Omg! *.* Great detective work Liam, thank you for that! I'll add that info in. (Omg at us being up at this time :blush: )

I've finished! :cheer:

 

There could well be some mistakes (maybe some wrong links accidentally) but hopefully not.

Total Sales Summary - all sales are from 8th May 2020 unless otherwise stated.

 

Spice Girls

Mel B

Victoria Beckham

Emma Bunton

Melanie C

Geri Halliwell

 

 

Albums

 

01. 2,993,501 - #1 - Spice

02. 1,607,610 - #1 - Spiceworld

03. 892,935 - #4 - Northern Star

04. 639,235 - #2 - Greatest Hits

05. 487,445 - #4 - Schizophonic

06. 271,674 - #2 - Forever

07. 148,301 - #5 - Scream If You Wanna Go Faster

08. 142,643 - #7 - Free Me

09. 126,952 - #4 - A Girl Like Me

10. 102,550 - #5 - Reason

11. 53,938 - #10 - Victoria Beckham

12. 53,918 - #65 - Life in Mono

13. 53,676 - #28 - Hot

14. 28,818 - #24 - Beautiful Intentions

15. 14,934 - #57 - This Time

16. 13,750 - #45 - The Sea

17. 12,771 - #11 - My Happy Place

18. 11,931 - #50 - Stages

19. 10,995 - #25 - Version of Me

20. 10,954 - #41 - Passion

21. 1,963 - #453 - L.A. State of Mind

 

 

Singles (Group & Solo) [Main releases]

 

01. 1,868,992 - #1 - Wannabe

02. 1,295,457 - #1 - 2 Become 1

03. 1,086,065 - #1 - Say You'll Be There

04. 1,063,148 - #1 - Spice Up Your Life

05. 942,654 - #1 - Goodbye

06. 865,209 - #3 - When You're Gone

07. 830,712 - #1 - Mama / Who Do You Think You Are

08. 769,974 - #1 - Viva Forever

09. 730,653 - #1 - Too Much

10. 582,314 - #2 - Stop

11. 477,185 - #1 - It's Raining Men

12. 465,263 - #1 - Never Be the Same Again

13. 422,048 - #1 - I Turn to You

14. 406,277 - #2 - Out of Your Mind

15. 393,491 - #1 - Mi Chico Latino

16. 351,815 - #1 - Lift Me Up

17. 332,549 - #2 - Look at Me

18. 301,026 - #1 - Holler / Let Love Lead the Way {05/06/2020}

19. 289,730 - #1 - What Took You So Long?

20. 266,450 - #1 - Bag It Up

21. 232,094 - #2 - What I Am

22. 230,133 - #1 - I Want You Back

23. 225,323 - #4 - Northern Star

24. 145,433 - #5 - Feels So Good

25. 110,594 - #4 - Tell Me

26. 97,239 - #4 - Goin' Down

27. 90,930 - #6 - Not Such an Innocent Girl

28. 90,281 - #5 - Take My Breath Away

29. 88,848 - #6 - Maybe {05/06/2020}

30. 87,690 - #8 - Scream If You Wanna Go Faster

31. 82,006 - #3 - Downtown

32. 79,930 - #13 - Word Up {05/06/2020}

33. 73,276 - #7 - Calling

34. 68,809 - #3 - This Groove / Let Your Head Go

35. 62,686 - #6 - A Mind of Its Own

36. 60,335 - #14 - Loving You

37. 58,814 - #11 - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)

