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On July 8, 1996 the Spice Girls released their debut single "Wannabe" in the United Kingdom. In the weeks leading up to the release, the video for "Wannabe", had dominated the music channels. In July 1996 the group conducted their first interview with Paul Gorman, the contributing editor of music industry paper Music Week, at Virgin Records' London headquarters. His piece recognized that the Spice Girls were about to institute a change in the charts away from Britpop and towards out-and-out pop. The song entered the charts at number 3 before moving up to number 1 the following week and staying there for seven weeks.
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In November 1996 the Spice Girls released their debut album Spice in Europe. The success was unprecedented and drew comparisons to Beatlemania due to the sheer volume of interest in the group[13]. In just seven weeks Spice had sold 1.8 million copies in Britain alone,[14] making the Spice Girls the fastest selling British act since The Beatles. In total, the album sold 3 million copies in Britain[14] and peaked at number one for fifteen non-consecutive weeks. In Europe the album became the biggest-selling album of 1997 and was certified 8x Platinum by the IFPI for sales in excess of 8 million copies.[15] In the United States Spice became the biggest-selling album of 1997, peaking at number one and being certified 7x Platinum by the RIAA[16]
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Spice Girls were the first major British pop music phenomenon of the mid-'90s to not have a debt to independent pop/rock. Instead, the all-female quintet derived from the dance-pop tradition that made Take That the most popular British group of the early '90s, but there was one crucial difference. Spice Girls use dance-pop as a musical base, but they infused the music with a fiercely independent, feminist stance that was equal parts Madonna, post-riot grrrl alternative rock feminism, and a co-opting of the good-times-all-the-time stance of England's new lad culture. Their proud, all-girl image and catchy dance-pop appealed to younger listeners, while their colorful, sexy personalities and sense of humor appealed to older music fans, making Spice Girls a cross-generational success. The group ... became chart-toppers throughout Europe in 1996, before concentrating in America in early 1997.
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Shortly after the Forever era had ended, the Spice Girls decided to focus on their solo careers. On June 25 2007 after months of speculation, it was announced that the group had returned to Simon Fuller's management firm 19 Entertainment and were to be reunited for a world wide tour entitled "The Return of the Spice Girls" kicking off in Vancouver on December 2 2007.[23] After announcing the tour, the band urged fans to sign up via their official website for the chance to buy tickets. It was reported that over one million people did so for the ticket ballot.[24] The tour is intended to support the November release of a greatest hits album. In addition, filmmaker Bob Smeaton will oversee an official documentary on the reformed band, which will be distributed worldwide at an undisclosed date.
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In early 1998 the Spice Girls embarked upon the world tour that Fuller had set up for them covering Europe and North America. The Spiceworld Tour kicked off in Dublin, Ireland on February 24, 1998 before moving on to mainland Europe and then returning to Britain for fourteen gigs at Wembley Arena and Birmingham’s NEC Arena. It was here that recordings were made for a planned live album, which was confirmed by the group: "We've shown everyone we can do the business on stage, so now we want to do a live album for fans". Despite masters of the recording being made, the idea was eventually dropped.
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LONDON (AP) The Spice Girls wannabe stars again. Following a calculated publicity buildup, the original Girl Power group of the 1990s announced Thursday they had agreed to get together for 11 concerts around the world in December and January.
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