Spice Girls facts for kids

Spice Girls
Quick facts for kids Spice Girls
	The Spice Girls (2007)
Background information
Origin	London, England, UK
Genres	Pop, dance-pop, teen pop, R&B
Years active	1994–2000, 2007–2008, 2012
Labels	EMI, Virgin

The Spice Girls are a British pop girl group. The group formed in 1994. The group has five members. Each member uses a nickname initially given to them: Melanie Chisholm ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice"), Victoria Beckham (née Adams) ("Posh Spice"), and Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice") . They were signed to Virgin Records. The Spice Girls released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996. It hit number-one in more than 30 countries. The song helped make the group as a global phenomenon. The group is credited for being starting the trend of commercial success of teen pop in the late 1990s.

Their debut album, Spice, sold more than 28 million copies worldwide. It is the best-selling album by a female group in music history. They have sold over 75 million records worldwide. This makes them the best-selling female group of all time. It also makes them the most successful British band since the Beatles.

The group released three albums: Spice in 1996, Spice World in 1997 and Forever in 2000. The Spice Girls starred in Spiceworld: The Movie, which was released in December 1997.

The members reunited in 2007. They released a Greatest Hits album in November and said a world tour would start in December. On 1 February 2008, the group said that they would be ending the tour early.

In 2012, they reunited again to perform at the closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Images for kids

The group performing "Say You'll be There" at the McLaren party, in 1997.
The Spice Girls performing "Spice Up Your Life" in Spiceworld Tour, in 1998.
The Spice Girls as a four-piece performing "Holler" in Cologne, Germany at the Return of the Spice Girls tour.
The Spice Girls performing "Spice Up Your Life" as the opening number of their Return of the Spice Girls tour, at the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto.
The group performing "Wannabe" at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto
The Spice Girls at the Viva Forever: The Musical premiere night, 2012.
Halliwell wearing a replica of her iconic Union Jack dress
The Spice Girls' bus used in the film Spice World (1997)
Cabs carrying the Spice Girls at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.