Editing Victoria Beckham (section)

== Music career ==

===1994–2000: Spice Girls===
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Beckham auditioned for a March 1994 advertisement in ''[[The Stage]]'' which required girls who were "street smart, extrovert[ed], ambitious and able to sing and dance".<ref name="bbc021102" /> In 1994, Beckham joined the all-female group, the [[Spice Girls]]. In the recordings before her marriage, she is credited with her maiden name as Victoria Adams. The group's first single was called "[[Wannabe]]" (1996), and she worked alongside [[Geri Halliwell]], [[Emma Bunton]], [[Mel B]] and [[Melanie C]]. It went to number one in the United Kingdom and United States, and another 35 countries. It was followed by eight further number one singles from their albums ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]'', ''[[Spiceworld (album)|Spiceworld]]'' and ''[[Forever (Spice Girls album)|Forever]]''.<ref name="watch" /> Each member of the group received a nickname from the media and Beckham was named "Posh Spice".<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/posh-v-posh-spice-girl-launches-bid-to-claim-clubs-nickname-603432.html "Posh v Posh: Spice Girl launches bid to claim club's nickname"]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. ''The Independent''. 6 November 2002.</ref><ref>[http://top40.about.com/od/s/tp/spicegirls.htm "Spice Girls Then... and Now"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407061601/http://top40.about.com/od/s/tp/spicegirls.htm |date=7 April 2014 }}. ''About.com''.</ref> The group is [[List of best-selling girl groups#Best-selling girl groups worldwide|the best-selling female group of all time]], selling over 80&nbsp;million records worldwide.<ref name="85m">{{cite news|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a21505/geri-halliwell-spice-girls-story/|publisher=Marie Clarie|title=My Life as a Spice Girl: Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell (Now Horner) Looks Back at the Beginnings of a Pop Culture Phenomenon|date=12 July 2016|access-date=17 February 2017|archive-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219043248/http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a21505/geri-halliwell-spice-girls-story/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bbc80">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9377000/9377923.stm|work=BBC News|location=London|title=Spice Girls collection mission for Liz West|date=27 January 2011|access-date=28 November 2012|archive-date=4 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804113305/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9377000/9377923.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> After the release of their third album, ''Forever'', which charted at number two in the UK but was far less successful than their previous two albums, the Spice Girls stopped recording, concentrating on their solo careers in regards to their foreseeable future.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2774437.stm Spice Girls dismiss comeback plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221091043/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2774437.stm |date=21 February 2009 }} BBC. Retrieved 18 September 2011</ref>

===2000–2002: ''Victoria Beckham''===
On 14 August 2000, Beckham released her first solo single, "[[Out of Your Mind]]" in collaboration with [[Dane Bowers]] and [[Truesteppers]].<ref name="bbc021102" /> The week of release coincided with the release of "[[Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)]]" by [[Spiller]] featuring [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]], resulting in a chart battle dubbed 'Posh vs. Posher' by the tabloids.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/music-records/read-my-lips-sophie-ellis-bextor/390329 |title=Here One She Made Earlier... |work=Dooyoo |access-date=18 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212104925/http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/music-records/read-my-lips-sophie-ellis-bextor/390329/ |archive-date=12 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Before the single's release, on 8 July 2000, Beckham made her public solo debut at London's [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] at a concert to raise money for the [[Prince's Trust]] charity. She sang "Out of Your Mind" to a 100,000-strong audience.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/826061.stm |title=Solo debut for Posh Spice |work=BBC News |date=9 July 2000 |access-date=28 December 2007 |archive-date=11 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111212713/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/826061.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Beckham then signed a recording contract with her group label [[Virgin Records]].<ref name="watch" /> Her next single as a solo artist, "[[Not Such An Innocent Girl]]", was released on 17 September 2001.<ref name="biography">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/victoria_beckham/biography |title=Victoria Beckham |work=[[People (American magazine)|People]] |access-date=18 December 2007 |archive-date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806103030/http://www.people.com/people/victoria_beckham/biography/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Again, she faced competition in another hugely hyped chart battle, this time with [[Kylie Minogue]]'s single "[[Can't Get You Out of My Head]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1548445.stm |title=Kylie and Beckham begin chart race |work=BBC News |date=17 September 2001 |access-date=19 December 2007 |archive-date=11 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111210854/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1548445.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite a huge promotional campaign, Beckham was outsold eight to one, and her single debuted at number 6.<ref name="book" /> Beckham's [[Victoria Beckham (album)|eponymous debut album]], which was released on 1 October 2001, reached Number 10 in the [[UK album chart]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1586093.stm |title=Double chart triumph for Kylie |work=BBC News |date=22 October 2001 |access-date=19 December 2007 |archive-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403204616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1586093.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The album cost a reputed £5&nbsp;million to produce and it sold a modest 50,000 copies.<ref name="slights">{{cite news |date=23 September 2003 |title=Beckham producer slights her talent |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3131504.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111205813/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3131504.stm |archive-date=11 January 2009 |access-date=19 December 2007 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

