Spice Girls RememberedCareer records and achievements
Total record sales in the region of 55 million. As of February 2000, the Spice Girls had certified sales of 35.1 million albums and 18.2 million singles: this is based only on awarded recording certifications worldwide and does not include sales for their third studio album. Certified sales of 13 million albums in Europe, 11 million in the US, and 2.2 million in Canada. Total of nine number one singles in the UK - tied with ABBA & Take That behind The Shadows (twelve), Madonna (twelve), Westlife (fourteen), Cliff Richard (fourteen), The Beatles (seventeen) and Elvis Presley (twenty-one). Three consecutive Christmas Number One singles in the UK for: ("2 Become 1," 1996; "Too Much," 1997; "Goodbye," 1998)
"Wannabe" is the biggest selling single by an all female group.
First (and only) female act to have their first six singles ("Wannabe", "Say You'll Be There", "2 Become 1", "Who Do You Think You Are", "Mama", "Spice Up Your Life" and "Too Much") make number one on the UK charts. (Their run was broken by "Stop", which peaked at number two in March 1998.)
The Spice Girls achieved the highest ever annual earnings by an all female group in 1998 with an income of $49 million.
Spice is the thirteenth biggest-selling album of all time in the UK with over three million copies sold. It topped the charts for fifteen weeks (non-consecutive), the most by a female group in the UK
Highest international debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number five with "Say You'll Be There". (This record still holds to date.)
Spiceworld shipped seven million copies in just two weeks, including 1.4million in Britain alone - the largest ever shipment of an album over fourteen days.
Spiceworld: The Movie broke the record for the highest ever weekend debut for Super Bowl Weekend (January 25, 1998) in the US, with box office sales of $10,527,222. This record has since been beaten by The Butterfly Effect in 2004.
Spiceworld: The Movie topped the UK video charts on its first week of release, selling over 55,000 copies on its first day in the shops.
Received a plethora of awards including four Brit Awards, three American Music Awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards and three World Music Awards.
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Melanie C "Sporty Spice"
Emma Bunton "Baby Spice"
Melanie B "Scary Spice"
Victoria Beckham "Posh Spice"
Geri Halliwell "Ginger Spice"
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