The Spice Girls score their tenth consecutive Number 1-hit, aided by huge opening numbers

The Spice Girls score their tenth consecutive Number 1-hit with Goodbye, as they debut at above the list with huge opening numbers. The Spice Girls previously topped the charts with big hits such as Wannabe, Spice Up Your Life and Who Do You Think You Are . This is the girls’ first song without Geri Halliwell on the vocals, as she left the group on 31st of May this year. The new single serves as a heartfelt goodbye to the beloved Ginger Spice. The accompanying music video features pregnant Melanie Brown and Victoria Adams. If Goodbye were to maintain its crown position next week, it would become the Spice Girls their third consecutive Official Christmas Number 1, following 1996’s 2 Become 1 and 1997’s Too Much.

1998 saw the breakthrough of many new artists such as the Vengaboys, Shania Twain and BLØF, but one of the most successful must be Billie Piper. The British teen-singer became the youngest artist ever to peak at Number 1, doing so with Because We Want To at age fifteen. The chart-topper spent one week above the list and amassed over 65,000 points. More hit singles followed, including the Gold-certified Girlfriend and the album “Honey to the B”. Billie Piper now steps into the Top 10 with She Wants You, which is her third consecutive Top 10-hit. The single peaks at Number 7 this week.