spice girls is the biggest selling female group of all time.
spice girls is the biggest selling female group of all time.
who is the biggest selling female group of all time?
spice girls
the spice girls are an english pop girl group formed in 1994. the group comprised melanie brown ("scary spice"), melanie chisholm ("sporty spice"), emma bunton ("baby spice"), geri halliwell ("ginger spice"), and victoria beckham ("posh spice"). they were signed to virgin records and released their debut single "wannabe" in 1996, which hit number one in 37 countries and established their global success. their debut album "spice" sold more than 31 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history. their follow-up album, "spiceworld" sold over 20 million copies worldwide. the spice girls have sold 85 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling female group of all time, one of the best-selling pop groups of all time, and the biggest british pop success since the beatles. among the highest profile acts in 1990s popular culture, "time" called them "arguably the most recognizable face" of cool britannia, the mid-1990s celebration of youth culture in the uk.
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throughout carey's career, she has collected many honors and awards, including the world music awards' best selling female artist of the millennium, the grammy's best new artist in 1991, and "billboard"s special achievement award for the artist of the decade during the 1990s. in a career spanning over 20 years, carey has sold over 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the biggest-selling artists in music history. carey is ranked as the best-selling female artist of the nielsen soundscan era, with over 52 million copies sold. carey was ranked first in mtv and "blender" magazine's 2003 countdown of the 22 greatest voices in music, and was placed second in "cove" magazine's list of "the 100 outstanding pop vocalists." aside from her voice, she has become known for her songwriting. yahoo music editor jason ankeny wrote, "she earned frequent comparison to rivals whitney houston and celine dion, but did them both one better by composing all of her own material." according to "billboard" magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the united states. at the 2000 world music awards, carey was given a legend award for being the "best-selling female pop artist of the millennium," as well as the "best-selling artist of the 90s" in the united states, after releasing a series of albums of multiplatinum status in asia and europe, such as "music box" and "number 1's". she is also a recipient of the chopard diamond award in 2003, recognizing sales of over 100 million albums worldwide. additionally, the recording industry association of america (riaa) lists carey as the third-best-selling female artist, with shipments of over 63 million units in the us. in japan, carey has the top four highest-selling albums of all time by a non-asian artist.
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