It's hard to believe that a decade has passed since Baby, Scary, Ginger, Posh and Sporty zig-a-zig-ahh'ed into our lives with their debut single Wannabe.

Their Girl Power message motivated a generation of fans and sold 533 million records worldwide. Now in their 30s, they've reinvented themselves as strong, beautiful women.

Style icon Victoria Beckham's launching a fashion book, Geri Halliwell's a glowing new mum, Mel B's sleek new blonde look has bagged her a Hollywood A-list boyfriend and solo artist Mel C looked stunning at her London gig this Wednesday.

Here's how they've kept the spice in their lives....

Baby

THE youngest Spice Girl, 30-year-old Emma Bunton, always looked fresher-faced than the rest.

In last week's Strictly Come Dancing she was as smooth-skinned and as supple as ever.

Dating a younger man is clearly the secret to her youthful looks - Emma's been with 26-year-old Jade Jones for eight years.

On a more day-today basis, she also body brushes each morning, then slathers herself with E45 moisturising lotion (£3.19 from Boots) to maintain an all-over glow.

At the peak of her Girl Power fame, Emma carried some puppy fat but has since ditched the junk food she gorged on while touring with the girls.

The singer works hard to keep off the stone and a half she's lost since the Spice Girls split. She says: "I'm not naturally slim, so I walk down a road instead of drive. I love food, so I have to exercise. I never thought I'd say this, but I enjoy the gym."

Rehearsing the gruelling dance routines for Strictly Come Dancing has also kept Emma in super-fit shape over recent weeks.

The show's fans probably appreciate more than most that Emma's not, as she says, "a wee, skinny thing". Glowing with health and vitality, Baby's all woman now.

Scary

IN London at the weekend, 31-year-old Melanie Brown showed off the sleek new look and slick grooming that caught the eye of movie star Eddie Murphy.

The Leeds lass - who now lives in LA - looks even better than she did in her Scary days. Framing her line-free face, Mel's trademark corkscrew curls have been tamed and ironed into a shiny, straight look - instantly updating her image.

Shocked when her age caught up with her in 2003, she ballooned to a size 14. But she gave up the hamburgers and the weight quickly dropped off.

Mel has always insisted she's never dieted and has so far managed to avoid faddy LA eating plans.

Still an extrovert, her idea of exercise is running around naked in her garden with her daughter Phoenix Chi, and swimming daily lengths of her pool. To strengthen her limbs and help her keep that famous washboard stomach, Mel's a devotee of Qi-gong, an ancient yoga art also practiced by actress Melanie Griffith and skinny hellraiser Iggy Pop.

But it must be the love of a good man that's transformed Mel B from pretty Leeds lass to stylish Hollywood beauty.

Ginger

A YUMMY mummy at 34, a radiant Geri Halliwell wowed the crowd with her svelte post-baby body at a charity do in London earlier this month.

Although Bluebell Madonna will be giving her mum sleepless nights, Geri's skin looked smooth as a baby's bottom.

To get her dewy finish, she uses antiageing face cream Nivea Visage Anti- Wrinkle Q10 Day Creme (£6.29 from Boots).

Her tip for instant toning before a big night out is to jump in a cold shower after a bath. She says: "It's fantastic. Don't have a facelift - get in a cold shower."

As a self-confessed former bingeeater, Geri's weight has lurched from a buxom size 14 to a dangerous size six.

But becoming a mum five months ago has given her curves and she now has a low-fat, high-carb regime and runs 10 miles a week with a small backpack of weights.

She says: "I'm just over 5ft and my weight has ranged from six-and-a-half stone upwards, but I've never felt comfortable until now."

Posh

WHEN 32-year-old Victoria Beckham sauntered into the Chanel fashion show in Paris last week, she looked as good as any of the models on the catwalk.

Spotty since she was a teenager, Posh has transformed her skin with microdermabrasion treatments, which use microscopic crystals to remove the dead skin and stimulate collagen regeneration (from £40 nationwide).

At 5ft 6ins and under 8st, there's no doubt that Victoria is super-slim - even if she claims to have saggy skin on her stomach.

Said to be super-disciplined when it comes to her diet, Posh shuns her favourite snack, crisps, for high protein, low calorie bites.

When hunger pangs kick in, she munches on raw fish such as sushi and prawns, pineapple chunks, and veg like olives and uncooked sugarsnap peas.

But diet alone doesn't keep Posh in tip--top condition - she uses her trampoline to burn calories. Ten minutes jumping is the equivalent of 30 minutes' jogging.

