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| Recorded = October 1995 – May 1996 | Genre = | Length = | Label = Virgin | Producer = | This album = ''Spice'' (1996) | Next album = ''Spiceworld'' (1997) | Misc = }} ''Spice'' is the debut studio album by the British girl group the Spice Girls. It was first released by Virgin Records in November 1996 in Europe, then in February 1997 in the rest of the world. The album was recorded at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London between 1995 and 1996, by producers Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard, and the production duo Absolute. The album is a pop record with an inclusion of styles such as dance, R&B and hip hop. It is considered to be the record that brought teen pop back, opening the doors for a wave of teen pop artists. Conceptually, the album centered on the idea of Girl Power, and during that time was compared to Beatlemania.〔Dawson, Ryan. (''"Beatlemania and Girl Power: An Anatomy of Fame"'' ). ''Bigger Than Jesus: Essays On Popular Music''. University of Cambridge. Archived from (original ) on 4 October 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2007.〕 ''Spice'' was a huge worldwide commercial success. The album peaked at number one in more than 17 countries across the world, and was certified multi-platinum in 27 countries, platinum in 14 countries and Gold in 3 countries,〔 including an 10× Platinum certification in the UK and Canada〔(BPI )〕 by the British Phonographic Industry and the Canadian Recording Industry Association, 8× Platinum in Europe by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry〔IFPI. (Sales Certifications European ). "Spice" 8× Platinum. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.〕 and 7× Platinum in the US by Recording Industry Association of America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=tblTop100&action )〕 It became the world's top-selling album of 1997 selling 19 million copies in over a year.〔 In total the album sold 30 million copies worldwide, becoming the biggest-selling album in music history by a girl group and one of the most successful albums of all time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/spicegirls/biography )〕〔"''Behind the Music: Spice Girls''". VH1. Recorded in 2003. Retrieved 18 August 2007.〕 Five singles were released from the album. The first single, "Wannabe", became a worldwide success went to number one in 31 countries, one of the best-selling singles of all time and selling over six million copies worldwide. The next two singles, "Say You'll Be There" and "2 Become 1", reached number one in 53 countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/biography )〕 "Who Do You Think You Are" was released as the official Comic Relief single in the UK as a double A-side with "Mama" and both songs reached the top 20 in charts across Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In the band's native UK, all four singles went to number one on the UK singles chart and, in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the album produced three top five singles. ==Background== In February 1995, Chris and Bob Herbert together with financer Chic Murphy, traded under the business name of Heart Management, placed an advert in ''The Stage'' magazine, which asked the question: "Are you street smart, extrovert, ambitious, and able to sing and dance?". The management received hundreds of replies, but eventually reduced their search down to a final group of five girls: Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell and Michelle Stephenson. The new band was originally called "Touch" and moved to a house in Maidenhead. Emma Bunton was the last to join after Stephenson dropped out when her mother became ill. The group felt insecure about the lack of contract and were frustrated by the direction in which Heart Management was steering them. In September 1995, armed with a catalog of demos and dance routines, the group began touring management agencies. They started to meet with producers, musicians and other business executives, among them were composer Tim Hawes, and writers Richard Stannard and Matthew Rowe. Hawes worked with the group and watched the evolution in their singing and writing abilities. Together they composed a song called "Sugar and Spice", which served as the inspiration behind the change of the group's name to "Spice". Eventually the name was changed again to "Spice Girls" due to an American rapper using the name "Spice" at the time. On 3 March 1995, because of the group's frustration at their management's unwillingness to listen to their visions and ideas, they parted from Heart Management. The group stole the master recordings of their discography from the management offices in order to ensure they kept full control of their own work.〔Sinclair, 2004. p 34.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spice (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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