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I'd love to know how close Spiceworld was to the top when it was #2 for 5 weeks. Is there any information readily available? This is who they lost out to:

 

29 November: Let's Talk About Love - Céline Dion - 91,000

6 December: Let's Talk About Love - Céline Dion - 91,000

20 December: Let's Talk About Love - Céline Dion - 142,000

27 December: Let's Talk About Love - Céline Dion - 219,918

10 January: Urban Hymns - The Verve - 78,000

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I don’t think that information has ever been shared before unfortunately. I’d love to know too!
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There's a huge amount of chart run information below - unfortunately many of them aren't complete, but they're as much as what I could find.

 

Frustratingly one position is missing from the 'Greatest Hits' Scottish chart run... I don't really feel like trawling through 5 and a half years of Scottish charts to try and find it! :lol:

 

 

Wannabe (UK Physical Singles Top 100)

Week 01-26. 14/07/96 to 05/01/97 - 03-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-03-04-08-10-16-21-29-32-30-37-54-72-74-71-72-59-57-70

(In the 90s, sales were 100% physical, therefore the first 26 weeks in this Physical Singles chart run matches its original official singles chart run)

 

Week 27 - 03/11/2013 - #04

Week 28 - 10/11/2013 - #10

Week 29 - 17/11/2013 - #51

Week 30 - 24/11/2013 - #99

OUT

Week 31 - 10/08/2014 - #71

OUT

Week 32 - 05/10/2014 - #72

OUT

Week 33 - 31/07/2015 - #40

OUT

Week 34 - 04/09/2015 - #47

OUT

Week 35 - 09/10/2015 - #34

OUT

Week 36 - 22/01/2016 - #58

OUT

Week 37 - 01/09/2017 - #83

OUT

Week 38 - 03/09/2021 - #01

Week 39 - 10/09/2021 - #12

Week 40 - 17/09/2021 - #21

Week 41 - 24/09/2021 - #18

Week 42 - 01/10/2021 - #28

Week 43 - 08/10/2021 - #18

Week 44 - 15/10/2021 - #43

Week 45 - 22/10/2021 - #44

Week 46 - 29/10/2021 - #44

Week 47 - 05/11/2021 - #35

Week 48 - 12/11/2021 - #42

Week 49 - 19/11/2021 - #50

Week 50 - 26/11/2021 - #51

Week 51 - 03/12/2021 - #68

Week 52 - 10/12/2021 - #85

OUT

Week 53 - 24/12/2021 - #69

Week 54 - 31/12/2021 - #94

Week 55 - 07/01/2022 - #82

Week 56 - 14/01/2022 - #53

OUT

Week 57 - 28/01/2022 - #77

OUT

Week 58 - 25/03/2022 - #66

OUT

Week 59 - 15/04/2022 - #34

Week 60 - 22/04/2022 - #32

Week 61 - 29/04/2022 - #86

OUT

Week 62 - 13/05/2022 - #43

Week 63 - 20/05/2022 - #73

Week 64 - 27/05/2022 - #28

Week 65 - 03/06/2022 - #29

Week 66 - 10/06/2022 - #28

Week 67 - 17/06/2022 - #70

Week 68 - 24/06/2022 - #83

Week 69 - 01/07/2022 - #64

Week 70 - 08/07/2022 - #26

Week 71 - 15/07/2022 - #21

Week 72 - 22/07/2022 - #28

Week 73 - 29/07/2022 - #09

Week 74 - 05/08/2022 - #10

Week 75 - 12/08/2022 - #13

Week 76 - 19/08/2022 - #05

Week 77 - 26/08/2022 - #16

Week 78 - 02/09/2022 - #22

Week 79 - 09/09/2022 - #27

Week 80 - 16/09/2022 - #17

Week 81 - 23/09/2022 - #16

Week 82 - 30/09/2022 - #12

Week 83 - 07/10/2022 - #18

Week 84 - 14/10/2022 - #55

 

 

Wannabe (UK Vinyl Singles Top 40)

Week 01 - 31/07/2015 - #24 [Note: Their 7" picture disc vinyl format was released on 28th October 2013, but the vinyl singles chart didn't launch until 12th April 2015]

OUT

Week 02 - 04/09/2015 - #28

OUT

Week 03 - 09/10/2015 - #22

OUT

Week 04 - 03/09/2021 - #01

Week 05 - 10/09/2021 - #12

Week 06 - 17/09/2021 - #31

Week 07 - 24/09/2021 - #25

Week 08 - 01/10/2021 - #25

Week 09 - 08/10/2021 - #13

OUT

Week 10 - 22/10/2021 - #39

OUT

Week 11 - 05/11/2021 - #30

Week 12 - 12/11/2021 - #34

Week 13 - 19/11/2021 - #35

Week 14 - 26/11/2021 - #38

OUT

Week 15 - 15/04/2022 - #24

Week 16 - 22/04/2022 - #26

OUT

Week 17 - 13/05/2022 - #34

OUT

Week 18 - 27/05/2022 - #27

Week 19 - 03/06/2022 - #22

Week 20 - 10/06/2022 - #17

OUT

Week 21 - 08/07/2022 - #18

Week 22 - 15/07/2022 - #17

Week 23 - 22/07/2022 - #22

Week 24 - 29/07/2022 - #08

Week 25 - 05/08/2022 - #07

Week 26 - 12/08/2022 - #08

Week 27 - 19/08/2022 - #04

Week 28 - 26/08/2022 - #17

Week 29 - 02/09/2022 - #22

Week 30 - 09/09/2022 - #22

Week 31 - 16/09/2022 - #14

Week 32 - 23/09/2022 - #06

Week 33 - 30/09/2022 - #08

Week 34 - 07/10/2022 - #13

Week 35 - 14/10/2022 - #39

 

 

Wannabe (UK Download Top 200)

Week 01 - 19/08/2012 - #151

(Missing Information)

Week 03 - 16/11/2018 - #170

OUT

Week 04 - 21/06/2019 - #137

OUT

Week 05 - 16/07/2021 - #34

OUT

Week 06 - 03/09/2021 - #49

OUT

 

[Note: Week 02 position and date is unknown]

 

 

Wannabe (Scottish Singles Top 100)

Week 01 - 19/03/2021 - #63

OUT

Week 02 - 03/09/2021 - #01

Week 03 - 10/09/2021 - #18

Week 04 - 17/09/2021 - #33

Week 05 - 24/09/2021 - #66

Week 06 - 01/10/2021 - #24

Week 07 - 08/10/2021 - #34

Week 08 - 15/10/2021 - #82

OUT

Week 09 - 19/11/2021 - #96

OUT

Week 10 - 10/12/2021 - #60

OUT

Week 11 - 24/12/2021 - #65

OUT

Week 12 - 18/02/2022 - #72

OUT

Week 13 - 15/04/2022 - #33

Week 14 - 22/04/2022 - #57

OUT

Week 15 - 06/05/2022 - #60

OUT

Week 16 - 03/06/2022 - #08

Week 17 - 10/06/2022 - #63

OUT

Week 18 - 01/07/2022 - #38

Week 19 - 08/07/2022 - #25

OUT

Week 20 - 22/07/2022 - #23

Week 21 - 29/07/2022 - #31

Week 22 - 05/08/2022 - #34

Week 23 - 12/08/2022 - #09

Week 24 - 19/08/2022 - #06

OUT

Week 25 - 02/09/2022 - #79

Week 26 - 09/09/2022 - #22

Week 27 - 16/09/2022 - #05

OUT

Week 28 - 07/10/2022 - #23

 

