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The Spice Girls were a British (English) [[Girl Group]] who played a huge role in forming the 1990s for young girls across the globe. With songs mostly written and produced by Richard Stannard, Max Martin and Matt Rowe, their sound was created to appeal to preteens and teenagers alike, using familiar riffs and somewhat suggestive lyrics. As a result, not only were they able to easily break through to the American market, but the group can also be credited as a major factor in shifting the tide in [[The Nineties]] from alternative rock to teen pop music (later solidified by boy bands and [[Britney Spears]]).
The quite intentionally tailored [[Five-Man Band]] consisted of [[The Hero|Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell]], [[The Lancer|Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown]], [[The Chick|Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton]], [[The Big Guy|Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm]] and [[The Smart Guy|Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham (née Adams)]]. Despite most European pop bands finding it difficult to break into American mainstream, The Spice Girls' very first single, "Wannabe", shot straight to number one in more than 30 countries, including the United States.
After their overnight success, a movie, ''[[Spice World]]'' was released in 1997.
Seventy-five million records later, the Spice Girls became the best-selling girl group of all time. They performed at the launch of [[Channel Five]] in 1997. They suffered a setback in 1998 after a relatively short run considering their phenomenal success when Geri Halliwell (aka Ginger Spice) had a bit of a [[Creator Breakdown]] and fled the scene just days before they were due on stage to perform a sold-out concert at Wembley Stadium. Still, the show went on, and the remaining four released a third album without Halliwell, ''Forever''. After numerous denials that they were going to split, they did.
That wasn't the end of the Spice Girls, however. In 2007, they confirmed that all five would return for a reunion concert, which sold out in every single country they visited. The tour grossed over US$100 million.
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* Spiceworld (1997)
* Forever (2000)
* Greatest Hits (2007)
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* [[Always Camp]]
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Melanie C, although it was just for publicity -- she's not actually gay.
* [[Break Up Song]]: "Goodbye", the first single released after Geri's departure.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Geri had one hell of a time before and during her time as a Spice Girl.
* [[Briefer Than They Think]]: 3 albums, 2 with the original group, 5 years releasing, 3 tours, yet spearheaded the whole Girl Power! movement and opened the door for many artist late 90's early 00's.
* [[Big Beautiful Woman]]: Geri, some of the time.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: All of them play up to this in ''[[Spice World]]''. Geri tends to come across as a mild version in her interviews.
* [[Closer to Earth]]: Melanie C. appears to be this, or at least plays the role during their interviews.
* [[Cultural Rebel]]: That was the plan, anyway
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Melanie C. Emma counts too-believe it or not, she's a master of Goju.
* [[Daddy's Girl]]: Geri. Partially [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] by Emma, who's very close to her mother.
* [[Dojikko]]: Geri.
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Victoria.
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* [[Horned Hairdo]]- Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown occassionally had that kind of hairdo in a somewhat [[Rule of Cool]] manner.
* [[Important Haircut]]: Victoria chopped all of her hair off just before getting married and Geri dyed her signature fire-engine-red hair a much more muted strawberry blonde after she left the group.
* [[Intercourse with You]] / [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: What sounds like a silly arse kicking song in childhood sounds like a sex song in adulthood. 2 Become 1, Holler, If U Can't Dance..and More!
* [[Les Yay]]: The girls did a lot of hugging and kissing of each other when they were in front of the cameras. Behind them, probably not so much. Also, they admitting to catfighting on occasion.
* [[Meganekko]]: Melanie B.
* [[Personality Powers]]
* [[Power of Friendship]]: Theme of Headlines (Friendship never Ends) and one of their major messages.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Geri/Mel.B. VS Mel.C./Emma/Victoria
* [[Not So Stoic]]: Victoria very rarely smiled during her run with the band. In fact, she smiled so little, that any time she was caught grinning, it was almost shocking to anyone seeing it for the first time. Particularly because she has an absolutely adorable smile.
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* [[Shorttank]]: Justified with Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisolm.
* [[Signature Song]]: "Wannabe" and "Stop"
* [[Took a Level
* [[The Movie]]: ''[[Spice World]]''.
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]
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