Much like the Beatles who I mentioned a couple days ago, these girls broke records and smashed through what the music industry was to make a place for themselves. The group consisted of Mel B, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Melanie C, and Geri Halliwell. But really they were known respectively as Scary Spice, Posh Spice, Baby Spice, Sporty Spice, and Ginger Spice. An ad was put in the papers in 1994 to get girls to audition for the group, and out of 400 who showed, four of the girls were found, along with one who didn't end up staying. They were originally called Touch (horrible name) and spent a couple months doing demos, one called Sugar and Spice. From that Geri changed their name, and Emma came in to replace the old member. The girls were pissed that they didn't have a solid contract, so they essentially did a tour for A&R Reps which made everyone want them. In 1995 they split from their management company and stole their master tapes with all their material before signing with an Entertainment company. They debuted in 1996 with this song, and as you can probably guess, it became huge, becoming the biggest selling single by an all-female group of all time. Their album came out the same year, and people put it on the level of the Beatles, dubbing it Spicemania, even leading them to break a record that The Beatles had set. They released their second album in 1997, and fired their manager which was a bold move at the time. The next year Geri quite the group, reasons ranging from exhaustion to dissonance in the group, and went solo for awhile. Her leaving kind of wrecked all the plans that had been in motion for the group and even led to a lawsuit with one of their sponsors, a case which is now a precedent in England. 1999 was the year of babies, with two of the girls giving birth. This was also the year that Victoria married David Beckham, which I only mention because it's pretty much become a meme now. Despite the personal changes, the worked on and released a new album in 2000 with a different sound that no one really appreciated. After that they went on hiatus indefinitely to do solo careers, but stated that they weren't breaking up. Which gave them room for their comeback which they did in 2007 for a year. After a tour they went back to their personal lives, but briefly emerged again for the Olympics in 2012 and to promote the Spice Girls musical in the works. As of 2016 they were back, but only three because Mel C has a pretty solid career on her own, and Victoria is busy with her own stuff. Of course that ended when Geri got pregnant. Although recent news this year says there will be another reunion so I guess we'll see.
Similar to yesterday, this one is a song from the 90's, which is kind of my go to. Will chose Walk by Pantera, Anna said No Rain by Blind Melon, and Sammy picked Skinnydippin' by The Vengaboys. My mom chose Right Now by Atomic Kitten. My grandma ends it with I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston.
Peace.
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