[Note: Week 01 - 28 is only its chart run since 2021]

 

 

Wannabe (Welsh Singles Top 100)

Week 01 - 27/08/2021 - #40

Week 02 - 03/09/2021 - #01

Week 03 - 10/09/2021 - #10

Week 04 - 17/09/2021 - #65

Week 05 - 24/09/2021 - #73

OUT

Week 06 - 08/10/2021 - #28

OUT

Week 07 - 29/10/2021 - #82

Week 08 - 05/11/2021 - #83

Week 09 - 12/11/2021 - #19

Week 10 - 19/11/2021 - #94

Week 11 - 26/11/2021 - #26

Week 12 - 03/12/2021 - #34

OUT

Week 13 - 17/12/2021 - #53

Week 14 - 24/12/2021 - #49

Week 15 - 31/12/2021 - #14

Week 16 - 07/01/2022 - #81

OUT

Week 17 - 25/02/2022 - #66

OUT

Week 18 - 15/04/2022 - #90

OUT

Week 19 - 27/05/2022 - #46

OUT

Week 20 - 08/07/2022 - #25

OUT

Week 21 - 22/07/2022 - #26

Week 22 - 29/07/2022 - #09

OUT

Week 23 - 12/08/2022 - #13

Week 24 - 19/08/2022 - #05

Week 25 - 26/08/2022 - #08

Week 26 - 02/09/2022 - #14

Week 27 - 09/09/2022 - #35

Week 28 - 16/09/2022 - #46

Week 29 - 23/09/2022 - #14

OUT

Week 30 - 07/10/2022 - #44

 

[Note: Week 01 - 30 is only its chart run since 2021]

 

 

Wannabe (UK Radio Airplay Top 200)

(Missing Information)

Week 20 - 02/03/2018 - #85 [249 plays / Rating: 8315]

(Missing Information)

Week 24 - 07/05/2021 - #188 [136 plays / Rating: 4778]

OUT

Week 25 - 09/07/2021 - #105 [259 plays / Rating: 6638]

OUT

Week 26 - 17/06/2022 - #181 [174 plays / Rating: 4505]

OUT

 

 

Wannabe (UK TV Airplay Top 100)

(Missing Information)

Week 03 - 04/10/2019 - #86 [56 plays]

OUT

Week 04 - 27/03/2020 - #88 [41 plays]

Week 05 - 03/04/2020 - #81 [47 plays]

OUT

Week 06 - 08/01/2021 - #89 [34 plays]

OUT

Week 07 - 12/03/2021 - #76 [37 plays]

OUT

Week 08 - 26/03/2021 - #86 [29 plays]

OUT

Week 09 - 16/07/2021 - #85 [36 plays]

Week 10 - 23/07/2021 - #97 [33 plays]

Week 11 - 07/01/2022 - #98 [31 plays]

OUT

Week 12 - 28/01/2022 - #98 [28 plays]

OUT

Week 13 - 08/04/2022 - #98 [26 plays]

Week 14 - 15/04/2022 - #99 [24 plays]

Week 15 - 22/04/2022 - #99 [28 plays]

OUT

Week 16 - 20/05/2022 - #95 [27 plays]

OUT

Week 17 - 26/08/2022 - #100 [27 plays]

Week 18 - 02/09/2022 - #86 [23 plays]

OUT

 

[Note: I don't have the information for Week 01 & 02]

 

 

2 Become 1 (Welsh Singles Top 100)

Week 01 - 15/01/2021 - #59

OUT

 

[Note: Chart run only since 2021]

 

 

2 Become 1 (UK Radio Airplay Top 200)

(Missing information)

Week 20 - 21/12/2018 - #185 [Plays & Rating - unknown]

Week 21 - 28/12/2018 - #100 [604 plays / Rating: 9627]

OUT

Week 22 - 20/12/2019 - #146 [253 plays / Rating: 6415]

Week 23 - 27/12/2019 - #106 [957 plays / Rating: 10815]

OUT

Week 24 - 25/12/2020 - #159 [407 plays / Rating: 6602]

Week 25 - 01/01/2021 - #81 [264 plays / Rating: 8388]

OUT

Week 26 - 31/12/2021 - #81 [387 plays / Rating: 8301]

OUT

 

[Note: On 27/12/2019, 2 Become 1 was noted to have exceeded 5000 plays via RadioMonitor's Top 500 Radio Airplay data]

 

 

2 Become 1 (UK TV Airplay Top 100)

(Missing Information)

Week 42 - 11/10/2019 - #71 [72 plays]

Week 43 - 18/10/2019 - #80 [70 plays]

Week 44 - 25/10/2019 - #95 [61 plays]

Week 45 - 01/11/2019 - #94 [67 plays]

Week 46 - 08/11/2019 - #44 [117 plays]

Week 47 - 15/11/2019 - #23 [181 plays]

Week 48 - 22/11/2019 - #24 [183 plays]

Week 49 - 29/11/2019 - #25 [205 plays]

Week 50 - 06/12/2019 - #22 [207 plays]

Week 51 - 13/12/2019 - #26 [209 plays]

Week 52 - 20/12/2019 - #26 [202 plays]

Week 53 - 27/12/2019 - #25 [193 plays]

Week 54 - 03/01/2020 - #75 [70 plays]

OUT

Week 55 - 09/10/2020 - #74 [37 plays]

Week 56 - 16/10/2020 - #55 [50 plays]

Week 57 - 23/10/2020 - #60 [45 plays]

Week 58 - 30/10/2020 - #63 [43 plays]

Week 59 - 06/11/2020 - #48 [63 plays]

Week 60 - 13/11/2020 - #48 [64 plays]

Week 61 - 20/11/2020 - #25 [133 plays]

Week 62 - 27/11/2020 - #23 [163 plays]

Week 63 - 04/12/2020 - #23 [156 plays]

Week 64 - 11/12/2020 - #25 [160 plays]

Week 65 - 18/12/2020 - #27 [146 plays]

Week 66 - 25/12/2020 - #22 [178 plays]

Week 67 - 01/01/2021 - #69 [60 plays]

OUT

Week 68 - 12/11/2021 - #72 [70 plays]

Week 69 - 19/11/2021 - #23 [158 plays]

Week 70 - 26/11/2021 - #25 [132 plays]

Week 71 - 03/12/2021 - #22 [151 plays]

Week 72 - 10/12/2021 - #20 [169 plays]

Week 73 - 17/12/2021 - #23 [155 plays]

Week 74 - 24/12/2021 - #24 [157 plays]

Week 75 - 31/12/2021 - #30 [97 plays]

OUT

Week 76 - 09/09/2022 - #95 [26 plays]

Week 77 - 16/09/2022 - #61 [49 plays]

Week 78 - 23/09/2022 - #40 [59 plays]

Week 79 - 30/09/2022 - #90 [29 plays]

Week 80 - 07/10/2022 - #87 [28 plays][/size]

 

 

Mama (UK Download Singles Top 200)

Week 01 - 16/03/2018 - #195

OUT

Week 02 - 05/04/2019 - #190

OUT

Week 03 - 27/03/2020 - #59

OUT

Week 04 - 12/03/2021 - #171

Week 05 - 19/03/2021 - #31

OUT

Week 06 - 01/04/2022 - #60

OUT

 

 

Mama (Scottish Singles Top 100)

Week 01 - 27/03/2020 - #99

OUT

 

[Note: Chart run only since 2021]

 

 

Mama (Welsh Singles Top 100)

Week 01 - 27/03/2020 - #59

OUT

 

[Note: Chart run only since 2021]

 

 

Who Do You Think You Are (UK Radio Airplay Top 200)

(Missing Information)

Week 24 - 11/02/2022 - #102 [211 plays / Rating: 6759]

OUT

Week 25 - 11/03/2022 - #171 [268 plays / Rating: 5151]

Week 26 - 17/06/2022 - #113 [394 plays / Rating: 5703]

Week 27 - 08/07/2022 - #115 [272 plays / Rating: 5488]

OUT

Week 28 - 29/07/2022 - (Unknown) - Unfortunately I don't have the chart from this week - but I was able to figure out that it would have been in the chart in that week.

