Spice Girls ● Albums: UK Chart Runs & Sales

Posted August 17, 2025Aug 17

Spice Girls ● Albums: UK Chart Runs & Sales

Note 1, re: Total Sales and First Week Sales -

Official Charts Company retroactively downgraded sales from 1994-1996, both totals and first week sales. It's complicated to explain why, but if you're interested in knowing more then Google search: "1994-1996 DUS Panel Gallup Buzzjack" (without the quotation marks). This should bring up some old threads where the issue is discussed. This therefore affects Spice (the album). This resulted in there being different total sales and first week sales reported for these titles, over the years.

A lot of the first week sales data comes from Music Week and Official Charts Company. However there are some releases (mainly solo) where the original source for this data couldn't be found, and some first week figures are estimations, not official.

Note 2, re: Certifications -

Multiples of 300,000 sales are considered to be Multi-Platinum, i.e. 600,000+ sales = 2xPlatinum)

300,000+ sales = Platinum

100,000+ sales = Gold

60,000+ sales = Silver

Certifications became automatically applied from 22nd July 2013 onwards, meaning that if an album sold over a certain threshold then it is instantly awarded the appropriate certification. However, prior to that date, they weren't automatic - the label had to apply for them. Certifications also used to be based on shipment figures to stores, rather than over the counter sales. Some of their albums are technically over-certified. One example: Geri Halliwell - Schizophonic was certified 2xPlatinum for 600,000+ sales in June 2000, i.e. more than 600,000 physical copies had been shipped to stores - but the album actually sold less than this; as of May 2020 its total stood at 487,445.

Key:

BPI = British Phonographic Industry

HM = Hit Music

OCC = Official Charts Company

Red text = week spent at #1

Blue text = weeks spent from #2 to #10

Green text = weeks spent from #11 to #20

Black text = weeks spent from #21 to #40

Grey text = weeks spent outside the Top 40

Click to see:

Spice Girls

Melanie B

Victoria Beckham

Emma Bunton

Melanie C

Geri Halliwell

Old Sales Figures

Certifications

Links from old threads:

Total Sales Summary (8th May 2020)

Total Sales Update (13th November 2020)

Downloads / Physical / Sales / Streaming / Vinyl / Independent / Hip-Hop & R&B (28th June 2021)

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SPICE GIRLS

Spice

Includes 'Wannabe', 'Say You'll Be There', '2 Become 1', 'Mama' & 'Who Do You Think You Are'

Original Release Date: 4th November 1996

25th Anniversary Release Date: 29th October 2021

Top 200

10/11/1996 | 1-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-4-3-3-1-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-2-1-2-2-3-4-5-5-4-4-5-4-2-4-4-6-9-11-9-11-13-15-20-22-20-22-20-21-27-36-35-33-39-38-39-33-37-40-56-77-102-98-102-89-91-101-94-101-107-95-106-103-87-89-97-89-91-67-74-84-75-84-87-86-89-75-71-79-91-120-136-112-111-115-44-44-61-91-112-121-110-135-123-121-121-118-112-185-x | 113w

16/11/2018 | 94-x | 1w

31/05/2019 | 122-82-114-84-x | 4w

05/11/2021 | 5-x | 1w

Peak Position: #1 - 15wks

BRIT Certified: 10xPlatinum | Source: BPI - August 1997 - based on shipments

Total Sales: 3,022,958 | Source: BuzzJack - 12th November 2021

First Week Sales: 128,873 | Source: OCC - 29th October 2021

Note:

The first week sales were originally reported to be 155,000 (Source: Music Week, 16th November 1996), and were then downgraded to 114,305 (Source: Music Week, 19th November 2007) before being upgraded to the 128,873 figure listed above.

