English Summary/英文概要： In the mid-1990s the Spice Girls burst onto the music scene in towering platform shoes and promptly dominated the radio waves with a string of joyously catchy chart-topping anthems about female friendship. While other groups aimed for uniformity, the Spice Girls were unrefined but infectiously fun, with five distinct personalities: Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh, and Sporty. By pairing their boundless charm with irresistible pop tunes, the Spice Girls cemented their status as icons in the annals of music history, where they remain the best-selling girl group of all time.

Relive the heady days of Spicemania by taking a deep dive into the group’s discography, exploring everything from their smash hits to their underrated gems. Spice Girls: Song by Song goes behind the scenes to examine the genesis, development, and significance of each track, while revisiting major milestones in the band’s career, including their formation, their fight for creative control, their subsequent rise to superstardom, and the pressures of fame.

Anne Harrison is a Canadian writer and pop culture enthusiast whose passions include live music, iced coffee, and talking endlessly about TV and movies no matter the quality level. She runs the successful Spice Girls Nostalgia Instagram account where she contextualizes iconic ’90s images for legions of Spice fans who, like her, cannot let go of the Girl Power era. She graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and now lives in Hamilton, Ontario with her husband and two precious pugs.