It deserved 10 times that amount 😍

 

Agree!

 

I think if they would want to further the success of their catalogue even further, they could afford to focus on Viva Forever as much as they focus on Wannabe, Spice Up Your Life and Stop. 2 Become 1 and Viva Forever are their best ballads and tunes that everyone loves so they should absolutely perform and platform them more often.

 

Just remember the reaction from the crowd in 2019 when they performed Viva Forever - the crowd went wild.

Viva Forever is definitely the song they need to remind the public of. A big performance with Adele would make it explode, not sure how they could make that happen but that would be the dream.

If they do get the opportunity to do Glastonbury they need to make sure that Viva Forever it a HIGHLIGHT that's the kind of performance / venue that would help to make really bring it back into public focus and make it the classic it deserves to be.

If they do get the opportunity to do Glastonbury they need to make sure that Viva Forever it a HIGHLIGHT that's the kind of performance / venue that would help to make really bring it back into public focus and make it the classic it deserves to be.

 

Similar to Adele's Glastonbury set, it needs to be their 'Make You Feel My Love/Someone Like You' moment.

 

Every tour I've been to VF has been such a highlight and when the chorus kicks in the fans wave from side to side and sing the song out loud.

 

It needs much more attention.

Glastonbury it being the 2nd to last song before the big Wannabe final would be perfect. Get the crowd dead silent, lighters up and nail Viva Forever. Get a choir out for a couple of rousing choruses like SW98, do an accapela final chorus before the 2 Mels do their ending.

Really agree with everyone! They need to RETIRE Mama at least from the bloody encore and focus on Viva Forever which has much bigger cross appeal and it is always a MOMENT live :wub:

Glastonbury it being the 2nd to last song before the big Wannabe final would be perfect. Get the crowd dead silent, lighters up and nail Viva Forever. Get a choir out for a couple of rousing choruses like SW98, do an accapela final chorus before the 2 Mels do their ending.

 

 

Yesss and the ending HAS to be the SW98 ending that was just bone chilling, spine tingling wonderful :wub:

According to Spice Girls Net on Instagram Spice is now at 8 million units in America:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKrhyeIF0KU/

 

 

Veli posted a scan on spice circle and it was an article from one of the Official Spice magazines (August 1997) and it said that Spice had sold 1 million in Japan.

 

It was released in September 1996

By April 1997 it had gone 4x Platinum (800k)

1 million sold by August 1997 (increase of 200k)

 

Imagine the total now seeing as the 1 million figure was Aug 1997, we had the rest of the year, 1998, digital downloads and now the streaming era 🤯

In fact, some interesting figures from that article which I had no idea about:

 

South Africa: 50,000 copies

Rest of Africa: 3.5millon

 

France; 600,000

Germany: 500,000

USA: 3million (now 8million)

Denmark: 100,000

Sweden: 100,000

Finland: 40,000

 

Italy: 500,000 this is A LOT

Netherlands: 200,000 this is A LOT

 

These make sense for 1997 due to the height of their success and the article frames their world-wide sales for Spice on 15million by that point. So it totally makes sense that they sold much more than that. I totally believe the 28million figure for Spice to be honest...

Also South Korea: 500,000 copies for Spice and 200,000 copies for Spiceworld back in 1998 apparently, so probably way more nowadays

Let's not forget the album will have shipped more than sold too. When we get a figure like 85m from a label they aren't looking at actual over the counter sales but copies they shipped out. Spice could have easily shipped 28m. I mean look at Schizophonic it shipped 600k in the UK and sold 480k is it.

In fact, some interesting figures from that article which I had no idea about:

 

South Africa: 50,000 copies

Rest of Africa: 3.5millon

 

France; 600,000

Germany: 500,000

USA: 3million (now 8million)

Denmark: 100,000

Sweden: 100,000

Finland: 40,000

 

Italy: 500,000 this is A LOT

Netherlands: 200,000 this is A LOT

 

These make sense for 1997 due to the height of their success and the article frames their world-wide sales for Spice on 15million by that point. So it totally makes sense that they sold much more than that. I totally believe the 28million figure for Spice to be honest...

 

Even though it said other territories over the map of Africa did they mean the continent itself or did they mean 3.5m for the rest of the world? 🤔

 

Spice was certified 6x Platinum in Denmark back in 2018 which is now 300,000

 

As for Germany that’s been on 750k for 20 years and France is 1.1m. Most of those territories including Finland are basically double what they were in 1997 👏

Even though it said other territories over the map of Africa did they mean the continent itself or did they mean 3.5m for the rest of the world? 🤔

 

That doesnt make sense since the rest of the page has total figures on 15million and sales across other areas of the world that clearly exceeds that number?

 

I dont find it hard to believe at all

That doesnt make sense since the rest of the page has total figures on 15million and sales across other areas of the world that clearly exceeds that number?

 

I dont find it hard to believe at all

 

I don’t doubt that at all, it’s just if 50k was sold in South Africa I wondered which other countries made up the rest. I’m just not aware of how many countries in Africa sold as many copies its very impressive 👏

 

Also I’m wondering if any countries in Africa have official music organisations similar to BPI for example as I wonder how they count the sales?

Found some sales info for SYBT in the United States :cheer:

 

 

Physical sales - 900,000 (Sales in 1997 alone)

Downloads - 268,611

Streaming units - 339,466

Total sales - 1,508,077

 

*Total does not include physical sales from 1998 on wards*

 

SYBT could possibly be anywhere between 1.6-1.8m, but it's definitely over 1.5m

 

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I don’t doubt that at all, it’s just if 50k was sold in South Africa I wondered which other countries made up the rest. I’m just not aware of how many countries in Africa sold as many copies its very impressive 👏

 

Also I’m wondering if any countries in Africa have official music organisations similar to BPI for example as I wonder how they count the sales?

The vast majority of African countries don't track music sales or even have official music organizations

 

In South Africa, 40k is needed for platinum and Spice has definitely sold much more than that here, they were a phenomenon similar to what Adele has become and Adele sold 80k physicals here in 5 days with 25

Found some sales info for SYBT in the United States :cheer:

Physical sales - 900,000 (Sales in 1997 alone)

Downloads - 268,611

Streaming units - 339,466

Total sales - 1,508,077

 

*Total does not include physical sales from 1998 on wards*

 

SYBT could possibly be anywhere between 1.6-1.8m, but it's definitely over 1.5m

 

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600k download and streaming sales for SYBT in the US. You can see how when I said their 'sales' are probably easily over 100m it's not far fetched.

 

600k download and streaming sales for SYBT in the US. You can see how when I said their 'sales' are probably easily over 100m it's not far fetched.

 

Very happy to know their singles look much healthier compared to 1997. Fingers crossed I get more sales info for the singles at least.

 

I reckon if they did 900k in 1997 alone what are the chances they did say 300k in 1998 - is that realistic? SYBT could be nearer to 2m in the next couple of years.