Editing Victoria Beckham (section)

===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>