Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits collection by British all-female pop group the Spice Girls. It is also their first album to be released in seven years and is supported by an accompanying world tour. It received a physical release worldwide throughout November 2007, except for the United States where it received a limited release on November 6, 2007 and a full release on January 15, 2008. Billboard. Accessed January 8, 2008.

Background

The plan to reform and release a greatest hits had long been speculated by the media,Finn, Natalie. E! Online, June 8, 2007. but its planned release was first confirmed by Melanie Brown in June 2005. Speaking just before a planned reunion for Live 8 (that never actually materialised due to Brown's contractual agreements in L.A.), she stated: "We'll get back together because we all want to. I know everyone is up for it. There is going to be a greatest hits album and we've got loads of new songs that nobody has heard yet." When the Spice Girls reformed in 2007, Melanie Chisholm said to a journalist that EMI had planned a greatest hits album, so the girls found it appropriate to go on the Return of the Spice Girls tour.

Recording

The album features two new songs, one...
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