The Official Top 40 biggest girl band studio albums of the last 25 years
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Spice Girls’ first two studio albums Spice and Spiceworld take the Top 2 positions on the biggest girl band studio albums of the last 25 years. Spice – which spent 15 weeks at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart - has notched up 2.98 million combined sales, followed by Spiceworld on 1.6 million.
All Saints’ self-titled debut album from 1997 follows in third place with 1.47 million combined sales, and the 2005 debut album by US group Pussycat Dolls PCD is fourth on 1.3 million copies. Destiny’s Child occupy the next two slots with Survivor and The Writing’s on the Wall at 5 and 6, both with more than 1 million combined sales each.
Rounding out the Top 10 are albums by UK girl bands Little Mix and Sugababes. Little Mix’s 2016 chart-topper Glory Days is their biggest to date on 1.01 million combined sales. Last year Little Mix became the first girl band in UK chart history to score five Top 5 studio albums. Sugababes’ best performing album is 2002’s Angels With Dirty Faces, placing eighth and one position ahead of 2006’s Taller In More Ways.
Further down, the oldest album in the Top 40 is Eternal's 1993 debut collection Always and Forever. The most recent is Little Mix's chart-topping fourth album Glory Days, released in 2016.
The countdown looks at the biggest studio albums by girl bands. If we look at greatest hits compilations then top honours go to Girls Aloud, whose The Sound of collection from 2006 has combined sales of 1.2 million.
The Official Top 40 girl band studio albums of the last 25 years
| POS | TITLE | ARTIST | PEAK | YEAR |
| 1 | SPICE | SPICE GIRLS | 1 | 1996 |
| 2 | SPICEWORLD | SPICE GIRLS | 1 | 1997 |
| 3 | ALL SAINTS | ALL SAINTS | 2 | 1997 |
| 4 | PCD | PUSSYCAT DOLLS | 7 | 2005 |
| 5 | SURVIVOR | DESTINY'S CHILD | 1 | 2001 |
| 6 | THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL | DESTINY'S CHILD | 10 | 1999 |
| 7 | GLORY DAYS | LITTLE MIX | 1 | 2016 |
| 8 | ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES | SUGABABES | 1 | 2002 |
| 9 | TALLER IN MORE WAYS | SUGABABES | 1 | 2005 |
| 10 | THREE | SUGABABES | 3 | 2003 |
| 11 | GET WEIRD | LITTLE MIX | 2 | 2015 |
| 12 | FEELS SO GOOD | ATOMIC KITTEN | 1 | 2002 |
| 13 | OUT OF CONTROL | GIRLS ALOUD | 1 | 2008 |
| 14 | B'WITCHED | B'WITCHED | 3 | 1998 |
| 15 | ALWAYS AND FOREVER | ETERNAL | 2 | 1993 |
| 16 | SAINTS & SINNERS | ALL SAINTS | 1 | 2000 |
| 17 | DESTINY FULFILLED | DESTINY'S CHILD | 5 | 2004 |
| 18 | WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBOURS SAY | GIRLS ALOUD | 6 | 2004 |
| 19 | RIGHT NOW | ATOMIC KITTEN | 1 | 2000 |
| 20 | FANMAIL | TLC | 7 | 1999 |
| 21 | CHANGE | SUGABABES | 1 | 2007 |
| 22 | TANGLED UP | GIRLS ALOUD | 4 | 2007 |
| 23 | CRAZYSEXYCOOL | TLC | 4 | 1995 |
| 24 | LICKIN' ON BOTH SIDES | MIS-TEEQ | 3 | 2001 |
| 25 | POWER OF A WOMAN | ETERNAL | 6 | 1995 |
| 26 | LADIES NIGHT | ATOMIC KITTEN | 5 | 2003 |
| 27 | DNA | LITTLE MIX | 3 | 2012 |
| 28 | SALUTE | LITTLE MIX | 4 | 2013 |
| 29 | CHEMISTRY | GIRLS ALOUD | 11 | 2005 |
| 30 | CHASING LIGHTS | SATURDAYS | 9 | 2008 |
| 31 | SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND | GIRLS ALOUD | 2 | 2002 |
| 32 | DAYS ARE GONE | HAIM | 1 | 2013 |
| 33 | BORN | BOND | 16 | 2000 |
| 34 | DOLL DOMINATION | PUSSYCAT DOLLS | 4 | 2008 |
| 35 | BEFORE THE RAIN | ETERNAL | 3 | 1997 |
| 36 | FOREVER | SPICE GIRLS | 2 | 2000 |
| 37 | AWAKE AND BREATHE | B'WITCHED | 5 | 1999 |
| 38 | EYE CANDY | MIS-TEEQ | 6 | 2003 |
| 39 | ONE TOUCH | SUGABABES | 26 | 2000 |
| 40 | HEADLINES | SATURDAYS | 3 | 2010 |
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Compiled on June 13, 2019
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ManuelM
Little Mix’s LM5 hasn’t reached this top yet?
nicosnectarinegirl
who thinks Spice will hit 3 million scanned in the UK by it's 23rd anniversary this November never mid if Virgin does something Special for it's 25th anniversary in 2021
etin
where is spice girls' greatest. it came closer 2 x platinums.. & en vogue's ev3 ?
Jason Lindley
Eternal always and forever has sold over 1.2 million copies and certified 4x platinum please update this as they should be top 10 at least
Bengy
Read carefully - The Official Top 40 biggest girl band studio albums of the last 25 years. Sales only go back 25 years - not all-time.
Jason Lindley
I did read carefully no need to be patronising
Always and forever was released late 93 and most of the sales were in 94. I thought this was within the 25 years.
Bengy
The OCC sales database goes back to February 1994. The album chart was compiled from 60% of record stores and it was not until 1996 that sales were based on 98% of shops. Album sales from 1994 to 1996 have been subsequently downgraded. Search for DUS for a fuller explanation.
Jason Lindley
I was not aware of this. Seems unfair especially when BPI has certified it as 4x platinum
Bengy
Agreed, but it has happened to other albums from 1994 to 1996. BPI are unlikely to revoke a certification, once awarded.
FC
Fact Checker
I note you've deleted my previous post about the omissions, and quietly inserted the albums that I pointed out were absent. But this now means that your subtitle is wrong. As Honeyz (previously at #39) and Dixie Chicks (previously at #40) have been knocked off, the list now only features 15 groups, not 17 as you state.
Official Charts
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FC
Fact Checker
For any readers who are interested, the Top 7 Greatest Hits albums by these groups are:-
(1) Girls Aloud; (2) Eternal - Greatest Hits; (3) Sugababes - Overloaded; (4) Spice Girls - Greatest Hits; (5) Destiny's Child - No.1s; (6) Atomic Kitten - Greatest Hits; (7) All Saints - All Hits