SOLO FACTS

• Melanie B was the first Spice Girl to have a solo #1 hit. ('I Want You Back')
• Geri Halliwell was the first Spice Girl to release a solo record.
• Melanie C is the first (and only so far) Spice Girl to have a #1 album in any country.
• Emma is the first (and only so far) whose second album outsold the first.
• Victoria Beckham was the first Spice Girl to have a child and marry.
• Geri has had 4 #1 hits in a row in the UK. (Mi Chico Latino, Lift Me Up, Bag It Up & It's Raining Men)
• Victoria is the only Spice Girl who has had all of her singles debut in the top 10 in the UK. (Geri too had this title until 'Desire' debuted at #22)
• Emma's single, 'What Took You So Long' stayed at #1 for 2 weeks.
• Geri's cover of 'It's Raining Men' stayed at #1 for 2 weeks.
• Melanie C had back-to-back #1's in the UK with 'Never Be The Same Again' and 'I Turn To You'.
• Melanie C is the first Spice Girl to release a Live DVD.

SPICE FACTS

• As Spice Girls, they had 9 #1's in the UK.  Only 'Stop' didn't reach #1, peaking #2.
• 'Viva Forever' was the last video to feature Geri Halliwell.
• 'Never Give Up On The Good Times' was originally to release along with 'Viva Forever' as a double A single.  Due to Geri's departure and no time to make a video, it was not released.
• They have sold over 50 million records worldwide and they're one of the most successful female groups of all time.
• 'Say You'll Be There' set a record for highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 by an international act.  Debuting at #5, this still holds the record to date.
• 'Forever' was the first Spice Girls album without Geri Halliwell.
• Their movie, Spice World, was a box office smash and had set new records at the time.
• 'SpiceWorld' was the fastest shipping album of '97.  Distributing 7 million copies in it's first week.
• The Spice Girls had series of dolls and toys.
• They done a commercial for Pepsi, which featured their song 'Move Over'.
• All 5 Spice's almost reunited for Live 8 in 2005, but this was held off by Melanie B who had prior committments in L.A. that she could not get out of.  This was the closest the group has come to reuniting.  If they had reunited for Live 8, it would have been their first performance since 1998 with all 5 girls.
• The Girls [all 5] Reunited on June 28th, 2007 and will be releasing a greatest hits record as well as going on tour to promote it.