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SPICE GIRLS: From wannabes to world beaters.

Music Week

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Back in May 1996, with the five fledgling pop princesses' debut single yet to be released, Music Week was the first music title to run a piece on the Spice Girls. Eleven years and 55m record sales later, as the Spice Girls prepare for a high-profile international reunion campaign, Music Week charts the act's rise to fame

"We feel as though we're breaking down the barriers, as women going up against the boy groups and against people's expectations," a young and astonishingly ambitious Geri Halliwell told Music Week back in 1996.

With all-girl acts including the Sugababes and Girls Aloud now regular fixtures in the higher echelons of the charts, pop music ...

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