Although girl groups had been around since as early as the 1930's, it was in the 1990's that they really got to be in the spotlight of the public and that some of the best known girl groups that we know today were formed. Possibly one of the biggest girl groups of the 1990's was the 'Spice Girls'. They took the world by storm with their first single in 1996 titled 'Wannabe' which went straight to number one in 31 countries and the album ‘Spice’ which it was on, sold over twenty three million copies worldwide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wgaWAHo2Q Spice Girls video wannabe
Some have said that girl groups didn’t have to have the greatest vocal/performing abilities to be a hit. They have been seriously criticised from the start that they get noticed just for being attractive girls who wear memorable clothing and have an outspoken view. But surely if every band, group or performer just did the same as all the others at the time were doing then nothing would ever change or progress. So even though some groups can't really sing, they do what there are meant to do which is entertain and even though I don't think it fair that some artists can work really hard at their music and not get recognised and some people mime and get famous they still doing their job.
Every genre of music has a certain dress style and girl groups in the 1990’s mainly used characters or themes to base their fashion upon. This idea was to try to appeal to as wider audience as possible, and also so that the audience could relate to one of the members, ending in a bigger following. A great example of this is the spice girls, having sporty, ginger, scary, baby and posh spice and with their main target audience being young girls appealed to them all in some way. I think that this was a clever idea and played a massive part in the spice girls being such a massive success.
Some have said that girl groups didn’t have to have the greatest vocal/performing abilities to be a hit. They have been seriously criticised from the start that they get noticed just for being attractive girls who wear memorable clothing and have an outspoken view. But surely if every band, group or performer just did the same as all the others at the time were doing then nothing would ever change or progress. So even though some groups can't really sing, they do what there are meant to do which is entertain and even though I don't think it fair that some artists can work really hard at their music and not get recognised and some people mime and get famous they still doing their job.
Every genre of music has a certain dress style and girl groups in the 1990’s mainly used characters or themes to base their fashion upon. This idea was to try to appeal to as wider audience as possible, and also so that the audience could relate to one of the members, ending in a bigger following. A great example of this is the spice girls, having sporty, ginger, scary, baby and posh spice and with their main target audience being young girls appealed to them all in some way. I think that this was a clever idea and played a massive part in the spice girls being such a massive success.
Girl groups have left an ongoing influence throughout the years and the girl group sound has influenced such artists like The Beatles who have covered some girl group songs in their time “Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes and “Chains” by the Cookies.
Girl groups from the 1990’s have been said to have a lot to do with the rise in feminism. Something that was known as the Riot Grrrl Movement which was linked to the third wave feminism happened in the mid 1990’s. It was all about given woman the right to get their voices and artistic expression noticed and heard. This was shown in girl groups as they were a lot more expressive in their writing and bolder in personality than what have been previously known in girl groups.
The Spice Girls – A massive band from the girl group era of the 1990’s. Very influential in the music world, having 10 singles and three albums and a movie in the four years they were together. They were given their individual nicknames after an interview in the Top of the Pops magazine and some became part of the girls’ careers and they still have been referred to these names even when the band split. Also the Spice Girls were well known for using the phrase ‘Girl Power’ which was later on said to be the this phrase ‘defined the decade’.
B*Witched – These came into the public’s eye later on in the 1990’s. Originally from Ireland, they were the youngest female group to have a single in the UK charts and were also the first Irish group to have all their first four singles enter the UKs charts at number one.
Eternal - An earlier band from the 1990's. Their first album in 1993, 'Forever and Always' spent 76 weeks in the charts and they soon became the United Kingdom’s most successful girl band at the time. They were an R&B band so weren't the typical style of the time but still appealing to a similar audience.
The term 'Girl Power' was used by the Spice Girls and this phrase was said to define the years of the 1990's. The Spice Girls often used the peace sign when they said girl power even though neither of the two have any connection, but it gave young girls and other follows something to recognise them by.
The term 'Girl Power' was used by the Spice Girls and this phrase was said to define the years of the 1990's. The Spice Girls often used the peace sign when they said girl power even though neither of the two have any connection, but it gave young girls and other follows something to recognise them by.
Simon Fuller, a very big assest to the music and entertainment industry. Many people think that he was the person responsible for the making of the Spice Girls when in fact he was their manager during the highest point of their career. He also was approached to manage Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) after the group split and still is the manager of Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) and husband David Beckham.
Conclusion - I choose to do Girl Groups/Girl Power because I thought that it would be a good genre for me to do as it was some of the music that i listened to when I was growing up and as most young girls did at the time I loved the Spice Girls so i thought it would be good for me to research this genre. Also out of the five genres that was given from the 1990's it was the one that appealed to me most and the one that i thought I already had the most knowledge on which would make it better for me to write about.