The second and final single to be released from the album was "[[A Mind of Its Own]]" on 11 February 2002. The single reached number 6 in the UK<ref name="misses" /> and sold 56,500 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://foreverspice.com/spicediscography/victoriabeckham-amoio.htm |title=Victoria Beckham – A Mind of Its Own |publisher=foreverspice.com |access-date=18 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505094225/http://foreverspice.com/spicediscography/victoriabeckham-amoio.htm |archive-date=5 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rumours soon spread that Beckham was to be dropped by her label for not charting in the Top Three. These were strongly denied at the time.<ref name="staying">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1826204.stm |title=Beckham: 'I'm staying with label |work=BBC News |date=17 February 2002 |access-date=18 December 2007 |archive-date=11 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111211808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1826204.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Beckham commented "You know what newspapers are like, they just like to put all the negative stuff in, but as far as I'm concerned and the record company is concerned it is all great."<ref name="staying" /> A third single, "I Wish", was promoted but never materialised. The single version was a remix featuring Robbie Craig, and was performed on TV on ''[[Ian Wright|Friday Night's All Wright]]''.<ref>Arlidge, John. {{cite news |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,631896,00.html |title=Is this Mr Right? |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 January 2002 |access-date=19 December 2007 |location=London |first=John |last=Arlidge |archive-date=12 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012115117/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,631896,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the announcement of Beckham's second pregnancy, the single was shelved. Beckham was reportedly dropped by Virgin Records along with fellow [[Spice Girls]] [[Emma Bunton]] and [[Melanie B]],<ref name="parts">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2027032.stm |title=Posh parts with label |work=BBC News |date=5 June 2002 |access-date=18 December 2007 |archive-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403113155/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2027032.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.football |title=Fuller scores Beckham brand deal |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 July 2003 |access-date=19 December 2007 |location=London |first=Dominic |last=Timms |archive-date=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219191548/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.football |url-status=live }}</ref> but a statement from her publicist denied reports, stating: "No-one has been dropped. The Virgin deal has come to a natural end and both parties have decided not to continue."<ref name="parts" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.football |title=Posh gets push from her record label |work=The Guardian |date=July 2003 |access-date=1 September 2012 |location=London |first=Tony |last=Bonnici |archive-date=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219191548/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.football |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2002–2004: Unreleased albums and final solo releases===
In 2002, Beckham signed a contract with [[Telstar Records]] and [[19 Management]]<ref name="slights" /> worth £1.5&nbsp;million.<ref name="watch" /> In 2002, she began recording an electropop-influenced album, tentatively titled ''Open Your Eyes''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/115472004.htm|title=Victoria Beckham's scrapped album leaked|work=Female First|date=8 September 2006|access-date=18 December 2007|archive-date=17 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717075759/http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/115472004.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> However, desiring a more urban sound, she began working with producer [[Damon Dash]] the following year on [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] and [[Hip hop culture|hip hop]] influenced tracks for an album tentatively titled ''Come Together.''<ref name=":0">Regan, Susannah. {{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a36798/beckham-angry-about-album-leak.html |title=Beckham angry about album leak |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=8 September 2006 |access-date=22 December 2007 |archive-date=15 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715175552/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a36798/beckham-angry-about-album-leak.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="misses" /> The Dash-produced track "It's That Simple" featuring [[M.O.P.]] premiered on radio stations in July 2003 as a promotional single, generating mixed reviews.<ref name="misses" /> Beckham's first single with Telstar, the double A-side "[[Let Your Head Go]]" / "[[This Groove]]", was released in the UK on 29 December 2003, utilizing one song from both projects: "Let Your Head Go" from ''Open Your Eyes'' and "This Groove" from ''Come Together.''<ref>{{cite web |last=Foth |first=Michael |date=18 August 2023 |title=Scrapped Albums That Were Never Released |url=https://billingsmix.com/pub-station-fall-concerts-2023/ |access-date=26 January 2024 |website=Mix 97.1 }}</ref><ref name="misses" /> The release received heavy promotion and many TV appearances across the Christmas period and charted at number three in the UK.<ref name="misses">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3367315.stm |title=Beckham misses out on number one |work=BBC News |date=4 January 2005 |access-date=19 December 2007 |archive-date=18 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018012257/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3367315.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Outside of the UK, Simon Fuller reportedly had planned to market Beckham’s music in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/mtv_news_round_up_25_05_2004 |title=MTV News Round-Up 25 May 2004 |work=MTV |date=25 May 2004|access-date=18 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210075028/http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/mtv_news_round_up_25_05_2004 <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=10 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/beckham.s%20rapping%20ridiculed |title=Beckham's Rapping Ridiculed |work=Contact Music |access-date=28 December 2007 |date=15 January 2004 |archive-date=2 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702070458/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/beckham.s%20rapping%20ridiculed |url-status=dead }}</ref> In April 2004, Telstar announced bankruptcy and both albums were cancelled, while Beckham, disappointed with wasted time in studio, gave up music to focus on her fashion career.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article461539.ece |title=Posh Spice has finally done something to improve pop music |work=[[The Times]] |date=26 July 2004 |access-date=28 December 2007 |location=London |first=Adam |last=Sherwin |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327170022/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The albums were never released, but have since leaked online in their entirety.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ehrbar |first=Ned |date=26 May 2016 |title=Victoria Beckham's post-Spice Girls hip-hop demos leak online – CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/victoria-beckham-hip-hop-demos-leak/ |access-date=26 January 2024 |website=www.cbsnews.com }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

