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Spice Girls Spice album 30th anniversary

Spice Girls’ Spice Turns 30: The Girl Power Album That Sold 23 Million

by Paul Cashmere

Three decades after its release, the Spice Girls’ debut album Spice remains the biggest-selling record by a girl group in history. A look back at the album that defined Girl Power and sold 23 million copies

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