Forever is the third and final studio album

Studio album

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 by the English pop

Pop music

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 girl group the Spice Girls

Spice Girls

The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...

, released in 2000. It is their only album without Geri Halliwell

Geri Halliwell

Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...

, who later reunited with the group for their Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)

-Background:The plan to reform and release a greatest hits had long been speculated by the media, but its planned release was first confirmed by Melanie Brown in June 2005. Speaking just before a planned reunion for Live 8 , she stated: "We'll get back together because we all want to. I know...

release in 2007. The album saw a huge drop in sales, as the album barely cracked the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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Top 40 at #39 selling only 34,000 copies in its first week, compared to their first two albums partly because of lack of promotion especially in the United States

United States

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, where their previous albums sold multi-platinum. In the end, Forever managed to sell 5 million copies worldwide, peaked at number two in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 and number one in Brazil

Brazil

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.

Track listing

#	Title	Songwriter(s) and prodcuers	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Holler"	Victoria Beckham Victoria Beckham Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls and was dubbed Posh Spice by the July 1996 issue of the British pop music magazine Top of the Pops... , Melanie Brown Melanie Brown Melanie Janine "Scary Spice" Brown , often better known as Mel B, is an English pop singer-songwriter, actress, author and television presenter... , Emma Bunton Emma Bunton Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice... , Melanie Chisholm Melanie Chisholm Melanie Jayne Chisholm is an English singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman professionally known simply as Melanie C . She is best known as one of the five members of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed "Sporty Spice"... , Rodney Jerkins Rodney Jerkins Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. Jerkins received two Grammy nominations in 2011.-Biography:... , LaShawn Daniels LaShawn Daniels LaShawn Ameen Daniels is an American songwriter, best known for his work with longtime colleague Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Daniels has written several of the Darkchild Team's hit songs, among them "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica, "Say My Name" and "Lose My Breath" by Destiny's Child, "You... , Fred Jerkins III Fred Jerkins III Fred Jerkins III is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with his brother Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Jerkins has co-written several hit songs with Rodney Jerkins and LaShawn Daniels, among them "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy and Monica, "Say My Name" and "Lose My... Produced by: Rodney Jerkins a.k.a Darkchild	Brown, Chisholm, Bunton, Beckham	4:15
2.	"Tell Me Why"	V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, R. Jerkins, L. Daniels, F. Jerkins III, Mischke Butle Produced by: Rodney Jerkins a.k.a Darkchild	Beckham, Bunton, Brown, Chisholm	4:13
3.	"Let Love Lead the Way Let Love Lead the Way "Let Love Lead the Way" is a song by the Spice Girls, released as a double-A side single with "Holler" as the final single from the Spice Girls' third album Forever, released in 2000. The single was released internationally as a double A-side single with "Holler"... "	V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm, R. Jerkins, L. Daniels, F. Jerkins III, Harvey Mason, Jr. The Underdogs (duo) The Underdogs is an R&B/pop production duo composed of Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas.-Biography:Harvey Mason, Jr. is the son of Harvey Mason, Sr., a noted session drummer... . Produced by: Harvey Mason Jr, and Rodney Jerkins	Chisholm, Beckham, Bunton, Brown	4:57
4.	"Right Back at Ya"	V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm, Eliot Kennedy, Tim Lever Produced by: Uncle Freddie	Brown, Chisholm, Bunton, Beckham	4:09
5.	"Get Down with Me"	V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, R. Jerkins, L. Daniels, F. Jerkins III, M. Butler, Robert Smith Produced by: Rodney Jerkins and Robert Smith	Brown, Bunton, Beckham, Chisholm	3:45
6.	"Wasting My Time"	M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm, L. Daniels, F. Jerkins III Produced by: Uncle Freddie	Bunton, Chisholm, Beckham	4:13
7.	"Weekend Love"	V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm, R. Jerkins, L. Daniels, F. Jerkins III Produced by: Rodney Jerkins	Bunton, Chisholm, Brown, Beckham	4:04
8.	"Time Goes By"	V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, R. Jerkins, L. Daniels, F. Jerkins III, M. Butler Produced by: Rodney Jerkins and Uncle Freddie	Chisholm, Bunton, Brown, Beckham	4:51
9.	"If You Wanna Have Some Fun"	V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm, James Harris III, Terry Lewis Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American R&B and pop-music songwriting and record production team... Produced by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	Brown, Bunton, Beckham, Chisholm	5:25
10.	"Oxygen"	V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm, J. Harris III, T. Lewis Produced by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	Chisholm, Bunton, Beckham, Brown	4:55
11.	"Goodbye"	V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe Produced by: Richard Stannard and Matt Rowe	Bunton, Brown, Chisholm, Beckham	4:35