Spiceworld

Includes 'Spice Up Your Life', 'Too Much', 'Stop' & 'Viva Forever'

Original Release Date: 3rd November 1997

25th Anniversary Release Date: 4th November 2022

Top 200

09/11/1997 | 1-1-2-2-1-2-2-3-2-4-8-11-14-21-20-14-14-16-17-16-19-15-12-14-22-21-26-30-27-24-26-32-36-22-22-23-24-21-16-15-23-23-24-30-32-38-40-39-43-49-65-77-83-86-94-85-85-85-75-74-99-89-93-102-138-170-180-157-165-192-175-177-x | 72w

04/04/1999 | 72-72-95-119-167-184-x | 6w

20/06/1999 | 191-149-164-160-198-x | 5w

26/12/1999 | 151-169-x | 2w

16/11/2018 | 197-x | 1w

07/06/2019 | 141-x | 1w

21/06/2019 | 161-x | 1w

11/11/2022 | 46-x | 1w

23/12/2022 | 105-x | 1w

Peak Position: #1 - 3wks

BRIT Certified: 5xPlatinum | Source: BPI - 19th December 1997

Total Sales: 1,630,367 | Source: BuzzJack - 23rd December 2022

First Week Sales: 191,856 | Source: Music Week - 19th November 2007

Forever

Includes 'Goodbye', 'Holler' & 'Let Love Lead The Way'

Release Date: 6th November 2000

Top 200

12/11/2000 | 2-16-32-37-35-43-49-62-80-111-150-x | 11w

05/08/2001 | 184-x | 1w

15/09/2002 | 93-120-x | 2w

19/01/2003 | 185-x | 1w

Peak Position: #2

BRIT Certified: Platinum | Source: BPI - 17th December 2000 - based on shipments

Total Sales: 272,196 | Source: BuzzJack - 13th November 2020

First Week Sales: 73,390 | Source: Music Week - 19th November 2007

Greatest Hits

Includes 'Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)' & all previous hits

CD & Download Release Date: 12th November 2007

Picture Disc Vinyl Release Date: 5th July 2019

Top 200

18/11/2007 | 2-7-12-13-22-27-29-34-36-39-41-67-107-138-x | 14w

22/02/2009 | 173-x | 1w

12/08/2012 | 164-18-62-136-179-x | 5w

18/11/2012 | 190-x | 1w

09/12/2012 | 84-108-117-90-107-98-108-146-128-x | 9w

15/07/2016 | 180-x | 1w

09/02/2018 | 81-154-191-175-177-163-x | 6w

18/05/2018 | 197-x | 1w

09/11/2018 | 69-25-72-81-54-47-44-43-52-81-130-149-148-164-157-192-190-198-183-x | 19w

05/04/2019 | 154-184-183-x | 3w

10/05/2019 | 177-151-107-24-16-24-19-76-113-15-124-143-153-160-127-130-148-154-155-171-171-x | 21w

25/10/2019 | 199-188-x | 2w

16/07/2021 | 163-x | 1w

08/10/2021 | 172-x | 1w

29/11/2024 | 158-x | 1w

05/12/2025 | 178-x | 1w

30/01/2026 | 188-x | 1w

Peak Position: #2

BRIT Certified: Platinum | Source: BPI - 21st June 2019

Total Sales: 726,670 | Source: BuzzJack - 11th November 2022

First Week Sales: 75,787 | Source: Music Week - 19th November 2007

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MELANIE B

Hot

Includes 'I Want You Back', 'Tell Me', 'Feels So Good' & 'Lullaby'

Release Date: 9th October 2000

Top 200

15/10/2000 | 28-65-96-161-x | 4w

11/02/2001 | 181-153-97-95-118-180-x | 6w

27/05/2001 | 182-x | 1w

Peak Position: #28

Chart Weeks: Top 40 - 1wk | Top 75 - 2wks | Top 100 - 5wks | Top 200 - 11wks

BRIT Certified: Silver | Source: BPI - 20th October 2000 - based on shipments

Total Sales: 53,676 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 7,419 | Source: Music Week - 4th July 2005

L.A. State of Mind

Includes 'Today'

Release Date: 27th June 2005

Peak Position: #453

Total Sales: 1,963 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 670 | Source: Music Week - 4th July 2005

Note:

Music Week revealed an entry position of #453, and also reported a second week position of #1581 with 152 copies sold.

