30 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:

Omg love Geri's "Callig" song

So interesting to see Emma's sales for WTYSL, she was quite lucky to get a #1 with that nevermind 2 weeks when you think When you're gone outsold it and hit #3 and Northern Star was on pretty much the same sales for #4. 🤨

Yeah for me there are three big hits whose sales seem somewhat too low for how big they felt at the time:

Mel B's I Want You Back, Emma's What I Am and What Took You So Long... They were EVERYWHERE and got to #1 and #2 but yet somehow their sales were really lacking... It's odd...

Well, Out of Your Mind sold 180K but still had to settle for number two. I'll never get over that one.

1 hour ago, Rebel said:

Well, Out of Your Mind sold 180K but still had to settle for number two. I'll never get over that one.

Still, it sold well overall, over 400k!!! The others didnt get much higher... Specially What Took You So Long which was #1 for two weeks and was literally everywhere...

14 hours ago, Spiceboy said:

Oddio, adoro la canzone "Callig" di Geri.

È così interessante vedere le vendite di Emma per WTYSL, è stata piuttosto fortunata a raggiungere il numero 1 con quel nevermind 2 weeks when you think When you’re gone l’ha superato in vendite ed è arrivato al numero 3 e Northern Star ha avuto praticamente le stesse vendite per il numero 4. 🤨

they were published in different months and years though

8 hours ago, gabry said:

they were published in different months and years though

True, but compare it to It's Raining Men was also released that year and outsold almost all of them so it's a moot point really.

7 hours ago, Spiceboy said:

True, but compare it to It's Raining Men was also released that year and outsold almost all of them so it's a moot point really.

yes, but you had made the comparison with two other singles, in any case yes Geri sold a lot compared to Emma which came out in the same period, I think that the release weeks vary a lot.

8 hours ago, Spiceboy said:

True, but compare it to It's Raining Men was also released that year and outsold almost all of them so it's a moot point really.

It's Raining Men was also part of a huge film's soundtrack that year which included the song in a pivotal moment in the film. Emma did not have that kind of backing for her song.

Maybe if It's Raining Men didn't have that backing, it would have sold similar to Emma's, specially considering that since after those two releases neither of them managed to cross the 100k mark again lol

1 minute ago, Mr.X said:

It's Raining Men was also part of a huge film's soundtrack that year which included the song in a pivotal moment in the film. Emma did not have that kind of backing for her song.

Maybe if It's Raining Men didn't have that backing, it would have sold similar to Emma's, specially considering that since after those two releases neither of them managed to cross the 100k mark again lol

I mean the fact that Gabrielle's Out Of Reach, which was also everywhere and part of that films soundtrack, didn't hit #1 and in fact charted at #4 selling a lot less (at that time, streaming has really helped that song) suggests IRM would have been a bigger hit than Emma's was in it's own right.

6 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:

I mean the fact that Gabrielle's Out Of Reach, which was also everywhere and part of that films soundtrack, didn't hit #1 and in fact charted at #4 selling a lot less (at that time, streaming has really helped that song) suggests IRM would have been a bigger hit than Emma's was in it's own right.

I guess we're only guessing here but I think IRM is really attached to that film. But sure due to her previous sales you would guess she would have done better than Emma anyway, but that's not what I was saying lol

Either way the public was kind of done with the Spices by then, these two singles were pretty much the last mainstream success that any of them had solo. Both were just insanely catchy songs with heave promotion, Geri's was aided even more by the film. I don't think that's a wild think to suggest lol

So sad that they were the last two properly big Spice related hits in the UK. 🥲 At least FDOML was another big hit in a few European countries, but it's been 20 years since a proper big hit single from the girls. 😭

Edited May 15May 15 by Spiceboy

Interesting note the Vicky B had the highest debut sales but is also the only 1 to not go number 1 😮

Edited May 17May 17 by 777666jason

4 hours ago, 777666jason said:

Interesting note the Vicky B had the highest debut sales but is also the only 1 to not go number 1 😮

Truly a travesty. 🥲

On 15/05/2026 at 18:06, Spiceboy said:

So sad that they were the last two properly big Spice related hits in the UK. 🥲 At least FDOML was another big hit in a few European countries, but it's been 20 years since a proper big hit single from the girls. 😭

Well Loving You was a moderate success compared to the rest. It was a top 10 during the midweek but peaked at #14.

19 minutes ago, Babyboy said:

Well Loving You was a moderate success compared to the rest. It was a top 10 during the midweek but peaked at #14.

Yeah, I'm still bitter that they just abandoned Loving you when it was #5 in the midweeks and went to Germany to promote instead of going all out in the UK to ensure it went top 10! 😭

20 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:

Yeah, I'm still bitter that they just abandoned Loving you when it was #5 in the midweeks and went to Germany to promote instead of going all out in the UK to ensure it went top 10! 😭

..and it did not chart at all in Germany. What a strange strategy.

Also a physical copy was out just in Australia.

Edited May 20May 20 by Babyboy

54 minutes ago, Babyboy said:

..and it did not chart at all in Germany. What a strange strategy.

Also a physical copy was out just in Australia.

I know, where it also did not chart!? Like make it make sense, imagine what a full week of promo and a physical release could have achieved in the UK... definitely would have made top 10 and possibly top 5!? 🫠

14 hours ago, Babyboy said:

..and it did not chart at all in Germany. What a strange strategy.

Also a physical copy was out just in Australia.

oh was it a digital release only in the UK/Germany? How odd...

6 hours ago, Mr.X said:

oh was it a digital release only in the UK/Germany? How odd...

Yes downloads only everywhere except for Australia where they gave it a physical single release, not sure if they actually went over there to promote it either???

Such a bizarre release strategy for the song really even if physicals were on the way out.

Wannabe is the #8 best selling female song in the UK ever, and 2 Become 1 is at #20, on pure sales, as per the Official UK Charts

You can't spell ICONIC without Spice Girls??

Edited June 10Jun 10 by Mr.X

Really? Alexandra Burke is on there with Hallelujah but not Leona Lewis with Bleeding Love?