The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award-winning English pop girl group formed in 1994. Consisting of Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, and Melanie Chisholm. According to the BBC, they are the best selling girl group of all time.the most successful girl group of all time Pag.2 BBC News, 28 June 2007.the most successful girl band ever created BBC Home. 6 November 2006BBC News - Spice GirlsSales Only albums.

They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe", in 1996. The song spent seven weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming number one in 31 countries and helped establish the group as an "global phenomenon".Billboard. Haywood, John. Spice Girls Ready To Announce Reunion? International phenomenon quote. Billboard. Retrieved 22 June 2007. The Spice Girls have sold more than 55 million records worldwide BBC News. 28 June 2007.

Global success Spice Girls announce reunion tour. They sold more than 70 million records around the world. with only three albums (the first two with Geri), landing them the title for fastest selling girl group ever. The demand for their first two albums was unprecedented, making it the most successful British band since the Beatles "This is the story of the greatest pop phenomenon since The Beatles" BBC Entertainment. 25 August 2008[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31/newsid_2494000/2494855.stm "Britain's most successful band since the Beatles"]1998: Ginger leaves the Spice Girls, BBC. Their first album, Spice, sold more than 23 million copies worldwide Spice Girls Official Time Line 19 ManagementBBC Timeline | Sales for SpiceRollings Stone Magazine. Spice selling some 23 million copies worldwide. Biography Spice Girls., ranked #41 in the list of 100 Most Successful Albums in music history,Media Traffic. United World Chart Album Alltime chart. Spice #41 Best selling Album's, August 2008, become the best-selling album by a female group of the all time. Measures of their success include international record sales, a 2007/2008 reunion tour, merchandising, record breaking achievements such as "Wannabe" becoming the biggest single released by a female group and iconic symbolism such as the union jack dress, "Girl Power", and their nicknames.

Under the guidance of their long time mentor and manager Simon Fuller, the group embraced merchandising and became a regular feature of the British press. Each member of the group was given an alias by Top of the Pops Magazine in 1996, which were adopted by the group and media alike. According to biographer David Sinclair, "Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh and Sporty were the most widely recognized group of individuals since John, Paul, George and Ringo" Wannabe: How the Spice Girls Reinvented Pop Fame David Sinclair. In 1997, the Spice Girls released a movie called Spiceworld: The Movie.

In May 1998, Geri Halliwell left the group in the middle of numerous Rumors. The four remaining members released the third album, but went their separate ways in 2001 to focus on solo careers. On 28 June 2007 all five re-formed before the launch of their Reunion Tour in December, alongside the release of their Greatest Hits album. In December 2007 a new official documentary Giving You Everything aired on various television networks around the globe, the documentary showed the group talking frank about their rise to fame and the current reunion. In February 2008, the Spice Girls announced that they were ending their tour in Toronto on 26 February 2008.

Melanie Janine Brown (born 29 May 1975), professionally known as Melanie Brown, Melanie B, Mel B, and Scary Spice, is an English pop singer and songwriter turned actress and television personality best known as one of the members of the girl group the Spice Girls, one of the most successful female groups of all time. She was given the nickname "Scary Spice" by the British media because of her outrageous, "in-your-face" attitude, 'loud' Leeds accent, throaty laugh, manner of dress (which often consisted of leopard-print outfits), and her voluminously curly hair.

Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Bunton is best known for being a member of the successful '90s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as "Baby Spice" as she was the youngest member and often wore revealing "babydoll" dresses.

Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell (born 6 August 1972) is an English pop singer-songwriter, children's author, actress and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund. Halliwell first became famous in the late 1990s as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, which became one of the most successful girl groups of all time, selling in excess of 55 million records worldwide.Screenshot from BRIT Awards 2000, televised by ITV1, detailing the sales of The Spice Girls up to February 2000. BRIT Awards. Retrieved March 13, 2006. As a solo artist, she has received four Brit Award nominations, released four number-one singles in the UK and sold around 4 million albums as a solo artist worldwide.

The phrase "Girl Power" is a term of empowerment, expressed a cultural phenomenon of the mid-late 1990s to the early 2000s, and is also linked to third-wave feminism.

This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by Spice Girls, a British recording group. The Spice Girls has released three studio albums, one compilation albums, thirteen singles and music videos on record label Virgin.

Spice Girl's debut album "Spice" was released in November 1996, it was certified 10x Platinum in UK, 7x Platinum in US, 8x Platinum in Europe , and sold over a twenty-three million copies worldwide, the best selling album by a girl group in the history.Rollings Stone Magazine. Spice selling some 23 million copies worldwide. Biography Spice Girls. The album produced four top one singles in UK and three top five singles in US, including the top one single Wannabe, topped the charts in 31 nations, and the next single's Say Youll Be There and 2 Become 1, topping the charts in over 53 countries.Spice Girls Official. Biography. 19 Management Entertainment. Their second album Spiceworld was released in November 1997. The album produced three top one singles and one top two single in UK, the album it was certified 5x Platinum in UK, 4x Platinum in US, 5x Platinum in Europe, and sold over a fifteen million copies worldwide. Forever, their third album, was released in November 2000, without Geri Halliwell, It was certified platinum in the UK including two number one single, although it was lowest charting studio album for Spice Girls selling three million worldwide. In November 2007, the group released a Greatest Hits album, certified platinum status in the UK. In total the Spice Girls sold more than 55 millions records worldwide. BBC News. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6246448.stm Spice Girls 55 Millions record Worldwide'']