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VICTORIA BECKHAM

Victoria Beckham

Includes 'Not Such an Innocent Girl' & 'A Mind of Its Own'

Release Date: 1st October 2001

Top 200

07/10/2001 | 10-35-85-161-x | 4w

17/02/2002 | 121-112-107-67-156-x | 5w

Peak Position: #10

Total Sales: 53,938 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 16,500 | Source: Music Week - 13th October 2001

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EMMA BUNTON

A Girl Like Me

Includes 'What I Am', 'What Took You So Long?', 'Take My Breath Away' & 'We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight'

Release Date: 16th April 2001

Top 200

22/04/2001 | 4-17-27-40-61-55-80-124-183-x | 9w

22/07/2001 | 167-129-118-88-67-53-47-54-52-67-93-194-x | 12w

16/12/2001 | 176-179-x | 2w

Peak Position: #4

BRIT Certified: Gold | Source: BPI - 7th September 2001

Total Sales: 126,952 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 21,694 | Source: Music Week - 11th December 2006

Free Me

Includes 'Free Me', 'Maybe', 'I'll Be There' & 'Crickets Sing for Anamaria'

Release Date: 9th February 2004

Top 200

15/02/2004 | 7-16-20-24-38-44-67-86-117-145-167-x | 11w

16/05/2004 | 194-137-50-53-43-53-77-146-182-193-x | 10w

Peak Position: #7

BRIT Certified: Gold | Source: BPI - 28th May 2004

Total Sales: 142,643 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 33,091 | Source: Music Week - 11th December 2006

Note:

The first week sales were originally reported to be 33,901 (Source: Music Week, 21st February 2004)

Life in Mono

Includes 'Downtown' & 'All I Need to Know'

Release Date: 4th December 2006

Top 200

10/12/2006 | 65-75-79-128-156-x | 5w

18/02/2007 | 188-x | 1w

Peak Position: #65

Chart Weeks: Top 75 - 2wks | Top 100 - 3wks | Top 200 - 6wks

Total Sales: 53,918 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 12,307 | Source: Music Week - 11th December 2006

My Happy Place

Includes 'Baby Please Don't Stop' & 'You're All I Need to Get By'

Release Date: 12th April 2019

Top 200

19/04/2019 | 11-121-x | 2w

17/05/2019 | 162-x | 1w

Peak Position: #11

Chart Weeks: Top 20 - 1wk | Top 40 - 1wk | Top 75 - 1wk | Top 100 - 1wk | Top 200 - 3wks

Total Sales: 13,031 | Source: BuzzJack - 13th November 2020

First Week Sales: 6,674 | Source: Music Week - 19th April 2019

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MELANIE C

Northern Star

Includes 'Goin' Down', 'Northern Star', 'Never Be the Same Again', 'I Turn to You' & 'If That Were Me'

Release Date: 18th October 1999

Top 200

24/10/1999 | 10-18-34-41-40-38-28-30-34-35-37-43-55-77-89-112-91-59-34-21-13-12-10-12-5-7-11-15-16-20-29-37-49-54-58-51-48-41-28-24-20-20-16-17-4-6-6-6-11-18-22-25-36-43-56-57-61-52-49-39-33-32-40-40-48-57-66-84-74-80-116-136-115-116-102-139-161-144-153-184-x | 80w

20/05/2001 | 171-192-x | 2w

14/10/2001 | 180-x | 1w

30/12/2001 | 71-53-52-70-89-91-x | 6w

22/09/2002 | 89-131-x | 2w

30/03/2003 | 170-198-x | 2w

27/04/2003 | 105-108-x | 2w

04/01/2004 | 87-72-95-135-x | 4w

Peak Position: #4

BRIT Certified: 3xPlatinum | Source: BPI - 9th February 2001 - based on shipments

Total Sales: 892,935 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 17,773 | Source: Music Week - 17th April 2005

Reason

Includes 'Here It Comes Again', 'On the Horizon', 'Melt' & 'Yeh Yeh Yeh'

Release Date: 10th March 2003

Top 200

16/03/2003 | 5-19-37-67-83-101-168-192-184-176-141-109-118-81-99-185-x | 16w

28/12/2003 | 198-109-100-145-x | 4w

Peak Position: #5

BRIT Certified: Gold | Source: BPI - 14th March 2003

Total Sales: 102,550 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 30,876 | Source: Music Week - 17th April 2005

