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I put this together last year. Don’t know if it’s what you’re looking for but there are some cd and vinyl chart positions for some countries :)

 

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you.

I've been reading some old Billboard Magazines, some interesting worldwide facts here:

 

- Spice Girls sold more than 500,000 copies of "Spice" in Spain just five weeks over Christmas, according to Virgin España. It was their third biggest market behind the UK & US.

- Tied for highest ever debut at #11 (with Alanis Morissette 'Ironic')

- 'Wannabe' almost certified Gold (500,000) in 2 weeks

- The difference between the 'Unbreak My Heart' (No.1) and 'Wannabe' (No.2) was less than 1,500 chart points. "Wannabe" posted a 39% gain (an

increase of 35,000 units), which jumped the single to No. 1 on Hot 100 Singles Sales. It was the only song scanning more than 100,000 units (so was selling more than 'Unbreak My Heart' but did not have enough airplay points to go #1)

- 'Spice' had sold 3.5 million worldwide by January 1997

- 'Spice' debuted at #6 in the US with 82,000 sales

- At its second week at #1, "Wannabe" moved more than 180,000 units, making it the first single in 1997 to scan more than 150,000 units.

- 'Spice' had sold 7 million worldwide by March 1997

- Spice Girls were awarded the top new foreign act at Japan Gold Discs Ceremony in March 1997, with album sales totalling 718,432 and singles sales of 102,278.

- They were the first act to be simultaneously #1 in the UK & US singles charts since 1988

- Say You'll Be There sold 60,000 units in its first week on the Hot 100

- US Sales (December 1997) Wannabe: 1.8 million, Say You'll Be There: 873,000, 2 Become 1: 559,000

- Spiceworld sold 1.74 million in it's first 12 weeks vs Spice 1.46 million

- Too Much debuted at #32 with 30,000 units

- Spice World The Movie VHS sold just under 270,000 copies in its first week with the Emma tin making up 38.7% of sales, Melanie C at 20.3%, Geri at 17.3%, Victoria 12.2 & Mel B 11.5%

- They recorded the (scrapped) 'Boyfriend/Girlfriend' Blackstreet duet in Studio X in Seattle during a tour stop in Tacoma. So we now know a studio recording does exist!

- Goodbye had an original release date of November 17 and was marked as an EP

Edited October 17, 20222 yr by colinn

Fab info! Thanks for sharing Colinn.

I've been reading some old Billboard Magazines, some interesting worldwide facts here:

 

- Spice Girls sold more than 500,000 copies of "Spice" in Spain just five weeks over Christmas, according to Virgin España. It was their third biggest market behind the UK & US.

- Tied for highest ever debut at #11 (with Alanis Morissette 'Ironic')

- 'Wannabe' almost certified Gold (500,000) in 2 weeks

- The difference between the 'Unbreak My Heart' (No.1) and 'Wannabe' (No.2) was less than 1,500 chart points. "Wannabe" posted a 39% gain (an

increase of 35,000 units), which jumped the single to No. 1 on Hot 100 Singles Sales. It was the only song scanning more than 100,000 units (so was selling more than 'Unbreak My Heart' but did not have enough airplay points to go #1)

- 'Spice' had sold 3.5 million worldwide by January 1997

- 'Spice' debuted at #6 in the US with 82,000 sales

- At its second week at #1, "Wannabe" moved more than 180,000 units, making it the first single in 1997 to scan more than 150,000 units.

- 'Spice' had sold 7 million worldwide by March 1997

- Spice Girls were awarded the top new foreign act at Japan Gold Discs Ceremony in March 1997, with album sales totalling 718,432 and singles sales of 102,278.

- They were the first act to be simultaneously #1 in the UK & US singles charts since 1988

- Say You'll Be There sold 60,000 units in its first week on the Hot 100

- US Sales (December 1997) Wannabe: 1.8 million, Say You'll Be There: 873,000, 2 Become 1: 559,000

- Spiceworld sold 1.74 million in it's first 12 weeks vs Spice 1.46 million

- Too Much debuted at #32 with 30,000 units

- Spice World The Movie VHS sold just under 270,000 copies in its first week with the Emma tin making up 38.7% of sales, Melanie C at 20.3%, Geri at 17.3%, Victoria 12.2 & Mel B 11.5%

- They recorded the (scrapped) 'Boyfriend/Girlfriend' Blackstreet duet in Studio X in Seattle during a tour stop in Tacoma. So we now know a studio recording does exist!

- Goodbye had an original release date of November 17 and was marked as an EP

 

Interesting info, thank you!

 

Had Goodbye been an EP, I think it would have been more like a collection of live and studio tracks, right? Like they included We Are Family and Sisters as bsides for the single, so it would have made sense. Personally, I am glad they went in with a single for Christmas, which should have been followed by an album in 1999 :teresa:

 

It is interesting too that Spiceworld the album had sold so well and faster than Spice originally. The fact they did slow down on promo after Simon had left did cost them a bit with that album. The singles from SW deserved better in the US, personally speaking!

 

Great that we have a confirmation of that song being recorded. I definitely want to hear it! I think it would have been an interesting move, to bridge the Spiceworld and the Forever eras and kept them out there as a recording group.

 

Emma always the top seller on individual releases :wub: Similarly she was outselling the rest of the individual Spice25 covers last year :arrr:

Lots of interesting facts there, thank you so much for sharing!

