Great Steps For Spice Awareness: The Spice Girls
Since I’ve got such a great response to my last post, in which I discussed the prevalence of spice in the movie Dune, I’ve decided to talk about another important pop culture phenomena related to spice. I refer to, of course, The Spice Girls.
Wikipedia tells us that The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. They consisted of Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice), and Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice). According to the BBC and The Times, they are the most successful girl group of all time.
They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, “Wannabe”, in 1996. The song hit number one in 31 countries and helped establish the group as a “global phenomenon”. Credited for being the pioneers that paved the way for the commercial breakthrough of teen pop in the 1990s. Their first album, Spice, sold more than 23 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in music history. They have sold 60 million records worldwide with only four albums and twelve singles, making them the most successful British band since the Beatles, and the best selling girl group of all time.
Today, the Spice Girls are Spice Women, and unfortunately do not perform together anymore. Luckily, you can always rent the movie “Spice World” to relive their particular brand of magic. Don’t worry, I’ll be reviewing “Spice World” in the future! I’m just waiting for the Netflix to arrive.
I don’t know why some savvy marketer never made a blend of spices named after the Spice Girls. Let’s try to do it ourselves. Starting with Posh Spice. Hmmm…I think Posh Spice would be a blend of saffron, vanilla, and cardamom - those are the world’s most expensive spices, you know!
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