OUT

Week 29 - 02/09/2022 - #164 [436 plays / Rating: 5132]

Week 30 - 07/10/2022 - #153 [356 plays / Rating: 4761]

 

[Note: On 01/04/2022, Who Do You Think You Are was noted to have exceeded 5000 plays via RadioMonitor's Top 500 Radio Airplay data]

 

 

Spice Up Your Life (UK Download Top 200)

Week 01 - 19/08/2012 - #92

OUT

Week 02 - 16/11/2018 - #127

OUT

Week 03 - 07/06/2019 - #166

OUT

Week 04 - 21/06/2019 - #131

OUT

 

 

Spice Up Your Life (Scottish Singles Top 100)

Week 01 - 04/02/2022 - #52

OUT

 

[Note: Chart run only since 2022]

 

 

Spice Up Your Life (Welsh Singles Top 100)

Week 01 - 23/09/2022 - #51

OUT

 

[Note: Chart run only since 2022]

 

 

Spice Up Your Life (UK Radio Airplay Top 200)

(Missing Information)

Week 18 - 06/05/2022 - #155 [52 plays / Rating: 5280]

OUT

 

 

Too Much (Welsh Singles Top 100)

Week 01 - 28/05/2021 - #70

 

[Note: Chart run only since 2022]

 

 

Stop (UK Radio Airplay Top 200)

(Missing Information)

Week 16 - 09/11/2018 - #174 [Plays & Rating - unknown]

Week 17 - 16/11/2018 - #71 [243 plays / Rating: 10216]

OUT

Week 18 - 04/04/2022 - #194 [117 plays / Rating: 4576]

OUT

Week 19 - 05/08/2022 - #187 [275 plays / Rating: 4406]

OUT

 

 

Viva Forever (UK Download Singles Top 200)

Week 01 - 30/12/2012 - #185

OUT

Week 02 - 21/06/2019 - #116

OUT

 

 

Viva Forever (Scottish Singles Top 100)

(Missing Information)

Week 02 - 19/08/2022 - #80

OUT

 

[Note: I can't find when Week 01 occurred. Also, like the other Scottish Singles chart runs I've posted, this excludes the original chart runs.]

 

 

Goodbye (Welsh Singles Top 100)

Week 01 - 15/01/2021 - #61

OUT

 

[Note: Chart run only since 2021]

 

 

Holler (Scottish Singles Top 100)

Week 01 - 22/04/2022 - #62

OUT

 

[Note: Chart run only since 2022]

 

 

Feed Your Love (UK Download Singles Top 200)

Week 01 - 16/07/2021 - #188

OUT

 

 

Step to Me (UK Download Singles Top 200)

Week 01 - 30/09/2022 - #149

OUT

 

 

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Spice (UK Download Albums Top 200)

Week ?? - 16/11/2018 - #51 [1st week in the Top 100]

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Week 03 - 31/05/2019 - #87 [2nd week in the Top 100]

Week 04 - 07/06/2019 - #80 [3rd week in the Top 100]

Week 05 - 14/06/2019 - #118

Week 06 - 21/06/2019 - #81 [4th week in the Top 100]

OUT

Week 07 - 05/11/2021 - #19 [5th week in the Top 100]

OUT

 

[Note: I don't know whether its 1st week in the Top 100 was its 1st or 2nd week in the Top 200. I don't have the data unfortunately. Its 2nd week in the Top 100 was its 3rd week in the Top 200]

 

 

Spice (UK Vinyl Albums Top 40)

Week 01 - 04/01/2019 - #24

OUT

Week 02 - 29/05/2020 - #31

OUT

Week 03 - 05/11/2021 - #03

Week 04 - 12/11/2021 - #26

OUT

 

 

Spice (UK Streaming Albums Top 100)

Week 01 - 16/11/2018 - #78

OUT

Week 02 - 07/06/2019 - #59

Week 03 - 14/06/2019 - #85

Week 04 - 21/06/2019 - #59

OUT

 

 

Spice (Scottish Albums Top 100)

(Missing Information)

Week 66 - 05/11/2021 - #05

Week 67 - 12/11/2021 - #68

Week 68 - 19/11/2021 - #98

OUT

 

 

Spice (Welsh Albums Top 100)

(Missing Information)

Week ?? - 05/11/2021 - #04

Week ?? - 12/11/2021 - #67

OUT

 

 

Spiceworld (UK Download Albums Top 200)

Week ?? - 16/11/2018 - #64 [1st week in the Top 100]

~

Week 03 - 31/05/2019 - #78 [2nd week in the Top 100]

Week 04 - 07/06/2019 - #84 [3rd week in the Top 100]

Week 05 - 14/06/2019 - #119

Week 06 - 21/06/2019 - #111

OUT

 

[Note: I don't know whether its 1st week in the Top 100 was its 1st or 2nd week in the Top 200. I don't have the data unfortunately. Its 2nd week in the Top 100 was its 3rd week in the Top 200]

 

 

Spiceworld (UK Vinyl Albums Top 40)

Week 01 - 20/03/2020 - #07

OUT

 

 

Spiceworld (Scottish Albums Top 100)

(Missing Information)

Week 52 - 20/03/2020 - #83

OUT

 

 

Spiceworld (Welsh Albums Top 100)

(Missing Information)

Week ?? - 20/03/2020 - #76

OUT

 

 

Forever (UK Vinyl Albums Top 40)

Week 01 - 27/11/2020 - #15

OUT

 

 

Forever (UK Download Albums Top 200)

Week 01 - 27/11/2020 - #66

OUT

 

 

Forever (Scottish Albums Top 100)

(Missing Information)

Week 11 - 27/11/2020 - #83

OUT

 

 

Forever (Welsh Albums Top 100)

(Missing Information)

Week ?? - 27/11/2020 - #89

OUT

 

 

Greatest Hits (UK Download Albums Top 100)

(#04, 52 weeks)

[1st Entry: 18/11/2007] 04-06-14-27-34-24-21-24-22-27-35-out (11w)

[2nd Entry: 19/08/2012] 09-34-out (2w)

[3rd Entry: 30/12/2012] 83-out (1w)

[4th Entry: 20/01/2013] 99-out (1w)

[5th Entry: 15/07/2016] 89-out (1w)

[6th Entry: 27/10/2017] 78-out (1w)

[7th Entry: 09/02/2018] 18-43-77-90-93-78-93-out (7w)

[8th Entry: 18/05/2018] 49-58-out (2w)

[9th Entry: 09/11/2018] 14-06-33-56-94-out (5w)

[10th Entry: 21/12/2018] 98-out (1w)

[11th Entry: 04/01/2019] 95-out (1w)

[12th Entry: 25/01/2019] 96-out (1w)

[13th Entry: 05/04/2019] 97-out (1w)

[14th Entry: 19/04/2019] 65-83-out (2w)

[15th Entry: 10/05/2019] 85-73-36-06-08-10-09-55-out (8w)