 

For some reason I wouldn't have guessed that Melanie C's VHS tin would be a better seller than Geri's. I wonder if that order is the same for the UK?

 

Remember when Melanie C had a storage unit that was essentially abandoned, and her stuff was going to be sold before she was notified and she intervened? I'm fairly sure she had a CD-R of Boyfriend/Girlfriend amongst her stuff. No doubt we'll never hear it <_<

Interesting. Goodbye was released as an EP in Southeast Asia (they combined both CD track lists into one CD).

Lots of interesting facts there, thank you so much for sharing!

 

For some reason I wouldn't have guessed that Melanie C's VHS tin would be a better seller than Geri's. I wonder if that order is the same for the UK?

 

Remember when Melanie C had a storage unit that was essentially abandoned, and her stuff was going to be sold before she was notified and she intervened? I'm fairly sure she had a CD-R of Boyfriend/Girlfriend amongst her stuff. No doubt we'll never hear it <_<

 

I remember this! It was the first confirmation that the group were somehow involved with that song. I know it is her private stuff but I do wish that tape had somehow fallen on a fan's lap :teresa:

Lots of interesting facts there, thank you so much for sharing!

 

For some reason I wouldn't have guessed that Melanie C's VHS tin would be a better seller than Geri's. I wonder if that order is the same for the UK?

 

This was the UK figures for the tins, apologies I should've made that clear!

 

There was also some great articles on why their radio support dropped significantly during the second era. It was mostly down to the industry feeling they were targeting pre-teens and the US Top 40 radio demographic at that time was for an older audience.

 

Billboard were also incredibly balanced and fair in their reporting of the girls, who we know were receiving massive backlash, even going as far to correct Entertainment Weekly who proclaimed that Spice World only sold "a less than sizzling 100,000 copies in its second week" Billboard were quite right to say this was far from mundane sales that was being claimed and actually a great achievement!

 

They also questioned why the girls didn't attend the 1998 American Music Awards as they had only been in the Los Angeles area a couple of days before. Accepting 3 awards in person would've fared far better and almost definitely increased album sales, potentially even a new peak.

 

And they're still making questionable decisions stunting their potential almost 25 years later :P

Edited October 17, 20222 yr by colinn

I wonder if they were already in Dublin on 26th Jan (which is when the AMAs took place), because on 27th January they were shooting the Stop music video! Not very good scheduling there.

 

I should have remembered that the US wouldn’t have had those VHS tins because they had totally different artwork for the movie! Interesting to know the split between them, though it doesn’t factor in the stand alone copy of the VHS or the group tin! :thinking:

 

At the time of release I only got the Emma tin, so I contributed to hers being the most successful! And I remember that my cousins went for Melanie C’s.

 

I wonder if they would have anticipated Emma being the more popular seller and pressed more copies of her tin than say Mel B’s? :(

I remember reading an article where it mentioned the tins and that the Spice Girls (or management/distributors) insisted that retailers had to take even numbers of each tins. It was a stroke of genius as it meant retailers had to buy a lot of tins to match the demand of the Baby tin or be the retailer who sells out of the Baby tin straight away. It did lead to a lot of unsold Scray tins going cheap though.

From a business point of view that probably makes sense (as well as not cause any tensions with the girls themselves). I guess it would have been the same with the dolls too. Maybe Mel B's were the lowest selling of those too? :cry:

Great news, thanks

it would be nice to know the weekly sales in the top 10 in America of singles, Wannabe then in the second week at number 1 in America sold 180,000 copies wow

According to Billboard magazine, Spiceworld sold 15.4 million copies by 2009. So including trickle sales in the early 2010s, downloads, streaming units and vinyls, can we say that Spiceworld has sold 16m copies?

 

The original billboard article has been referenced on various music forums, but here is the list of albums and sales which was posted to an online fan page.

 

Billboard list

Thanks for the info Spice Girls Net, you the bestest!

 

So... if Spiceworld was at 15.4million by 2009, for sure we can say it is over 16million, perhaps even more now?... I think it was still in print as a CD for a while after that, no?...

 

Also, I think it is a shame that the official press release mentioned 14million when we know it was more... Some articles used to mention 17million, others around 20million...

Thanks for the info Spice Girls Net, you the bestest!

 

So... if Spiceworld was at 15.4million by 2009, for sure we can say it is over 16million, perhaps even more now?... I think it was still in print as a CD for a while after that, no?...

 

Also, I think it is a shame that the official press release mentioned 14million when we know it was more... Some articles used to mention 17million, others around 20million...

 

Yes I saw it the CD in HMV in the late 2000s/early 2010s.

SW25

 

Spain

#6 - Vinyl Albums Chart

#58 - Top 100 Albums Chart

 

Italy

#19 - Vinyl Albums Chart

I added irish charts except Northern album and Schizo. because the chart runs are not complete.

 

I past here:

 

 

SCHIZOPHONIC

10/06/1999: 26-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?

23/03/2000: 63-66-x

 

NORTHERN STAR

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16/03/2000: 62-47-33-23-18-23-23-27-27-38-46-75-x

27/07/2000: 52-53-60-x

24/08/2000: 17-16-13-9-9-12-17-21-25-36-47-50-54-46-35-29-31-34-34-34-35-37-39-31-50-39-56-x

15/03/2001: 73-x

 

 

When You're Gone was certified Gold in Denmark last month.

 

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Added Sweden and New Zealand.

Belgium Wallonia added