British music producers Bob and Kris Hulbert will form a women's singing group. So I advertised for girls to sign up. Among more than 400 applicants, Victoria Adams, Melanie B, Michelle Stevenson and Lenny Morgan were screened out, and Jerry Halliwell failed the screening and went directly to the final interview. Later, because of the image problem, Herbert and his son replaced Lenny Morgan with Melanie C, and then the five girls were arranged to live in a house and rehearse together. On the way, Michelle Stevenson was replaced by a girl named Emma Burton because her attitude was not serious enough. The band lineup was determined, originally named Touch, and later changed to Spice. The five girls worked hard, but Herbert and his son didn't sign a contract with them, which made them unable to guarantee their livelihood. Dissatisfaction in many aspects led the five girls to plot to leave Herbert and his son. With the help of songwriter Eliot Kennedy, Spitz met his later agent Simon Fowler. Simon quickly helped the five girls register with Viking Records, and the band was renamed Spice Girls, which officially entered the entertainment circle.
The starting point of the Spice Girls Group is different from other famous groups: the members did not live together since childhood, but were made by pure commercial means such as draft, but they were not directly introduced to the public like the later "Loud Girl", and the members lacked understanding. In the early days, the experience of five hot girls together was very dramatic. Although five strange girls were selected, they shared the same ideal. They racked their brains for their dreams by hook or by crook, and only after five people worked together did they get tickets to the entertainment circle. The success of the spice girl is not achieved overnight, but a process that accumulates over time. Their status and respect today are bound to be related to their unremitting struggle, which can be described as' how can we see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain'.
1In the summer of 996, after nearly two years of preparation, the Spice Girls released their first single Wannabe. This song swept the whole UK like a whirlwind. It reached the third place in the UK record charts in the first week, and then reached the position of champion, and maintained the position of champion for seven weeks. Suddenly, the spice girl became a popular star. Then they released the second number one single "Say You'll Be There", the first album "Spice Girl" and the third number one single "2 Became 1" at the end of Christmas in 1996. A series of successes took five girls to the sky. Want to Be a Singer sold first in 365,438+0 countries and regions, including the United States later. Honor followed. At the 1997 brit awards ceremony, the Spice Girls won two awards, namely "Best Single" and "Best Music Video", becoming the first female group in British history to win the "Best Single Award". Five girls sang "Who do you think you are" as the opening ceremony of the whole award ceremony, in which Jerry Halliwell's costume-the British flag costume not only became. Although they have achieved great success, the five girls did not enjoy the joy of success because their schedules were very, very full. 1997, the spice girls were still in full swing, releasing the charity song "Who do you think you are/Mom", and started the production and release of the second album without stopping, and also started shooting their first film. The second album was still a great success, and the first single "Make Your Life More Interesting" undoubtedly topped the sales charts.
After a great success at home, agent Simon Fowler began to push the Spice Girl to the international music scene, and the Spice Girl did gain universal welcome and recognition internationally. 1997, after successfully entering the United States, they began a global tour, which also made them the first female group to conduct a global publicity tour. Spice girls have become international superstars. However, the work pressure under the big aura gradually made the five girls unbearable, and the iron fist policy of agent Simon also made the five girls more and more dissatisfied. So the spice girl flatly fired Simon. This decision caused a sensation at that time, and all kinds of disappointing speculations and rumors began to pounce on the spice girls. However, the five girls were not knocked down by difficulties. They still stand confidently on the stage for a world tour, release their first film in an orderly way and manage their own affairs. They showed their strength to the world. During this period, they released their sixth single "Too Many", which still topped the sales charts without any suspense. This is their second consecutive Christmas sales champion single and their sixth consecutive champion single, becoming the first female group in history to win six consecutive champion singles. Soon another change came again. 1998 In May, before the last stop of the world tour in the United States, Jerry of the Spice Girls suddenly announced his withdrawal from the Spice Girls. Jerry has always been regarded by the media as the soul core and leader of the Spice Girls' Group, so bad rumors have flocked to the Spice Girls' Group. The remaining four girls held on. They started their tour in the United States as four spice girls, and finished all the performances non-stop. During this period, they still released the single Viva Forever as five people and still won the sales champion.