Keeping fit is also a family affair as Victoria does 200 stomach crunches with husband David before they go to bed every night - and then there's all that exercise when the lights go out...

Sporty

FROM bony to bulky, 32-year-old Melanie Chisholm has been to blonde and back. But now Sporty is looking her best again.

Having grown out her ageing bleached hair, Melanie's prettier than ever with her long, glossy dark mane.

And she's learned to stop obsessing about her looks. She says: "I only recently stopped worrying about how I looked. Age plays a big part. I used to pretend I didn't care what other people thought - now I don't."

During the Spice Girl's reign, Melanie dieted obsessively, then she became a binge-eater and her weight ballooned.

These days, Mel has a healthy attitude to food. She says: "I've tried every faddy diet under the sun and it's all b*****ks. A healthy, balanced diet - everything in moderation - is the answer."

Scouser Mel confessed that as Sporty she was addicted to exercise but now she works out gently.

She says: "I've been doing yoga for five years and I love it. I also run and visit the gym - but I never feel guilty if I don't go."

Spice Girls, who rocked the pop world by storm in the late 90s, have been voted as the band music fans would most like to see getting back together
The sensational girl band beat out competition from Led Zeppelin and The Police to claim the number one slot in the poll conducted by the Yahoo Music, reports The Sun.

Well! with many people eagerly awaiting a reunification, and with solo careers of all the five girls going down, a reunion not only seems to be a great idea, but the need of the hour too.(ANI)

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1 - Madonna, 'Like a Prayer'
2 - Britney Spears, 'Baby One More Time'
3 - Michael Jackson, 'Thriller'
4 - Madonna, 'Ray of Light'
5 - Madonna, 'Vogue'
6 - Michael and Janet Jackson, 'Scream'
7 - Robbie Williams, 'Rock DJ'
8 - Eric Prydz, 'Call on Me'
9 - Jamiroquai, 'Virtual Insanity'
10 - Spice Girls, 'Wannabe'

Catch The Top 100 Videos That Broke The Rules, August 1 at 3.30pm on MTV.

Biggest selling single by a female group - with Wannabe

First three singles over 1 million - first group ever to have their first 3 singles pass 1 million sales

Most successful run of No 1 hits - Only 4 are listed - due to the publication date - of course it's now up to 6

Most successful US debut by UK act- Say You'll be There entered the US chart at No 5 in May 1997.

Longest No 1 album in the 1990s - Spice - topped the UK album chart in Nov 1996 and spent 15 weeks at No 1 to May 1997.

Fastest selling album - Spice reached No 1 in the charts of 14 countries and sold 12 million copies worldwide in 6 months, making it the fastest selling album by a British act.

Most successful debut album in the USA by UK act - Spice topped the US charts for 4 weeks as of June 1997 and became the only debut album by a wholly British group which has gone to No 1.

The Spice album is also listed as the 9th best selling UK album

The only group to have 4 membrs have #1 singles

First band EVER to have a debut album at #1 for over 5 weeks

First UK act EVER to get into USA Billboard chart at #1 with debut single.


2 UK #1 albums
1 UK #2 album
9 UK #1 Singles
10 UK Top 10 singles
6 consecutive UK #1 singles
3 consecutive UK Christmas #1 singles
8 solo UK #1 singles
28 Solo UK Top 10 Singles
34 Solo UK Top 20 Singles
7 Solo UK Top 20 Albums
Album sales of around 40, 000, 000
Single sales of around 20,350,000
A #1 movie - Spiceworld with box office takings of a reported $75, 000, 000 globally
A sold out tour of Europe and America
Many awards including Ivor Novello awards, Brit Awards, MTV VMA Awards, EMA Awards and more.
2 members (Geri and Melanie C) had the most UK #1's by female artists (including their #1's with the band)

As you can see, the girls accomplished alot in the the 4 years they were active. For more info on all their achievement's browse the site!

7.00-8.35am on ITV!

From Webmaster: All these polls are showing that the girls are respected as Pop artists. And it's awesome that they are the highest rainking band on the list!

From Webmaster: This is great! It shows people aknowledge the impact that the girs had - and may make the girls see that people really do respect what they accomplished!

They ended up showing archive clips of Emma singing 'What I Am', Mel B singing 'Word Up', Melanie C singing 'Going Down' and Geri 'Lift Me Up'. and The Spice Girls performing "Goodbye" and "Holler"

SGA reminds visitors to NEVER buy tickets from places like that - especially when it's yet to be confirmed by the girls.