===2007–2012: Return of the Spice Girls===
[[File:Victoria Beckham and the Spice Girls in Las Vegas 2007.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Beckham performing with the Spice Girls in Las Vegas in December 2007]]
In 2007, the Spice Girls reformed and announced plans to embark upon [[The Return of the Spice Girls|a reunion tour]],<ref name="fifty-five">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6246448.stm |title=Spice Girls announce reunion tour |work=BBC News |date=13 July 2007 |access-date=14 July 2007 |archive-date=15 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715173821/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6246448.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> from which they were said to have earned £10&nbsp;million each (approximately $20&nbsp;million).<ref>{{cite news  |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/16/bmspice216.xml  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217112326/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F12%2F16%2Fbmspice216.xml  |url-status=dead  |archive-date=17 December 2007 |title=A decade on, Spice Girls rock in London gig  |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]  |access-date=20 December 2007 |first=Roya  |last=Nikkhah  |date=16 December 2007 }}</ref> Beckham had previously stated that she and her former Spice colleagues were enjoying their solo careers in various fields, saying "We're all still doing our own thing."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Victoria-Beckham-Confident-In-Spice-Girls-Reunion-5937.shtml|title=Victoria Beckham Confident in Spice Girls' Reunion|publisher=[[Softpedia]]|access-date=5 August 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051115182938/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Victoria-Beckham-Confident-In-Spice-Girls-Reunion-5937.shtml|archive-date=15 November 2005}}</ref> Their ''[[Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)|Greatest Hits]]'' album was released in early-November 2007 and the tour began on 2 December 2007. At its advent, Beckham said "I wanted my children to see that Mummy was a pop star. It was the last opportunity for them to stand in a crowd full of people screaming for the Spice Girls."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22885089-23109,00.html |title=Shock! Horror! Posh Spice sleeps naked |work=news.com.au |access-date=22 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208144532/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22885089-23109,00.html |archive-date=8 December 2007 }}</ref> When Beckham had her hair coloured brown for the tour, she stated that her sons immediately reacted by saying "Oh my goodness, it's Posh Spice. She's back."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10473694  |title=Victoria Beckham's kids tell her: 'Posh Spice is back!' |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=2 November 2007|access-date=2 December 2007}}</ref>

