Spice Girls

Origin: London, England
Years active: 1994-2000; 2007-Present
Members: Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell

The Spice Girls are a group, formed in London in 1994. The Spice Girls, consisting of;
Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell,
Signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe", in 1996.
The song went on to spend seven weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart and helped establish
The group as an "international phenomenon". They went on to release three studio albums and 
Ten singles, selling in excess of 55 million records worldwide.
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,
Aliases which were adopted by the group and media alike. According to biographer David Sinclair,
"Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh and Sporty were the most widely recognised group of individuals since
John, Paul, George and Ringo", and the group was "a social phenomenon that changed the course
Of popular music and popular culture".

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