Beautiful Intentions

Includes 'Next Best Superstar' & 'Better Alone'

Release Date: 11th April 2005

Top 200

17/04/2005 | 24-53-91-136-x | 4w

Peak Position: #24

Chart Weeks: Top 40 - 1wk | Top 75 - 2wks | Top 100 - 3wks | Top 200 - 4wks

Total Sales: 28,818 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 8,970 | Source: Music Week - 17th April 2005

This Time

Includes 'I Want Candy', 'Carolyna' & 'This Time'

Release Date: 2nd April 2007

Top 200

08/04/2007 | 57-97-200-x | 3w

Peak Position: #57

Chart Weeks: Top 75 - 1wk | Top 100 - 2wks | Top 200 - 3wks

Total Sales: 14,934 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 4,500 | No source - estimate

The Sea

Includes 'Think About It' & 'Weak'

Release Date: 5th September 2011

Top 200

11/09/2011 | 45-101-x | 2w

Peak Position: #45

Chart Weeks: Top 75 - 1wk | Top 100 - 1wk | Top 200 - 2wks

Total Sales: 13,750 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 3,735 | Source: Popjustice - 12th September 2011

Stages

Includes 'I Know Him So Well'

Release Date: 9th September 2012

Top 200

16/09/2012 | 50-x | 1w

02/12/2012 | 151-x | 1w

Peak Position: #50

Chart Weeks: Top 75 - 1wk | Top 100 - 1wk | Top 200 - 2wks

Total Sales: 11,931 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 2,326 | Source: Music Week - 16th September 2012

Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire

Live album, released as a digital download

Release Date: 11th December 2013

Total Sales: 1,980 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

Version of Me

Includes 'Anymore', 'Dear Life', 'Hold On' & 'Room for Love'

Release Date: 21st October 2016

Top 200

28/10/2016 | 25-146-x | 2w

Peak Position: #25

Chart Weeks: Top 40 - 1 wk | Top 75 - 1wk | Top 100 - 1wk | Top 200 - 2wks

Total Sales: 10,995 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 4,084 | Source: Music Week - 28th October 2016

Melanie C

Includes 'Who I Am', 'Blame It on Me', 'In and Out of Love', 'Fearless' & 'Into You'

Release Date: 2nd October 2020

Top 200

09/10/2020 | 8-132-x | 2w

Peak Position: #8

Total Sales: 9,741 | Source: BuzzJack - 13th November 2020

First Week Sales: 7,265 | Source: Music Week - 9th October 2020

Sweat

Includes 'Sweat', 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong?', 'Undefeated Champion', 'Attitude' & 'Drum Machine'

Release Date: 1st May 2026

Top 200

08/05/2026

Peak Position: tba

Total Sales: tba | Source:

First Week Sales: tba | Source:

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GERI HALLIWELL

Schizophonic

Includes 'Look at Me', 'Mi Chico Latino', 'Lift Me Up' & 'Bag It Up'

Release Date: 7th June 1999

Top 200

13/06/1999 | 4-15-23-35-44-60-61-53-45-30-18-14-14-17-23-42-62-78-62-48-35-20-17-19-21-22-27-33-34-38-45-71-82-93-91-99-89-74-52-15-11-8-16-23-30-35-59-66-71-87-124-138-132-144-168-186-191-200-184-171-151-166-155-x | 63wks

Peak Position: #4

BRIT Certified: 2xPlatinum | Source: BPI - 23rd June 2000 - based on shipments

Total Sales: 487,445 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 31,274 | Source: Music Week - 12th June 2005

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster

Includes 'It's Raining Men', 'Scream If You Wanna Go Faster' & 'Calling'

Release Date: 14th May 2001

Top 200

20/05/2001 | 5-11-21-32-48-56-71-74-55-53-50-40-47-51-67-86-125-173-x | 18w

25/11/2001 | 198-170-169-174-186-x | 5w

Peak Position: #5

BRIT Certified: Gold | Source: BPI - 18th May 2001

Total Sales: 148,301 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 35,356 | Source: Music Week - 12th June 2005