1In September, 1998, she returned to England from her world tour and continued to perform in China several times as planned. The remaining four spice girls started their own different lives. Victoria and Melanie B announced that they were pregnant at the same time during their tour in the United States. After the tour, they had their own children and got married. Melanie B married Jimmy Guzard, a dancer on tour, and Victoria married David Beckham, a famous football player. Five spice girls also started their own solo projects. Melanie b was the first to start. Immediately after her world tour, she released her first single "I want you to come back" and successfully reached the top of the sales charts that week. After leaving the Spice Girl, Jerry released his first solo single "Look at me" with a brand-new image, and Melanie C also sang the song "When You Left" with Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams. At the end of 1998, four spice girls came back to compose and released their third consecutive Christmas champion single "Goodbye". Then after three years of whirlwind, 1996, 1997, 1998, the spice girls fell apart.
From 65438 to 0999, the spice girls started their personal careers. After the success of each member, in 2000, Viking Records recalled Victoria, Melanie B, Melanie C and Emma, and released their third album Forever. The Spice Girls are still very strong, and the single "Scream/Let Love Lead the Trend" topped the list again in the week when the album was released. This is the tenth single of Spice Girl and the ninth single of Spice Girl in Zhang Guanjun. The only regret is that the third album didn't become the champion album again, and lost to the new boy group Westlife at that time. Before the release of Forever, the Spice Girls won the "Outstanding Contribution Award" in brit awards in early 2000. This is another record award. The Spice Girls became the first female group in history to win this kind of "Lifetime Achievement Award". People hoped that this award would make five hot girls go on stage together, but in fact, Jerry still didn't go back to the other four. In the promotion of the third album, the four spice girls didn't work as hard as before, but naturally made several performances. After all, they all had their own affairs at that time, and some also had families. Only one single was released forever, ending the release of the album. After that, the spice girls did not leave any official dissolution statement, nor did they appear in public together. Not dissolved, not dissolved, just floating. But in fact, the spice girls were completely dissolved at that time.
For some time, the rumors about the reorganization and comeback of the Spice Girls have not been broken. In this regard, the spice girls also expressed their respective positions in the media. The most impressive one is Melanie C. She once threatened never to return to the Spice Girls. In the summer of 2005, there was a global music festival. Many well-known old and new band singers have participated in such tours. Rumor has it that the spice girls will make a comeback in this performance. The organizer did reveal in the media that he hoped to participate in the performance as a spice girl group. The spice girls really considered this matter seriously, and Melanie C, the most determined not to return, was relieved. It seems that the comeback of the spice girls is just around the corner, but the actual result is that Melanie B refuses to perform together for family reasons, so this reorganization has not been realized.
In the summer of 2007, five spice girls officially announced that they would regroup, return to the music scene, release featured albums and make another global tour. It's true this time. Five hot girls appeared at the press conference together and immediately began to prepare for the global tour. Ten years later, the five confident girls of that year have become five quiet young women. The troubles of the past have not disappeared in their minds, but the grievances of those young people have become sweet and warm memories between them. What remains unchanged is that fans are still eagerly looking forward to it. They found their old enemy Simon Fowler to continue as the manager of the tour. While releasing the selected songs, they also recorded a new single "Headline (Friendship Never Ends)" as a propaganda song for children's charity organizations. When the single was released, the spice girls were rehearsing and touring in the United States on the other side of the ocean, not in Britain, so there was no need to promote it. The highest score of this song in the UK sales charts is 1 1. The Spice Girls' release of this series is also unique. They cooperated with the famous underwear brand "Victoria's Secret", not only selling collection records in video stores, but also selling them in Victoria's secret underwear stores. The best collection ranked second in the British record charts, and the first place was Spirit of leona lewis. Spice Girl's world tour plan includes many countries, including China. Tickets for performances all over the country are sold out, and the sales speed is amazing. The Spice Girls even held 17 concerts at O2 Stadium in London. In early 2008, the Spice Girls temporarily canceled their performances in China, Argentina, South Africa and Australia and went directly to the United States for their last tour. After the performance, the Spice Girls officially issued a statement in official website, announcing their dissolution and thanking their fans for their support over the years.
The glorious history of the spice girls can be said to have come to an end. However, the spice girls have not disappeared from people's sight. The five female artists not only continued their careers, but also the spice girls continued to create honors. At the brit awards at the beginning of 20 10, with the opening performance of the 1997 award ceremony, the spice girls once again confidently accepted the award of "the best live performance in 30 years". Some fans joked that the spice girl got the highest recognition in Britain: the word spice girl entered the British dictionary; The first female group to win the best single award; Brit awards Award for Outstanding Contribution; Best performance award in 30 years; So far, there is no record of the release and sales of the first single being broken; More than 75 million records have been sold worldwide. ......
Qiao Zhen: A well-known voice actor and director in the Mainland. His representative works include Broken Blue Bridge