[16th Entry: 08/05/2020] 63-88-out (2w)

[17th Entry: 16/07/2021] 55-97-out (2w)

[18th Entry: 08/10/2021] 37-out (1w)

[19th Entry: 14/01/2022] 87-out (1w)

[20th Entry: 29/04/2022] 48-out (1w)

 

[Note: This chart was only a Top 50 prior to 8th March 2009, when it extended to a Top 100]

 

 

Greatest Hits (UK Download Albums Top 200)

Week 01 - 18/11/2007 - #04

Week 02 - 25/11/2007 - #06

Week 03 - 02/12/2007 - #14

Week 04 - 09/12/2007 - #27

Week 05 - 16/12/2007 - #34

Week 06 - 23/12/2007 - #24

Week 07 - 30/12/2007 - #21

Week 08 - 06/01/2008 - #24

Week 09 - 13/01/2008 - #22

Week 10 - 20/01/2008 - #27

Week 11 - 27/01/2008 - #35

OUT

Week 12 - 19/08/2012 - #09

Week 13 - 26/08/2012 - #34

OUT

Week 14 - 30/12/2012 - #83

OUT

Week 15 - 20/01/2013 - #99

OUT

Week 16 - 15/07/2016 - #89

OUT

Week ?? - 27/10/2017 - #78 [17th week in the Top 100]

(Missing Information)

Week 24 - 26/01/2018 - #181

Week 25 - 02/02/2018 - #146

Week 26 - 09/02/2018 - #18 [18th week in the Top 100]

Week 27 - 16/02/2018 - #43 [19th week in the Top 100]

Week 28 - 23/02/2018 - #77 [20th week in the Top 100]

Week 29 - 02/03/2018 - #90 [21st week in the Top 100]

Week 30 - 09/03/2018 - #93 [22nd week in the Top 100]

Week 31 - 16/03/2018 - #78 [23rd week in the Top 100]

Week 32 - 23/03/2018 - #93 [24th week in the Top 100]

(Missing Information)

Week 37 - 18/05/2018 - #49 [25th week in the Top 100]

Week 38 - 25/05/2018 - #58 [26th week in the Top 100]

(Missing Information)

Week 43 - 03/08/2018 - #196

(Missing Information)

Week 47 - 09/11/2018 - #14 [27th week in the Top 100]

Week 48 - 16/11/2018 - #06 [28th week in the Top 100]

Week 49 - 23/11/2018 - #33 [29th week in the Top 100]

Week 50 - 30/11/2018 - #56 [30th week in the Top 100]

Week 51 - 07/12/2018 - #94 [31st week in the Top 100]

(Missing Information)

Week ?? - 21/12/2018 - #98 [32nd week in the Top 100]

(Missing Information)

Week ?? - 04/01/2019 - #95 [33rd week in the Top 100]

(Missing Information)

Week ?? - 25/01/2019 - #96 [34th week in the Top 100]

(Missing Information)

Week ?? - 05/04/2019 - #97 [35th week in the Top 100]

(Missing Information)

Week ?? - 19/04/2019 - #65 [36th week in the Top 100]

Week ?? - 26/04/2019 - #83 [37th week in the Top 100]

(Missing Information)

Week 73 - 10/05/2019 - #85 [38th week in the Top 100]

Week 74 - 17/05/2019 - #73 [39th week in the Top 100]

Week 75 - 24/05/2019 - #36 [40th week in the Top 100]

Week 76 - 31/05/2019 - #06 [41st week in the Top 100]

Week 77 - 07/06/2019 - #08 [42nd week in the Top 100]

Week 78 - 14/06/2019 - #10 [43rd week in the Top 100]

Week 79 - 21/06/2019 - #09 [44th week in the Top 100]

Week 80 - 28/06/2019 - #55 [45th week in the Top 100]

Week 81 - 05/07/2019 - #104

Week 82 - 12/07/2019 - #130

Week 83 - 19/07/2019 - #133

Week 84 - 26/07/2019 - #128

Week 85 - 02/08/2019 - #134

Week 86 - 09/08/2019 - #146

Week 87 - 16/08/2019 - #173

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Week 88 - 08/05/2020 - #63 [46th week in the Top 100]

Week 89 - 15/05/2020 - #88 [47th week in the Top 100]

Week 90 - 22/05/2020 - #159

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Week 91 - 17/07/2020 - #163

Week 92 - 24/07/2020 - #184

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Week 93 - 07/08/2020 - #116

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Week 94 - 21/08/2020 - #195

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Week 95 - 18/09/2020 - #149

Week 96 - 25/09/2020 - #137

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Week 97 - 09/10/2020 - #197

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Week 98 - 30/10/2020 - #166

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Week 99 - 22/01/2021 - #111

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Week 100 - 05/02/2021 - #184

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Week 101 - 19/02/2021 - #188

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Week 102 - 12/03/2021 - #119

Week 103 - 19/03/2021 - #144

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Week 104 - 21/05/2021 - #171

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Week 105 - 09/07/2021 - #164

Week 106 - 16/07/2021 - #55 [48th week in the Top 100]

Week 107 - 23/07/2021 - #97 [49th week in the Top 100]

Week 108 - 30/07/2021 - #107

Week 109 - 06/08/2021 - #181

Week 110 - 13/08/2021 - #187

Week 111 - 20/08/2021 - #172

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Week 112 - 03/09/2021 - #167

Week 113 - 10/09/2021 - #144

Week 114 - 17/09/2021 - #144

Week 115 - 24/09/2021 - #125

Week 116 - 01/10/2021 - #164

Week 117 - 08/10/2021 - #37 [50th week in the Top 100]

Week 118 - 15/10/2021 - #141

Week 119 - 22/10/2021 - #165

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Week 120 - 05/11/2021 - #143

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Week 121 - 17/12/2021 - #147

Week 122 - 24/12/2021 - #168

Week 123 - 31/12/2021 - #142

Week 124 - 07/01/2022 - #120

Week 125 - 14/01/2022 - #87 [51st week in the Top 100]

Week 126 - 21/01/2022 - #123

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Week 127 - 11/02/2022 - #169

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Week 128 - 11/03/2022 - #172

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Week 129 - 08/04/2022 - #196

Week 130 - 15/04/2022 - #160

Week 131 - 22/04/2022 - #186

Week 132 - 29/04/2022 - #48 [52nd week in the Top 100]

Week 133 - 06/05/2022 - #170

Week 134 - 13/05/2022 - #129

Week 135 - 20/05/2022 - #179

Week 136 - 27/05/2022 - #101

Week 137 - 03/06/2022 - #158

Week 138 - 10/06/2022 - #170

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Week 139 - 24/06/2022 - #200

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Week 140 - 29/07/2022 - #114

Week 141 - 05/08/2022 - #129

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Week 142 - 26/08/2022 - #184

Week 143 - 02/09/2022 - #171

Week 144 - 09/09/2022 - #119

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Week 145 - 23/09/2022 - #136

Week 146 - 30/09/2022 - #133

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[Note: This chart was only a Top 50 prior to 8th March 2009, then it was extended to a Top 100. As far as I can tell the Top 200 didn't begin until July 2017]

 

 

Greatest Hits (UK Vinyl Albums Top 40)

Week 01 - 12/07/2019 - #01

Week 02 - 19/07/2019 - #28

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Week 03 - 20/03/2020 - #20

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Greatest Hits (UK Streaming Albums Top 100)