Passion

Includes 'Ride It' & 'Desire'

Release Date: 6th June 2005

Top 200

12/06/2005 | 41-115-x | 2w

Peak Position: #41

Chart Weeks: Top 75: 1wk | Top 100: 1wk | Top 200: 2wks

Total Sales: 10,954 | Source: BuzzJack - 8th May 2020

First Week Sales: 5,432 | Source: Music Week - 12th June 2005

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Old Sales Figures

Spice Girls

Spice

3,000,583 Source: BuzzJack (13th November 2020)

2,993,501 Source: BuzzJack (8th May 2020)

2,984,879 Source: Official Charts Company (16th October 2019)

2,979,898 Source: Official Charts Company (21st June 2019)

2,963,975 Source: Official Charts Company (16th November 2018)

2,960,000 Source: Official Charts Company (13th October 2018)

2,940,000 Source: Official Charts Company (14th July 2016)

2,928,826 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

2,927,382 Source: Music Week (31st December 2007)

Spiceworld

1,627,657 Source: Music Week (11th November 2022)

1,611,165 Source: BuzzJack (13th November 2020)

1,607,610 Source: BuzzJack (8th May 2020)

1,603,426 Source: Official Charts Company (16th October 2019)

1,601,102 Source: Official Charts Company (21st June 2019)

1,593,889 Source: Official Charts Company (16th November 2018)

1,576,709 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

1,575,941 Source: Music Week (31st December 2007)

Forever

271,674 Source: BuzzJack (8th May 2020)

271,000 Source: Official Charts Company (9th January 2020)

268,000 Source: BuzzJack (31st October 2018)

266,000 Source: Official Charts Company (30th May 2015)

264,420 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

263,953 Source: Music Week (31st December 2007)

Greatest Hits

696,128 Source: BuzzJack (31st December 2021)

690,219 Source: BuzzJack (5th November 2021)

687,293 Source: BuzzJack (8th October 2021)

678,730 Source: BuzzJack (16th July 2021)

660,715 Source: BuzzJack (1st January 2021)

655,505 Source: BuzzJack (13th November 2020)

639,235 Source: BuzzJack (8th May 2020)

620,850 Source: Official Charts Company (1st November 2019)

524,503 Source: BuzzJack (18th May 2018)

413,129 Source: Official Charts Company (19th August 2012)

380,569 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

325,966 Source: Music Week (31st December 2007)

Melanie B

Hot

52,976 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

L.A. State of Mind

1,702 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

1,509 Source: Music Week (11th December 2006)

Victoria Beckham

52,635 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

Emma Bunton

A Girl Like Me

124,928 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

Free Me

141,712 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

Life in Mono

53,510 Source: Official Charts Company (25th April 2016)

50,725 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

Melanie C

Northern Star

892,000 Source: Music Week (28th December 2018)

890,150 Source: Music Week (28th October 2016)

888,354 Source: Music Week (16th September 2012)

886,520 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

881,420 Source: Music Week (17th April 2005)

Reason

101,889 Source: Source (21st June 2009) / BuzzJack)

99,859 Source: Source (17th April 2005) / Music Week)

Beautiful Intentions

27,364 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

19,957 Source: Music Week (11th July 2005)

This Time

13,502 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

The Sea

10,979 Source: Music Week (16th September 2012)

Stages

7,179 Source: Sman at DenDen (2nd December 2012)

Version of Me

4,964 (4th November 2016)

Melanie C
8,364 (16th October 2020)

Geri Halliwell

Schizophonic

483,853 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

483,150 Source: Music Week (12th June 2005)

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster

147,060 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

145,844 Source: Music Week (12th June 2005)

Passion

10,529 Source: BuzzJack (21st June 2009)

8,749 Source: Music Week (11th July 2005)

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Certifications

Read - "Note 2, re: Certifications" / The order of the list is from best selling to worst selling (based on most recently known sales totals):

01/08/1997 plat plat plat plat plat plat plat plat plat plat 10xPlatinum Spice (Spice Girls)

19/12/1997 plat plat plat plat plat 5xPlatinum Spiceworld (Spice Girls)