Film-maker Bob Smeaton directed an official film of the tour titled ''[[Giving You Everything|Spice Girls: Giving You Everything]]'', which was first aired on [[Fox8]] in Australia. It later aired in the UK, on 31 December 2007 on BBC One.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/10_october/19/spice.shtml |title=New Spice Girls documentary on BBC One on 31 December |work=BBC Press Office |date=19 October 2007 |access-date=4 December 2007 |archive-date=24 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024012509/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/10_october/19/spice.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> As well as their sell-out tour, the Spice Girls were contracted to appear in [[Tesco]] advertisements, for which they were paid £1&nbsp;million each.<ref name="tesco">{{cite news  |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/12/nspice112.xml  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113101048/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F11%2F12%2Fnspice112.xml  |url-status=dead  |archive-date=13 November 2007 |title=Spice Girls front Tesco advertising campaign  |work=The Daily Telegraph  |access-date=20 December 2007 |location=London  |first=Megan  |last=Levy  |date=12 November 2007 }}</ref>

In October 2009, reports suggested that the Spice Girls were to star in a reality show in which they would cast female actors to play their roles in a musical.<ref>{{cite web|first=Luisa|last=Metcalfe|url= http://www.okmagazine.com/2009/10/the-truth-about-the-spice-girls-reunion/ |title= The Truth about the Spice Girls Reunion |work=OK!|date=23 October 2009|archive-date=3 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102327/http://www.okmagazine.com/news/truth-about-spice-girls-reunion}}</ref> The following year, Judy Craymer teamed up with the Spice Girls and Simon Fuller to start developing a Spice Girls musical titled ''[[Viva Forever! (musical)|Viva Forever!]]''. On 26 June 2012, all five Spice Girls were in attendance at a press conference in London to promote the launch of ''Viva Forever!''<ref name="West End">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18576789 "Spice Girls unveil West End show"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626163031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18576789 |date=26 June 2012 }}. BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2012</ref> The musical opened at the West End's [[Piccadilly Theatre]] on 11 December 2012.<ref name="West End" /> On 12 August 2012, after much speculation, Beckham and the [[Spice Girls]] performed a medley of "Wannabe" and "Spice Up Your Life" at the [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]], reuniting solely for the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spice Girl Mel B Dishes on New Musical|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/spice-girl-mel-dishes-musical-16872574|work=27 July 2012|publisher=ABC News|access-date=29 July 2012|archive-date=28 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728182650/http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/spice-girl-mel-dishes-musical-16872574|url-status=live}}</ref> Their performance was the most tweeted moment of Olympics closing ceremony with over 116,000 tweets on Twitter per minute.<ref>{{cite web |last=Anker |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/08/13/olympics-twitter-most-discussed-athletes-and-moments |title=Bolt's fast, but he can't outrun the Spice Girls! |publisher=HLN |date=13 August 2012 |access-date=19 February 2013 |archive-date=15 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015002643/http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/08/13/olympics-twitter-most-discussed-athletes-and-moments |url-status=live }}</ref>

The band reunited again for a [[Spice World - 2019 UK Tour|2019 tour]], however Beckham opted not to participate in the reunion choosing to focus on her fashion label instead.<ref>{{cite web|last=Copsey|first=Rob|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/spice-girls-announce-2019-reunion-tour-support-act-and-ticket-details__24649/|title=Spice Girls announce 2019 reunion tour – support act and ticket details|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=5 November 2018|access-date=7 November 2018|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107121029/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/spice-girls-announce-2019-reunion-tour-support-act-and-ticket-details__24649/|url-status=live}}</ref> When the American television presenter [[Ellen DeGeneres]] asked her why she chose not to join with the other Spice Girls for the reunion tour, she said "It just didn't feel like the right thing to do. [But] I'll always be Posh Spice, always."<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria Beckham's Son Used His Mom's Girl Power to Get More Instagram Followers| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fKSLB84z58| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/8fKSLB84z58| archive-date=28 October 2021|access-date=26 November 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>