Week 01 - 09/11/2018 - #88

Week 02 - 16/11/2018 - #24

Week 03 - 23/11/2018 - #76

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Week 04 - 31/05/2019 - #26

Week 05 - 07/06/2019 - #18

Week 06 - 14/06/2019 - #26

Week 07 - 21/06/2019 - #16

Week 08 - 28/06/2019 - #83

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Greatest Hits (Scottish Albums Top 100)

Week 01 - 18/11/2007 - #06

Week 02 - 25/11/2007 - #09

Week 03 - 02/12/2007 - #19

Week 04 - 09/12/2007 - #25

Week 05 - 16/12/2007 - #37

Week 06 - 23/12/2007 - #37

Week 07 - 30/12/2007 - #36

Week 08 - 06/01/2008 - #59

Week 09 - 13/01/2008 - #76

Week 10 - 20/01/2008 - #75

Week 11 - 27/01/2008 - #82

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Week 12 - 19/08/2012 - #23

Week 13 - 26/08/2012 - #73

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Week 14 - 09/12/2012 - #91

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Week 15 - 09/02/2018 - #99

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Week 16 - 09/11/2018 - #79

Week 17 - 16/11/2018 - #23

Week 18 - 23/11/2018 - #95

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Week 19 - 07/12/2018 - #59

Week 20 - 14/12/2018 - #59

Week 21 - 21/12/2018 - #55

Week 22 - 28/12/2018 - #52

Week 23 - 04/01/2019 - #64

Week 24 - 11/01/2019 - #67

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Week 25 - 24/05/2019 - #99

Week 26 - 31/05/2019 - #60

Week 27 - 07/06/2019 - #26

Week 28 - 14/06/2019 - #22

Week 29 - 21/06/2019 - #64

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Week 30 - 12/07/2019 - #10

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Week 31 - 30/08/2019 - #87

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Week 32 - 13/09/2019 - #99

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Week 33 - 25/10/2019 - #100

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Greatest Hits (Welsh Albums Top 100)

(Missing information)

Week ?? - 19/08/2012 - #19

Week ?? - 26/08/2012 - #58

(Missing information)

Week ?? - 09/02/2018 - #81

(Missing information)

Week 18 - 09/11/2018 - #74

Week 19 - 16/11/2018 - #27

Week 20 - 23/11/2018 - #44

Week 21 - 30/11/2018 - #57

Week 22 - 07/12/2018 - #43

Week 23 - 14/12/2018 - #40

Week 24 - 21/12/2018 - #40

Week 25 - 28/12/2018 - #41

Week 26 - 04/01/2019 - #39

Week 27 - 11/01/2019 - #48

(Missing Information)

Week 32 - 07/06/2019 - #25

Week 33 - 14/06/2019 - #31

Week 34 - 21/06/2019 - #32

Week 35 - 28/06/2019 - #68

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Week 36 - 12/07/2019 - #12

Week 37 - 19/07/2019 - #100

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Week 38 - 09/08/2019 - #99

Week 39 - 16/08/2019 - #86

Week 40 - 23/08/2019 - #97

Week 41 - 30/08/2019 - #94

Week 42 - 06/09/2019 - #67

Week 43 - 13/09/2019 - #66

Week 44 - 20/09/2019 - #81

Week 45 - 27/09/2019 - #77

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Week 46 - 11/10/2019 - #81

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Week 47 - 25/10/2019 - #95

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Greatest Hits (UK Physical Albums Top 100 / UK Sales Albums Top 100):

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...t&p=6904537 - Only up to date as of 27th March 2020

 

 

UK Download Singles Chart History:

(Date = first week in the chart // Week numbers = in the Top 200, unless otherwise stated)

 

08/07/2007 - #64, 01 week - Stop (Top 100)

11/11/2007 - #14, 04 weeks - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) [14-16-25-68-out] (Top 100)

19/08/2012 - #34, 06 weeks - Wannabe

19/08/2012 - #92, 04 weeks - Spice Up Your Life

30/12/2012 - #116, 02 weeks - Viva Forever

16/03/2018 - #31, 06 weeks - Mama

16/07/2021 - #188, 01 week - Feed Your Love

30/09/2022 - #149, 01 week - Step to Me

Some (mostly) UK chart facts from Music Week:

 

- Wannabe was the third million seller single from Virgin Records EVER, following Human League's Don't You Want Me in 1981 and Culture Club Karma Chameleon in 1983

- Wannabe was the only song in 1996 to reach #1 in the single chart but not the top 2 in the UK airplay chart (it peaked at #3)

- By the end of September, Wannabe had sold 1.1 million, outselling it's closest rival by over double. It made up for 6.8% of the UK singles market and 60% of Virgin's 11% market share

- Some HMV chains were reporting to have sold out of the SYBT single in 3 hours and had to order more in

- Say You'll Be There was certified platinum five days after its release (600,000 shipment figure)

- '2 Become 1' had a shipment figure of 700,000

- '2 Become 1' first week sales of 462,000 was the highest of any single since Band Aid's 'Do They Know Its Christmas' in 1984

- Spice had sold 1,678,000 in 55 days in the UK alone

- Say You'll Be There & 2 Become 1 were the Top 2 biggest selling singles in Q4 1996, with them accounting for 71% of Virgin's sales that quarter

- One Hour of Girl Power sold 154,000 copies in its first week

- There was a sponsorship with British Telecom in the pipeline?

- Five retail giants opened their store 1 hour earlier to meet up with the demand of the 'Spice Up Your Life' release

- Spice Up Your Life had sold 680,000 in the US by the end of December 1997

- Spiceworld had sold 870,000 copies in 7 weeks in the UK alone (Spiceworld also sold 186,000 at #2 during the same week Too Much got the Xmas #1!)

- Spice Girls TOTP special received 7.2 million viewers, out performing the TOTP Christmas show (4.2m). ITV's Spice Up Your Christmas received 4.8m & Channel 5's Behind The Scenes of Spice World the Movie was watched by 1.3 million viewers

- Stop music video had a budget of £290,000

- Stop had sold 400,000 copies in the US by August 1998

- After an initial lukewarm response of 'Viva Forever' by the likes of Radio 1, 'Viva Forever' in its second week at #1 also topped the radio airplay chart, with a listenership of 78m - the highest of that year

- Viva Forever was serviced to US radio in August 1998 but was met with resistance because their appeal did not meet their targeted audience (the theory gained currency in the US with the audience being largely made up of pre-teens)

- ITV's Spice Girls Live at Wembley received 2.1 million viewers on Christmas Day

- Mel B was originally due to release 'Feels So Good' on December 11th 2000 as part of the initial promo plan

- After the release of Forever, despite reaching a #2 peak on the airplay chart, 'Holler' began to experience one of the speediest declines, slipping 2-7-26-23-40-84. It departed the Top 50 3x quicker than any other Top 5 Airplay Hit of that year

- Forever sold 88,700 in four weeks in the US, just over 1% of the Spice total (7m)

 

This has more than confirmed to me, if the girls had actually put in effort to promote 'Forever', it would have been a success in the UK at least. Industry support was there (to a lesser extent) but once 'Holler' went in at #1, the airplay shot up. It was #1 on MTV, local radio were also supporting. Even the opening sales of 'Forever' were the second highest #2 sales of the year. They would have never beaten Westlife but the era wouldn't have went into such free fall had they just kept up appearances and seen the campaign through.

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Some of those numbers are so intense, thanks Jay and Colin!!

 

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So many fascinating facts! Thank you so much for posting them all, Colin!

 

Their achievements were insane, which honestly makes it frustrating that the press were so keen to say that their success was dipping in late 1997. When in reality the first week sales of 191,856 were & still remains as the fastest selling girl group album of all time.