38. 57,379 - #18 - If That Were Me

39. 57,245 - #5 - Free Me {05/06/2020}

40. 56,705 - #4 - Ride It

41. 42,006 - #7 - Here It Comes Again {05/06/2020}

42. 41,377 - #13 - Lullaby

43. 40,672 - #7 - I'll Be There {05/06/2020}

44. 37,066 - #20 - We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight

45. 24,052 - #14 - On The Horizon {05/06/2020}

46. 20,833 - #10 - Next Best Superstar

47. 20,352 - #15 - Crickets Sing for Anamaria

48. 14,752 - #24 - I Want Candy

49. 13,663 - #22 - Desire

50. 9,594 - #153 - I Know Him So Well

51. 9,188 - N/A - Anymore

52. 8,327 - #27 - Melt / Yeh Yeh Yeh

53. 7,960 - #95 - Think About It

54. 7,668 - #60 - All I Need to Know

55. 7,560 - #49 - Carolyna

56. 6,691 - N/A - Baby Please Don't Stop

57. 5,641 - N/A - High Heels {05/06/2020}

58. 5,399 - N/A - Better Alone

59. 4,585 - N/A - For Once in My Life

60. 4,441 - N/A - Who I Am {05/06/2020}

61. 3,982 - N/A - Angels in Chains

62. 3,959 - #41 - Today

63. 2,957 - N/A - Weak

64. 2,935 - #94 - This Time

65. 2,602 - N/A - Dear Life

66. 2,159 - N/A - You're All I Need to Get By

67. 1,669 - N/A - Room for Love

68. 1,237 - N/A - Hold On

69. 620 - N/A - Coming Home for Christmas

70. 245 - N/A - Cool as You

Unknown - N/A - Blame It on Me

 

 

Singles (Melanie C) [Non-UK Singles / UK Promo Singles / EPs]

6,173 - N/A - I Don't Know How to Love Him [Promo Single / Stages]

3,280 - N/A - First Day of My Life [Non-UK Single / Carolyna single B Side]

3,083 - N/A - Numb [Promo Single / Version of Me]

2,783 - N/A - Rock Me [Non-UK Single / Released in the UK as a digital download, but wasn't considered as a UK single]

2,570 - #159 - The Night [EP - Credited as 'Set You Free' by Official Charts Company]

1,980 - N/A - Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire [EP]

807 - N/A - The Moment You Believe [Non-UK Single / This Time album track]

506 - N/A - Understand [Non-UK Single / This Time album track]

464 - N/A - Let There Be Love [Non-UK Single / The Sea digital bonus album track]

212 - N/A - Let's Love [Non-UK Single / Reason album track]

 

 

Singles (Group & Solo - Separate Sales from Double A Sides)

 

106,006 - Mama

17,707 - Let Love Lead the Way

986 - Melt {05/06/2020}

934 - Yeh Yeh Yeh {05/06/2020}

462 - Holler

168 - Holler {01/11/2018}

27 - Yeh Yeh Yeh {05/06/2020}

 

 

Singles (Group & Solo - Various Artists)

 

404,027 - #01 - Bridge Over Troubled Water [Artists for Grenfell]

402,407 - #01 - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother {05/06/2020}

200,000+ - #04 - Proper Crimbo! {22/07/2013 - Certified for shipments or sales exceeding 200,000}

93,687 - #09 - (How Does It Feel To Be) On Top of the World

Unknown - #19 - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll

 

 

Album Tracks or B Sides (Group & Solo)

 

20,213 - Never Give Up on the Good Times [spiceworld album track]

15,411 - Move Over [spiceworld & Greatest Hits album track]

15,073 - Love Thing [spice album track]

13,106 - If U Can't Dance [spice album track]

1,113 - Too Many Teardrops [instant grat / My Happy Place album track]

155 - Santa Baby [Coming Home for Christmas B Side]

91 - Around The World [Alex Christensen & The Berlin Orchestra - Classical 90s Dance 2 / album track] {05/06/2020}

 

 

Pretty sure that covers all the information I was given. Enjoy!

The Hot and Free Me era singles deserved so much better

The Hot and Free Me era singles deserved so much better

 

Thanks for all the work you've put in Jay! You're probably like me where collecting all the data is rewarding in itself, but I know how much time and patience it takes!

 

Just to add, 'Proper Crimbo' was on 210k (pure sales) as of November 2016 according to MTV/OCC (source). Not a big trickle seller whatsoever for a Christmas song, as it was on 202k as of December 2011 (according to a countdown on Five).

Is there any way we can get LASOM over 10k sob. It looks so bad even compared to the modest sales of later solo releases.

 

I'd assume 'Proper Crimbo' probably gets better sales over xmas now with streaming than when it was a mainly downloads that contributed sales to songs.

I guess at some point as well the Greatest Hits will over take Northern Star in sales.

I guess at some point as well the Greatest Hits will over take Northern Star in sales.

 

Might be quite a few years till then though, unless the girls continue to tour...

Well the annimated movie is still going ahead from what I can tell so there will be another boost to it at the very least.

 

I remember when we had those 2009 figures to go on and the GH was behind Schizophonic 😫

Less than 300 sales between Hot, VB and Mono is funny to see given the peaks of each album. Shame VB and Mono are so close to silver but so far away in terms of what they sell yearly now.

