The Spices Girls went to #1 on the UK charts with "Wannabe" on July 27, 1996

It was 11 years ago today on July 27th of 1996 when the Spice Girls hit the top of the UK singles charts with "Wannabe."

It stayed at #1 for 7 weeks in the UK. It wasn't released in the United States till January of '97 where it also went to #1. In song also went to #1 in many more countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey. It went to only #2 in Austria and #3 in Italy. It is one of the most successful worldwide singles in the history of pop music. It has sold over 6 million copies worldwide.

"Wannabe" was the Spice Girls first single from their first album Spice. It was also the lead track on the album. The album was not released until November 4th of 1996 in the UK and February 4th in most of the rest of the world (including the United States.)

The video for the song was also very well known:



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