 

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In Christmas chart week, Celine Dion sold 219,918 copies of Let's Talk About Love vs. Spice Girls on 186,000 - so she was almost 34,000 copies ahead of them. That was Spiceworld's 7th week in the chart, and it's cool to see that it came quite close to its first week sales of 191,856.

 

In Spiceworld's 5th week in the chart with 121k sales, Music Week stated that it achieved a "(sales) hike of more than 50%". That's a bit vague - plus 121,000 being a rounded figure doesn't help with accuracy - but it at least provides enough information to roughly work out that the maximum that Spiceworld could have sold in Week 4 is 80,666 at the most - that is the highest figure to be "more than 50%" (50.001%). Presumably them writing "more than 50%" means it was at least somewhat close to 50%. If it was a 59.99% increase then it would have sold 75,626. I think we can assume it sold somewhere in that region in week 4.

 

In Spiceworld's 4th week, Music Week simply shared that it achieved a 12% hike in sales. If we just decide that it definitely sold 80,666 in the 4th week, then a 12% increase would mean it sold 72,022 in the 3rd week.

 

The information provided is too vague to be able to say for sure that those week 3 and 4 figures are true, but if we just say in theory that they're correct... it's possible to work out roughly what was sold in other weeks (thanks to the fact that we know it sold 876,000 by week 7, and 1,060,000 by week 8 [which was its EOY 1997 sales figure]

 

09/11/97 - Week 01. #01 - 191,856 [Confirmed]

16/11/97 - Week 02. #01 - 91,228 [Confirmed]

23/11/97 - Week 03. #02 - 72,022 [Estimate based on percentage increase information provided by Music Week] (Celine Dion at #1 sold 91,000)

30/11/97 - Week 04. #02 - 80,666 [Estimate based on percentage increase information provided by Music Week] (Celine Dion at #1 sold 91,000)

07/12/97 - Week 05. #01 - 121,000 [Confirmed]

14/12/97 - Week 06. #02 - 133,228 [Estimate, based on subtracting the other 7 figures from 1,060,000] (Celine Dion at #1 sold 142,000)

21/12/97 - Week 07. #02 - 186,000 [Confirmed // at which point it had sold 876,000 in total] (Celine Dion at #1 sold 219,918)

28/12/97 - Week 08. #03 - 184,000 [This is based on what it would have needed to sell to lift its total from 876,000 to 1,060,000] (The Verve at #1 sold 230,000)

 

This issue of Music Week does muddy the waters by stating that Spiceworld's 7 week total was "nearly 870,000" rather than 876,000 though. :thinking: If 870k was true instead, then week 8's figure could have been 190k, and week 6 could have been 127k.

 

I suppose we'll never learn accurate figures for all of those 8 weeks, but hopefully the above is fairly close to the reality.

 

"Spice Girls TOTP special received 7.2 million viewers" - pretty incredible viewing figures! According to this BBC archive it aired on Christmas Eve. That means it contributed to Spiceworld's Week 8, #3, 184k sales week. Well, I suppose it's a bit of a pity it didn't get a bigger boost off the back of a TV show with 7.2m viewers, though I suppose if the programme hadn't happened at all, then that week could have attracted considerably less sales for the album.

 

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How rude that the US radio stations were cold towards Viva Forever. <_<

 

I'm not sure what a typical music video budget was in the 90s though £290k for Stop's video strikes me as low - although it's easy to see why it didn't cost much to do that one.

 

Holler doing so well on UK radio airplay has always surprised me a bit, it must have been quite a significant factor in the single's success. Such a pity that radio abandoned it as soon as it appeared that the Spice Girls weren't so successful anymore. If they'd treated Holler like any other Top 5 radio hit then it might have helped both that single & Forever not fall down the charts quite as quickly. <_<

 

Mel B initially targetting the week before Christmas with Feels So Good is interesting. It does make more sense that the initial promo schedule was to have her release a single 2 months after Hot. I wonder if pushing it back by a whole 2 months was all that sensible or necessary? I wonder what the factors were in delaying it that much. According to Wikipedia the music video was shot in November 2000. Not sure when it premiered and went into rotation but presumably it was at the beginning of January 2001.

No problem at all, glad to share and love discussing all things charts ^_^

 

07/12/97 - Week 05. #01 - 121,000 [Confirmed]

14/12/97 - Week 06. #02 - 133,228 [Estimate, based on subtracting the other 7 figures from 1,060,000] (Celine Dion at #1 sold 142,000)

 

A Music Week article said in Week 6, it had increase of 3% - I think that roughly works out at 124,000?

 

I'm not sure what a typical music video budget was in the 90s though £290k for Stop's video strikes me as low - although it's easy to see why it didn't cost much to do that one.

 

It was the second highest in the list, behind Jamiroquai with a budget of £750k and just in front of All Saints Under The Bridge at £280k. From my understanding, this was the UK label budgets only. Slightly O/T but reading through the old articles confirmed my dislike of All Saints (not their music!), their first interview with Music Week Melanie Blatt goes as far to say "we're better looking than them and have higher IQ's" It always struck me how they would come for Spice Girls marketing gimmick, when their gimmick was to be marketed as the "anti-Spice Girls". Any article containing All Saints always had something to say about the Spice Girls. It was a clear marketing ploy for London Records, who wanted a slice of the Spice phenomenon.

 

Holler doing so well on UK radio airplay has always surprised me a bit, it must have been quite a significant factor in the single's success. Such a pity that radio abandoned it as soon as it appeared that the Spice Girls weren't so successful anymore. If they'd treated Holler like any other Top 5 radio hit then it might have helped both that single & Forever not fall down the charts quite as quickly. <_<

 

Yes, even though Holler got the most radio adds when it was serviced, the likes of Radio 1, MTV & The Box didn't give as much as support as they did with their previous releases. I'm guessing they were unsure of the Spice Girls staying power and didn't want to be seen as supporting something that could be deemed as past it. But when the single went straight in at #1, airplay shot up. It wasn't until the album underperformed they dropped their support, quite drastically as you can see by the figures. It just shows how fickle the media were at the time with the girls.

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The industry is very connected behind the scenes and there may well have been plenty of talk that the Spice Girls were essentially 'over' and Forever was doomed straight after release.

 

We know they had a meeting to decide the future of the album/band where it all essentially ended. Behind the scenes I'm sure that meeting was happening/happened was hard to keep secret.

 

What radio station would want to support an album the artist has already given up on promoting or being part of.

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A 3% increase would make Spiceworld's Week 6 figure be:

 

14/12/97 - Week 06. #02 - 124,630

 

(That figure comes from us accepting that 121,000 is the accurate figure, when in reality it could have been a bit more or a bit less!)

 

 

09/11/97 - Week 01. #01 - 191,856 [Confirmed]

16/11/97 - Week 02. #01 - 91,228 [Confirmed]

23/11/97 - Week 03. #02 - 72,022 [Estimate / Week 04 was said to be a "12% hike in sales", so I worked backwards from the estimated 80,666 figure]

30/11/97 - Week 04. #02 - 80,666 [Estimate / Week 05 was said to be a "sales hike of more than 50%", which makes this figure the highest figure it could be, if we take 121,000 as being the precise figure, which it wouldn't have been]

07/12/97 - Week 05. #01 - 121,000 [Confirmed]

14/12/97 - Week 06. #02 - 124,630 [Estimate / "3% increase" compared to the week before]

21/12/97 - Week 07. #02 - 186,000 [Confirmed]

 

 

^ That adds up to just over 867,000 after 7 weeks (estimated, not accurate) which falls in line with "Spiceworld has sold nearly 870,000 in seven weeks". Do you remember which issue said that the 7 week total was 876,000? Music Week seem to have a tendency to make errors. I wonder if they actually meant 867,000 and swapped the 6 and 7 by mistake?

