Spice Girls is an English pop band formed in 1994 in London. This girl group is originally composed of five singers and dancers: Victoria Beckham, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton.
Managed by Simon Fuller, the five girls easily won a first contract with Virgin Records in 1995 and recorded their first single, Wannabe, which was released the following year >>>. This title ranks top of sales in more than thirty-seven countries and runs to seven million copies >>>. After a series of singles number one around the world at the end of 1996, they build a real empire>. From world tours to cinema (Spice World, the film), through a multitude of derivative products, they trigger a fashion and cultural phenomenon named by the media: the "Spice Mania" >>>>>, while becoming the musical group with the largest number of derivative products in his name >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
Through their music, they popularize girl power, a new form of feminism, and claim to defend tolerance, positive state of mind, open-mindedness and gender equality, which has allowed to open the doors of the entertainment industry to women more than ever since that time >>>. The Spice Girls become the flagship female band of the 1990s in just two albums, Spice and Spiceworld, whose combined sales figures give a total of 86 million copies worldwide >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>.
In May 1998, Geri Halliwell left the group as a result of disputes with other members. The band then continues to four and publishes its third album Forever in 2000, sold more than 4 million copies. In 2001, the remaining members decided to take a break to focus on their respective solo careers. In 2007, the five Spice Girls re-form themselves for the release of a Greatest Hits, bringing together their greatest hits, and embark on a major world tour that ranks # 3 in the # 1 most profitable tour of 2008, with 107.2 million tickets sold in just 38 seconds >>>>>>>>>. The group has been reforming from time to time, as in 2012 or 2018-2019 >>>.
