3.1 Pop music resurgence and girl group boom.1.7 2016–present: Spice World tour and Spice25.1.6 2010–2012: Viva Forever! and London Olympics.1.5 2007–2008: Return of the Spice Girls and Greatest Hits.1.3 1997–1998: Groundbreaking success, Spiceworld and Halliwell's departure.According to Rolling Stone journalist and biographer David Sinclair, the Spice Girls were the most widely recognised group since the Beatles. In 2000, they became the youngest recipients of the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Their awards include five Brit Awards, three American Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards and one MTV Video Music Award. The Spice Girls have sold 100 million records worldwide, making them the bestselling girl group of all time, one of the bestselling artists, and the most successful British pop act since the Beatles. Their media exposure, according to Music Week writer Paul Gorman, helped usher in an era of celebrity obsession in pop culture. Under the guidance of their mentor and manager Simon Fuller, their endorsement deals and merchandise made them one of most successful marketing engines ever, with a global gross income estimated at $500–800 million by May 1998. Measures of the Spice Girls' success include international record sales, iconic symbolism such as Halliwell's Union Jack dress, a major motion picture, Spice World (1997), and the highest-grossing concert tours by an all-female group from 2000 to 2020. Viva Forever!, a musical based on the Spice Girls' music, opened in 2012 it was a critical and commercial flop and closed in 2013. They reunited for two concert tours, the Return of the Spice Girls (2007–2008) and Spice World (2019), both of which won the Billboard Live Music Award for highest-grossing engagements.
At the end of 2000, the Spice Girls entered a hiatus to concentrate on their solo careers. Forever (2000), the only Spice Girls album without Halliwell, achieved weaker sales. In May 1998, Halliwell left the Spice Girls, citing exhaustion and creative differences. In 1997, a film starring the Spice Girls, Spice World, was released it was a critical flop but a commercial success. Both albums encapsulated the group's dance-pop style and message of female empowerment, with vocal and songwriting contributions shared equally by the members. The follow-up, Spiceworld (1997) sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. Their debut album, Spice (1996), sold more than 23 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history. They signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single " Wannabe" in 1996, which reached number one in the charts of 37 countries. The Spice Girls formed through auditions held by managers Bob and Chris Herbert, who wanted to create a girl group to compete with the British boy bands popular at the time. They led the teen pop resurgence of the 1990s, were major parts of the Cool Britannia and Second British Invasion movements, and became pop culture icons of the decade. With their " girl power" mantra, the Spice Girls redefined the girl group concept by targeting a young female fanbase. The group comprises Melanie Brown, also known as Mel B ("Scary Spice"), Melanie Chisholm, or Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice") and Victoria Beckham ("Posh Spice"). The Spice Girls are a British girl group formed in 1994.
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