I thought that Life in Mono was certified based on shippings?!

No I think Hot is, VB and LIM aren't.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...t-me-up__27674/

 

Lift me up first week sales 139,500

What I am first week sales 106,300

I’m surprised VOM is lower than Stages #whatashocker

Thanks for all the work you've put in Jay! You're probably like me where collecting all the data is rewarding in itself, but I know how much time and patience it takes!

:wub: Thank you! And thanks to all of you who've helped me gather lots of information together. It was time consuming but I do find it enjoyable. :heart:

 

Just to add, 'Proper Crimbo' was on 210k (pure sales) as of November 2016 according to MTV/OCC (source). Not a big trickle seller whatsoever for a Christmas song, as it was on 202k as of December 2011 (according to a countdown on Five).

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...t-me-up__27674/

 

Lift me up first week sales 139,500

What I am first week sales 106,300

Thanks for these! I'll edit them in.

 

No I think Hot is, VB and LIM aren't.

That's right! It's a pity VB and LIM didn't get Silver for shipping like Hot did. Given that Hot was certified 11 days after release date, Virgin must have wildly overestimated the demand for it! Perhaps they were more cautious with the VB album.

 

I do wonder if it's the case that VB and LIM both shipped over 60,000 but the labels weren't motivated to apply for the certification, which is a shame if so!

 

I am quite fascinated by the physical era and how labels tried to determine how many physicals they should print, in terms of the first week and also in the long run.

 

For some reason EMI overestimated Look at Me... it's Gold (400k+ shipped), but ended up being 70,000 off target in terms of actual sales. The strangest one is Schizophonic going 2xPlatinum (600k+ shipped) in June 2000, 3 months after Bag It Up's release. At the end of 2000 the album had apparently sold 461,000. It makes me wonder things like... did the label anticipate a greater boost in album sales following the Brits performance? Were they considering a 5th single? It's such a significant number of overprinted copies. Northern Star is over-certified in terms of sales as well, but at least that one is reasonably close to 900,000.

 

The main thing I'm glad about is Forever getting itself a Platinum certification. :kink: It seems that the Spice album actually warranted its 10xPlatinum at the time, before OCC decided to retroactively downgrade their sales to below 3m <_< At least it's well on course to finally getting 3m again, this time for real.

I’m surprised VOM is lower than Stages #whatashocker

I was pretty surprised by Stages' total too! It was on a total of 7,179 directly after she did promo on QVC to flog some copies, which helped the album re-enter at #151 on 2nd Dec 2012. It seemed dead in the water after that, so to do another 4,752 since then is more than I would have imagined. I suppose its sales may have remained steady for the rest of December, even though it wasn't in the Top 200.

 

Version of Me - I suppose that wasn't helped by the album market being worse in 2016 compared to 2012. All things considered, it did pretty well to reach 11,000 with just 1 CD (and download/streaming). I think whenever she releases her next album, the only way she'll be able to pull off another 10k+ selling album is if she does a CD, Signed CD, Deluxe CD, Cassettes and Vinyl.

Didn't we also have video club here in the late 90s very early 2000s. My parents were signed up for it I'm sure where you paid a subscription and were sent so many VHS videos and or cds (you could pick extra ones too or pay for extra ones). These were obviously sales as you paid the subscription cost but were never counted by the OCC as they came directly from labels. That is how we ended up with Britney's oops album as it was one sent out.

 

It was very big in the US it boosted 1 or 2 million extra copies to an albums certification for big 90s albums.

 

I seem to remember it was only certain labels though.

I forgot about that! I just googled it and funnily enough this article includes a picture of a flyer that has Spiceworld CD on the front: https://www.filmstories.co.uk/features/reme...os-pay-for-one/ (and lower down the article there's promotion for the movie!)

Yep, it is why when you see big numbers for albums sales in the late 90s that look a bit odd now you have to remember things like video and music club was 'selling' vast amounts of copies that never registered with the OCC or Billboard etc.

 

The labels didn't care, the albums were still sold and they were still getting money. The OCC probably would have took issue with the whole thing any way because like the article states if you forget to tick which ones you wanted each month they sent you video or cd of their choice. So you can imagine how much labels would have been pushing to send certain titles if you hadn't picked a cd.