Spice Girls - Career Records and Achievements

Career Records and Achievements

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  • As of January 2010, the Spice Girls have sold more than 100 million records worldwide* Certified sales of 13 million albums in Europe, 14 million records in the US and 2.4 million in Canada.
  • Total of nine number one singles in the UK – tied with ABBA behind Take That (eleven), The Shadows (twelve), Madonna (thirteen), Westlife (fourteen), Cliff Richard (fourteen), The Beatles (seventeen) and Elvis Presley (twenty-one).
  • Three consecutive Christmas number one singles in the UK for: ("2 Become 1", 1996; "Too Much", 1997; "Goodbye", 1998)
  • "Wannabe" is the most successful song released by an all female group.
  • Spice is the 18th biggest-selling album of all time in the UK with over 3 million copies sold, topped the charts for 15 weeks (non-consecutive) the most by a female group in the UK
  • Spice is the biggest-selling album of the all time by a girl group with sales of 28 million copies worldwide.
  • First act (only female act) to have their first six singles ("Wannabe", "Say You'll Be There", "2 Become 1", "Mama"/"Who Do You Think You Are", "Spice Up Your Life" and "Too Much") make number one on the UK charts. (Their run was broken by "Stop", which peaked at number two in March 1998.)
  • "Wannabe" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 11, the highest-ever debut by a British band in the US, beating the previous record held by The Beatles for "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and the joint highest entry for a debut act tying with Alanis Morissette.
  • Highest international debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number five with "Say You'll Be There". This record still holds to date.
  • The first British band since the Beatles to have two albums in the US Chart Top Ten at the same time, Spice and Spiceworld.
  • The Spice Girls achieved the highest ever annual earnings by an all female group in 1998 with an income of £29.6 million (approximately US$49 million).
  • Spiceworld shipped 7 million copies in just two weeks, including 1.4 million in Britain alone – the largest-ever shipment of an album over 14 days.
  • Spiceworld: The Movie broke the record for the highest-ever weekend debut for Super Bowl Weekend (25 January 1998) in the US, with box office sales of $10,527,222.
  • Spiceworld: The Movie topped the UK video charts on its first week of release, selling over 55,000 copies on its first day in the shops.
  • Received several awards including five BRIT Awards, three American Music Awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Awards and three World Music Awards.
  • The Spice Girls Reunion Tour was announced as the Highest Grossing Concert Act of 2008 with netted £16.5 million (US$33 million) for the band. In total, the tour took more than $70 million.

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