SPICE GIRLS

"I tell what I want, what I really really want" - this was the first words from 5 girls each with different personalities sent to compete with boybands such as, Take That, backstreetboys and east 17, who all had massiv succes. In 1996 the Spice Girls arrived with a bang! The first singel "wannabe" hit number in 37 countries around the world. So if it was succes they wanted, they got it! Theyfast became a true 90s phenomenon.

Music video for Spice Girls first single "Wannaba"

The group was formed in 1994 under the name Touch by Heart Management. After the formation the groupe moved in to a house together and got singing and dancing lessons. Due to lack of confidence in their management the girls started to look elsewhere. They signed up with a new manager, Simon Fuller and got a recorddeal with Virgin Records in 95 and changed the groupname to Spice Girls.
The next years for the Spice Girls would go on from succes to succes.
All 4 singels from first album Spice became big sellers both in Europe and USA. They landet big sponsor deals, started selling merchandise and touring the world.

Spice Girls in an interview from 1997 talking about their succes

At the end of 97 Spicegirls kept the "Spicemania" boiling by realesing the first single "spice up your life " from their second album "Spiceworld". Yet again it was number 1 hit of  the 90s. This made Spicegirls the first artist to have 5 consecutive number 1 singels in UK. Spice girls also made movie to hit the cinemas in 97, named "Spiceworld the Movie" - a lighthearted comedy, where the girls play as theme selfs, but the movieplot is fictional. The 5 Spice Girls where now, at the hieght of their career. 

Trailer for "Spiceworld the movie"

In may 98 durring the succesfull Spiceworld worldtour, the news broke out, that Geri Halliwel had suddenly left the Spice Girls. The news made big headlines and the speculations about the reason were many, but the clip here maybe explains it.

Short clip about the depature of Geri

The remaining 4 Spice girls stayed together and recorded the third album "Forever". This album still brought succes in Europe and especially in UK, but it failed to get the same succes in USA. The Spice Girls announced in december 2000, they where going to take time apart from eachother.
The break lastet to 2007 where the Spice Girls announced, that they were going back together all 5!