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90’s pop superstars The Spice Girls were an inspiration to an eight year-old Adele.

performing today. However, it was a unique group of five women who seized her attention, inspired her, and fueled her dreams.

The Power of Spice The Spice Girls—Posh, Ginger, Scary, Baby, and Sporty—charged onto the music scene in the mid-1990s, and Adele felt a connection to this all-girl British pop group from the moment their debut single “Wannabe” hit the airwaves and topped the Billboard charts. She loved everything about them:

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a star is born