09/02/2001 plat plat plat 3xPlatinum Northern Star (Melanie C) [based on shipments - see above note]

21/06/2019 plat plat 2xPlatinum Greatest Hits (Spice Girls)

23/06/2000 plat plat 2xPlatinum Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell) [based on shipments - see above note]

17/11/2000 plat Platinum Forever (Spice Girls) [based on shipments - see above note]

18/05/2001 gold Gold Scream If You Wanna Go Faster (Geri Halliwell)

28/05/2004 gold Gold Free Me (Emma Bunton)

07/09/2001 gold Gold A Girl Like Me (Emma Bunton)

14/03/2003 gold Gold Reason (Melanie C)

20/10/2000 silver Silver Hot (Mel B) [based on shipments - see above note]

Friday at 17:442 days

Ultimately unable to add to the two No.1 albums she scored as a member of the Spice Girls – 1996 debut Spice, and 1997 follow-up Spice World – Melanie C(hisholm) nevertheless scores her ninth straight solo chart album, representing her entire studio output, debuting at No.3 (19,483 sales) with Sweat – the highest sale for that position for 35 weeks.

That’s not just the highest chart position of the 52-year-old Liverpudlian’s solo career – surpassing the No.4 peak of her 1999 solo debut, Northern Star – but also the highest position of any solo album by any Spice Girl (Geri Halliwell’s 1999 solo debut Schizophonic and Emma Bunton’s 2001 solo debut, A Girl Like Me also reached No.4). The only member of The Spice Girls to have a sustained and regular solo career, Chisholm has now had as many Top 75 albums as the rest put together.

Chisholm’s best first week sale remains the 30,866 copies that her second album, Reason, sold on debut at No.5 in 2003, but Northern Star has outsold the rest of her output together by a margin of more than four to one. Achieving triple platinum status earlier this year, it has to-date consumption of 900,317 units. That is more than any other solo album by a Spice Girl (Geri’s Schizophonic is second with 490,819 units) but less than Spice (3,102,398 units) and Spice World (1,663,649 units). Mel B’s L.A. State Of Mind is the back marker (1,963 sales).

Friday at 17:472 days

Updated album sales from Music Week

3,102,398 Spice Girls - Spice

1,663,649 Spice Girls - Spiceworld

900,317 Melanie C - Northern Star

490,819 Geri Halliwell - Schizophonic

1,963 Mel B - L.A. State of Mind

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Friday at 17:492 days

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Well they only gave a total sale for Northern Star out of Melanie's previous albums, but it's good to know that it's finally surpassed 900,000! I was hoping we'd get some of her other solo totals though, particularly self-titled. Oh well.

Updates:
3,102,398 - Spice
1,663,649 - Spiceworld
900,317 - Northern Star
490,819 - Schizophonic

Last known sales:
3,022,958 - Spice on on 12th November 2021
1,630,367 - Spiceworld on on 23rd December 2022
892,935 - Northern Star on 8th May 2020
487,445 - Schizophonic on 8th May 2020

Increases:
Spice - 79,440 sales in 234 weeks - 339 sales a week on average

Spiceworld - 33,282 sales in 176 weeks - 189 sales a week on average
Northern Star - 7,832 sales in 313 weeks - 23 to 24 sales a week on average
Schizophonic - 3,374 sales in 313 weeks - 10 to 11 sales a week on average

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Two confusing things from the article:

1. 30,866 stated as being Reason's first week sales, when back in 2005 it was revealed to be 30,876.
2. 1,963 sales stated for L.A. State of Mind - the exact same figure revealed back in May 2020, six years ago. It surely has to have sold something in 6 years?!

Friday at 17:542 days

Northern Star very recently crossed 900k then!

When was it given its triple platinum certification?

Friday at 17:572 days

It was certified in 2001

Friday at 17:592 days

15 minutes ago, StephenN18 said:
Some sales from Music Week
3,102,398 Spice Girls - Spice
1,663,649 Spice Girls - Spiceworld
900,317 Melanie C - Northern Star
490,819 Geri Halliwell - Schizophonic
1,963 Mel B - L.A. State of Mind

The Northern Star sales update! Finally!

