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Spice Girls


Girl Power

In July 1996 the Spice Girls went to No.1 for seven weeks with their debut single, Wannabe.

What many predicted - and hoped - would be a one-hit wonder in fact heralded the start of Girl Power, complete with hard-drinking, power-undressing laddettes, fashion pregnancy and stack heels.

A host of Wannabe Spices emerged in the form of B*Witched, Atomic Kitten and Girl Thing.

The 'movement' lasted until the end of the 90s, when it was succeeded by a new era of teen-pop featuring barely adolescent boys and girls like Britney, Christina, and the Sugababes.


1996 Music: Top of the Pops | Three Lions | Girl Power






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