Spice (album)

Spice
Studio album by Spice Girls
Publication (s)	November 4, 1996 ( UK ) November 15, 1996 ( AUS ) February 4, 1997 (Worldwide)
Label (s)	Virgin
Format (s)	CD, MC, LP
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	10
running time	40 min 7s
occupation	Victoria Adams Melanie Brown Emma Bunton Melanie Chisholm Geri Halliwell
production	Matt Rowe Richard Stannard Andy Bradfield Absolute
Studio (s)	Olympic Studios, Strongroom Studios
chronology - Spice Spiceworld (1997)

Spice ( English for: Spice ) is the multi-platinum debut album by the British pop band Spice Girls , which was released on November 4, 1996. It was released under the Virgin label and is attributed to the pop and dance genre . It includes the single Wannabe and has sold over 23 million copies.

History of origin

From September 1995 through the summer of 1996, the Spice Girls wrote and recorded songs for their debut album while touring extensively the west coast of America, where they signed a recording contract with Windswept Pacific. In each of the ten pieces, the Spice Girls made their contribution to the lyrics as well as the music. But this was probably very low. They hired Simon Fuller , head of 19 Entertainment , who provided them with lyricists and songwriters.

success

In November 1996, the Spice Girls released Spice in Europe. Despite negative reviews, the album became a commercial success. It became the best-selling album in Europe in 1997 and was awarded eight times platinum by the IFPI for sales of over 8 million copies. Spice was also the best-selling album in the USA in 1997, where it was awarded 7 × platinum by the RIAA (for sales of over 7 million copies).

Criticism and reception

The album was received with mixed feelings by the critics. Music magazines labeled music and style as irrelevant pop music and criticized the band's naive “girl power” image. Through the image, charisma and catchy music, not least through the media campaign, the Spice Girls became stars that were celebrated by the teen press like Bravo .

“ Wannabe became the girl power anthem of the 90s and almost overnight made the Spice Girls superstars worldwide and role models for a whole generation of young girls. The lively dance pop of the five girls from England is powerful, sexy and funny. The good mood of Emma, ​​Mel C, Victoria, Mel B and Geri is contagious. With a good dose of self-confidence, the Spice Girls show the boys where to go. It is not just the music with which the Spice Girls know how to convince: It is the self-image with which the five appear and proclaim slogans such as Future Is Female or It's Girl's World . With the single 2 Become 1 at the latest , the girls show that they can do more than just create a good mood: The ballad is a mature performance with which the Spice Girls catapult themselves out of the teen pop corner to be taken seriously by serious critics to become. If you don't want to miss out on the optical enjoyment of the five Spices, you should watch Spiceworld - The Film . The film features some songs by Spice. "

- Dirk Ruschepaul : amazon.de

Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine notes:

"[...] it is still irresistible, immaculately crafted pop that gets by on the skills of the producer and the charisma of the five spices. [...] it sounds good while it's on, which is the key to a good dance-pop record. "

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine : Allmusic

Track list

#	title	Duration
1.	Wannabe	2:52
2.	Say you'll be there	3:56
3.	2 Become 1	4:00
4th	Love thing	3:37
5.	Last time lover	4:11
6th	mummy	5:03
7th	Who Do You Think You Are	3:59
8th.	Something Kinda Funny	4:02
9.	Naked	4:26
10.	If U Can't Dance	3:50

In some Spanish-speaking regions, Seremos Uno los Dos ( 2 Become 1 -Spanish version) was released as the eleventh track.

Chart successes

Awards, chart placements & sales

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1996	Spice	DE6 (45 weeks) DE	AT1 (34 weeks) AT	CH5 (45 weeks) CH	UK1 (94 weeks) UK	US1 (105 weeks) US

Awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	6 × platinum	420,000
Belgium (BEA)	3 × platinum	(150,000)
Brazil (PMB)	2 × platinum	500,000
Denmark (IFPI)	6 × platinum	120,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	(750,000)
Europe (IFPI)	8 × platinum	8,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	(76,375)
France (SNEP)	diamond	(1,000,000)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × platinum	400,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	75,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	3 × platinum	(300,000)
Norway (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(80,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(160,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(100,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	10 × platinum	(1,000,000)
United States (RIAA)	7 × platinum	7,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	10 × platinum	(2,960,000)
All in all	2 × gold 70 × platinum 2 × diamond	17,430,000

Main article: Spice Girls / Music Sales Awards

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1996	Wannabe	DE1 (22 weeks) DE	AT2 (15 weeks) AT	CH1 (24 weeks) CH	UK1 (26 weeks) UK	US1 (23 weeks) US	First published: June 26, 1996
	Say you'll be there	DE16 (14 weeks) DE	AT7 (12 weeks) AT	CH4 (14 weeks) CH	UK1 (17 weeks) UK	US3 (20 weeks) US	First published: October 14, 1996 Sales: + 1,200,000
	2 Become 1	DE13 (17 weeks) DE	AT9 (13 weeks) AT	CH10 (16 weeks) CH	UK1 (23 weeks) UK	US4 (24 weeks) US	First published: December 16, 1996 Sales: + 1,200,000
1997	Mama / Who Do You Think You Are?	DE4 (17 weeks) DE	AT1 (15 weeks) AT	CH6 (16 weeks) CH	UK1 (15 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 3, 1997 Sales: + 700,000

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Behind the Music: Spice Girls , VH1 , 2003.
2. ↑ The Spice Girls; Cripps, Rebecca; & Peachey, Mal. "Real Life: Real Spice The Official Story." (1997) Zone Publishers, London, ISBN 0-233-99299-5 .
3. ↑ laut.de
4. ↑ ifpi.org
5. ↑ riaa.com
6. ^ Rollingstone.com
7. ↑ amazon.de
8. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Review: Spice, Spice Girls. In: Allmusic . Retrieved October 10, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Chart sources album:
   • Spice in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
   • Spice in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
   • Spice in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
   • Spice in the Official UK Charts (English)
   • Spice on the US Billboard 200
10. ^ Rob Copsey: The UK's biggest studio albums of all time. officialcharts.com, October 13, 2018, accessed November 9, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Chart sources singles:
    • Spice Girls in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
    • Spice Girls in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
    • Spice Girls in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
    • Spice Girls in the Official UK Charts (English)
    • Spice Girls on the US Billboard Hot 100