Singles

• "Goodbye" (1998) #1 UK
• "Holler"/"Let Love Lead the Way
  Let Love Lead the Way
  "Let Love Lead the Way" is a song by the Spice Girls, released as a double-A side single with "Holler" as the final single from the Spice Girls' third album Forever, released in 2000. The single was released internationally as a double A-side single with "Holler"...
  
  " (2000) #1 UK

Canceled single - Tell Me Why

Cancelled singles

Further planned singles to be released off the album never materialized in 2001. However promotional singles of the songs "Weekend Love", "If You Wanna Have Some Fun", and "Tell Me Why" surfaced and went into circulation. In November 2000 "Tell Me Why" was syndicated to UK radio networks, whilst a promotional montage video for "If You Wanna Have Some Fun" was released to UK television networks. "Tell Me Why" was widely believed to be the second single to be released from the album.

• "Oxygen" has been released in a promotional CD-R version in South America (particularly in Brazil where it received airplay in 2000) and other locales including Asia and Oceania.
• "Tell Me Why" was written by Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and various other writers. Melanie C was not involved with the writing of this song due to scheduling conflicts with her solo album, Northern Star. The song is about the remaining Spice Girls' frustration after ex-bandmate, Geri Halliwell, left the group.
• "Weekend Love" was written by Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm and various other writers. The song is about a girl who has grown tired of her lover after a weekend fling. Melanie Brown offers an R&B rap for the bridge of the song in which she mentions the album's producer Darkchild ("Darkchild and all my girls got my back like that").

Cancelled track

The Spice Girls recorded a song titled "W.O.M.A.N." (along a few other songs) during the studio sessions that was intended to be on the album. It was cut, however, as it was a Spiceworld-esque pop song, rather than an R&B track. The song was, however, performed during the Christmas in Spiceworld Tour.

Singles

• "Holler" — Officially released in various countries; this single peaked at the 1# position in the UK.
• "Let Love Lead the Way
  Let Love Lead the Way
  "Let Love Lead the Way" is a song by the Spice Girls, released as a double-A side single with "Holler" as the final single from the Spice Girls' third album Forever, released in 2000. The single was released internationally as a double A-side single with "Holler"...
  
  " — This single has been released with Holler on a double A-side disc.
• "Goodbye" — Released in 1998 after Geri Halliwell left the band; this song is included on Forever.

Other singles exist but these are promotional only. No other official singles came from "Forever."

Personnel

• Susan Drake — background

• Producers: Rdney Jerkins, Harvey Mason, Jr., Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard
• Engineers: Adrian Bushby, Paul Foley, Ben Garrison, Brad Gilderman, Steve Hodge, Ian Robertson, Dave Russell, Tony Salter
• Assistant engineers: Jake Davies, Brad Gilderman, *Mastering: Bernie Grundman
• Digital editing: Harvey Mason, Jr.
• Vocal Daniels, Susan Drake, Eliot Kennedy
• Drum
  Drum
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   programming: Paul Waller
• String arrangements: Will Malone
• Design: Vince Frost
• Photography
  Photography
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  : Terry Richardson

Certifications, peaks and sales

Charts	Peak position	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	2		160.000
Australia ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	6
Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	9	Gold	25,000
Belgium Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...	44	Gold	25,000
Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	1	Gold	100,000
Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...	21
Canada Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	6	2× Platinum	200,000
Europe European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...	5		600,000
Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	24
France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	43
Germany Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	6	Gold	150,000
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	11
Japan Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	12		40,000
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...	6
Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	6
Netherlands MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	30	Gold	40,000
New Zealand	25	Gold	7,500
Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	26
Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	5
Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	26	Platinum	100,000
Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	24
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	1	Platinum	50,000
United Kingdom UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	2	Platinum	364,420
United States Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	39		208,000