 

Well if we go with it being around 867k to 870k by week 7: Spiceworld increasing to a total of 1,060,000 after 8 weeks suggests that its sales at #3 in the 8th week could have been around 190,000 to 193,000 copies! That creates the possibility that it could have achieved higher sales in that particular week than in its first week, and also the possibility that a week spent at #3 was with higher sales than any of the weeks it spent at #1 or #2!

 

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I definitely remember All Saints riding the wave of being considered the cool alternative to Spice Girls, they really capitalised on it and it seemed to work! I did like All Saints at the time and it didn't put me off, but I remember my classmates considering Spice Girls to be uncool to like in 1998, it was all about All Saints (and funnily enough B*Witched and Aqua, who were surely cheesier than Spice Girls... but my fellow 10 year olds had made up their minds that Spice Girls were out!!).

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The industry is very connected behind the scenes and there may well have been plenty of talk that the Spice Girls were essentially 'over' and Forever was doomed straight after release.

 

We know they had a meeting to decide the future of the album/band where it all essentially ended. Behind the scenes I'm sure that meeting was happening/happened was hard to keep secret.

 

What radio station would want to support an album the artist has already given up on promoting or being part of.

A fair point! We all know that they essentially imploded and Melanie C had had enough, but in better circumstances I wish they'd have been able to perservere and make it more of an era. Clearly there was a lot of catastrophising going on about Forever only being #2 and being trounced by Westlife, but regardless, Forever's sales initially were still pretty decent, they'd only just had a #1 single with Holler. Anyone would think they'd gone to #41 or something! There was stuff to build on with those sales, but sadly they decided to (or even had to) let it die.

 

http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/background.htm

 

I think welsh charts were available from 2003.

Unfortunately the earliest copies I have are from March 2008 :cry:

Do you remember which issue said that the 7 week total was 876,000? Music Week seem to have a tendency to make errors. I wonder if they actually meant 867,000 and swapped the 6 and 7 by mistake?

 

Well if we go with it being around 867k to 870k by week 7: Spiceworld increasing to a total of 1,060,000 after 8 weeks suggests that its sales at #3 in the 8th week could have been around 190,000 to 193,000 copies! That creates the possibility that it could have achieved higher sales in that particular week than in its first week, and also the possibility that a week spent at #3 was with higher sales than any of the weeks it spent at #1 or #2!

 

It was 870k, typo on my part!

A 3% increase would make Spiceworld's Week 6 figure be:

 

14/12/97 - Week 06. #02 - 124,630

 

(That figure comes from us accepting that 121,000 is the accurate figure, when in reality it could have been a bit more or a bit less!)

09/11/97 - Week 01. #01 - 191,856 [Confirmed]

16/11/97 - Week 02. #01 - 91,228 [Confirmed]

23/11/97 - Week 03. #02 - 72,022 [Estimate / Week 04 was said to be a "12% hike in sales", so I worked backwards from the estimated 80,666 figure]

30/11/97 - Week 04. #02 - 80,666 [Estimate / Week 05 was said to be a "sales hike of more than 50%", which makes this figure the highest figure it could be, if we take 121,000 as being the precise figure, which it wouldn't have been]

07/12/97 - Week 05. #01 - 121,000 [Confirmed]

14/12/97 - Week 06. #02 - 124,630 [Estimate / "3% increase" compared to the week before]

21/12/97 - Week 07. #02 - 186,000 [Confirmed]

^ That adds up to just over 867,000 after 7 weeks (estimated, not accurate) which falls in line with "Spiceworld has sold nearly 870,000 in seven weeks". Do you remember which issue said that the 7 week total was 876,000? Music Week seem to have a tendency to make errors. I wonder if they actually meant 867,000 and swapped the 6 and 7 by mistake?

 

Well if we go with it being around 867k to 870k by week 7: Spiceworld increasing to a total of 1,060,000 after 8 weeks suggests that its sales at #3 in the 8th week could have been around 190,000 to 193,000 copies! That creates the possibility that it could have achieved higher sales in that particular week than in its first week, and also the possibility that a week spent at #3 was with higher sales than any of the weeks it spent at #1 or #2!

 

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I definitely remember All Saints riding the wave of being considered the cool alternative to Spice Girls, they really capitalised on it and it seemed to work! I did like All Saints at the time and it didn't put me off, but I remember my classmates considering Spice Girls to be uncool to like in 1998, it was all about All Saints (and funnily enough B*Witched and Aqua, who were surely cheesier than Spice Girls... but my fellow 10 year olds had made up their minds that Spice Girls were out!!).

Interestingly, is it possible to have the full Spiceworld and Spice sales weeks in the top 10? 🙏 Thank you 🥰

 

 

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It was 870k, typo on my part!

Ooh thanks for letting me know *.* It's interesting to have a good idea of what their CD sales were like over Christmas. The icing on the cake would have been a 200k+ week, but it wasn't to be.

 

Interestingly, is it possible to have the full Spiceworld and Spice sales weeks in the top 10? 🙏 Thank you 🥰

I wish this was possible but not much album sales information was shared in those days :cry:

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Thanks so much Liam :cheeseblock: I'll edit that in!
Interestingly, is it possible to have the full Spiceworld and Spice sales weeks in the top 10? �� Thank you ��

 

I have worked with all the information I have, these are the best estimates I can give. If anyone can help fill in the gaps, please do!

 

Spice:

16/11/96 - Week 01. #01 - 155,000 [Confirmed - I'm basing this off of Music Week's initial report, despite them revising it twice]

23/11/96 - Week 02. #02 - <93,000 [Estimate - Less than half of Robson & Jerome's 187,000]

30/11/96 - Week 03. #02 - 150,000 - 155,000 [Estimate - Less than Robson & Jerome's 168,000 but had sold around 400,000 copies by this point]

07/12/96 - Week 04. #01 - 170,000 [Confirmed]

14/12/96 - Week 05. #01 - 217,000 [Confirmed]

21/12/96 - Week 06. #01 - 271,000 [Confirmed]

28/12/96 - Week 07. #01 - 364,000 [Confirmed]

04/01/97 - Week 08. #01 - 375,000 [Confirmed]

11/01/97 - Week 09. #01 - 119,000 [Confirmed]

18/01/97 - Week 10. #01 - 65,000 [Confirmed]

25/01/97 - Week 11. #01 - 54,000 [Confirmed]

01/02/97 - Week 12. #02 - <49,000 [Estimate]

08/02/97 - Week 13. #03 - <55,000 [Estimate]

15/02/97 - Week 14. #04 - <47,000 [Estimate]

22/02/97 - Week 15. #03 - <92,000 [Estimate]

01/03/97 - Week 16. #03 - <24,000 [Estimate - #2 sold a little over 50% less than #1 album at 48,000]

08/03/97 - Week 17. #01 - 72,000 [Confirmed]

15/03/97 - Week 18. #01 - <152,000 [Estimate]

22/03/97 - Week 19. #01 - 62,000 [Confirmed]

29/03/97 - Week 20. #01 - 65,000 [Confirmed]

05/04/97 - Week 21. #01 - 85,000 [Confirmed]

12/04/97 - Week 22. #01 - 59,000 [Confirmed]

19/04/97 - Week 23. #02 - 35,000 [Confirmed]

