SIXTY YEARS OF BRITISH NUMBER ONES |
MOST No 1s for ARTISTS |
| SPICE
GIRLS (9 No 1s)
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| Week Ending | ACT | TITLE | Weeks | TALLY | COMMENT |
| 20 Jul 1996 | Spice Girls | Wannabe | 7 | 1st No 1 | First hit for the "girl power" fivesome: Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Mel B (Scary Spice), Mel C (Sporty Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) and Victoria Adams (Posh Spice). |
| 26 Oct 1996 | Spice Girls | Say You'll Be There | 2 | 2nd No 1 | Slightly mellower sound for their follow-up, which entered at No 1. |
| 28 Dec 1996 | Spice Girls | 2 Become 1 | 3 | 3rd No 1 | This ballad from their debut album became their first Christmas No 1. |
| 15 Mar 1997 | Spice Girls | Mama / Who Do You Think You Are | 3 | 4th No 1 | By this time they were hot property - advertising everything, and a film in the planning. |
| 25 Oct 1997 | Spice Girls | Spice Up Your Life | 1 | 5th No 1 | Latin-flavoured hit taken from their second album. |
| 27 Dec 1997 | Spice Girls | Too Much | 2 | 6th No 1 | Another new record as their first six singles make No 1, but their next would stall at No 2. |
| 26 Jul 1998 | Spice Girls | Viva Forever | 2 | 7th No 1 | By this time Geri had left, but the rest continued as a foursome, regaining the top spot after their previous single stalled at No 2. |
| 20 Dec 1998 | Spice Girls | Goodbye | 1 | 8th No 1 | And it was "goodbye" as they all followed solo projects or family matters in 1999. |
| 29 Oct 2000 | Spice Girls | Holler / Let Love Lead The Way | 1 | 9th No 1 | Back at the top with their first release for nearly two years! |
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