Success was made easy for The All Saints and B*Witched because of the declining career of the Spice Girls. Their third release from their second album, "Spiceworld", "Stop" was a minimal hit in the US and became their first single to fail to top the UK charts, ending the run of consecutive #1's at 6. To make matters worse for them, Geri Halliwell (also known as Ginger Spice) announced her departure from the group on 31 May after missing various concerts and an appearance on the national lottery. Their final release from their second album was able to top the charts for 2 weeks. "Viva Forever" became a popular single and the video was an animated one with the Spice Girls featured as fairies. At the time the Spice Girls were touring America hence why they couldn't shoot a video for it. "Goodbye" became the girls 8th chart topper at the end of the year, and was seen as a tribute to Geri. It took the Christmas number one position, making the Spice Girls only the second act to achieve 3 consecutive Christmas number one singles; the first being The Beatles. Goodbye was also the fastest selling single of 1998 shifting over 380,000 copies in just 7 days. Solo careers started for the two Melanies from the group in 1998 with Melanie B hitting the top of the UK charts with "I Want You Back", a duet with rapper Missy Elliott and Melanie C hitting No. 3 with "When You're Gone", a duet with Canadian rocker, Bryan Adams. Whilst Melanie B's career slowly went into a downward spiral, Melanie C's was yet to grow.