Geri Halliwell countries, becoming the best-selling single by an all-female group of all time. It was followed by nine further number-one singles from their albums "Spice", "Spiceworld", and "Forever". Each member of the group received a nickname from the media. Halliwell was named "Ginger Spice". Other successful releases followed, including "Say You'll Be There" and "2 Become 1" from "Spice", and "Spice Up Your Life", "Too Much", and "Viva Forever" from "Spiceworld". On 31 May 1998, Halliwell announced that she had left the Spice Girls due to depression and differences between the group. The first official confirmation was an announcement to the
Say You'll Be There 12th week. It ended at the 35th position on the year-end chart. In the United States, it was released on 6 May 1997. The song set a record on the "Billboard" Hot 100, when it debuted on 24 May 1997 at number five, with sales of nearly 60,000 copies. At the time this was the highest entry by a British act on the Hot 100. "Say You'll Be There" peaked at number six on the Hot 100 Airplay and at number four on the Hot Singles Sales, peaking at number three on the Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks. It