On this day in 1998, Geri Halliwell, also known as Ginger Spice, announced that she was leaving the Spice Girls over rumoured differences between other band members.
Formed in 1994, the British "Girl Power" pop group consisted of Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham, Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown, Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton and Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm. They released their debut single 'Wannanbe' under Virgin Records in 1996 which rose to be a number one hit in more than 30 countries, establishing the group as a somewhat 'global phenomenon', whilst their debut a,bum 'Spice' sold more than 28 million copies worldwide.
As the biggest pop. culture figures of the 1990's, the Spice Girls earned an estimated $500-800 million between 1996 and 1998, earning up to $75 million per year.
And today Ginger Spice thought she would just leave all that, release three solo albums and publish a book series titled 'Ugenia Lavender'.
It was all fixed in 2007 though, when the group reformed for their Reunion Tour in December, as well as for the release of their Greatest Hits album.
Spice Girls. Crazy.
What more is there to say really?
Image available: http://spicegirls.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Video available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ
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