The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award-winning English pop group formed in 1994. Consisting of Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, and Melanie Chisholm, they are the most successful girl group of all time.

The girls were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe", in 1996. The song spent seven weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart and helped establish the group as an "international phenomenon". The Spice Girls have sold more than 55 million records worldwide with only three albums (the first two with Geri), landing them the title for fastest selling girl group ever. The demand for their first two albums was unprecedented among pop groups since the Beatles. Their first album, Spice, sold more than 23 million copies worldwide making it the all time best-selling album by a female group. Measures of their success include international record sales, a 2008 reunion tour, merchandising, record breaking achievements such as "Wannabe"