. It's in late '97 when things started getting out of hand. They dropped their manager Simon Fuller shortly before their much anticipated film debut Spice World(released Dec. 26, 1997). By this time, their sophomore album "Spice World" was out but stayed put on the number three spot. "Spice Up Your Life" and "Too Much" where chart-toppers in various countries including the US. Their third single, "Stop", didn't do well as expected. In May of '98 the future of the group was at stake when leader, Geri, announced that she had left the group.
Their fourth and first single without Geri, "Viva Forever", proved that they could still function without a leader. They left Geri's vocals in the song and the animated video had all five girls in it. Since it was the last single on that record they all began experimenting with solo careers.
In the year 2000, their last and first album without Geri entitled Forever enterd the charts with dissapointing numbers. The collaboration with top-notch producer Rodney Jerkins(Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez) was sure to make their album another smash hit. Unfortunately for them, that would be the last of the Spice Girls. After the group broke up, it was said that each Spice Girl was worth twenty million dollars. Though there's been rumors of a Spice Girls reunion, many wonder if that day will ever come.
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good ol times
I remember when i used to be obsessed with
them. i was 8 and my friend and i would stay
up till 2:00 in the morning dressing up like
them and singing along to songs. now i
realize i had no taste in music...but
that's not the point. my cousin had a
spice girls bike.
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| i did the exact same thing with my friends. I
was OBSESSED with them. I kind of miss them.
they bring back so many memeries. | lilacvalley | I used to love the Spice Girls. I miss them
but if they came back i probably wouldn't
listen to them. | muffinpuffin | yeah i liked them a lot my friends and i did
concerts and we would sing songs from the
spice girls thats how much we loved them we
were so sad when we heard they broke up but
yeah i agree with you if they came back i
doubt i would listen to them. | fairiekisses | omg, yea, listening to spice girls is just
soo nostaligic of being really little. I
actually didn't like them, tho, when all
my friends liked them. But listening to them
now is cool, especially is a fast car singing
with lots of ppl when ur all wired on cma,
lol, it's good times. | 420girl69 | OMG I CNT BELIEVE DEY SPLIT UP I CRIED 4 LYK
EVR!!!! I LYKED DEM EVR SINCE I WS LYK 3 ND
SAW DA MOVIE IT GIVZ ME JKS LMAO !!!!!! DER
BEST SONGZ R: WANABE, SPICE UP YA LYF, 2
BECOME 1 NO AL OV DEM R GUUD =) DEY SHUD GET
BK 2GEVA =( | BabiGurl4lyf1993 | CHECK OUT DRAGUN SLAYERZ DER DA BOMB!
WWW.ISOUND.COM/DRAGUN_SLAYERZ | BabiGurl4lyf1993 | Funny that yesterday while I was working, one
of my co-workers brought in a mixed CD, and
it had a Spice Girl song in there...then me
and the others were all talking about the
time when Spice Girls were huge in the late
90s. :p Yep, those were somewhat the good ol
times, excluding my Sophomore time period in
high school. | AzN_HiPhOp_bOi | | | |
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