26/04/97 - Week 24. #02 - <43,000 [Estimate]

03/05/97 - Week 25. #03 - <56,000 [Estimate - #2 sold 56,000]

10/05/97 - Week 26. #02 - <33,000 [Estimate]

17/05/97 - Week 27. #01 - 23,700 [Confirmed - Spice has sold 2.36 million, the 8th biggest selling album of all time in the UK at that point]

24/05/97 - Week 28. #02 - 18,500 [Estimate - #1 had a 50% lead]

31/05/97 - Week 29. #02 - 25,000 [Confirmed]

07/06/97 - Week 30. #03 - <58,000 [Estimate]

14/06/97 - Week 31. #04 - <26,000 [Estimate]

21/06/97 - Week 32. #05 - <24,000 [Estimate]

28/06/97 - Week 33. #05 - <34,000 [Estimate - #2 sold 34,000]

05/07/97 - Week 34. #03 - <45,700 [Estimate - #2 sold 45,700 - Spice has now sold 2.7 million in the UK]

12/07/97 - Week 35. #04 - <40,000 [Estimate - #1 sold 317,000, outsold #2 by more than 8:1 and sold twice as many copies as the rest of Top 10 altogether]

19/06/97 - Week 36. #05 - <37,000 [Estimate - #2 sold 37,000]

26/07/97 - Week 37. #04 - <16,500 [Estimate - #1 sold 66,000 - outsold #2 by more than 4:1]

02/08/97 - Week 38. #02 - <49,000 [Estimate]

09/08/97 - Week 39. #04 - <18,000 [Estimate - #1 sold 36,000 - outsold #2 by 2:1]

16/08/97 - Week 40. #04 - <29,000 [Estimate - #2 sold 29,000]

23/08/97 - Week 41. #06 - <13,500 [Estimate - #5 debuted with 13,500]

30/08/97 - Week 42. #09 - <33,000 [Estimate - #1 sold 696,000, outsold #2 21:1]

06/09/97 - Week 43. #11 - <23,500 [Estimate - #1 sold 235,000, outsold #2 10:1]

13/09/97 - Week 44. #09 - <19,000 [Estimate - #1 sold 95,000, outsold #2 5:1]

 

I'll try get on to Spiceworld but estimates will be even harder because of its chart run. Thanks Jay for providing us with the estimates of the first 8 weeks!

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It's incredible how consistently well 'Spice' sold, even a few months after the release of Mama/WDYTYA!

 

Some of the hit albums released in recent times can take months or even years to accumulate the amount of sales that Spice could manage in just a week.

 

I miss when album sales were healthy and could have a life for a long period of time :cry: So many albums now basically last for one or two weeks and they're gone.

Ooh thanks for letting me know *.* It's interesting to have a good idea of what their CD sales were like over Christmas. The icing on the cake would have been a 200k+ week, but it wasn't to be.

I wish this was possible but not much album sales information was shared in those days :cry:

 

incredible how consistently well 'Spice' sold, even a few months after the release of Mama/WDYTYA!

 

Some of the hit albums released in recent times can take months or even years to accumulate the amount of sales that Spice could manage in just a week

 

Oh what a shame, thanks anyway for all the sales info and updates Jay 😉

I have worked with all the information I have, these are the best estimates I can give. If anyone can help fill in the gaps, please do!

 

Spice:

16/11/96 - Week 01. #01 - 155,000 [Confirmed - I'm basing this off of Music Week's initial report, despite them revising it twice]

23/11/96 - Week 02. #02 - <93,000 [Estimate - Less than half of Robson & Jerome's 187,000]

30/11/96 - Week 03. #02 - 150,000 - 155,000 [Estimate - Less than Robson & Jerome's 168,000 but had sold around 400,000 copies by this point]

07/12/96 - Week 04. #01 - 170,000 [Confirmed]

14/12/96 - Week 05. #01 - 217,000 [Confirmed]

21/12/96 - Week 06. #01 - 271,000 [Confirmed]

28/12/96 - Week 07. #01 - 364,000 [Confirmed]

04/01/97 - Week 08. #01 - 375,000 [Confirmed]

11/01/97 - Week 09. #01 - 119,000 [Confirmed]

18/01/97 - Week 10. #01 - 65,000 [Confirmed]

25/01/97 - Week 11. #01 - 54,000 [Confirmed]

01/02/97 - Week 12. #02 - <49,000 [Estimate]

08/02/97 - Week 13. #03 - <55,000 [Estimate]

15/02/97 - Week 14. #04 - <47,000 [Estimate]

22/02/97 - Week 15. #03 - <92,000 [Estimate]

01/03/97 - Week 16. #03 - <24,000 [Estimate - #2 sold a little over 50% less than #1 album at 48,000]

08/03/97 - Week 17. #01 - 72,000 [Confirmed]

15/03/97 - Week 18. #01 - <152,000 [Estimate]

22/03/97 - Week 19. #01 - 62,000 [Confirmed]

29/03/97 - Week 20. #01 - 65,000 [Confirmed]

05/04/97 - Week 21. #01 - 85,000 [Confirmed]

12/04/97 - Week 22. #01 - 59,000 [Confirmed]

19/04/97 - Week 23. #02 - 35,000 [Confirmed]

26/04/97 - Week 24. #02 - <43,000 [Estimate]

03/05/97 - Week 25. #03 - <56,000 [Estimate - #2 sold 56,000]

10/05/97 - Week 26. #02 - <33,000 [Estimate]

17/05/97 - Week 27. #01 - 23,700 [Confirmed - Spice has sold 2.36 million, the 8th biggest selling album of all time in the UK at that point]

24/05/97 - Week 28. #02 - 18,500 [Estimate - #1 had a 50% lead]

31/05/97 - Week 29. #02 - 25,000 [Confirmed]

07/06/97 - Week 30. #03 - <58,000 [Estimate]

14/06/97 - Week 31. #04 - <26,000 [Estimate]

21/06/97 - Week 32. #05 - <24,000 [Estimate]

28/06/97 - Week 33. #05 - <34,000 [Estimate - #2 sold 34,000]

05/07/97 - Week 34. #03 - <45,700 [Estimate - #2 sold 45,700 - Spice has now sold 2.7 million in the UK]

12/07/97 - Week 35. #04 - <40,000 [Estimate - #1 sold 317,000, outsold #2 by more than 8:1 and sold twice as many copies as the rest of Top 10 altogether]

19/06/97 - Week 36. #05 - <37,000 [Estimate - #2 sold 37,000]

26/07/97 - Week 37. #04 - <16,500 [Estimate - #1 sold 66,000 - outsold #2 by more than 4:1]

02/08/97 - Week 38. #02 - <49,000 [Estimate]

09/08/97 - Week 39. #04 - <18,000 [Estimate - #1 sold 36,000 - outsold #2 by 2:1]

16/08/97 - Week 40. #04 - <29,000 [Estimate - #2 sold 29,000]

23/08/97 - Week 41. #06 - <13,500 [Estimate - #5 debuted with 13,500]

30/08/97 - Week 42. #09 - <33,000 [Estimate - #1 sold 696,000, outsold #2 21:1]

06/09/97 - Week 43. #11 - <23,500 [Estimate - #1 sold 235,000, outsold #2 10:1]

13/09/97 - Week 44. #09 - <19,000 [Estimate - #1 sold 95,000, outsold #2 5:1]

 

I'll try get on to Spiceworld but estimates will be even harder because of its chart run. Thanks Jay for providing us with the estimates of the first 8 weeks!

 

Oh wow, Thank you so much 🥰

 

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