Friday at 18:142 days

LOL at LA State of Mind not having sold a single copy for 6 years! 😂

Shame they couldn't be arsed to give a few more Melanie C album sales, I wanted to know them all!!!

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Friday at 18:252 days

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Only took 25 years for Northern Star's total sales to match its certification achieved through shipments cheeseblock

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Friday at 18:452 days

Oohhh nice to have some new totals for the other albums as well!!

Friday at 18:482 days

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I'm still disappointed that they didn't provide any other Melanie C totals bar Northern Star. cry 6 years since we last had updates for the majority of her albums.

8th May 2020:
102,550 - Reason
28,818 - Beautiful Intentions
14,934 - This Time
13,750 - The Sea
11,931 - Stages
10,995 - Version of Me

13th November 2020:
9,741 - Melanie C (its total after 6 weeks of release)

8th May 2026:
900,317 - Northern Star

Who knows how much self-titled might have added to that total. Still, I'm assuming that Sweat has probably outsold it already. If so, it's instantly Melanie's fourth best selling album out of 9! Probably unlikely that it can overtake Beautiful Intentions though thinking but you never know, maybe if there is a proper deluxe release.

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56 minutes ago, -Jay- said:
Music Week:

Ultimately unable to add to the two No.1 albums she scored as a member of the Spice Girls – 1996 debut Spice, and 1997 follow-up Spice World – Melanie C(hisholm) nevertheless scores her ninth straight solo chart album, representing her entire studio output, debuting at No.3 (19,483 sales) with Sweat – the highest sale for that position for 35 weeks.
That’s not just the highest chart position of the 52-year-old Liverpudlian’s solo career – surpassing the No.4 peak of her 1999 solo debut, Northern Star – but also the highest position of any solo album by any Spice Girl (Geri Halliwell’s 1999 solo debut Schizophonic and Emma Bunton’s 2001 solo debut, A Girl Like Me also reached No.4). The only member of The Spice Girls to have a sustained and regular solo career, Chisholm has now had as many Top 75 albums as the rest put together.
Chisholm’s best first week sale remains the 30,866 copies that her second album, Reason, sold on debut at No.5 in 2003, but Northern Star has outsold the rest of her output together by a margin of more than four to one. Achieving triple platinum status earlier this year, it has to-date consumption of 900,317 units. That is more than any other solo album by a Spice Girl (Geri’s Schizophonic is second with 490,819 units) but less than Spice (3,102,398 units) and Spice World (1,663,649 units). Mel B’s L.A. State Of Mind is the back marker (1,963 sales).

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Well they only gave a total sale for Northern Star out of Melanie's previous albums, but it's good to know that it's finally surpassed 900,000! I was hoping we'd get some of her other solo totals though, particularly self-titled. Oh well.

Updates:
3,102,398 - Spice
1,663,649 - Spiceworld
900,317 - Northern Star
490,819 - Schizophonic

Last known sales:
3,022,958 - Spice on on 12th November 2021
1,630,367 - Spiceworld on on 23rd December 2022
892,935 - Northern Star on 8th May 2020
487,445 - Schizophonic on 8th May 2020

Increases:
Spice - 79,440 sales in 234 weeks - 339 sales a week on average
Spiceworld - 33,282 sales in 176 weeks - 189 sales a week on average
Northern Star - 7,832 sales in 313 weeks - 23 to 24 sales a week on average
Schizophonic - 3,374 sales in 313 weeks - 10 to 11 sales a week on average

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Two confusing things from the article:

1. 30,866 stated as being Reason's first week sales, when back in 2005 it was revealed to be 30,876.
2. 1,963 sales stated for L.A. State of Mind - the exact same figure revealed back in May 2020, six years ago. It surely has to have sold something in 6 years?!

I don't think even the fans remember LA State of Mind enough to buy it again, sadly... I havent touched it since it was released to be honest lol

Sales for their albums are a bit slower than thought... I really wish Spiceworld would sell much better than it does... Both SW and Spice are so far away from another Platinum certification, urgh...

Yeah I wish they would have gone further and told us about Mel's other album sales. I would like to know if Reason and BI sold anything at all over the last few years...

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