Spice Girls’ debut ‘Wannabe’ turns 30, amid reunion talk

The 1990s band left their mark on fashion and global culture

The Spice Girls burst onto the music scene with the release of their infectious debut Wannabe 30 years ago on Friday, carving a place in pop history championing ‘girl power’, and leaving their mark on fashion and global culture.

The British group of five young women formed in 1994, and the irrepressibly catchy Wannabe was released on June 26, 1996, initially in Asia. It shot swiftly up the charts to number one in Britain, the US and dozens of other countries.

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